1993-134 - Adopting the Institute of Transportation Engineers Trip Generation RatesRESOLUTION 1993 -134
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
ADOPTING THE INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS
TRIP GENERATION RATES
WHEREAS, the Town desires to produce traffic studies that are uniform and
consistent with Congestion Management Agency policies and guidelines;
WHEREAS, the Town Trip Generation Rates are from many sources with different
criteria for gathering data;
WHEREAS, the Town desires to use the most current trip generation data available;
RESOLVED: that the Town adopts rates used in the most recent edition of Trip
Generation by the Institute of Traffic Engineers as the rates for traffic studies in the Town
of Los Gatos.
FURTHER RESOLVED: that Resolution 1990 -177, Resolution of the Town Council
of the Town of Los Gatos Approving Town of Los Gatos Trip Generation Rates is hereby
repealed.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council held on the
20th day of September, 1993, by the following vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Randy Attaway, Steven Blanton, Linda Lubeck, Patrick O'Laughlin
Mayor Joanne Benjamin
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SIGNED:
2AYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE TOWN OF &OS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
IX. Update Procedure
The Institute of Transportation Engineers has
established a procedure for updating the data
summarized in this report. The Institute invites
all interested parties to periodically collect data
from one or more sites and send the data to
ITE Headquarters.
The data analyses in this report were
performed using commercial software. ITE has
a sophisticated system of data entry that will fa-
cilitate updating the database and that can be
used for special research projects. This will re-
sult in a continual, uniform method of obtain-
ing and summarizing the current trip genera-
tion data for all land uses. The Institure will:
1. Score all trip generation data.
2. Encourage ITE district and section
technical committees, ITE student chap-
ters, governmental agencies, and private
consulcants to collect additional data.
3. Distribute trip generation data forms and
instructions to those collecting data.
4. Maintain a computer database program
for trip generation analyses and summa-
rization.
5. Maintain and modify when necessary a
uniform procedure for collecting data.
G. Summarize trip generation data.
7. Conduct special trip generation analyses
when appropriate.
8. Revise trip generation rates, equations,
plots, and text, on the basis of additional
data.
9. Establish data collection needs in areas
where deficiencies exist or where littie in-
formation is available.
The following procedure is presented to obtain
new generation data from actual traffic volume
counts. It is recommended that this procedure
be followed when collecting data.
• Count a specific generator where auto-
matic counts can be made on driveways
without double counting vehicles and
without counting through crafiic. Prefer-
ably, directional counts should be made.
The site should be self- contained with
Trip Gmmzaon, January 1991
adequate parking not shared by other ac-
tivities.
Conduct seven -day automatic counts
during a typical week of the year to pro-
vide data concerning the average week-
day, Saturday, Sunday, and peak hours.
Supplement automatic counts with man-
ual counts for several hours on a weekday
to record hourly inbound and outbound
vehicular traffic by classification and ve-
hicle occupancy and to compare with
corresponding automatic counts to de-
termine a factor for adjusting the raw au-
tomatic counts.
Where directional counts cannot be
made automatically, manual counts
should be made on a typical weekday
during the A.M. and P.M. peak rwo -hour
periods of the site being counted and
that of the adjacent street traffic to
record the peak hour entering and exiting
volumes.
Where possible, supplement the above
work with manual counts or controlled
interviews to determine average weekday
person trip ends by mode and determine
how many trips were actually generated
by the site and how many were attracted
to the site from the adjacent street traffic
normally passing the site (see Chapter
VII of this report).
Data concerning the site should be ob-
tained through interviews with the site
owner or manager and, if necessary, mea-
surements. Information on the maxi-
mum number of related variables should
be obtained to determine which is the
best related co trip generation. In all
cases, it is essential to obtain data on as
many of the following independent vari-
ables as are available— number of em-
ployees, gross floor area, gross leasable
area, net rentable area, number of occu-
pied rooms or dwelling units, and
acreage.
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ATTACHMENT 3
Print your data on the data entry form
located in the back of this report and
send the form to:
Institute of Transportation Engineers
525 School Street, S.W., Suite 410
Washington, DC 20024 -2729
The Institute of Transportation Engineers is
interested in receiving information from anyone
willing to contribute to the active collection ef-
fort.
In addition, ITE would appreciate input
from users of this report on any additional land
use categories for which data would be useful.
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