Authors : Enos Okoko and J.O. Fasakin
Abstract: This study reports on the development of predictive trip rate models for three residential density zones in Akure town in Nigeria. The systematic sampling technique was used in selecting respondents from each of these zones and altogether, 2000 commuters were selected for the study. The responses that were collected from the respondents were subjected to statistical analysis and the variables that significantly influenced trip making in each of the residential density zones were identified using a stepwise regression technique. Predictive trip rate models were then developed for each of the residential density zones in Akure town. The study noted, among other things, that the mean trip rate values were not the same in the three residential density zones in Akure town. This observation was subjected to a statistical analysis and it was, however, found that the observed differential in trip rate values was not statistically significant. The study therefore posits that residential density types in Akure town do not significantly influence trip generation rates.
Enos Okoko and J.O. Fasakin , 2007. Trip Generation Modelling in Varying Residential Density Zones an Empirical Analysis for Akure, Nigeria. The Social Sciences, 2: 13-19.