CTPP April 2010

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RE: [CTPP] Yes, CTPP enters the age of social networking!

by Weinberger

Yes, I think bringing IT and senior management along is a better idea than circumventing policy. Hopefully, CTPP, TxDOT and even USDOT's many facebook and other social networking pages and efforts will help give us fuel, fodder or leverage in convincing our own agencies to change. Penelope Weinberger CTPP Program Manager AASHTO 202-624-3556 http://ctpp.transportation.org/home/default.htm <http://www.transportation.org> It's just as bad to not make a plan as to blindly follow the one you already have. ________________________________ From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net] On Behalf Of planning(a)countyofberks.com Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 1:05 PM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: RE: [CTPP] Yes, CTPP enters the age of social networking! I had written back offline to Mr. Prawiranata that many 'fellow' employees had, in fact, become 'former' employees by circumventing County firewalls in manners like that described. As I said to him, "I need my pension." Michael D. Golembiewski Transportation Modeler BERKS COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Berks County Services Center 633 Court St., FL 14 Reading, PA 19601-4309 PH: 610-478-6300 FAX: 610-478-6316 http://www.co.berks.pa.us/planning Andrew Rohne <arohne(a)oki.org> Andrew Rohne <arohne(a)oki.org> Sent by: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net 04/26/2010 11:55 AM Please respond to ctpp-news To: "ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net" <ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net> cc: Subject: RE: [CTPP] Yes, CTPP enters the age of social networking! Those considering the below may want to consult your workplace's IT policies before proceeding. Places that are blocking Facebook (et al), probably also have a policy that says that you can be terminated for circumventing such blocking. Those in that situation would be better by either visiting the sites at home (as one previous message indicated) or by trying to get the "powers that be" to change, perhaps by citing how social networking websites have been used successfully. You can look at the Facebook group "Online Social Networking Applications for Planners" for some ideas, and I apologize for providing another Facebook reference for those that can't view it at work. Andrew Rohne OKI Regional Council www.oki.org -----Original Message----- From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [ mailto:ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Hary Prawiranata Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 10:59 AM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: RE: [CTPP] Yes, CTPP enters the age of social networking! There are a lot of tools to break such censor/block and protect user identity. Such tools have been used in Iran, etc (Now your working place is like Iran :) You can find it on Google or use http://torproject.org If you use such tools, do not use for banking or paypal account. Because your location and identity cannot be confirmed and paypal thought you are a hacker and disable you account. Hary Ps. Who said internet is free ?? The content of internet is not the real value, your behaviors and your internet footprint are the real one. -----Original Message----- From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [ mailto:ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Maurizia Chapman Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 10:19 AM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: RE: [CTPP] Yes, CTPP enters the age of social networking! I have the same issue you do, therefore I send all of these "social network" messages to my personal address, although I believe that my colleagues miss out on some opportunities to learn. Our state DOT sometimes publishes projects' simulations on YouTube and I have to look at them at home. I can understand that some agencies may fear abuse by employees, but I don't believe they have actually pondered the disadvantages of blocking such sites. Maurizia Chapman, AICP Transportation Planner Fayetteville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization 130 Gillespie Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301 Telephone: (910) 678-7615 Fax: (910) 678-7638 e-mail: mchapman(a)co.cumberland.nc.us Web Site: http://www.fampo.org/ P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [ mailto:ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net] On Behalf Of planning(a)countyofberks.com Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 8:57 AM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: Re: [CTPP] Yes, CTPP enters the age of social networking! I'd be curious to know how many agencies cannot take advantage of this due to social network blockage by I.T. policies. I, for one, cannot access any Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, or any other social networking pages. That being said, we cannot create and/or take advantage of those same technologies, particularly as an avenue for Public Participation. Michael D. Golembiewski Transportation Modeler BERKS COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Berks County Services Center 633 Court St., FL 14 Reading, PA 19601-4309 PH: 610-478-6300 FAX: 610-478-6316 http://www.co.berks.pa.us/planning _______________________________________________ ctpp-news mailing list ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net http://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/ctpp-news

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[CTPP] Wiki-editable Travel Survey Manual (with example survey docs) open for business!

