INTENT
The intent of this Imperative is to contribute toward the creation of walkable, pedestrian-oriented communities that reduce the use of fossil fuel-based vehicles.
REQUIREMENTS
All projects must:
- Maintain or increase the density of the site and support a human-powered lifestyle; and
- Be built to a human scale that is appropriate for the neighborhood.
All projects (except single-family residential) must also:
- 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 human-powered transport;
- Provide at least two electric vehicle (EV) charging stations or one per 30 spaces, whichever is greater; and
- Minimize impervious surface parking to no more than 20% (Transects L1–L3), 15% (Transect L4), 5% (Transect L5) and 0% (Transect L6) of the Project Boundary 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;
- Site the project in a ZIP/postal code that has a Walk Score of at least 90;
- Site the project in a ZIP/postal code that has a Bike Score of at least 90;
- Site the project in a ZIP/postal code that has a Transit Score of at least 90.
Single-family homes (all Transects) must assess how occupants can reduce their transportation impact through car sharing, use of public transportation, alternative-fuel vehicles, and/or bicycles (or other human-powered transport), and implement at least two identified strategies.