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Estimation of Trip Attraction Rates and Models for Shopping Centers in


Dhaka City
Syed Aaqib Javed1*, Mithun Debnath1, Md. Hossain Nadim1, Md. Ajwad Anwar1, Sabuj Chowdhury2
1
Lecturer, 2Assistant Professor
1,2
Department of Civil Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), Dhaka,
Bangladesh

*Corresponding Author: aaqib.ce@aust.edu

ABSTRACT is trip generation model [1]. Trip generation


Planning of transportation facilities for any city models are classified into three levels: strategic,
depends on trip generation steps. In this paper, tactical and operational ones. Trip generation
trip attraction rate of six shopping centers calculations at the strategic and tactical levels are
located at different places (Uttara, Gulshan and determined by the cross-classification models or
category analysis [1-2]. Transport generated trips at
Dhanmondi) in Dhaka city is determined.
tactical and operational levels is estimated by the
Physical features like floor area (ft2), parking linear regression models and rate methods with
space, number of shops, number of entry, linear regression equations [3-4]. Linear regression
number of employees (per shop) are considered and cross-classification methods is mainly used to
to determine the trip attraction rate. The estimate total number of trips in various empirical
number of vehicles (car) and persons entering studies [5-8]. The main objective of trip generation
the shopping center on weekend and weekday is to correlate land use and trip making activity to
during peak hour for every 15 minutes time identify future travel pattern [9]. The method of
interval are counted. A similar trend showed in estimating trip generation is categorized as the
all the graphs between the trip rate on weekend procedure of estimating trip production and trip
and weekdays. In all cases, trip rate on weekend attraction at each Traffic Analysis Zone. Trip
is higher than the trip rate on weekday. This attraction aims to predict the total number of trips
attracted to each zone of the study area and trip
data used to determine the trip attraction rate production aims to predict the number of trips
with respect to different physical features. This generated by the households in the trip analysis
trip attraction rate can be used for estimating zone. Trip attraction is significant in considering
the traffic volume and evaluating the traffic the impact of new establishment such as
impacts adjacent a new shopping center. Two workplace, shopping center and residential
regression models were also developed as a development to the traffic engineer and urban
function of different physical features to planner. Shopping trips are the second best
estimate the trip attractions of the shopping contributing part of trip attraction. This paper
centers. The result showed that all the physical constructs the comparative relation with the trip
features have a strong correlation except attraction rate of the shopping centers and the
number of entry. This models will be helpful in number of people per unit time coming to the
shopping center.
estimating the trip attraction rate for any
A proposed commercial development site
shopping centers. conducted several studies regarding the vehicles
generated and then are able to estimate the traffic
Keywords-- Dhaka city, shopping center, trip impact of commercial developments. The provision
attraction rate, trip generation model, transportation adequate parking facilities to decrease the traffic
lanning congestion on the vicinity of commercial
establishments [10]. Leasable floor area, gross
floor area, car park spaces, occupancy rate and
INTRODUCTION peak parking demands were the variables taken in
the study. The methodology of the study was to
Nowadays rapid urbanization is one of the main count the number of vehicles parked in the
problems for developing countries. If the building, hourly parking accumulation and then the
transportation system is not properly planned, the total count were summarized in every 15 minutes.
road network will certainly lose its capacity to Vehicles parked on the designated or prohibited
serve the continuously growing number of trips. areas of the vicinity of the adjacent street were also
This will result in traffic congestion, lower free counted. A model was developed consisting of
flow speed, increased delay and road accident. floor area to trip rate using multiple regressions
Therefore, new developments have become a major [11]. A questionnaire survey was prepared which
issue with the approval of traffic impact assessment consist of available commercial floor area,
(TIA). The first step of the fourstep transport model residential floor area, parking slots, number of

