Office Block Traffic and Parking Generation Surveys for NSW, Australia

GTA Consultants were commissioned by the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority to determine contemporary traffic and parking generation rates for 'Office and Commercial' land use in Metropolitan and Regional New South Wales. The data report contains details of surveys undertaken to support this analysis, intended to replace rates from the 2002 Guide to Traffic Generating Developments. The dataset was last updated on the platform in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling peak-hour traffic volumes for new office developments based on surveyed generation rates.
• Estimating required parking capacity for commercial buildings based on observed parking generation patterns.
• Updating local traffic impact assessment guidelines with contemporary data for office and commercial land uses.
• Calibrating transportation simulation models for metropolitan and regional areas of New South Wales.

Strengths

• Commissioned by the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority, providing an official government data source.
• Intended to replace outdated rates from a 2002 guide, suggesting updated methodology.
• Covers both Metropolitan and Regional New South Wales, offering geographic breadth.

Limitations

• The primary data format is PDF, which may require extraction to be used for analysis.
• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, limiting immediate understanding of data structure.
• The exact number of survey sites and temporal coverage are not specified in the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

NSW Government, via data_gov_au.

Collection Method

Surveys undertaken by GTA Consultants for the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-25 20:02:43.012278; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Metropolitan and Regional New South Wales, Australia.