Greenroads Manual

AE: Access & Equity

Description

This category contains 9 voluntary credits worth up to 30 points. The intent of this category is to promote safety, access, and mobility to users of the roadway.

Reviewer Comments

BarbaraM
Aug 28th, 2011

Please consider dramatically increasing the weighting and points received in the Access and Equity category, which accounts for most of the post-construction operation of the roadway. Pedestrian, bicycle, and public transportation access now merit less than one quarter of the total points available in this category of Access and Equity. Since transportation mode is so significant for the green quality of a road after it is built, they deserve far more consideration.
a.This category would benefit from a more nuanced understanding of what encourages access by non-motorized and public transportation users. Points could be awarded for traffic calming measures in certain circumstances; pedestrian-friendly signal timing, and more.
b.Context-Sensitive Solutions, which now only receives 5 points, also deserves more weight and perhaps a division of its many requirements into more separate points.

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