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floors, number of commercial establishments, years surrounding area. However, physical features of the
in operation, occupancy rates and maintenance fee shopping center are easy to measure and can be
to collect the data to know the characteristics of the included to estimate the trip attraction rate. Hourly
selected condominiums and for modeling purpose. rates are determined with respect to gross floor
The crucial spatial characteristics has an impact on area, number of stores, number of employees,
the distance, destination and modal split of number of gate opening and total number of
shopping trips by the neighbourhoods and of parking spaces. It is found that these physical
shopping destinations [12]. The important features have significant influence on trip
independent variables consist of the number of attractions [11, 15-16].
different stores like, consumer market, The objective of this study is to estimate
supermarket, small land, sum of stores and large the trip attraction rate of shopping centers at
stores in the neighbourhood. Both physical different places (Dhanmondi, Gulshan and Uttara)
characteristics of the area and socio-economics in Dhaka City. This study will help for subsequent
characteristics of trip makers would affect the trip research to be conducted by local agencies and/or
generation. They developed multiple regression private organizations to further develop a
models and determined that socio-economic comprehensive urban trip attraction database of
characteristics plays a major roleto attract the trips shopping centers. This database can be used not
and land use shows a little role [13]. The only for planning and design of shopping centers
characteristics of trip attraction at the market land for the geometric design but also for traffic control
use, its influencing factors and also developed a on the roadways around the shopping centers.
model of trip attraction and a model of trip delay Macroscopic model also develops in this study to
analysis at Dinoyo market area [14]. A model was estimate the trip attraction rate of shopping centers.
developed depending on the factors like quality of The model will be used to estimate the trip
goods offered, price of goods, store hours of attraction rate of similar type of shopping centers
operation, accessibility to the shopping area, and for geometric design and for traffic control
availability of parking, goods offered and schemes on the roadways around the shopping
protection from environmental influences the centers.
modeling [15].
Trip rates manula like ITE's Trip METHODOLOGY
Generation Manual (ITE, 2008) is already
established but due to dissimilarities in land-use The survey was conducted in six shopping
pattern, socio-economic characteristics and road centers at Uttara, Gulshan and Dhanmondi area in
network facilities, the developed trip rates and Dhaka city. The shopping centers are Plaza A.R,
models are not applicable in our country. Mascot Plaza, Pink city, Rajlaxmi complex, Rapa
Hence, in this paper trip attraction rates of Plaza and Metro shopping Mall. All the shopping
shopping centers are determined in the context of centers are placed in type 2 or medium size
Bangladesh. It is difficult to consider all the factors shopping centers. The location of six shopping
influencing the trip attraction rate of shopping centers is shown in Fig. 1.
center like land use characteristics of the

Figure 1: Location of six shopping centers.

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The number of people and vehicles Monday was selected to observe the weekend and
attracted to the shopping centers for various weekday variation in trip rate. The survey was
reasons like shopping, fitness centers having food carried for a length of three peak hours (4.30-7.30)
in restaurant and for other services were counted. pm. The maximum hourly data were taken as peak
Surveyors positioned themselves near the entrance hour trip rates for each shopping center. Trip
of the shopping center and counted people and attraction rate was determined with respect to
vehicles entering the shopping center in every 15 different physical features like person trips/1000
minutes interval to determine the trip attraction ft2/hour, person trips/shop/hour, person trips/100
rate. Two days data were collected in each employees/hour, Person trips/entry/hour and person
shopping center to understand the daily variation trips/10 parking spaces/hour. The physical features
between the trip attraction rates. Friday and of six shopping malls are provided in Table 1.

Table 1: Physical features of six shopping malls.


