Traffic Assessment - Renfrewshire Council

Table 4.13 Peak Hour Residential and Employment External Trips
AM Peak Period PM Peak Period
IN OUT Total IN OUT Total
RESIDENTIAL 572 2966 3538 1795 1119 2914
Leisure -29 -148 -177 -90 -56 -146
Primary School - -550 -550 - - -
Education
(University/College)
Commercial
(Supermarket)
Residential to
Employment
Secondary
Education (Buses)
RESIDENTIAL
TOTAL
- -296 -296 -264 - -264
-104 -66 -170 -205 -202 -407
-21 -296 -317 -226 -25 -251
- +8 +8 - - -
418 1618 2036 1010 836 1846
IN OUT Total IN OUT Total
EMPLOYMENT 1973 138 2111 166 1504 1670
Employment from
Residential
-296 -21 -317 -25 -226 -251
School Staff +36 - +36 - +18 +18
EMPLOYMENT
TOTAL
COMBINED
RESIDENTIAL AND
EMPLOYMENT
TOTAL
1713 117 1830 141 1296 1437
2131 1735 3866 1151 2132 3283
4.61 Table 4.13 indicates that, of the total 3,866 AM Peak external two-way people trips, 2,036 two-way
trips will be generated by the residential element while the remaining 1,830 two-way trips will be
generated by the employment element.
4.62 Of the equivalent 3,283 PM Peak total external two-way trips, 1,846 two-way trips will be generated
by the residential element while the remaining 1,437 two-way trips will be generated by the
employment element.
4.63 The above weekday AM and PM peak total external two-way trip figures indicated by Table 4.13 for
both the residential and employment elements of the proposed development consequently form the
basis of the following modal split and trip distribution section of the report.
Modal Split and Trip Distribution
General
4.64 The people trip methodology is consistent with the guidelines provided by the Scottish Executive in
the document, “Transport Assessment and Implementation: A Guide”, which refer to the use of
people trip assessment methods and the use of Census data to determine existing travel
characteristics and a potential base for assessing the characteristics of new development.