The number of trips required per unit area per weekday. For instance, an office building of a given size can accommodate a certain number of workers, and each of those workers has to travel from home to work and back. The amount of trips that are made by workers to get to and from this building depends on how many workers can be employed in a building of a given size.
Used to calculate:weekday trips and trips by purpose
| Used | use | lifestyle | Reference | Location: Ecosystem (study period) |
Value | Units | Notes |
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| * | Agricultural use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 5.46 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Average weekday trip generation rate for agriculture / light industry. |
| * | Agricultural use | Average Earthling | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 5.4 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Assumed to be the same as average American; value is average weekday trip generation rate for agriculture / light industry. |
| * | Agricultural use | Average New Yorker | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 5.46 | person trip /1000 ft2 | |
| * | Agricultural use | Eco-conscious | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 5.46 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Assumed to be the same as average American; value is average weekday trip generation rate for agriculture / light industry. |
| * | Agricultural use | Lenape Person | Sanderson 2009 Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City | Manhattan: Mannahatta () | 0.0015 | trips / m2 / day | This value was calculated based on the assumption that half of the villagers would make on average one trip per day to agricultural fields to collect food. |
| * | Factory / industrial use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 6.97 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Light Industrial |
| Factory / industrial use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 1.08 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Light Industrial | |
| Factory / industrial use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 0.92 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Light Industrial | |
| Factory / industrial use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 6.96 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| Factory / industrial use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 0.68 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| Factory / industrial use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 0.82 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Industrial Park | |
| Factory / industrial use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 0.89 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Industrial Park | |
| Factory / industrial use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 0.51 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Heavy Industrial | |
| Factory / industrial use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 1.5 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Heavy Industrial | |
| * | Factory / industrial use | Average Earthling | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 6.97 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Due to a lack of global working day trip generation data, we have assumed the same working day trip generation rate density for Average Earthling as that of the United States for this use. This value represents light industrial use. |
| * | Factory / industrial use | Average New Yorker | Trip Genie 2011- Results of context-sensitive trip generation | New York: urban landscape () | 4.5 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Lower Concourse Bronx |
| Factory / industrial use | Average New Yorker | Trip Genie 2011- Results of context-sensitive trip generation | New York: urban landscape () | 5 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| Factory / industrial use | Average New Yorker | Trip Genie 2011- Results of context-sensitive trip generation | New York: urban landscape () | 11.5 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| * | Factory / industrial use | Eco-conscious | Trip Genie 2011- Results of context-sensitive trip generation | New York: urban landscape () | 5 | person trip /1000 ft2 | We are assuming the same working day trip generation rate densities for this lifestyle and that of average New Yorkers. |
| Factory / industrial use | Eco-conscious | Trip Genie 2011- Results of context-sensitive trip generation | New York: urban landscape () | 11.5 | person trip /1000 ft2 | We are assuming the same working day trip generation rate densities for this lifestyle and that of average New Yorkers. | |
| Factory / industrial use | Eco-conscious | Trip Genie 2011- Results of context-sensitive trip generation | New York: urban landscape () | 4.5 | person trip /1000 ft2 | We are assuming the same working day trip generation rate densities for this lifestyle and that of average New Yorkers. | |
| * | Factory / industrial use | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | person trip /1000 ft2 | |
| * | Garage / storage use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 2.5 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Mini-warehouse |
| Garage / storage use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 4.96 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Warehousing | |
| Garage / storage use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 0.28 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Mini-warehouse | |
| Garage / storage use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 0.45 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Warehousing | |
