Provide safe street infrastructure for pedestrians and bicyclists

Rationale: Infrastructure elements that enhance the safety of street crossings, such as raised crosswalks and wider sidewalks, improve walkability and accessibility, support increased physical activity and social interaction and decrease the risk of immediate injury contributing to diminished risk of  chronic diseases associated with sedentary lifestyles such as obesity and cardiovascular disease.

Requirements

Demonstrate compliance with one of the options below:

Option 1 - Safe Street Infrastructure + Pedestrian Network (Full Credit):

To achieve full credit, demonstrate compliance with all of the following requirements:

1. Ensure a minimum of one safe street infrastructure element is implemented within 51% of all street intersections within a ¼-mile or 400-meter walking distance from a main building entrance.

   Note: For projects with more than nine qualifying intersections within the ¼-mile walking distance, projects may instead demonstrate compliance by documenting a minimum of five intersections that include a safe street infrastructure element, provided that at least one qualifying intersection is located within a ¼-mile (400-meter) walking distance of each main building entrance.

    

2. Ensure that each counted intersection incorporates at least one safe street infrastructure element, and that at least three different element categories are represented across all counted intersections, selected from the following:

    

   • Traffic controls: Pedestrian, bicycle, and motor vehicle signs; road markers; and signaling devices placed along roads, highways, and other public areas.
   • Road design calming elements: Narrowing streets and traffic lanes, widening sidewalks, incorporating traffic circles or roundabouts, adding diagonal parking spaces, or converting one-way streets to two-way streets.
   • High street connectivity: A link-to-node ratio of at least 1.4, calculated by dividing the total number of road segments between intersections by the total number of intersections (including dead ends).
   • Designated bicycle lanes.

   • Pedestrian visibility features: Raised or signalized crosswalks, curb extensions, or pedestrian medians.

      

3. Provide a comprehensive pedestrian network within the building site that includes:

    

   • Pedestrian crossings at all street intersections.
   • Sidewalks along all roads within the building site (excluding alleyways and service roads).

Option 2 - Safe Street Infrastructure (Partial Credit):

The project may achieve partial credit by demonstrating compliance with all of the following requirements:

1. Ensure a minimum of one safe street infrastructure element is implemented within 51% of all street intersections within a ¼-mile or 400-meter walking distance from a main building entrance.

   Note: For projects with more than nine qualifying intersections within the ¼-mile walking distance, projects may instead demonstrate compliance by documenting a minimum of five intersections that include a safe street infrastructure element, provided that at least one qualifying intersection is located within a ¼-mile (400-meter) walking distance of each main building entrance.

    

2. Ensure that each counted intersection incorporates at least one safe street infrastructure element, and that at least three different element categories are represented across all intersections, selected from the following:
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   • Traffic controls: Pedestrian, bicycle, and motor vehicle signs; road markers; and signaling devices placed along roads, highways, and other public areas.
   • Road design calming elements: Narrowing streets and traffic lanes, widening sidewalks, incorporating traffic circles or roundabouts, adding diagonal parking spaces, or converting one-way streets to two-way streets.
   • High street connectivity: A link-to-node ratio of at least 1.4, calculated by dividing the total number of road segments between intersections by the total number of intersections (including dead ends).
   • Designated bicycle lanes.
   • Pedestrian visibility features: Raised or signalized crosswalks, curb extensions, or pedestrian medians.

Compliance Documentation

Design and Built Pathways

Option 1: 

• Requirement 1
  • Upload an annotated site plan or map(s) identifying the following:
    • The location of the qualifying safe street infrastructure elements located within 1/4-mile or 400-meters from a main building entrance.
    • The distance between the furthest safe street infrastructure element and a main building entrance.
    • All street intersections within 1/4 mile or 400 meters from a main building entrance.
• Requirement 2
  • Upload an annotated photograph(s) or design drawing(s) of each unique qualifying safe street infrastructure element.
• Requirement 3
  • Upload an annotated site plan or map(s) identifying the following:
    • All street intersections within the building site.
    • All pedestrian crossings within the building site.
    • Sidewalks along the roads within the building site.

Option 2: 

• Requirement 1
  • Upload an annotated site plan or map(s) identifying the following:
    • The location of the qualifying safe street infrastructure elements located within 1/4-mile or 400-meters from a main building entrance.
    • The distance between the furthest safe street infrastructure element and a main building entrance.
    • All street intersections within 1/4 mile or 400 meters from a main building entrance.
• Requirement 2
  • Upload an annotated photograph(s) or design drawing(s) of each unique qualifying safe street infrastructure element.