The Location and Transportation (LT) category encourage the tenants to locate there projects in urban areas that have multiple transportation choices and within dense areas . project can earn up to 18 points as shown in the below table
| credit | No. of points |
| Development in LEED Neighborhood | 18 |
| Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses | 8 |
| Access to Quality Transit | 7 |
| Bicycle Facilities | 1 |
| Reduced Parking Footprint | 2 |
Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses
choosing project site in high Density locations and near to divers uses places have health, climate and saving habitat benefits. for example placing the project near diverse uses will encourage the people for walking and enhance there health ,this also will reduce using fuel vehicle which reflect to the climate . thus project can earn up to 8 point in this credit .
The first option to pursue this credit is performing site surrounding density calculations . project can earn 3 or 6 point depending on the surrounding density. project team should calculate the surrounding density by draw 400m (1/4 mile ) circle around the project main entrance and check if the below are met
| combined density | separate densities (residential) | separate densities (non- residential) | points |
| square feet/ acre | DU/acre | FAR | |
| 22,000 | 7 | 0.5 | 3 |
| 35,000 | 12 | 0.8 | 6 |
Divers uses are the second option in this credit , project team should document the available diverse uses that meet the requirement in the below table and within 800m walking distance from project main entrance
| Category | Use type |
|---|---|
| Food retail | Supermarket |
| Grocery with produce section | |
| Community-serving retail | Convenience store |
| Farmers market | |
| Hardware store | |
| Pharmacy | |
| Other retail | |
| Services | Bank |
| Family entertainment venue (e.g., theater, sports) | |
| Gym, health club, exercise studio | |
| Hair care | |
| Laundry, dry cleaner | |
| Restaurant, café, diner ( | |
| Civic and community facilities | Adult or senior care |
| Child care | |
| Community or recreation center | |
| Cultural arts facility (museum, performing arts) | |
| Education facility | |
| Government office | |
| Medical clinic | |
| Place of worship | |
| Police or fire station | |
| Post office | |
| Public library | |
| Public park | |
| Social services center | |
| Community anchor uses | Commercial office |
the project will earn 2 points if eight or more places are available and only one point if it have between 4 and 7 divers uses . when project team document this option they should make sure that at least three category are there and not more than two category per each counted .
Access to Quality Transit
smeller to the above credit , Access to Quality credit encourage the owners to locate there project near the bus, streetcar, or informal transit stops ,which will help in reduce using the privet car and enhance the health of people , the project can earn up yo 7 points in this credit.
project team should submit a clear map along with aggregate trip calculations which show that project meet the below table requirements within 800m from main entrance
| Weekday trips | Weekend trips | Points |
| 72 | 40 | 2 |
| 144 | 108 | 5 |
| 360 | 216 | 7 |