Truth in Transportation Planning Rejoinder

Donald C. Shoup

Carl Buttke and Eugene Arnold argue that nothing is wrong with the Institute of Transportation Engineers' (ITE) Trip Generation and Parking Generation. In part, their confidence may derive from their assumption that "...

Figure 5 Truck Terminal (Land Use 030)

Average Vehicle Trip Ends vs: Acres On a: weekday

Institute of Transportation Engineers, Trip Generation, 6th edition (Washington, DC: 1997), p. 66.

Figure 4Fast Food Restaurant with Drive-Through Window (Land Use 834)

Average Vehicle Trip Ends vs: 1,000 Square Feet Gross Floor Area On a: weekday

Institute of Transportation Engineers, Trip Generation, 6th edition (Washington, DC: 1997), p. 1,...

Figure 2 Fast Food Restaurant with Drive-In Window (Land Use 836)

Peak Parking Spaces Occupied vs: 1,000 Gross Square Feet Leasable Area On a: weekday

Institute of Transportation Engineers, Parking Generation, 2nd edition (Washington, DC:...

Figure 3 Fast Food Restaurant with Drive-Through Window (Land Use 834)

Average Vehicle Trip Ends vs: 1,000 Square Feet Gross Floor Area On a: weekday

Institute of Transportation Engineers, Trip Generation, 5th edition (Washington, DC: 1991), p. 1...

Truth in Transportation Planning

Donald C. Shoup* University of California, Los Angeles

Transportation engineers and urban planners often report uncertain estimates as precise numbers, and unwarranted trust in the accuracy of these precise numbers can lead to bad...

Figure 1 Fast Food Restaurant with Drive-Through Window (Land Use 834)

Average Vehicle Trip Ends vs: 1,000 Square Feet Gross Floor Area On a: weekday

Institute of Transportation Engineers, Trip Generation, 4th edition (Washington, DC: 1987), p...

Truth in Transportation Planning Discussion

Carl H. Buttke* Consulting Transportation Engineer Eugene D. Arnold, Jr.* Virginia Transportation Research Council

Mr. Shoup's article, "Truth in Transportation Planning," tends to view the Institute of Transportation...

Table 4 Fare (or Toll) for Each Transportation Mode by OD Pair (U.S. $/trip)

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Table 5 Air and Conventional Rail Travel Time and Daily Capacity by OD Pair

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