QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉develop in areas that promote walkability, provide bicycle storage
facilities/shower rooms/bicycle networks in close proximity to
diverse uses, provide a bicycle maintenance program for employees
or bicycle route assistance for employees and customers, provide
pedestrian amenities, promote connectivity, create a diverse
community, promote access to sustainable food, provide access to
grocery stores. Answer: what are the 8 main health and livability
strategies to meet the LT credit requirements?
◉4, 7, 8. Answer: LT credit - surrounding density and diverse uses
requires a building's main entrance to be within a 1/2 mile walking
distance of __-__ (1 point) or __+ (2 points) diverse uses
◉street trees, shade, benches, water fountains, bike racks, garbage
and recycling cans. Answer: what are some examples of pedestrian
amenities?
◉limiting cul de sacs, prohibiting gated communities, using street
grid patterns. Answer: what are some strategies to promote
connectivity?
, ◉diverse use. Answer: A distinct, officially recognized business,
nonprofit, civic, religious, or governmental organization, or dwelling
units (residential use) or offices (commercial office use). It has a
stationary postal address and is publicly available.
◉pooled parking. Answer: parking spaces that are shared among
two or more buildings
◉total parking capacity. Answer: The total amount of parking spaces
for a site that includes new and existing surface parking spaces, new
and existing garage or multilevel parking spaces, and any off-street
parking spaces outside the project boundary that are available to the
building's users. Not included are on-street (parallel or pull-in)
parking spaces on public rights of way, parking spaces for fleet and
inventory vehicles, and motorbike or bicycle spaces.
◉infill development. Answer: Building and developing in vacant
areas of high-density urban centers. Infill development can reduce
traffic congestion, save open space, and create more livable
communities.
◉shortest path analysis. Answer: A measurement of how far a
pedestrian and bicyclist would travel from a point of origin to a
destination, reflecting access to amenities, safety, convenience, and
obstructions to movement.