Name of the Shopping Floor area No of employees
Parking Space No of shops No of entry
center (ft2) (per shop)
Plaza A.R 13200 40 72 2 3
Mascot Plaza 14400 36 156 2 3
Pink city 16300 63 160 2 4
Rajlaxmi complex 18500 30 270 3 4
Rapa Plaza 21400 120 220 2 4
Metro shopping Mall 19300 85 200 2 4

These collected data were used for RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS


developing a regression model to determine trip Trip Rate Determination
attraction rate with respect to different physical
features to estimate the future trip attraction. Trip attraction rate was determined
Equation (1) represents a typical basic model for with respect to different physical features. The
trip generation. trip attraction rates of six shopping centers on
both weekend and weekday are shown in Table
Y= a + b1 X1 + b2 X2 +. . . + bn Xn (1) 2. In all the cases, a weekend trip attraction rate
is higher than the weekday trip attraction rate.
Where, Y = the dependent variable of trip
On weekend maximum number of people go to
generation or attraction; X1 to Xn = the related
shopping centers because they have more free
independent variables; for example, Floor area of
time and for recreational purposes with their
shopping centers or Number of shop; b1 to bn = the
coefficients of the respective independent variable; family. Standard deviation and average trip
and a = a constant included which is not explained attraction rate was also determined. Standard
by the independent variables to represent that deviation express how much the variation from
portion of the value of Y. the mean in a set of value.

Table 2: Trip attraction rates of six shopping centers.


Person Person trips/ Person
Name of the Person Person trips/10
Day trips/1000 100 trips/entry/
Shopping center trips/shop/hr parking spaces/hr
ft2/hr employees/hr hr
Plaza A.R 26.8 4.9 163.9 177 88.5
Mascot Plaza 28.8 2.7 88.5 207 115
Pink city 25 2.6 63.8 204 64.8
Weekend
Rajlaxmi complex 23.5 1.6 40.2 144.7 144.7
(Friday)
Rapa Plaza 24.7 2.4 60 264 44
Metro shopping
20.5 2 49.5 198 46.6
Mall
Plaza A.R 19.4 3.6 118.5 128 64
Mascot Plaza 23.3 2.2 71.8 168 93.3
Pink city 18 1.8 45.9 147 46.7
Weekday
Rajlaxmi complex 16.5 1.1 28.3 102 102
(Monday)
Rapa Plaza 17.7 1.7 43 189 31.5
Metro shopping
15.3 1.5 37 148 34.8
Mall

The highest peak hour trip attraction rate is shown in Fig. 2. On weekend, the highest peak
(person trips/1000 ft2/hour) of six shopping centers hour person trip attraction rate was in Mascot plaza

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with 28.8 person trips/1000 ft 2/hour and the lowest trip rate value of 15.3 person trips/1000 ft2/hour
peak hour trip attraction rate was in Metro was found in Metro shopping mall on weekdays.
shopping mall with 20.5 person trips/1000 ft2/hour. Grand average of peak hour person trip attraction
Mascot plaza attracted the highest trip attraction rate was 21.63 person trips/1000 ft2/hour and
rate because it covers all types of shops. The lowest Standard deviation was found 4.33.

35

Weekend
30
Weekday
Person/1000 ft2/hr

25

20

15

10
Plaza A.R Mascot Pink city Rajlaxmi Rapa Plaza Metro
Plaza complex shopping
Mall

Figure 2: Trip attraction rate (person trips/1000 ft2/hour) for different shopping centers.

Plaza A.R obtained with highest peak trips/shop/hour) of six shopping centers. Plaza
hour person/shop/hour on both the days with a A.R had the lowest number of shops but most
value of 4.9 on weekend and 3.6 on weekdays, of them were well renowned and branded shops
whereas Rajlaxmi complex obtained the lowest which attracted the people most. Grand average
trip attraction rate with a value of 1.6 and 1.1 of peak hour person trip attraction rate was 2.34
respectively. Fig. 3 represents the variation in person trips/shop/hour and Standard deviation
peak hour Trip Attraction Rate (Person was found 1.04.

5 Weekend
Weekday
Person/shop/hr

0
Plaza A.R Mascot Plaza Pink city Rajlaxmi Rapa Plaza Metro
complex shopping
Mall
Figure 3: Trip attraction rate (person trips/shop/hour) for different shopping centers.

