Trip attraction of mixed-use development in Metropolitan Manila

College

Gokongwei College of Engineering

Department/Unit

Civil Engineering

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Source Title

Proceedings of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies

Volume

4

First Page

860

Last Page

868

Publication Date

10-2003

Abstract

Studies of people trips and vehicular attraction to activity centers have been conducted in western countries but few have been done for Asian conditions especially in the Philippines. The study developed multiple regression models that estimate the volume of person trips and vehicles attracted to condominiums catering to mix uses. Thirty condominiums within Metro Manila were randomly selected and their attributes such as the available residential floor area, parking slots, commercial floor area, occupancy rates and the like were gathered. Morning to afternoon hourly counting of people and vehicles that went to the condominium were conducted. The peak hour volume of people and vehicles was known to occur in the morning. Multiple linear regression models were then developed separately on the casual relationship between peak people and vehicular attraction as related to site characteristics. The resulting equations showed that the residential floor area was strongly related to the peak vehicular attraction as well as volume of people entering the condominium. This study can be used to help determine the sufficient number of parking facilities a condominium should provide and also to minimize the traffic congestion in the vicinity due to waiting and illegally parked vehicles.

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Disciplines

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Keywords

Mixed-use developments--Philippines--Metro Manila

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