Two important documents are now posted. First, is the end-of-the-year
newsletter-- "status report". Rather than tell you what is in it, just
take a look. Here is the direct link.
http://www.mcs.com/~berwyned/census/newsltr/sr1200.html It is also
posted as a PDF file which is accessible through the main web page.
(http://www.mcs.com/~berwyned/census/)
The second and more important document is the long awaited "draft"
content for the CTPP standard tabulations. There is an article about
the draft content in the "status report". The direct link to the
content material can be found at
http://www.mcs.com/~berwyned/census/content.html
Enjoy--as always the CTPP working group welcomes comments.
January 7th marks the beginning of the 80th Annual Meeting of the
Transportation Research Board. The Subcommittee on Census Data for
Transportation Planning will hold its meeting on Monday, January 8th
2001, between 8:00 AM and noon in the Bancroft Room of the Washington
Hilton. The agenda is attached.
Issues on the agenda include; the coding process going on in
Jefferersonville Indiana, the upcoming changes to Urban Area Definitions
and a presentation of the Census Bureau's online data dissemination
system known as the American FactFinder. In addition, we will bring
people up to date on the Census Transportation Planning Package and will
have some spirited discussion of the American Community Survey (and its
future) as well as the subcommittee's research initiatives.
Just as in past year's we will share the information that comes out of
our meeting on this list serve as well as in the "status report"
newsletter which can be found online at
http://www.mcs.com/~berwyned/census/
If you will be in Washington for the TRB meeting feel free to drop in on
our meeting.
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Ed Christopher (Subcommittee Chair)
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
202-366-0412
The TRB Committee on Travel Survey Methods (A1D10) requests your participation in an Internet-based survey of transportation surveys. This survey is directed toward MPOs and State DOTs.
This voluntary effort supports the sharing of information among transportation agencies on surveys conducted by local, state, and regional organizations and follows from the work conducted by Chuck Purvis in 1989 (TRR 1271). This study also builds on research done by Peter Stopher for NCHRP Synthesis 236 and the TMIP sponsored Cambridge Systematics report, *Scan of Recent Travel Surveys* (DOT-T-97-08) in 1996.
The survey will only take a few minutes to complete and we encourage all of you to participate. We would like to get as large a response as possible. You can access the survey at:
http://production2.voxco.com/online/nustats.mpo
The internet survey was developed by A1D10 committee members Johanna Zmud, David Pearson, and Elaine Murakami. Heather Contrino of NuStats worked on the implementation. David Pearson at TTI has volunteered to compile the results.
Although it is a time when many people are on holiday, PLEASE TRY TO RESPOND BY JANUARY 5. Thank you for your time and help with this effort!!!!
A lot of e-mail discussing DVD-reader has come my way. Someone suggests the
DVD reader costs $7,000 now,having come down from the initial price of about
$15,000.
This makes me wonder whether the computer I purchased last year with DVD
reader (4.8X DVD ROM Drive) is different from what you guys are talking
about. It is a Gateway GP7-500 with DVD Drive, CD Read/Write, Zip Drive, and
31/2 Floppy Drive). This was purchased for a little over $3,00.00. Will this
DVD Drive not be able to read CTPP data on DVD?
-----Original Message-----
From: Elaine Murakami [mailto:Elaine.Murakami(a)igate.fhwa.dot.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 1:57 PM
To: CTpp-news(a)chrispy.net
Subject: [CTPP] data on DVD
1. Yes, I agree that everyone should be putting a computer with a
DVD-reader into their computer budgets for 2002/2003. By then, the costs
will be much lower than today's prices.
2. While some CTPP may be released on DVD, the greatest likelihood is that
initial data release will be on CDs. The general concept is that initial
data release will be on CD, but when there is complete data for the nation,
it may fit on 1 or 2 DVDs and would be "re-released."
DVD-ROM drives currently are priced between $75 to $200. Price differences
often relate to the speed (how fast it accesses the data) of the drive.
DVD can have different capacities ranging from 4.7 to 17 Gigabytes vs 650
Megabytes (or 0.650 Gigabytes) for CD-ROMs
learn more here:
http://peripherals.about.com/compute/peripherals/library/weekly/aa062099.htm
a good site to learn about DVD:
http://peripherals.about.com/compute/peripherals/cs/dvdinfo/index.htm
A faq sheet on DVD:
http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html
specific to DVD-ROM
http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#2
oranikae(a)dot.state.al.us asks, "Will this DVD Drive not be able to read CTPP
data on DVD?"
Your DVD-ROM drive should be able to read CTPP data on DVD
***************************************************************
Mark J. Sarmiento (202.366.4828)
Office of Intermodal & Statewide Programs
Federal Highway Administration
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep10mark.sarmiento(a)fhwa.dot.gov
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>>> oranikae(a)dot.state.al.us 12/14 10:58 AM >>>
A lot of e-mail discussing DVD-reader has come my way. Someone suggests the
DVD reader costs $7,000 now,having come down from the initial price of about
$15,000.
