Goal
Promote use of public transit and carpools in communities by providing new transit
and HOV facilities or by upgrading existing facilities in the roadway right-of-way (ROW).
Requirements
Achieve Credit AE-3 Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) and describe the need, purpose
and appropriateness for planned, new, or upgraded transit and HOV facilities in the
white paper document for Credit AE-3. The CSS document must demonstrate that at
least one mass transit route and/or HOV facility exists, or is planned to exist within 5
years of the start of construction, that is accessible from the project ROW within 0.25
mile. Table AE-7.1 shows the point criteria for this credit.
Documentation
AE-7 Transit Access
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Comment on credit AE-7
AE-7
General
Requirements for points include both enhancing transit station or stop amenities as well as providing transit shelters at more than 50% of the corridor stations/stops. As a requirement, this seems to lack consideration for the fact that in some national park settings a transit system may be viable but such amenities as are typically seen in an urban setting (at stations/stops) may not be appropriate. For example, a management goal may predict that little to no change in the natural or cultural landscape be perceived by the park visitor. In certain circumstances, the addition of shelters may be considered an unacceptable change. Likewise, “physical or constructed changes to the roadway structure, dimensions or form . . .” is often not a viable option on historic Park Service roads.
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