02. Site Access - Bicycle Lane

Provide bicycle lanes or pathways

Rationale: Bicycle lanes offer infrastructure proven to increase safe cycling. This decreases traffic accidents and increases rates of cycling, ultimately contributing to increased physical activity and psychological well-being, as well as decreased community congestion and air pollution.

For the most accurate strategy and documentation requirements, please refer to the digital scorecard made available on the Fitwel Platform.

Requirements

Demonstrate compliance with one of the options below:

Option 1 - Protected Bicycle Lanes (Full Credit):

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

1. Provide access to a bicycle lane or pathway located within a 1/2-mile or 800-meter walking route from a main building entrance of 51% of the regularly occupied buildings within the site.
2. Ensure that the identified bicycle lane or pathway is a minimum of 1 mile or 1600-meters long in one direction.
3. Ensure that the identified bicycle lane or pathway is either fully separated from automobile traffic or separated from automobile traffic through physical barriers.

Option 2 - Painted Bicycle Lanes (Full Credit):

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

1. Provide access to a bicycle lane or pathway located within a 1/2-mile or 800-meter walking route from a main building entrance of 51% of the regularly occupied buildings within the site.
2. Ensure that the identified bicycle lane or pathway is a minimum of 1 mile or 1600-meters long in one direction.
3. Ensure that the identified bicycle lane or pathway is marked as designated for bicycle use only through color coding, material selection, or sharrows.

Compliance Documentation

One document type may be used to demonstrate compliance with more than one requirement and documentation may be uploaded separately or as one file.

Provide the below to demonstrate compliance with each requirement:

Design Pathway

Option 1 - Protected Bicycle Lanes or Bike Paths - (Full Credit):

Requirement 1

• Upload an annotated map identifying the distance from the identified bicycle lane or pathway to a main building entrance of the furthest regularly occupied building.

Requirement 2

• Upload an annotated map identifying the length of the bicycle lane or pathway.

Requirement 3

• Upload annotated design drawings or a photograph(s) of the bicycle lane or pathway showing how it will be separated from traffic.

Option 2 - Painted Bicycle Lanes - (Partial Credit):

Requirement 1

• Upload an annotated map identifying the distance from the identified bicycle lane to a main building entrance of the furthest regularly occupied building.

Requirement 2

• Upload an annotated map identifying the length of the bicycle lane or pathway.

Requirement 3

• Upload annotated design drawings or a photograph(s) of the bicycle lane or pathway showing how it will be marked or designated for bicycle use only.

Built Pathway

Option 1 - Protected Bicycle Lanes or Bike Paths - (Full Credit):

Requirement 1

• Upload an annotated map identifying the distance from the identified bicycle lane or pathway to a main building entrance of the furthest regularly occupied building.

Requirement 2

• Upload an annotated map identifying the length of the bicycle lane or pathway.

Requirement 3

• Upload an annotated photograph(s) of the bicycle lane or pathway showing how it is separated from traffic.

Option 2 - Painted Bicycle Lanes - (Partial Credit):

Requirement 1

• Upload an annotated map identifying the distance from the identified bicycle lane to a main building entrance of the furthest regularly occupied building.

Requirement 2

• Upload an annotated map identifying the length of the bicycle lane or pathway.

Requirement 3

• Upload an annotated photograph(s) of the bicycle lane or pathway showing how it is marked or designated for bicycle use only.