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[CTPP] FW: Survey on Transportation and Land Use Modeling Tools

by Weinberger

Hi All, Below is a request from Matt Hardy, Program Director of Planning and Policy at AASHTO. If you are so inclined please answer his survey. Thanks! Penelope Weinberger CTPP Program Manager AASHTO 202-624-3556 http://ctpp.transportation.org/Pages/default.aspx <http://ctpp.transportation.org/Pages/default.aspx> It's just as bad to not make a plan as to blindly follow the one you already have. From: Hardy, Matthew Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 10:07 AM To: Subject: Survey on Transportation and Land Use Modeling Tools Hello I am pursuing a PhD in the School of Public Policy at George Mason University where I am currently finishing my dissertation work. The topic of my dissertation is how simplified integrated transportation and land use modeling tools can be used to support transportation and land use planning. As part of my research, I put together a survey to better assess what role integrated transportation and land use modeling (ITLUM) tools can play in the metropolitan planning decision-making process. Recent surveys indicate that many states, jurisdictions, and metropolitan planning organizations are looking at implementing ITLUM tools. However, there are a number of ITLUM tools available to practitioners ranging from simple sketch planning tools to complex microscopic simulation tools. There are benefits and limitations to using any type of ITLUM tool. Selecting a specific tool to use is often a tradeoff among many different factors. The purpose of this survey is to gather expert opinion on the use and application of ITLUM tools as it relates to the metropolitan planning decision-making process. You can access the survey here: https://vovici.com/wsb.dll/s/54c9g4817b. Please complete the survey by January 11, 2011. If you could forward this survey to your colleagues I would appreciate it. I am trying to get as diverse a response rate as possible. I believe the topic of my research will be of interest to SCOP members and I look forward to sharing the results of my research with you. Thank you. --Matt _____________________ Matthew H. Hardy Program Director for Planning and Policy American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (202) 624-3625 mhardy(a)aashto.org

14 years, 8 months

[CTPP] Invitation to webcase: Use of Archive Data for Planning and Operations Performance Measures - Dec. 2, 2010

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

This in an invitation to a webcast sponsored by the I-95 Corridor Coalition that may be of interest to the many data geeks on the CTPP listserv. Please see the information at the end for how to RSVP, and get the webcast link. ------ To: MPO representatives From: Mary Ameen & Todd Westhuis, I-95 Corridor Coalition , Travel Information Services Program Track Committee (TISPTC) Co-Chairs Re: INVITATION to a Webcast on the Use of Archive Data for Planning and Operations Performance Measures sponsored by the I-95 Corridor Coalition Learn how outsourced probe data is being used for performance measures and planning at various levels - national, regional, and specific MPOs. The Travel Information Services Program Track (TISPTC) is inviting you to participate in a webcast titled "The Use of Archive Data for Planning and Operations Performance Measures" on Thursday, December 2, 2010 from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM (EST). Shawn Turner (Texas Transportation Institute) - Use of Private Sector Speed Data for Historical Performance Monitoring: Lessons Learned from National and State-Level Analyses. His presentation will include lessons learned through TTI's three most recent projects/applications: 2010 Urban Mobility Report (to be released in early December 2010); Texas DOT's 100 Most Congested Roadway Segments; and, Minnesota DOT's Pilot Project for Statewide Reporting. Shawn will also discuss key insights that will help public agency staff more easily procure and use private sector speed data in their agency's planning and performance monitoring processes. Michael Pack (University of Maryland CATT Lab) - I-95 Corridor Coalition Vehicle Probe Project (VPP) Dashboard & Data Download Tool. Michael will explain this tool that was developed for North Carolina's VPP Performance Measures project and incorporates incident data through RITIS (Regional Integrated Transportation Information System) with real-time and archived data and provides access to raw data for report development beyond scope of this application. Michael will also review the data that is being collected and the performance measures that can be calculated. Andrew Meese (Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments) - Use of the Vehicle Probe Project data for Congestion Management Process Support. More specifically, Andrew will review MWCOG's efforts regarding their use of the VPP data in the Congestion Management Process (CMP), speed validation in travel forecasting models, and speed distribution for air quality modeling. Andrew will also discuss the advantages and caveats and the potential future uses of the Vehicle Probe Project data by his agency. If you plan to participate in this webcast, please RSVP to nhrebien(a)kmjinc.com (or Natalia Hrebien at 610.228.0207) by Monday, November 29, 2010 and she will register you for the webcast and forward to you the conference call information and webcast link. Should you have any questions in the meantime, please contact Bill Stoeckert at 774.207.0367 or Karen Jehanian at 610.228.0211. We look forward to your participation!

