On behalf of the TRICS® Consortium, I would like to welcome you to TRICS® on-line

Following last year’s 20th birthday celebrations, the TRICS® Consortium are pleased to take TRICS® into a new decade and the new challenges that it brings.

2010/11 is set to be an interesting year in the development of the system, with much-valued feedback and ideas from all sections of the TRICS® Community being taken into account as we prepare for another round of system improvements and additions. We were delighted that the June 2010 User Meeting in Birmingham was the most attended yet, with over 120 delegate bookings. To us it is a sign that our users remain hungry for news across all areas of the project, and we shall certainly keep you informed via this website and our quarterly newsletter (to subscribe to this contact the TRICS® team).

Our annual data collection programme continues to tour all regions of the UK and Ireland, covering a wide variety of land use categories. From retail superstores to residential developments, schools, hospitals, offices and hotels, we shall be undertaking over 200 surveys, predominantly multi-modal in nature. These will be supplemented by further surveys undertaken as part of our Standardised Assessment Methodology (SAM) approach to monitoring the effect of Travel Plans. This is an area we are aiming to develop further as we progress through the year.

Users of TRICS®, and recipients of its data, should note that the 2010 issue of the TRICS® Good Practice Guide is freely available, and can be accessed right here at this website. The Consortium strongly recommends that all members of the TRICS® Community become familiar with this guidance, which is often quoted up to Public Inquiry level. You may also be interested in our multi-modal methodology document, which is also freely available from the TRICS® team upon request.

We are also pleased to be organising the 22nd TRICS® Transport and Development Conference, which this year is being held at a unique and fascinating venue. On 17th November 2010, The Magic Circle Headquarters in London will be hosting this popular annual event. All those interested in attending the conference can download the booking form right here. Please see the link from the homepage.

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued feedback and ideas, which are truly of great value to us. We are proud that TRICS® is truly interactive and community-led, and we feel that this inclusive approach is the main reason why our system continues to be the UK and Ireland’s standard for trip generation analysis.

Duncan Barratt
West Sussex County Council