The variation in peak hours trip attraction A.R. center had the highest trip attraction rate of
rate (person trips/100 employees/hour) of six 163.9 trips/100 employees/hour on weekend and
shopping centers is shown in Fig. 4. Again Plaza 118.5 trips/100 employees/hour on weekday. On

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the contrary, Rajlaxmi complex made the lowest and lowest as it was for the trip attraction rate
trip attraction rate 40.2 trips/100 employees/hour (Person trips/shop/hour). Grand average of peak
on weekend and 28.3 trips/100 employees/hour on hour person trip attraction rate was 67.53 person
weekday. There may be the same reasons to find trips/100 employees/hour and Standard deviation
the same shopping centers to become the highest was found 39.34.

180
160
Weekend
Person/100 employees/hr

140
Weekday
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Plaza A.R Mascot Plaza Pink city Rajlaxmi Rapa Plaza Metro
complex shopping
Mall
Figure 4: Trip attraction rate (person trips/100 employees /hour) for different shopping centers.

Fig. 5 illustrates the variation in peak hour respectively. All the shopping centers got two
trip attraction rate (Person trips/entry/hour) of six openings except Rajlaxmi complex which got three
shopping centers. Rapa plaza had the highest trip openings. Rajlaxmi complex did not attract many
attraction rate (Person trips/entry/hour) with a people compared to their gate opening. Grand
value of 264 on weekend and 189 on weekdays, average of peak hour person trip attraction rate was
whereas Rajlaxmi complex got the lowest trip 173.06 person trips/entry/hour and Standard
attraction rate with a value of 144.7 and 102 deviation was found 43.16.

300
Weekend
Weekday
250
Person/entry/hr

200

150

100

50
Plaza A.R Mascot Plaza Pink city Rajlaxmi Rapa Plaza Metro
complex shopping
Mall
Figure 5: Trip attraction rate (person trips/entry/hour) for different shopping centers.

A vice versa relationship had found spaces/hour. This time Rajlaxmi complex got the
between the trip attraction rate for Person largest trip attraction rate (Person trips/10 parking
trips/entry/hour and the Person trips/10 parking spaces/hour) of 144.7 on weekend and 102 on

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weekday, whereas Rapa plaza got the least trip trip attraction rate (Person trips/10 parking
attraction rate (Person trips/10 parking spaces/hour) spaces/hour) of six shopping centers. Grand
of 44 on weekend 31.5 on weekday. Rapa plaza did average of peak hour person trip attraction rate was
not attract many people compared to their number 72.99 person trips/10 parking spaces/hour and
of parking. Fig. 6 depicts the variation in peak hour Standard deviation was found 35.62.

160
Weekend
140
Person/10 parking spaces/hr

Weekday
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Plaza A.R Mascot Plaza Pink city Rajlaxmi Rapa Plaza Metro
complex shopping
Mall
Figure 6: Trip attraction rate (person trips/10 parking spaces/hour) for different shopping centers.

MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION develop trip generation model. Two separate


model was developed by using the SPSS
The data set was categorized into two software for weekend and weekday to estimate
parts; dependent variables (present number of the trip attraction rate. It is seen that all the
trips) and independent variables (Floor area, independent variables have a strong correlation
Parking space, Number of shops, Number of except Number of entry. The estimated model
entry and Number of employees) in order to for shopping centers are provided in Table 3.

Table 3: Estimated model for shopping centers


Day Model R2 Adjusted R2
Weekend (Friday) Y = 628.17 – 0.026 X1 + 2.57 X2 + 1.48 X3 – 52.63 X4 0.91 0.152
Weekday (Monday) Y = 669.61 – 0.038 X1 + 2.94 X2 + 1.74 X3 – 63.58 X4 0.96 0.783
Notes: Y = Number of trip attraction, X1 = Floor area, X2 = Parking space, X3 = Number of shops, X4 = Number
of employees.

CONCLUSION weekend and another is for weekdays. These


models will be helpful in determining the trip
This study is conducted to estimate the attraction rate for future shopping centers.
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