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TRICS

{{Infobox software

| name = TRICS

| screenshot = TRICS 7.7.1 screenshot.png

| caption = The TRICS interface

| developer = TRICS Consortium

| latest_release_version = 7.11.4

| latest_release_date = November 2024

| operating_system =

| genre = Traffic Software

| license = Software license agreement

| website = [http://www.trics.org 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,{{Cite web | url=http://www.trics.org/tricssystem.aspx |title = TRICS® the System}} specifically to quantify the trip generation of new developments.Transport for London, https://www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/urban-planning-and-construction/travel-plans/monitoring-travel-plans

The TRICS Consortium describes TRICS as follows:

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: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 1989West Sussex County Council, https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/information-for-developers/pre-application-advice-for-roads-and-transport/ by six county councils in South East England county councils (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

File:Somerford Sainsbury's car park.JPG

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),{{Cite web |url=http://www.trics.org/sam.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-26 |archive-date=2015-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626195620/http://www.trics.org/sam.aspx |url-status=dead }} a system to measure the effectiveness of travel plans.

References

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External links

  • [http://www.trics.org Official site]
  • [https://www.ribblevalley.gov.uk/planx_downloads/Transport_Assessment_Rev_D.pdf Example TRICS Output - application to Ribble Valley District Council]

Category:Transportation planning

Category:Databases in the United Kingdom

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