WORK PROGRAM
Innovations in Estimating Trip Generation Rates
June 11, 2020
The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) votes to approve this work program.
Boston Region MPO Planning Studies and Technical Analyses
Principal: Paul Christner
Manager: Bradley Putnam
MPO Planning and §5303 Contract #108217
Schedule and budget details are shown in Exhibits 1 and 2, respectively.
The Boston Region MPO elected to fund this study with its federally allocated metropolitan planning funds during federal fiscal year (FFY) 2020. The work completed through this study will address the following goal areas established in the MPO’s Long-Range Transportation Plan: capacity management and mobility, transportation equity, and economic vitality.
An important step in understanding the impacts that a new development will have on its surroundings and the transportation network at large is estimating the number of new trips it will generate. Traditionally, trip generation rates for different land use types are provided by the Institute of Transportation Engineers’ (ITE) Trip Generation Manual. However, the data for this manual is generally collected from suburban, single-use sites, and it tends to overestimate vehicle trips and excludes trips by transit, biking, or walking, particularly for mixed-use developments and in urban areas.
There are some efforts underway across the country to develop trip generation rates by other means than the ITE manual. These methodologies typically involve gathering characteristics about the development, including neighborhood density, household incomes, availability of transit service, and other demographic data. MPO staff believe a more thorough investigation into these methodologies would be beneficial to the Boston region.
In this study, staff will research innovative approaches to estimating trip generation and best practices for developing trip generation rates for urban areas that better account for non-auto (transit, bicycle, and pedestrian) trips. This research will inform and support a number of ongoing and upcoming efforts in the region to improve the trip generation rates used to project travel by all modes. Some examples of the other efforts mainly focused on collecting and using local data to adjust ITE rates for the Greater Boston context are as follows:
The primary objectives of this project are as follows:
Work will be completed according to the following tasks:
Staff will review the literature to identify innovative approaches to estimating trip generation for urban areas that better account for non-auto (transit, bicycle, and pedestrian) trips. When promising innovative approaches are found, staff will attempt to identify and reach out to relevant parties to obtain more detailed information.
A technical memorandum documenting the results of the literature review
Staff will present the findings of the literature review to the MPO board
A presentation to the MPO board
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| Task |
Month | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
1.
Conduct a literature review |
From Month 1, Week 1 to Month 3, Week 2.
Deliverable
A
Delivered by Month 3, Week 2.
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2.
Present the findings to the MPO board |
From Month 3, Week 3 to Month 3, Week 4.
Deliverable
B
Delivered by Month 3, Week 4.
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| Task |
Person-Weeks | Direct Salary |
Overhead (102.11%) |
Total Cost |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M-1 | P-5 | P-2 | Total | ||||
1.
Conduct a literature review
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2.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | $11,465 | $11,707 | $23,172 |
2.
Present the findings to the MPO board
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0.8 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.3 | $3,378 | $3,450 | $6,828 |
Total
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2.8 | 0.2 | 8.3 | 11.3 | $14,843 | $15,157 | $30,000 |