This makes me wonder whether the computer I purchased last year with DVD
reader (4.8X DVD ROM Drive) is different from what you guys are talking
about. It is a Gateway GP7-500 with DVD Drive, CD Read/Write, Zip Drive, and
31/2 Floppy Drive). This was purchased for a little over $3,00.00. Will this
DVD Drive not be able to read CTPP data on DVD?
-----Original Message-----
From: Elaine Murakami [mailto:Elaine.Murakami(a)igate.fhwa.dot.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 1:57 PM
To: CTpp-news(a)chrispy.net
Subject: [CTPP] data on DVD
1. Yes, I agree that everyone should be putting a computer with a
DVD-reader into their computer budgets for 2002/2003. By then, the costs
will be much lower than today's prices.
2. While some CTPP may be released on DVD, the greatest likelihood is that
initial data release will be on CDs. The general concept is that initial
data release will be on CD, but when there is complete data for the nation,
it may fit on 1 or 2 DVDs and would be "re-released."
My understanding is that a DVD holds about 11 CDs. That's what John
Kavaliunas said last week. Yeah, we all need to order those DVD drives...
Patty Becker
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Patricia C. (Patty) Becker 248/354-6520
APB Associates/SEMCC FAX 248/354-6645
28300 Franklin Road Home 248/355-2428
Southfield, MI 48034 pbecker(a)umich.edu
1. Yes, I agree that everyone should be putting a computer with a DVD-reader into their computer budgets for 2002/2003. By then, the costs will be much lower than today's prices.
2. While some CTPP may be released on DVD, the greatest likelihood is that initial data release will be on CDs. The general concept is that initial data release will be on CD, but when there is complete data for the nation, it may fit on 1 or 2 DVDs and would be "re-released."
To: CTPP listserv
This message about Census 2000 data on DVD is from the Bureau's
"Monthly Product Announcement" e-mail newsletter. Subscribe at:
http://www.census.gov/mp/www/subscribe.html#SUB
It may be useful to request a DVD drive when it's time to upgrade
your computer....
This may be an idea for distributing the CTPP 2000, since in the last
go-around (in 1990) the CTPP/urban element comprised about 33 CDs;
and the CTPP/statewide element was another 12 CDs!! (How many DVDs
are the equivalent of 45 CDs?)
Chuck Purvis, MTC
>From the Monthly Product Announcement (October 2000, released
12/12/00).
"DVD
The Census Bureau will release some of its TIGER/LINE and Census 2000
geographic and data products on DVD. This will save customers money
in the purchase of Census Bureau products; however, it will require
computers equipped with a DVD reader."
************
Chuck, Here is some information regarding DVD's that I received from our computer folks.
1) Will a DVD drive read an "old-fashioned" CD-ROM? If not, will we need a DVD/CD drive?
Yes, a DVD can read a CD-ROM. You can get a CD-RW+DVD Player for $249.
2) What are we looking at in terms of cost for DVD writers?
You can get a DVD Copier for around $7,000 (they used to cost $15,000 last year). Or you can get a DVD-Writer for around $6,000.
3) What options do we have for DVD writers? I have heard mention of high compression and low compression writers but haven't been able to get a handle on what that means.
Compression is any method of reducing the amount of space needed to record or transmit information. In DVDs, video is compressed using a process called variable bit rate encoding, which allots a changing number of bits to enhance resolution in a given scene. Scenes with lots of light or little action require less hits than dark scenes or those with lots of action.
For DVD Writers, there are five recordable versions of DVD-ROM: DVD-R for General, DVD-R for Authoring, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW. All can read DVD-ROM discs, but each uses a different type of disc for recording. DVD-R can record data once (sequentially only), while DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW can be rewritten thousands of times.
4) What is the cost of blank DVD's?
It depends on the brand and capacity. A Panasonic 5.2GB is about $30. A Panasonic 2.6GB is about $19.
If you want further information, here's a pretty good site: http://dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html
Javier Minjares
Information Services
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"Suzette Thieman"
<sthieman(a)ci.fort-coll To: Clara.A.Reschovsky(a)census.gov,
ins.co.us> ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net
Sent by: cc:
owner-ctpp-news(a)chrisp Subject: Re: [CTPP] A MESSAGE FOR MPOs!!
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12/05/00 05:37 PM
1. Are you interested in participating? Yes, for the Rock Hill-Fort Mill
MPO and the remainder of York County SC
2. What kinds of cases would you be interested in? All Cases
a. All cases
3. What is the best way to communicate with you on these problems?
e-Mail or phone
4. How often would you want to communicate with our coding clerks? As
often as necessary
b. Once every two weeks
5. Comments? we have been trying to geocode all our business in our mpo
for transportation demand modeling. can correct addresses fairly easily.
Please contact Clara Reschovsky at clara.a.reschovsky(a)census.gov or phone
at
301-457-2454. Or send a fax to 301-457-2481.
