INTENT
The intent of this Imperative is to contribute toward the creation of walkable, pedestrian-oriented communities that reduce the use of fossil fuel vehicles.
REQUIREMENTS
All projects must maintain or increase the density of the site and support a human-powered lifestyle.
All projects (except single-family residential) must also:
- Be built to a human scale that is appropriate for the neighborhood.
- Provide places for occupants to gather and connect with the community.
- Provide sufficient secure, weather-protected storage for human-powered vehicles and facilities, such as showers and lockers, to encourage biking.
- Provide at least two electric vehicle (EV) charging stations or one per thirty spaces, whichever is greater.
- Minimize impervious surface parking to no more than 20% (Transects 1–3), 15% (Transect 4), 5% (Transect 5) and 0% (Transect 6) of the Project Area and ensure that any surface parking area larger than 20m x 30m is separated with planted areas.
AND
- Either reduce single-occupancy vehicle (SOV) trips and trips by fossil fuel-based vehicles by 30% over an established baseline relevant to the project’s region and occupancy type; or
- Implement at least four of the following best practices:
- Consideration and enhancement of pedestrian routes, including weather protection on street frontages.
- Advocacy in the community to facilitate the uptake of human-powered and public transportation.
- A transit subsidy for all occupants of the building (if owner-occupied) or a requirement for tenant employers to provide such a subsidy.
- Carpool coordination assistance.
- Access either to subsidized car sharing and/or to hybrid or EV fleet vehicles.
- Regular survey of occupants to determine current fossil fuel-based SOV trips.
Single-family homes (all Transects) must assess how occupants can reduce their transportation impact through car sharing, use of public transportation, alternative fuel vehicles, or bicycles (or other human-powered transport), or use of public transportation, and implement at least two identified strategies.
CHANGES FROM LBC 3.1 TO 4.0
With the goal of encouraging the creation of communities that are compact, connected, and pedestrian scaled, requirements from LBC 3.1 Imperative 04, Human-Powered Living and LBC 3.1 Imperative 15, Human Scale + Humane Places have been modified and combined with a few additional requirements to create this new Imperative. Key changes include:
- New requirements to implement best practices or document a reduction in trips by SOV and fossil fuel-based vehicles;
- Adjusted requirements for parking, bike storage, and EV charging stations; and
- A new requirement for project teams working on single-family residential projects to create a SOV trip reduction plan and implement at least two of the strategies identified in the plan.