by Krishnan Viswanathan

Dear Colleagues: TRB’s Committee on Travel Survey Methods (ABJ40) has developed the transportation community's* first-ever wiki-style On-line Travel Survey Manual* with details on *virtually everything transportation survey developers & survey managers need to know*. Please visit * http://www.travelsurveymanual.org** *to get a sense of the *25 extensive chapters*, covering all types of transportation surveys, including household, visitor, parking, freight & establishment surveys; stated preference and qualitative surveys; GPS-based designs and data expansion; survey costs and quality control. The newly developed *Appendix provides high-quality samples* of RFPs, diary forms, and other field materials. This document represents an overhaul and update of the 1996 USDOT and EPA manual prepared by Cambridge Systematics (thank you to Kevin Tierney!), with major contributions from TRB’s recent NCHRP Report 571 “Standardized Procedures for Personal Travel Surveys” (thank you to Peter Stopher & team!). This document is the result of hard work and long hours by *nearly 100 volunteers*. *Thank you to everyone who participated in this effort*. Of course, a wiki-style project means that no one is “in charge” of checking all contents (unlike a contract, where the PI is responsible). There are many ways that this document can be improved, including corrections and updates, and we would love your editing contributions! We want to keep this document up to date, especially with field materials, such as samples of RFPs, respondent diaries, and CATI scripts. With the advent of so many computer-based surveys, we hope survey crews will capture (via video images) & upload computer screen survey interfaces. We hope that you will find this document useful, and we look forward to your help improving and updating it. For permission *to edit chapters*, please contact Lei Zhang (lei(a)umd.edu) or* *Krishnan Viswanathan ( kviswanathan(a)camsys.com), so that they can provide you the appropriate login information. Please pass the word along. Thanks so much, Kara Kockelman, Krishnan Viswanathan, Elaine Murakami, Lei Zhang, Kevin Tierney & the rest of the Travel Survey Manual Gang -- Our apologies for cross-posting! --

14 years

[CTPP] experience using ACS 3 year data.

by Weinberger

Hi! Who out there has experience (preferably with results) of using ACS 3-year data? Either respond directly to me or to the list. pweinberger(a)aashto.org Penelope Weinberger CTPP Program Manager AASHTO 202-624-3556 http://ctpp.transportation.org/home/default.htm <http://www.transportation.org> It's just as bad to not make a plan as to blindly follow the one you already have.

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[CTPP] Help determine our request to US Census Bureau for CTPP Special Tabulations based on ACS 5-year (2006-2010) Data

by Weinberger

Dear CTPP Community, This is an opportunity for your input on the upcoming CTPP based on 5-year ACS 2006-2010! This message contains colored highlighting, if you cannot see it, please view the message in HTML (if possible). Please download the attached spreadsheet, mark it as appropriate according to the instructions and information below, and return it attached to an email directly to me by Friday, May 7th, 2010 pweinberger(a)aashto.org (Please do not reply to the whole list with your marked attached spreadsheet, for that will create a version control nightmare!) The attached spreadsheet is a proposed table list to submit to the Census Bureau for special tabulations based on the 5-year ACS, it is derived from the Census Bureau's Disclosure Review Board's approved CTPP from 3-year ACS data table list. For large area geography, we plan to keep the table list the same as the current 3-year table list (the spreadsheet, as if there were no highlighting). For small area geography (tract, TAZ, and block group), we are proposing to eliminate many of the tables with 3-way cross-tabulations, or 2-way cross-tabulations with more than 40 cells because we suspect they will contain very little or no data. We have highlighted the tables proposed for deletion at small geography in BLUE. Please identify any highlighted tables you feel are important to keep, and not be eliminated by placing a mark in the specified column and row. Alternatively, if you see tables that are not marked for deletion at small geography please feel free to let me know there is no need for those tables, it would be a waste of resources to generate data that is essentially useless to the transportation planning community. The number of classifications in each variable may need to be reduced to pass the CB's criteria and some of those tables have been highlighted in pink, we are including this information to start thinking about the ways variable groups can collapse. For the ACS 2006-2010 five-year data and the 2010 Census Tracts, there is projected to be, on average, a little over 4000 residents per tract, and approximately 120 household records and 150 worker records in the unweighted sample. The 5-year data has no lower bound for place size. Tables that include Means of Transportation still require 3 unweighted records per each category of Means of Transportation category to avoid suppression. There is no rule yet in place for maximum number of cells per table, a number has been discussed, but not decided upon. If you have questions please do not hesitate to email them to me. Thanks in advance for your help! Penelope Weinberger CTPP Program Manager AASHTO 202-624-3556 http://ctpp.transportation.org/home/default.htm <http://www.transportation.org> It's just as bad to not make a plan as to blindly follow the one you already have.

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RE: [CTPP] Yes, CTPP enters the age of social networking!

by Maurizia Chapman

I have the same issue you do, therefore I send all of these "social network" messages to my personal address, although I believe that my colleagues miss out on some opportunities to learn. Our state DOT sometimes publishes projects' simulations on YouTube and I have to look at them at home. I can understand that some agencies may fear abuse by employees, but I don't believe they have actually pondered the disadvantages of blocking such sites. Maurizia Chapman, AICP Transportation Planner Fayetteville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization 130 Gillespie Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301 Telephone: (910) 678-7615 Fax: (910) 678-7638 e-mail: mchapman(a)co.cumberland.nc.us Web Site: http://www.fampo.org/ P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net] On Behalf Of planning(a)countyofberks.com Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 8:57 AM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: Re: [CTPP] Yes, CTPP enters the age of social networking! I'd be curious to know how many agencies cannot take advantage of this due to social network blockage by I.T. policies. I, for one, cannot access any Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, or any other social networking pages. That being said, we cannot create and/or take advantage of those same technologies, particularly as an avenue for Public Participation. Michael D. Golembiewski Transportation Modeler BERKS COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Berks County Services Center 633 Court St., FL 14 Reading, PA 19601-4309 PH: 610-478-6300 FAX: 610-478-6316 http://www.co.berks.pa.us/planning

