Evolution of TRICS System Features: Recent Enhancements and Future Timeline
Explore the evolution of TRICS system features through a demonstration of recently added functionalities, decision-making processes, timeline for implementation, and examples of changes from 2020 to now. Discover how new features are determined, added, and tested, ensuring TRICS meets user needs effectively.
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Demonstration of Recently Added TRICS System Features Owen Edwards, Assistant Manager, TRICS Consortium Limited
Demonstration of Recently Added TRICS System Features How the team makes decisions on improvements or new features for the TRICS system are made. An explanation of the timeline to implement these changes within the TRICS system. Examples of recently added features to TRICS, covering 2020 until now.
Process for Adding New TRICS System Features Annual TRICS User Survey analysed for suggestions of improvements or new features. These improvements or new features can include new land uses, new filters in the trip rate calculation process or the way data is presented in the software. Every suggestion is considered even if only put forward by one TRICS user.
Timeline for Adding New TRICS System Features The TRICS User Survey goes live early in the year and is open to users for a couple of months. The results are analysed, from which a systems development proposal is written up and costed with the TRICS software developer and agreed over the summer. Work on the new features is carried out during autumn and thorough testing occurs prior to the launch of the December TRICS system update.
Main TRICS System Changes in 2020 and 2021 Some examples of system features added in 2020 and 2021 will now be given, before moving into more detail on the most recently added changes to TRICS at the end of 2022. The many additions have been varied, from new land uses to minor aesthetic changes. The following examples should illustrate TRICS is always developing and changing to meet its users needs.
2020 System Development Changes Automatically identify SAM and Covid-19 surveys in site lists. New 01/R (Trade Shop), 01/S (Mixed Bargain Retail Unit), 06/K (Caf ) and 06/L (Banqueting Centre) land use sub-categories added. Provide clarity on surveys removed throughout filtering. Secondary Filtering stage additions: Filtering by population within 500 metres radius. Site Operations Breakdown filter.
2021 System Development Changes Introduce a new Scooter count type. New data fields for drive-through sites. Drive through lane capacity. Pre-order pick-up bays and drive through ordering points. New Parking Spaces data field for 13/A and 13/B PFS surveys. New Total People:Total Vehicles ratio. Introduce average Vehicle Occupants per Vehicle figures.
2022 System Development Changes Introduction of local traffic calming features. Moving land use sub-categories into the Land Use Archive. New 05/N (Community Hospital) and 13/C (Electric Vehicle Charging Station) land use sub-categories added.
Example 13/C (Electric Vehicle Charging Station) development data
2022 System Development Changes Show percentage of staff working from home (for 02/A (Office) and two other sub-categories) Add Electric Vehicle Charging Bays to 03 (Residential) developments. Adding multiple survey days for certain land uses. Definitions button moved on Survey Days screen. Change Good Practice Guidance exclamation marks from yellow to red.
2022 System Development Changes Display the trip rate calculation factor in rank order list tables. Changes to TRICS database home screen. Removal of the TRICS Forum. Improved highlighting of Save button. Add Servicing Vehicle counts for some Level 1 surveys. Filter surveys to only include those with or without servicing vehicle counts. Allow compatibility between Free Standing and Village location types.
How to influence the development of TRICS Have your say! 2024 TRICS User Survey. Contact support@trics.org. Sign up to our Mailchimp or join the LinkedIn group for alerts.
