Trip generation rates for South African golf clubs and estates

dc.contributor.authorWithers, M.M.en
dc.contributor.authorBester, C.J.en
dc.contributor.otherSouthern African Transport Conference (28th : 2009 : Pretoria, South Africa)en
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-25T06:37:04Zen
dc.date.available2009-11-25T06:37:04Zen
dc.date.issued2009-07-06en
dc.descriptionThis paper was transferred from the original CD ROM created for this conference. The material was published using Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Technology. The original CD ROM was produced by Document Transformation Technologies Postal Address: PO Box 560 Irene 0062 South Africa. Tel.: +27 12 667 2074 Fax: +27 12 667 2766 E-mail: nigel@doctech URL: http://www.doctech.co.zaen
dc.description.abstractPaper presented at the 28th Annual Southern African Transport Conference 6 - 9 July 2009 "Sustainable Transport", CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa.en
dc.description.abstractThere has been a surge in the development of golf estates in South Africa; however, adequate information regarding the trip generation potential of this land use is still not available. This study aims to determine trip generation rates for South African golf clubs and estates and ascertain an independent characteristic specific to all golf estates to which the trip generation rates relate. Two golfing land uses were investigated during this study, namely recreational golf courses and residential golf estates. Trip generation rates have been investigated primarily for recreational golf courses. The applicability of these rates to describe golf related traffic at residential golf estates was then considered.Traffic counts were conducted at six golf courses and estates in the Boland region during the winter months of July, August and September of 2008. Trip generation rates are expected to represent the top 75 percentile of occurring traffic volumes, consequently, rates are required for the peak summer season. This study therefore includes the application of statistical methods for converting counted winter traffic volumes into equivalent summer traffic. These data manipulation methods were developed during the course of this project, and have applications in other traffic engineering circumstances. This paper also considers the use of previously unused trip generation characteristics. It was determined that the starting period of a golfing session, a newly defined characteristic, produced the most accurate trip generation rates for recreational golf courses.Additionally, it was found that these rates can be applied to residential golf estates when multiplied with an applicable capture rate to reduce total traffic volumes.en
dc.identifier.citationWithers, MM & Bester, CJ 2009, 'Trip generation rates for South African golf clubs and estates', Paper presented to the 28th Annual Southern African Transport Conference, South Africa, 6-9 July. p. 549-559en
dc.identifier.isbn9781920017392
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/12017
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDocument Transformation Technologiesen
dc.relation.ispartofSATC 2009
dc.rightsUniversity of Pretoriaen
dc.subjectSustainable transporten
dc.subjectTrip generation ratesen
dc.subjectSouth African golf clubsen
dc.subjectSouth African golf estatesen
dc.subjectTraffic countsen
dc.subjectBolanden
dc.subject.lcshTransportation
dc.subject.lcshGolf courses -- South Africa -- Boland
dc.subject.lcshGolf
dc.titleTrip generation rates for South African golf clubs and estatesen
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dc.typePresentationen

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