AN INVESTIGATION INTO METHODOLOGIES FOR DETERMINING A 'SUSTAINABLE' TRIP GENERATION RATE

This paper explains in detail some of the processes involved in determining sustainable vehicle household trip rates, in the context of planning new housing developments for the English County of Surrey. It describes the main stages, which are to: (1) establish a 'demand' trip rate; (2) establish a 'sustainable' trip rate; and (3) examine the planning and design of developments to ensure the trip rate can be sustainable. The 'demand' trip rate is the reliable rate to be expected if the proposed development is planned conventionally. It is estimated by reviewing existing trip rate data, conducting household surveys in the area of the development, and assessing the information from these studies. Four possible approaches for determining a 'sustainable' trip rate were considered: assessing data from similar developments with 'sustainable' plans, using a detailed multimodal land-use/transport model, setting targets derived from a specific plan, and setting targets consistent with the transport plan but specific to the development. The result of this research is that the planning and design of a new housing development should consider settlement size and location in relation to employment opportunities, the location of facilities within new developments, the range of facilities, and access to transport networks.

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• Authors:
  • BRYANS, W
  • NIELSON, S
• Publication Date: 1999-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 13-6
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Demand; Evaluation and assessment; Forecasting; Households; Land use; Mathematical models; Planning; Residential areas; Travel
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 9139: Accessibility; 285: Demand (econ); 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 132: Forecast; 309: Household; 698: Journey; 356: Land use; 6473: Mathematical model; 143: Planning; 307: Residential area; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00764455
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: May 28 1999 12:00AM