Fundamentals of Transportation/Trip Generation/Solution

Solution to Trip Generation Problem

Planners have estimated the following models for the AM Peak Hour

Ti = 1.5*Hi

Tj = (1.5*Eoff,j) + (1*Eoth,j) + (0.5*Eret,j)

Where:

Ti = Person Trips Originating in Zone i

Tj = Person Trips Destined for Zone j

Hi = Number of Households in Zone i

You are also given the following data

Data

Variable	Dakotopolis	New Fargo
H	10000	15000
Eoff	8000	10000
Eoth	3000	5000
Eret	2000	1500

A. What are the number of person trips originating in and destined for each city?

Solution to Trip Generation Problem part A

	Households (Hi)	Office Employees (Eoff)	Other Employees (Eoth)	Retail Employees (Eret)	Origins Ti = 1.5*Hi	Destinations Tj = (1.5*Eoff,j) + (1*Eoth,j) + (0.5*Eret,j)
Dakotopolis	10000	8000	3000	2000	15000	16000
New Fargo	15000	10000	5000	1500	22500	20750
Total	25000	18000	8000	3000	37500	36750

B. Normalize the number of person trips so that the number of person trip origins = the number of person trip destinations. Assume the model for person trip origins is more accurate.

$Use{T}_j^{\text{'}}=T_j\frac{\sum _{i=1}^I{T}_i}{\sum _{j=1}^J{T}_j}=>T_j\frac{37500}{36750}=T_j*1.0204$

Solution to Trip Generation Problem part B

	Origins (Ti)	Destinations (Tj)	Adjustment Factor	Normalized Destinations (Tj')	Rounded
Dakotopolis	15000	16000	1.0204	16326.53	16327
New Fargo	22500	20750	1.0204	21173.47	21173
Total	37500	36750	1.0204	37500	37500