Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) and Forecasting Future Traffic Needs: Lessons from Selected North Carolina Case Studies
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The focus of this paper is to conduct an evaluation of selected traffic impact analysis (TIA) case
studies, review current practice, and recommend procedures that could be adapted to better forecast
and plan future traffic needs. Lessons from the evaluations indicate that considering regional traffic
growth rate, peak hour factor (PHF), heavy vehicle percentage, and other off-site developments
would yield relatively better TIA forecasts. Incomplete development with vacant parcels was
observed at several case sites, possibly due to the state of the economy. Therefore, conducting
analysis assuming multiple “build out” years (say, three and five years based on the magnitude of
the development) as complete build out years would help state and local transportation agencies
plan and better allocate resources based on the need.