
Technical & Guidance Notes
Technical analyses and Guidance Notes, which are free, helpful and informative documents are available to everyone, including the important TRICS Good Practice Guide and TRICS

Technical analyses and Guidance Notes, which are free, helpful and informative documents are available to everyone, including the important TRICS Good Practice Guide and TRICS

TRICS Consortium Limited are pleased to offer free in-person presentations at TRICS user offices that detail the various stages of the process of commissioning TRICS

A number of online presentations have been put together following the publication of the Decide and Provide report, and we thought it would be a
An update on two, much-anticipated TRICS research projects, these being servicing and deliveries at residential apartments in London, and levels of construction traffic at TRICS SAM surveys undertaken between 2021 and 2023.
Presenting Transport for London’s new Transport Assessment and Travel Planning guidance, and how TfL and TRICS are working together to deliver multi-modal surveys across London.
A presentation on the application of Artificial Intelligence within Transport Planning, and how TRICS could benefit as we move deeper into the AI era.
Providing the background of Decide & Provide, and how TRICS can be used in the most innovative way to help deliver Transport Assessments using this new approach.
Explaining some essential key elements of the TRICS Good Practice Guide, which is of high importance to both those writing Transport Assessments and those tasked with auditing them.
Presenting ways in which users can expand their knowledge of TRICS and tips on making the most of the system.

The 27th Annual TRICS User Meeting took place on Tuesday at One Birdcage Walk in central London. We would like to thank all 130 people who attended the event and our special thanks go to the Guest Chair, Glenn Lyons, and Guest Speakers, Lynn Basford, James Griffith, Joely Hill and
TRICS Consortium Limited is pleased to announce the latest stage of our system’s integration with Vision Led Transport Planning. Called the Time Series Analysis Module, this interactive new feature will provide our users with a new way of examining trip generation data over time for the many development types in
TRICS has recently undertaken a review of User Licence and Bureau Service fees and can now provide the revised prices for these services from the 1st of January 2025. These new prices are now displayed on our website alongside the corresponding current 2024 fees. As in previous years, we are
TRICS Consortium Limited are pleased to announce that Paul Castle Associates has become our latest TRICS-approved data collection contractor. This long-established company brings decades of transport survey experience to our project, and the TRICS team look forward to working with Paul and Bert as we continue to add over 300
TRICS Consortium Limited are pleased to announce that Tina Nandha has today joined the company in the new post of Company Finance Officer. This new and important role completes the restructuring of the TRICS team. Tina will be dealing with financial administration across the company and project and will liaise
TRICS Consortium Limited is very pleased to announce that a contract has been signed with UK company Smashed Crab Studio, to develop and deliver TRICS 8. Work on this exciting project will be commencing imminently. This total redesign and upgrade across the system is a huge milestone in the ongoing
This is an area of research that is of great interest to the TRICS Community, as it is something that has yet to be investigated using hard data to a significant extent within the Transport Planning industry. This project addresses this gap in valuable information and is designed to assist the understanding of the levels of of both servicing vehicle and servicing activity types at developments of apartments, whilst also addressing the important question of dwell times.
The study examines servicing and delivery activity at three separate residential apartment developments, with surveys to take place in Autumn 2024.
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