TABLE OF CONTENTS This credit subcategory has a total of four subsections, each worth one credit point. The main intention of all four Alternative Transportation credits is to reduce our dependency on single-occupancy vehicles (SOVs), particularly those which use gasoline and petroleum diesel fuels. The goals are to reduce the need for building more road infrastructure, reduce motor vehicle pollution, decrease the dependency on foreign oil, and reduce the vast amount of paved surfaces found in urban areas that may contribute to nonpoint source pollution from stormwater runoff and the urban heat island effect. The four subsections (credits) are as follows:
SS Credit 4.1 (SSc4.1): Alternative Transportation: Public Transportation Access (EB)
SS Credit 4.2 (SSc4.2): Alternative Transportation: Bicycle Storage and Changing Rooms
SS Credit 4.3 (SSc4.3): Alternative Transportation: Low-Emitting and Fuel-Efficient Vehicles (previously referred to as Alternative Transportation, Alternative Fuel Vehicles in LEED NC 2.1)
SS Credit 4.4 (SSc4.4): Alternative Transportation: Parking Capacity
There are two possible exemplary performance points available under Alternative Transportation. The EP point available in the Innovation and Design category for Alternative Transportation as per the LEED-NC 2.2 first edition may be awarded by "instituting a comprehensive transportation management plan that demonstrates a quantifiable reduction in personal automobile use through the implementation of multiple alternative options." It is related to the overall subcategory, and not to each individual credit. In addition, another EP point can be earned according to the following language from a USGBC CIR dated September 11,...
