Hi,
I am out of office and will be back on Monday, February 25, 2008.
If you need demographic information, please call (303) 866-4147
(Becky Picaso).
For questions related to the review of the 7/1/2007 Housing Unit
and GQ Population Estimates, please contact Elizabeth Garner, State
Demographer, at (303) 866-3096 or email address at
elizabeth.garner(a)state.co.us.
Thank you.
>>> ctpp-news 01/31/08 10:06 >>>
The purpose of this posting is to alert interested parties to the
current status of the expected timeline related to the creation of
Traffic Analysis Zones (TAZs) for CTPP products. Based on the Census
Bureau's (CB) timelines we should be working on TAZ definition for CTPP
by February 2009. Therefore, work plans should include sufficient staff
time for this task. Below are some things to consider.
Census timeline and PSAP
To prepare for the 2010 census and other CB data products there is an
opportunity to update the geography and zones. Very soon the CB will be
posting the final criteria on defining tracts and block groups etc.
This will come out in the Federal Register. Coinciding with this the CB
is fine tuning its list of primary PSAP contacts. PSAP is the program
under which regions can define the tracts, block groups and other
geography for their areas. For more on PSAP and what it is, see
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/psap2010/psap2010_main.html
How do TAZs tie in?
According to the PSAP schedule, regions will be defining their tracts,
block groups, etc. during the summer and fall of this year (2008).
Dovetailing on the tract process the states and MPOs will be asked to
work on their TAZ submittal. This will occur around this time next year
which means it is not too early to begin planning your resources and
thinking about TAZs.
TAZ development process
The details of the process are in various stages of discussion. Two
more central issues to the process include, what software will be used
for defining TAZs and how many different TAZs layers will there be? For
the software, we are awaiting the installation of the AASHTO CTPP Policy
Board and finalizing some on-going discussions with the CB Geography
Division. For the latest update on the AASHTO front see the "CTPP
Status Report" newsletter article "CTPP Consolidated Purchase" at
http://www.trbcensus.com/newsltr/sr0108.pdf
For TAZ sizes and the number of different geographic layers that CTPP
data products will come in, there have not been any firm decisions made
yet. Will there be one, two, three or even four different zonal
layers? For now, suffice it to say that one can build a good case for
any or all of these scenarios especially when considering the ACS and
how the CB will be releasing the data. Look for further discussions on
this topic on the "CTPP-news" list serve.
If you are getting this posting and you are not part of the "CTPP-news"
list serve you can join by visiting
http://www.trbcensus.com/maillist.html and subscribing.
--
Ed Christopher
708-283-3534 (V)
708-574-8131 (cell)
FHWA RC-TST-PLN
19900 Governors Dr
Olympia Fields, IL 60461
_______________________________________________
ctpp-news mailing list
ctpp-news(a)chrispy.nethttp://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/ctpp-news
The purpose of this posting is to alert interested parties to the
current status of the expected timeline related to the creation of
Traffic Analysis Zones (TAZs) for CTPP products. Based on the Census
Bureau's (CB) timelines we should be working on TAZ definition for CTPP
by February 2009. Therefore, work plans should include sufficient staff
time for this task. Below are some things to consider.
Census timeline and PSAP
To prepare for the 2010 census and other CB data products there is an
opportunity to update the geography and zones. Very soon the CB will be
posting the final criteria on defining tracts and block groups etc.
This will come out in the Federal Register. Coinciding with this the CB
is fine tuning its list of primary PSAP contacts. PSAP is the program
under which regions can define the tracts, block groups and other
geography for their areas. For more on PSAP and what it is, see
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/psap2010/psap2010_main.html
How do TAZs tie in?
According to the PSAP schedule, regions will be defining their tracts,
block groups, etc. during the summer and fall of this year (2008).
Dovetailing on the tract process the states and MPOs will be asked to
work on their TAZ submittal. This will occur around this time next year
which means it is not too early to begin planning your resources and
thinking about TAZs.
TAZ development process
The details of the process are in various stages of discussion. Two
more central issues to the process include, what software will be used
for defining TAZs and how many different TAZs layers will there be? For
the software, we are awaiting the installation of the AASHTO CTPP Policy
Board and finalizing some on-going discussions with the CB Geography
Division. For the latest update on the AASHTO front see the "CTPP
Status Report" newsletter article "CTPP Consolidated Purchase" at
http://www.trbcensus.com/newsltr/sr0108.pdf
For TAZ sizes and the number of different geographic layers that CTPP
data products will come in, there have not been any firm decisions made
yet. Will there be one, two, three or even four different zonal
layers? For now, suffice it to say that one can build a good case for
any or all of these scenarios especially when considering the ACS and
how the CB will be releasing the data. Look for further discussions on
this topic on the "CTPP-news" list serve.
If you are getting this posting and you are not part of the "CTPP-news"
list serve you can join by visiting
http://www.trbcensus.com/maillist.html and subscribing.
