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Experts differ on trip-generation method for proposed Nicodemus Road daycare; applicant figures used in analysis
Summary
Traffic testimony showed the applicant's consultant used student counts rather than building square footage from ITE guidelines to estimate peak trips for a proposed daycare; experts said students typically produce more consistent trip rates while the square-footage method gave higher but more variable results.
At a Carroll County Board of Zoning Appeals hearing, the project’s traffic witness explained why trip-generation estimates for the proposed daycare were calculated using student counts rather than building square footage from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) manual.
Mr. Wilson said the building consists of roughly 3,200 square feet on each of two levels for a total of about 6,400 square feet, and that the ITE manual provides a trip rate of roughly 11 trips per 1,000 square feet. "Doing the calculation for that over…
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