Del Rey Oaks Municipal Code Appendix 2 Average Vehicle Ridership Methodology

A. The averaging period cannot contain a holiday and shall be for a normal, representative week. AVR for the work site is calculated by dividing the total "employee days" by the total "vehicle trip days" for the survey week. The survey will be done at least annually for the same sample week.

B. "Employee-days" are the total number of employees reporting or assigned to a work site during the peak period each work day of the survey week. The following procedures are used in totaling employee-days:

1. Employees who telecommute or are off due to a compressed work week schedule are counted as reporting to the work site in calculating the total employee days.

2. The following employees are not included in the employee-days total:

a. Employees not working because of vacation, sickness or other time off;

b. Employees who report to a different work site or an off-site work-related activity;

c. Disabled employees.

C. "Vehicle Trip-Days." The total number of vehicles used by employees in reporting to the work site each work day of the survey week. A vehicle trip-day is based on the means of transportation used for the greatest distance of an employee's home-to-work commute trip. The following numerical values are used in calculating vehicle trip-days:

1. Single occupant vehicle (drive alone) = 1.

2. Employee dropped-off vehicle by another person = 1.

3. Carpool = 1 divided by the number of employees in the carpool, regardless of whether the other employees in the carpool work for the employer or at the worksite.

4. Vanpool = 1 divided by the number of employees in the vanpool, regardless of whether the other employees in the vanpool work for the employer or at the work site.

5. Motorcycle, moped, scooter, or motor bike = 1.

6. The following = 0 vehicle trip-days:

a. Public transit;

b. Private buspool;

c. Bicycle;

d. Walking and other nonmotorized transportation modes;

e. Employees who telecommute (only on the days those employees work at home for the entire day);

f. Employees who work a compressed work week schedule (only on their compressed day(s) off);

g. Disabled employee vehicles at all times.

Example of AVR Calculation

One hundred employees all commuting to and from work.

Employees reporting to work:

Number of vehicles driven to work site by these employees:

AVR is calculating by dividing the number of employees reporting to work during by the number of vehicles driven to work:

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(Ord. 228 § 1 (Appx. 2), 1993)