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TRICS (Trip Rate Information Computer System) is a database of trip rates for developments used in the United Kingdom for transport planning purposes,^[1] specifically to quantify the trip generation of new developments.^[2]

The TRICS Consortium describes TRICS as follows:

TRICS is the system that challenges and validates assumptions about the transport impacts of new developments. It is the national system of trip generation analysis, a large database of inbound & outbound transport surveys covering a wide variety of development types.

The database was established in 1989^[3] by six county councils in South East England (Dorset, East Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, Surrey and West Sussex). It is now maintained by TRICS Consortium Ltd, based in Barnet, London.

TRICS 7, a major update, was released in late 2013.

TRICS includes the following development categories:

1. Retail
2. Employment
3. Residential
4. Education
5. Health
6. Hotel, Food and Drink
7. Leisure
8. Marinas
9. Golf
10. Tourist Attractions
11. Civic Amenity Sites
12. Petrol Stations
13. Car Showrooms

TRICS have also developed SAM (Standard Assessment Methodology),^[4] a system to measure the effectiveness of travel plans.