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RE: [CTPP] Yes, CTPP enters the age of social networking!

by Bill Moore

That sounds similar to the IT security policies here and the more I've learned independently (at least about FB) the more I understand why it's necessary. If you haven't heard about FB's latest "instant personilization" - the default is being opted in, so you must change your privacy settings to prevent it - you may want to check it out. It looks to me more like complete "depersonalization" of your information, including tracking any websites you visit. In addition, here in Colorado, the Attorney General's office has raised some serious legal questions about the "terms of use" agreements as they may apply to any public agencies which have established presences on the various social networking sites. The primary issue is the clause which transfers legal liability from the site-owner to the end-user: apparently, that is both illegal and un-state-constitutional here. You may want to check with your in-house counsel and/or state AG's office about the implications of TOUs or EULAs for the various networking sites fi you're a public agency. Bill Moore, MPO Administrator Pueblo, CO -----Original Message----- From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net]On Behalf Of planning(a)countyofberks.com Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 6:57 AM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: Re: [CTPP] Yes, CTPP enters the age of social networking! I'd be curious to know how many agencies cannot take advantage of this due to social network blockage by I.T. policies. I, for one, cannot access any Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, or any other social networking pages. That being said, we cannot create and/or take advantage of those same technologies, particularly as an avenue for Public Participation. Michael D. Golembiewski Transportation Modeler BERKS COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Berks County Services Center 633 Court St., FL 14 Reading, PA 19601-4309 PH: 610-478-6300 FAX: 610-478-6316 http://www.co.berks.pa.us/planning ________________________________ This e-mail transmission (including any attachments) contains information that is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the use of the addressee only. If you received this e-mail in error, we request that you contact us immediately by telephone or return e-mail, and that you delete this message from your computer. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited.

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[CTPP] Yes, CTPP enters the age of social networking!

by Weinberger

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Census-Transportation-Planning-Products-CT PP/114473021912735 Check out our Facebook page, and click that you like us! Penelope Weinberger CTPP Program Manager AASHTO 202-624-3556 http://ctpp.transportation.org/home/default.htm <http://www.transportation.org> It's just as bad to not make a plan as to blindly follow the one you already have.

14 years

[CTPP] Auto Occupancy

by Nancy McGuckin

Omaha-Council Bluffs was a 2009 NHTS add-on area. You should be able to get good estimates of auto occupancy for all trip purposes. If you have questions, contact me and I can help you. Nancy McGuckin Travel Behavior Analyst (323) 257-5144 N_McGuckin(a)Rocketmail.com www.travelbehavior.us

14 years

[CTPP] Data Source Question

by Sabula

I am passing on a question from one of our strategic planners. "Where can I find data on Mode of transportation for work trips by county, travel time to work by county, number of commuters by community/city, and carpool commuter activity by community/city?" If anyone knows where to find this information (state of Utah), please let me know. Thank you! Julianne Sabula Utah Transit Authority Engineering and Construction Planner II 669 West 200 South Salt Lake City, UT 84101 w. (801) 237-1973 c. (801) 867-5203 jsabula(a)rideuta.com

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[CTPP] "Workers at Work" not equal to "employed" or "jobs"

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

Hi Everyone - We are in the sign-off process for the next issue of the CTPP Status Report. It will probably be several weeks before it is approved for distribution! Anyway, I happened to be looking at the INDEX of articles http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ctpp/srindex.htm so I thought I would post some links to some "oldies but goodies." "CTPP Workers at Work compared to Other Employment Estimates" http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ctpp/sr0104.htm "Reconciling Total Employment (jobs) and Worker-at-Work" http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ctpp/sr0503.htm Also, we got a question for which the easiest answer was to use CTPP 2000 Part 2 data (despite its age) at the census tract level. The CTPP2000 Part 2 data are available via BTS, both in Transtats and by ordering CDs http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ctpp/2000dataprod.htm HOWEVER, one of the easiest ways to access this data at the tract level is to use the Univ of WI-Milwaukee "drill downs" http://www4.uwm.edu/eti/drilldowns/index.html As the ACS standard tabulations now include some workplace tabulations, I don't know if UWM plans to update with ACS 2005-2009 data when the CB releases the first 5-year ACS product (anticipated in December 2010). More current data using QCEW and other administrative records would be to use the LEHD On The Map data, but would require downloading block level data and accumulating the blocks into tract summaries. Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning 206-220-4460

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