| * | Garage / storage use | Average Earthling | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 4.96 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Due to a lack of global working day trip generation data, we have assumed the same working day trip generation rate density for Average Earthling as that of the United States for this use. This is the working day trip generation rate density for warehousing. |
| * | Garage / storage use | Average New Yorker | Trip Genie 2011- Results of context-sensitive trip generation | New York: urban landscape () | 5.3 | person trip /1000 ft2 | |
| * | Garage / storage use | Eco-conscious | Trip Genie 2011- Results of context-sensitive trip generation | New York: urban landscape () | 5.3 | person trip /1000 ft2 | We are assuming the same working day trip generation rate densities for this lifestyle and that of average New Yorkers. |
| * | Garage / storage use | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | person trip /1000 ft2 | |
| * | Hotel use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 32.3 | person trip /1000 ft2 | This was calculated under the assumption that the average hotel room in the US is 325 square feet. The original trip generation rate used was 10.5 trips / occupied room for the average weekday. |
| * | Hotel use | Average Earthling | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 32.3 | person trip /1000 ft2 | This value was assumed to be the same as the average American and was calculated under the assumption that the average hotel room in the US is 325 square feet. The original trip generation rate used was 10.5 trips / occupied room for the average weekday. |
| * | Hotel use | Average New Yorker | NYC 2010 CEQR Technical Manual | New York City: New York City (2010) | 0.367931 | trips / m2 / day | This value was calculated under the assumption that the average hotel room size in New York City is 275 square feet. |
| * | Hotel use | Eco-conscious | NYC 2010 CEQR Technical Manual | New York City: New York City (2010) | 0.367931 | trips / m2 / day | We assume the same working day trip generation rate density as that of an average New Yorker. This value was calculated under the assumption that the average hotel room size in New York City is 275 square feet. |
| * | Hotel use | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | trips / m2 / day | |
| * | Hunter / gatherer use | Average American | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | person trip /1000 ft2 | |
| * | Hunter / gatherer use | Average Earthling | Sanderson 2009 Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City | Manhattan: Mannahatta () | 0.003077 | trips / m2 / day | We assume the same working day trip generation rate density as that of the Lenape. This value was calculated based on the assumption that every villager makes on average one trip per day to hunt or gather food. |
| * | Hunter / gatherer use | Average New Yorker | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | person trip /1000 ft2 | |
| * | Hunter / gatherer use | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | person trip /1000 ft2 | |
| * | Hunter / gatherer use | Lenape Person | Sanderson 2009 Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City | Manhattan: Mannahatta () | 0.000006 | trips / m2 / day | This value was calculated based on the assumption that every Lenape person would make at least one trip for hunting and gathering per day. If we assume a population of 300 people on Mannahatta and a total area of 4782, and that trips were evenly distributed across Mannahatta, it works out to 6.2735e-6 trips/m2/day |
| Hunter / gatherer use | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0.000001 | trips / m2 / day | We assume each block is visited once per year for hunting and gathering use for Lenape lifestyle. | |
| * | Office use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 7.72 | person trip /1000 ft2 | |
| Office use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 11.57 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| Office use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 1.56 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| Office use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 11.01 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| Office use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 1.78 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| * | Office use | Average Earthling | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 11.01 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Due to a lack of global working day trip generation data, we have assumed the same working day trip generation rate density for Average Earthling as that of the United States for this use. |
| * | Office use | Average New Yorker | NYC 2010 CEQR Technical Manual | New York City: New York City (2010) | 18 | person trip /1000 ft2 | |
| Office use | Average New Yorker | Trip Genie 2011- Results of context-sensitive trip generation | New York: urban landscape () | 153.8 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| * | Office use | Eco-conscious | NYC 2010 CEQR Technical Manual | New York City: New York City (2010) | 18 | person trip /1000 ft2 | We are assuming the same working day trip generation rate densities for this lifestyle and Average New Yorkers. |
| * | Office use | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | person trip /1000 ft2 | |
| * | Public assembly use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 2.28 | person trip / acre / day | Person trips to county parks. |
| Public assembly use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 0.52 | person trip / acre / day | Person trips to county parks. | |
| Public assembly use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 1.59 | person trip / acre / day | Person trips to city parks. | |
| Public assembly use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 0.65 | person trip / acre / day | Person trips to state parks. | |
| Public assembly use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 0.59 | person trip / acre / day | Person trips to county parks. | |
