§ 10.17.030. Definitions

A. "City" means the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

B. "Clean fuel" means any fuel or power source used in a vehicle that complies with the applicable standards for clean fuel vehicles contained in Sections 241-245 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7581—7595.

C. "Clean-fuel vehicle" means a vehicle in a class or category of vehicles which has been certified to meet the applicable clean-fuel vehicle standards as defined by and pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.

D. "Fleet" means ten or more vehicles which are (i) owned, leased, controlled or operated by a single person or entity; or (ii) parked at the same location, excluding vehicles held for lease or rental to the general public, vehicles held for sale by dealers, vehicles used for law enforcement or emergency purposes.

E. "Ozone standard" means the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone established pursuant to Section 109 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7409.

F. "Region" means those communities east of, or through which Route 128 passes.

G. "Selected employers" means those employers in Cambridge who voluntarily agree to participate in the pilot survey of employee commuting characteristics set forth in Section 10.17.130

H. "Throughtrips" means vehicle traffic on City of Cambridge streets attributable to trips that neither originate nor end in the City of Cambridge.

I. "Transportation control measures" are transportation control strategies aimed at reducing transportation related emissions of pollutants and controlling the growth of future vehicle trips and vehicle miles travelled.

J. "VMT" is an abbreviation for vehicle miles travelled.

K. "AER" is an abbreviation for automobile efficiency rate, a rate determined as set forth in Section 10.17.130(D).

L. "Base AER" is a term for the automobile efficiency rate for the City of Cambridge, more fully described in Section 10.17.130(E).

(Ord. 1139 (part), 1992)