14 years, 9 months

[CTPP] While you are waiting for the CTPP full data release.......

by Liang.Long＠dot.gov

While you are still waiting for the CTPP full data release with the access software (scheduled on December, 2010), don't forget FHWA prepared and released the county-to-county and place-to-place flow tables prior to full data's formal release. The flow tables are for Total Workers and for 18 categories of Workers by Means of Transportation. County level data also included CTPP 2000 data but categorized only by 8 transportation modes. We have NOT included the CTPP2000 for Place-to-Place data files because of difficulties in matching FIPS codes for Places between 2000 and the current CTPP. These two files are published in CS FTP sites: ftp://ftp.camsys.com/temp/outgoing/CTPP/New%20CTPP%20ACS/ Also, transportation profiles using ACS 2005-2007 and CTPP2000, which give people a quick transportation snapshot of their areas are also published at AASHTO CTPP website. http://download.ctpp.transportation.org/profiles_2005-2007/ctpp_profiles .html Liang Long Federal Highway Administration Room 74-440 1200 New Jersey, SE Washington, DC 20590 tel 202 366 6971 fax 202 493 2198 e-mail liang.long(a)dot.gov <mailto:liang.long(a)dot.gov>

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[CTPP] 2009 ACS 1-year data

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

The Census Bureau released the 2009 ACS (1 year) data in late September. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ACS &_submenuId=&_lang=en&_ts= This is the first time that sub-county (Place) totals were added to the weighting procedure. Therefore, you may see some large differences between 2008 and 2009 ACS 1-year results, based on this new method. (The previous weighting method was restricted to county level data.) I attended the Washington State Data Center meeting on Nov 5, and the CB reported that there were large differences in Detroit and Omaha, for example. We have previously reported that the lack of sub-county estimates was problematic for some cities. Please see our CTPP profile sheets using 2005-2007 ACS http://ctpp.transportation.org/Pages/profiles.aspx where we recommended that you might want to use independent city totals as controls. So, we hope that that use of sub-county controls will help the ACS in the long run, but in the short run, it is probably not a good idea to make a year-to-year comparisons with 2008 and 2009 ACS 1-year results. In general, my recommendation is to use 3-year ACS tabulations when possible, because of the increased number of unweighted survey responses. Other news: The CTPP (using 2006-2008 ACS) will be going into software beta-test this week. This round of CTPP, with more than 200 tables, will use a web-based data access system. The tabulations are restricted to geographic units with more than 20,000 residential population. Selected home-to-work flow tables (county-to-county and place-to-place) are available on the Cambridge Systematics ftp site: ftp://ftp.camsys.com/temp/outgoing/CTPP/New%20CTPP%20ACS/ <ftp://ftp.camsys.com/temp/outgoing/CTPP/New%20CTPP%20ACS/> Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning 206-220-4460

14 years, 9 months

[CTPP] Census Geography and the ACS

by Paddock

If I understand it correctly, the TAZ system being created by MPOs for submittal to the Census Bureau will be used to obtain the 'CTPP-like' product being paid for through AASHTO. As far as the ACS tabulations are concerned, we will still only have existing Census geography, e.g. county, MCD, tract. TAZs will NOT be part of that geography. My question is, "Am I correct in this assumption?"

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[CTPP] From the Census Bureau--New FactFinder coming

by Ed Christopher

Public Information Office 301-763-3030/763-3762 (fax) e-mail:<pio(a)census.gov> Video and Tutorial Help Data Users Prepare for Launch of Census Bureau's New American FactFinder In January 2011, the U.S. Census Bureau plans to launch a revamped version of its data delivery tool, American FactFinder. The new American FactFinder offers a new look, new tools and easier access to Census Bureau information. In order to prepare users for this change, the Census Bureau has prepared an online video, the American FactFinder Virtual Tour, and a tutorial to demonstrate the enhanced features and functions of the new and improved FactFinder. It is important for users to become familiar with accessing data from the new FactFinder in time for the release of 2010 Census data starting next year. The American FactFinder will be the primary tool used to access all 2010 Census data. It will also give users access to other key data sets such as the American Community Survey, economic census and other programs. In addition to the video, a tutorial, "American FactFinder Quick Start," specifically demonstrates how to conduct a basic text search, view search results and select a data product to view. Additional tutorials on other new FactFinder functions, such as creating a map, transposing rows and columns, and performing topic searches, will be available in the near future. To access the video and tutorial, visit American FactFinder at http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/aff2.html. -- Ed Christopher 708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (cell) FHWA RC-TST-PLN 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600 Matteson, IL 60443

14 years, 9 months

[CTPP] ctpp-news Digest, Vol 80, Issue 14

by Brian McKenzie

Hi All, The Census Bureau released a collection of brief reports based on the 2009 ACS, including one that focuses on commuting by public transportation in 2008 and 2009. See the following link: http://www.census.gov/acs/www/data_documentation/ACS_briefs/ Brian