| * | Public assembly use | Average Earthling | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 1.59 | person trip / acre / day | Due to a lack of global working day trip generation data, we have assumed the same working day trip generation rate density for Average Earthling as that of the United States for this use. This value is the person trips to city parks. |
| * | Public assembly use | Average New Yorker | Trip Genie 2011- Results of context-sensitive trip generation | New York: urban landscape () | 44 | person trip / acre / day | |
| Public assembly use | Average New Yorker | Trip Genie 2011- Results of context-sensitive trip generation | US: urban landscape () | 139 | person trip / acre / day | ||
| * | Public assembly use | Eco-conscious | Trip Genie 2011- Results of context-sensitive trip generation | New York: urban landscape () | 44 | person trip / acre / day | We assume the same working day trip generation rate density as that of the average New Yorker. |
| Public assembly use | Eco-conscious | Trip Genie 2011- Results of context-sensitive trip generation | New York: urban landscape () | 139 | person trip / acre / day | We assume the same working day trip generation rate density as that of the average New Yorker. | |
| * | Public assembly use | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | person trip /1000 ft2 | |
| * | Residential use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 6.63 | person trip / dwelling unit / day | For Apartment. |
| Residential use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 9.57 | person trip / dwelling unit / day | For Single Family Detached Housing Unit | |
| Residential use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 0.75 | person trip / dwelling unit / day | For Single Family Detached Housing Unit. | |
| Residential use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 0.51 | person trip / dwelling unit / day | For Apartment. | |
| Residential use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 5.86 | person trip / dwelling unit / day | For Condominium. | |
| Residential use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 0.44 | person trip / dwelling unit / day | For Condominium. | |
| Residential use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 1.01 | person trip / dwelling unit / day | For Single Family Detached Housing Unit. | |
| * | Residential use | Average Earthling | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 9.57 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Due to a lack of global working day trip generation data, we have assumed the same working day trip generation rate density for Average Earthling as that of the United States for this use. This is the working day trip generation rate density for a single family Detached Housing Unit |
| * | Residential use | Average New Yorker | NYC 2010 CEQR Technical Manual | New York City: New York City (2010) | 8.075 | person trip / dwelling unit / day | For residential units of three floors or more. |
| Residential use | Average New Yorker | NYC 2010 CEQR Technical Manual | New York City: New York City (2010) | 12.6 | person trip / dwelling unit / day | For residential buildings of two floors or less. | |
| Residential use | Average New Yorker | Trip Genie 2011- Results of context-sensitive trip generation | New York: urban landscape () | 8.1 | person trip / dwelling unit / day | ||
| * | Residential use | Eco-conscious | NYC 2010 CEQR Technical Manual | New York City: New York City (2010) | 12.6 | person trip / dwelling unit / day | For residential buildings of two floors or less. We are assuming the same working day trip generation rate densities for this lifestyle and Average New Yorkers. |
| * | Residential use | Lenape Person | Sanderson 2009 Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City | Manhattan: Mannahatta () | 0.0045 | trips / m2 / day | Assumes all trips begin and end at residence; see additional notes under hunter/gatherer use |
| * | Restaurant use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 89.95 | person trip /1000 ft2 | |
| Restaurant use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 14.62 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| Restaurant use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 130.34 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| Restaurant use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 10.86 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| * | Restaurant use | Average Earthling | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 89.95 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Due to a lack of global working day trip generation data, we have assumed the same working day trip generation rate density for Average Earthling as that of the United States for this use. |
| * | Restaurant use | Average New Yorker | Trip Genie 2011- Results of context-sensitive trip generation | New York: urban landscape () | 173 | person trip /1000 ft2 | |
| * | Restaurant use | Eco-conscious | Trip Genie 2011- Results of context-sensitive trip generation | New York: urban landscape () | 173 | person trip /1000 ft2 | We are assuming the same working day trip generation rate densities for this lifestyle and Average New Yorkers. |
| * | Restaurant use | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | person trip /1000 ft2 | |
| * | Retail use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 42.92 | person trip /1000 ft2 | |
| Retail use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 3.74 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| Retail use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 111.51 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| Retail use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 34.57 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Value taken from survey of 16-hour convenience store. | |
