TRICS

TRICS (Trip Rate Information Computer System) is a database of trip rates for developments used in the United Kingdom for transport planning purposes,^[1] specifically to quantify the trip generation of new developments.^[2]

TRICS
The TRICS interface
Developer	TRICS Consortium
Stable release	7.11.4 / November 2024
Type	Traffic Software
License	Software license agreement
Website	www.trics.org

The TRICS Consortium describes TRICS as follows:

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 1989^[3] by six county councils in South East England (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

Developments such as supermarkets generate multi-modal trips. TRICS contains trip generation rates for different categories of development.

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),^[4] a system to measure the effectiveness of travel plans.