Trip and Parking Generation at Transit-Oriented Developments: Mockingbird TOD in Dallas, Texas
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2020-04-01
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Abstract:The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) guidelines serve as the most widely used reference for trip and parking generation estimates of any new development in the U.S. However, recent empirical studies question the efficacy of ITE guidelines in forecasting trip and parking generation in transit-oriented developments (TODs). Following the methodology of seven national TODs across the U.S, this study focuses on Dallas (TX), as a more auto-oriented American city, to explore the trip and parking generation at Mockingbird TOD as compared to the ITE guidelines. We find that with the exception of Station Park in Salt Lake City (which is really a TAD rather than TOD), the Mockingbird TOD has the lowest walk mode share (13.6%), the lowest bike mode share (0.22%), the lowest bus transit mode share (1.09%) and by far the lowest rail transit mode share (5.9%) of all other seven TODs. Similarly, the Mockingbird TOD also ranks first in terms of the driving mode share with about 80% of all its daily trips generated by driving. This is almost twice as many driving trips as the average of the other six TODs. This is possibly as auto-oriented as a TOD could be as auto-trips account for about 80% of its trips mostly because it is located in an auto-oriented region where more than 96% of the commuting trips are done by automobile. Still, the total auto trip generation rate in Mockingbird is about 12% lower than the ITE estimates. Similarly, while the parking supply in Mockingbird TOD is less than 48% of the recommended ITE supply rate, its peak parking occupancy is only about 55% of the TOD supply.
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