University campuses are quite often important trip generators. Several studies have shown that the trip rates associated to this type of educational facility are strongly dependent on the users' profiles (i.e., graduate and undergraduate students, staff, and faculty). Other equally important aspects, such as the locations of the trip origins, however, are not always taken into account in the estimation of trips rates. This study aims to show that the variations on trip rates produced by both characteristics (i.e., the different users' profiles and the origins of their trips) should not be neglected, particularly if the trip rates are going to be used for estimating the demand for infrastructure provision. The analysis was based on a case study of a university campus well connected to the street network of a medium-sized city, and located only 1.6 km away from the Central Business District. However, the approach proposed can be applied in other contexts.
trip generation rates; higher education facilities