Term of the Road Dictionary
traffic generation study
- Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
- Theme : Operations Traffic Traffic Engineering
- Definition : First step in a traffic forecast study, in which the numbers of trips generated and attracted by each zone are calculated. Note: in virtually every study this has been accomplished independently from the travel conditions or the price of travel and with ''empirical'' observation of existing trip generation rates being used.
- Synonyms : trip generation study