| Retail use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 4.03 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| Retail use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 3.82 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| Retail use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 46.96 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| Retail use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 65.39 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Value taken from survey of 24-hour convenience store. | |
| Retail use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 11.51 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| * | Retail use | Average Earthling | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 46.96 | person trip /1000 ft2 | Due to a lack of global working day trip generation data, we have assumed the same working day trip generation rate density for Average Earthling as that of the United States for this use. |
| * | Retail use | Average New Yorker | NYC 2010 CEQR Technical Manual | New York City: New York City (2010) | 78.2 | person trip /1000 ft2 | For destination retail. |
| Retail use | Average New Yorker | Trip Genie 2011- Results of context-sensitive trip generation | New York: urban landscape () | 159 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| Retail use | Average New Yorker | Trip Genie 2011- Results of context-sensitive trip generation | New York: urban landscape () | 154 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| Retail use | Average New Yorker | NYC 2010 CEQR Technical Manual | New York City: New York City (2010) | 205 | person trip /1000 ft2 | For local retail. | |
| Retail use | Average New Yorker | Trip Genie 2011- Results of context-sensitive trip generation | New York: urban landscape () | 75 | person trip /1000 ft2 | ||
| * | Retail use | Eco-conscious | NYC 2010 CEQR Technical Manual | New York City: New York City (2010) | 78.2 | person trip /1000 ft2 | For destination retail. We are assuming the same working day trip generation rate densities for this lifestyle and Average New Yorkers |
| Retail use | Eco-conscious | NYC 2010 CEQR Technical Manual | New York City: New York City (2010) | 205 | person trip /1000 ft2 | For local retail. We are assuming the same working day trip generation rate densities for this lifestyle and Average New Yorkers. | |
| * | Retail use | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | person trip /1000 ft2 | |
| * | Transportation use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 11.93 | person trip / acre / day | Value taken from survey of a marine terminal. |
| Transportation use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 372.32 | person trip / acre / day | This value was taken from a survey of a Park & Ride bus terminal. | |
| Transportation use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 48.81 | person trip / acre / day | Value taken from a survey of a Park & Ride bus terminal. | |
| Transportation use | Average American | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 171.52 | person trip / acre / day | Value taken from survey of marine terminal. | |
| * | Transportation use | Average Earthling | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 171.52 | person trip / acre / day | Due to a lack of global working day trip generation data, we have assumed the same working day trip generation rate density for Average Earthling as that of the United States for this use. This value was taken from a survey of a marine terminal. |
| * | Transportation use | Average New Yorker | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 11.93 | person trip / acre / day | For this use, we assume the same working day trip generation rate density as the average American. This value derives from a survey of a marine terminal. |
| Transportation use | Average New Yorker | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 171.52 | person trip / acre / day | For this use, we assume the same working day trip generation rate density as the average American. This value derives from a survey of a marine terminal. | |
| Transportation use | Average New Yorker | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 48.81 | person trip / acre / day | For this use, we assume the same working day trip generation rate density as the average American. This value derives from a survey of a Park & Ride bus terminal. | |
| Transportation use | Average New Yorker | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 372.32 | person trip / acre / day | For this use, we assume the same working day trip generation rate density as the average American. This value derives from a survey of a Park & Ride bus terminal. | |
| * | Transportation use | Eco-conscious | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 11.93 | person trip / acre / day | For this use, we assume the same working day trip generation rate density as the average New Yorker and average American. This value derives from a survey of a marine terminal. |
| Transportation use | Eco-conscious | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 48.81 | person trip / acre / day | For this use, we assume the same working day trip generation rate density as the average New Yorker and average American. This value derives from a survey of a Park & Ride bus terminal. | |
| Transportation use | Eco-conscious | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 171.52 | person trip / acre / day | For this use, we assume the same working day trip generation rate density as the average New Yorker and average American. This value derives from a survey of a marine terminal. | |
| Transportation use | Eco-conscious | ITE 2008 Trip Generation | US: All () | 372.32 | person trip / acre / day | For this use, we assume the same working day trip generation rate density as the average New Yorker and average American. This value derives from a survey of a Park & Ride bus terminal. | |
| * | Transportation use | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | person trip /1000 ft2 |