--
Ed Christopher
708-283-3534 (V)
708-574-8131 (cell)
FHWA RC-TST-PLN
19900 Governors Dr
Olympia Fields, IL 60461
Please accept my apologies for cross posting but it is important that we
find someone good who is dedicated to the cause. The Census Bureau CB)
has a position available (GS13) for someone to work on the Census
Transportation Planning Products (CTPP) program within the Bureau in
Suitland Maryland. Although this person will be "inside the CB" they
will be an integral component of the larger CTPP family. Here is the
link to the job posting which closes February 8, 2008.
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/ftva.asp?seeker=1&JobID=67488731
According to the job description....
this position is located in the Journey to Work and Migration Statistics
Branch of the Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division.
Incumbent will report to the Chief of the branch and serve as the
project coordinator for the Census Transportation Planning Products
(CTPP) program inside the Census Bureau. Serves as main point of contact
between the Census Bureau, the American Association of State Highway
Transportation Officials (AASHTO), and the Department of Transportation
(DOT) concerning the CTPP program. Monitors day-to-day program
activities for achieving agreed-upon milestones, verifying and
validating cost projections, meeting user requirements, and delivering
projected benefits. Participates in the planning, design, and
coordination of the CTPP program. Assists in determining the subject
matter and geographic content of custom products for the project and
participates in creation, review, and distribution of products and
associated data access tools. Conducts research analyses associated with
the project. The project coordinator may also assist in training and
outreach activities associated with the program.
As a GS13 the salary is between 82,961.00 - 107,854.00.
Please distribute this to anyone you think might be interested.
--
Ed Christopher
708-283-3534 (V)
708-574-8131 (cell)
FHWA RC-TST-PLN
19900 Governors Dr
Olympia Fields, IL 60461
Over the past two months a small group under the direction of the AASHTO
SCOP Census Work Group that Jonette Kreideweis chairs worked on the
development and refinement of a draft list of tables for the three-year
CTPP data product. The tables will be populated with ACS data. This
draft list of tables and variables will soon be distributed to the
Census Bureau and others for finalization. Users are encouraged to look
at the draft variable and table list to see if they will fit your
needs. The list of tables and variables can be found at
http://trbcensus.com/acs/tables.html.
--
Ed Christopher
Resource Center Planning Team
Federal Highway Administration
19900 Governors Drive
Olympia Fields, Illinois 60461
708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (cell)
708-283-3501 (F)
Hi Folks,
I've been trying to locate CTTP 1980 data at the tract or TAZ level (if they
exist; I was looking for 1970 data as well, but I'm not holding my breath).
So far, I've only found the 1980 county level data from BEA.
Does anyone have any pointers or know if those data were ever compiled?
Cheers,
Pete.
_________________________
Pete Ingraham
Research Scientist
Applied Geosolutions, LLC.
www.appliedgeosolutions.com
some of you may find this of interest and use
Nathan Erlbaum
Associate Transportation Analyst
New York State Department of Transportation
Policy & Planning Division
Office of Policy, Planning & Performance
50 Wolf Road, 6th Floor
Albany, New York 12232
Tel: (518) 457-2967
Fax: (518) 457-4944
Email: nerlbaum(a)dot.state.ny.us
Web: www.nysdot.gov
*****************************************
IMPORTANT: This e-mail message and any attachments contain information
intended for the exclusive use of the individual(s) or entity to whom it
is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary,
privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable
law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that
any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this information may
be subject to legal restriction or sanction.
>>> "Blodgett, John G." <BlodgettJ(a)umsystem.edu> 12/26/2007 11:18 AM
>>>
The Missouri Census Data Center has created a web application that
allows users to view profile reports based on 2006 American Community
Survey data. These reports are modeled after the profile reports
available on the Census Bureau's American Facffinder system, but
differ
from those reports in several important ways. For details see the
"MCDC Highlights" at our home page - http://mcdc2/missouri.edu .
In addition to providing these profiles we have stored all the data
used
to generate them in public datasets in our archive, thus giving users
access (via our uexplore/dexter web tools) to the data in formats
suitable for mapping, ranking, analyzing, etc . We have also
downloaded and converted the underlying detailed (aka "base") tables
from the 2006 ACS and users can access these data as well. We
actually
created some of the variables for our profiles based on these detailed
tables.
To see an example of the new profile (with 3 geographic areas
displayed
at once for comparison) see
http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/broker?_PROGRAM=websas.acsprofile.sas&
_SERVICE=appdev&geoid1=16000US2915670&geoid2=05000US29019&geoid3=04000US
29 .
This URL was accessed by using the geographic interface application
referenced on the home page, and then selecting the 3 geographic areas
as displayed.
John Blodgett
OSEDA - 626 Clark Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
573 884-2727
blodgettj(a)missouri.edu
