TRICS

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TRICS
Developer TRICS Consortium
Stable release
7.11.4 / November 2024
Type Traffic Software
License Software license agreement
Website www.trics.org

TRICS (Trip Rate Information Computer System) is a database of trip rates for developments used in the United Kingdom for transport planning purposes, [1] specifically to quantify the trip generation of new developments. [2]

Contents

The TRICS Consortium describes TRICS as follows:

TRICS is the system that challenges and validates assumptions about the transport impacts of new developments. It is the national system of trip generation analysis, a large database of inbound & outbound transport surveys covering a wide variety of development types.

Release history

The database was established in 1989 [3] by six county councils in South East England (Dorset, East Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, Surrey and West Sussex). It is now maintained by TRICS Consortium Ltd, based in Barnet, London.

TRICS 7, a major update, was released in late 2013.

Developments

Developments such as supermarkets generate multi-modal trips. TRICS contains trip generation rates for different categories of development. Somerford Sainsbury's car park.JPG
Developments such as supermarkets generate multi-modal trips. TRICS contains trip generation rates for different categories of development.

TRICS includes the following development categories:

  1. Retail
  2. Employment
  3. Residential
  4. Education
  5. Health
  6. Hotel, Food and Drink
  7. Leisure
  8. Marinas
  9. Golf
  10. Tourist Attractions
  11. Civic Amenity Sites
  12. Petrol Stations
  13. Car Showrooms

SAM for Travel Plans

TRICS have also developed SAM (Standard Assessment Methodology), [4] a system to measure the effectiveness of travel plans.

References

  1. ↑ "TRICS® the System". Archived from the original on 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
  2. ↑ Transport for London, https://www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/urban-planning-and-construction/travel-plans/monitoring-travel-plans
  3. ↑ West Sussex County Council, https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/information-for-developers/pre-application-advice-for-roads-and-transport/
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-06-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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