The National Trip End Model is a database maintained by the United Kingdom's
Department for Transport. The database forecasts future year data for population, employment, housing,
car ownership
Car ownership is the ownership of a car. Car ownership typically requires far fewer permits than driving that car on public roads (i.e. driver's license, car insurance, etc.).
History
Levels of ownership have risen significantly since automobiles ...
and
trip rates, and can thus be used to estimate the future growth in
travel
Travel is the movement of people between distant geographical locations. Travel can be done by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, ship or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip. Travel c ...
to and from homes and workplaces.
The database covers different
modes of transport
Mode of transport is a term used to distinguish between different ways of transportation or transporting people or goods. The different modes of transport are air, water, and land transport, which includes rails or railways, road and off-road t ...
and for different journey purposes such as work, education, shopping and leisure; and can be used to make predictions for different years or different geographical areas within the UK.
The database is maintained by
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.
Range
As of 2020, the database includes forecasts up to the year 2051.
[Data.gov.uk NTEM https://data.gov.uk/dataset/11bc7aaf-ddf6-4133-a91d-84e6f20a663e/national-trip-end-model-ntem]
Software
The DfT also produce the Trip End Model Presentation Program (TEMPRO) which is a user interface for interrogating the database. As of August 2022 the latest version is 8.0.
[DfT https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tempro-downloads]
References
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See also
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TRICS
TRICS (Trip Rate Information Computer System) is a database of trip rates for developments used in the United Kingdom for transport planning purposes, specifically to quantify the trip generation of new developments.
The TRICS Consortium describ ...
Department for Transport
Transportation planning