Reference number : GC-2017-Q2-04308, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Nurul Habib, Khandker (University of Toronto), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Collaborative Research and Development Grants - Project, program name french : Subventions de recherche et développement coopérative - projet, program purpose english : Evaluating traffic impacts of urban development is a regular and routine exercise of transportation planning_x000D_
agencies. Because of the incremental development processes in urban planning, it is sometimes impractical to_x000D_
employ regional land use and transportation interaction models to evaluate impacts of individual developments_x000D_
on the urban transportation system. So, a common practice is to use a 'Trip Generation Manual' to quickly_x000D_
evaluate traffic impacts of any individual development in urban centres. Such a manual provides a simplified_x000D_
table of approximate changes in an aggregate number of trips (one-way movement from one location to_x000D_
another) that may be induced by the specific type of development (e.g., residential building, commercial_x000D_
building, shopping malls, hospital etc.). The widely used manual for such trip generation is developed by_x000D_
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITS) based on development histories in the US. Two major drawbacks of_x000D_
using this manual in Canada are:_x000D_
-The approximate traffic impacts depicted by the manual as trip generation rates may not necessarily represent_x000D_
Canadian urban contexts._x000D_
-It does not consider the local contexts, such as, transit accessibility, urban form, socio-economic conditions,_x000D_
etc., that may vary from urban area to urban area even within Canada._x000D_
So, the use of the ITE trip generation manual is leading to erroneous and often misleading results of traffic_x000D_
impact evaluations in Canadian urban centres. This research will take the Greater Toronto Area as the study_x000D_
area and develop a statistical model of traffic impacts (in terms of trip generation by different modes) at various_x000D_
parts of the study area. The model will take the local context of urban centres in terms of detailed land use_x000D_
attributes and transit accessibility related variables to explain the impacts of traffic demand in terms of changes_x000D_
in trip generation corresponding to various categories of urban development. The developed model will_x000D_
showcase the use of a region-specific model as opposed to the naïve practice of using trip generation, program purpose french : Evaluating traffic impacts of urban development is a regular and routine exercise of transportation planning_x000D_
agencies. Because of the incremental development processes in urban planning, it is sometimes impractical to_x000D_
employ regional land use and transportation interaction models to evaluate impacts of individual developments_x000D_
on the urban transportation system. So, a common practice is to use a 'Trip Generation Manual' to quickly_x000D_
evaluate traffic impacts of any individual development in urban centres. Such a manual provides a simplified_x000D_
table of approximate changes in an aggregate number of trips (one-way movement from one location to_x000D_
another) that may be induced by the specific type of development (e.g., residential building, commercial_x000D_
building, shopping malls, hospital etc.). The widely used manual for such trip generation is developed by_x000D_
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITS) based on development histories in the US. Two major drawbacks of_x000D_
using this manual in Canada are:_x000D_
-The approximate traffic impacts depicted by the manual as trip generation rates may not necessarily represent_x000D_
Canadian urban contexts._x000D_
-It does not consider the local contexts, such as, transit accessibility, urban form, socio-economic conditions,_x000D_
etc., that may vary from urban area to urban area even within Canada._x000D_
So, the use of the ITE trip generation manual is leading to erroneous and often misleading results of traffic_x000D_
impact evaluations in Canadian urban centres. This research will take the Greater Toronto Area as the study_x000D_
area and develop a statistical model of traffic impacts (in terms of trip generation by different modes) at various_x000D_
parts of the study area. The model will take the local context of urban centres in terms of detailed land use_x000D_
attributes and transit accessibility related variables to explain the impacts of traffic demand in terms of changes_x000D_
in trip generation corresponding to various categories of urban development. The developed model will_x000D_
showcase the use of a region-specific model as opposed to the naïve practice of using trip generation, agreement title english : Simplified framework to forecast multimodal travel demand for mixed-use developments, agreement title french : Simplified framework to forecast multimodal travel demand for mixed-use developments, agreement number : CRDPJ, agreement value : 18900.0, agreement start date : 2017-09-20, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada