Uses of origin and destination survey
- Evaluation of the general road plan and present or foreseeable problems.
- To locate new bridges as per traffic demand.
- The number of trips into, within, and through an installation; and time of day, mode of travel and number of occupants in a vehicle during a trip.
- The location of new proposed roads.
- To locate terminals and terminal facilities.
- Future travel patterns can be determined by being aware of future projects or changes. By anticipating changes, potential traffic problems can be avoided. This might include changes in population, new residential areas or service facilities.
- To locate expressway.
- To regulate movement of heavy vehicles.
- Determining need for revised flow patterns, alternate routes, new streets and parking areas.
- Help determine parking patterns in major functional areas of the installation.
- To judge the adequancy of existing routes.
- The necessity of making one-way street.
- Present travel patterns; areas that generate the most traffic; and efficiency of traffic lanes concerning flow and safety.
- To establish preferential routes for various categories of vehicles.
- To location of parking places.
