The objective of this study is to characterize the standard of the trips generated by four private universities, named as IES-A, IES-B, IES-C and IES-D, of the city of Uberlândia, MG, according to the type of user, time of operation and course offered, together with identifying the main transportation modes utilized by the users. After applying a survey to the university community it was possible to characterize the standard for the attracted and produced trips for the different transportation modes, to identify the time period of the trip, the transportation mode, the trips' origin and destination, the physical location of the trip' origin and destination and, finally, the trip time. It was observed constancy for the night-time shift of the number of trips attracted throughout the week. For the other shifts it was verified that the Friday presented a lesser amount of trips when compared with the other week days for both, the morning and the afternoon shifts. This work can contribute for the definition of trip generation models for private universities of Brazil, which have different characteristics when compared with foreign institutions, mainly of the USA.
trip generator; universities; trip standard