14 years, 10 months

[CTPP] REMINDER: Comments due Nov 22 on Fed Reg notice on Criteria for Urban Areas

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

Hi Everyone: I posted a link to the FR notice on August 24. (a copy of that post is at the bottom of this message) The CB proposed criteria are best evaluated at the local level, as the impacts will vary widely, based on how much the jump criteria influenced the existing urbanized areas, population growth and decline over the last decade, and the proximity to other urbanized areas and urban clusters. As a starting point, people might want to review the existing UAs by using HEPGIS. http://hepgis.fhwa.dot.gov/hepgis_v2/UrbanBoundaries/Map.aspx This GIS was created by Bruce Spear, and is now maintained by Supin Yoder at FHWA. The link above takes you to the part showing the Census urbanized areas (50k+) and urban clusters (below 50k). It also includes an approximation of MPO planning areas. You can use the "info" button and click on specific areas, and the Census 2000 population for that area will be shown in a box below the map (you might have to scroll down to see it). You can use American FactFinder to see an ESTIMATED population for the existing urbanized areas (current boundaries). http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ACS &_submenuId=&_lang=en&_ts= By using the 2005-2007 (3-year) ACS you will have more geographic areas included. Again, this ACS estimate does NOT have the results of the 2010 Census incorporated into it. HEPGIS does NOT have the 2010 Census population counts that will be used by the Census Bureau to define the new urbanized areas, however, you will be able to review areas that the CB is expecting to fall into an "agglomeration" (see pages 52180 and 52181 in the FR notice). I (Elaine) checked a couple a "potential agglomerations" and they looked like they were either already touching, or very close to touching, so it would make sense to combine the areas, especially if the entire region experienced population growth in the last decade. Combining some of these areas could result in a total urbanized population exceeding 200,000 (current threshold for TMA), but at least in one case that I checked, one of the two urbanized areas in the potential agglomeration was already over the TMA threshold. At previous sessions on this topic, the question of whether FHWA would force MPOs to combine, the answer was "no, there are existing cases of multiple MPOs in one urbanized area." http://ctpp.transportation.org/Documents/UA%20Q-A.pdf For the Jump criteria to shift from 2.5 miles to 1.5 miles. This could potentially reduce some urban areas to below 50,000 or 200,000 population. But, without the benefit of the 2010 Census block data, guessing at specific cases is impossible. Hope this information is helpful to you. Elaine ------COPY of Elaine's post to the CTPP listserv on August 24, 2010--- The Federal Register notice from the Census Bureau is now posted. The due date for comments is November 22. You may want to listen to Mike Ratcliffe's web presentation from June 11, 2010 that is available at: http://ctpp.transportation.org/Pages/webinardirectory.aspx The Census Bureau announces publication of the "Proposed Urban Area Criteria for the 2010 Census" in the Federal Register of August 24, 2010, available on the Federal Register's website at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/ The Census Bureau is seeking public comment on these proposed criteria. Comments, suggestions, or recommendations regarding the criteria should be submitted in writing, no later than November 22, 2010, to Timothy Trainor, Chief, Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233-7400. The Census Bureau's urban-rural classification is fundamentally a delineation of geographical areas, identifying individual urbanized areas of 50,000 or more people and urban clusters of at least 2,500 and less than 50,000 people; "rural" encompasses all population and territory not included in urban areas. The Census Bureau's urban areas represent densely developed territory, and encompass residential, commercial, and other non-residential urban land uses. Additional information about the Census Bureau's urban-rural classification is available on the Census Bureau's website at http://www.census.gov/geo/www/ua/urbanruralclass.html The proposed urban area criteria for the 2010 Census as well as summaries of the proposed changes, are available on the Census Bureau's website at http://www.census.gov/geo/www/ua/2010urbanruralclass.html Changes proposed for the 2010 Census include: * Use of census tracts as analysis units in the initial phase of delineation * Potential return to a maximum jump distance of 1.5 miles (the distance was increased to 2.5 miles in the Census 2000 criteria). * Use of land use/land cover data to identify territory containing non-residential urban land uses or land cover that restricts urban development, such as marshland and wetlands. * Lowering the minimum number of enplanements (departing passengers) from 10,000 to 2,500 to qualify airports for inclusion in urban areas. * Elimination of the central place concept. * Requirement that, in addition to at least 2,500 total population, an area must contain at least 1,500 persons residing outside institutional group quarters to qualify as urban. * Splitting urban agglomerations of 1,000,000 or more population Based on metropolitan statistical area boundaries, or, in New England, along metropolitan New England city and town area boundaries. (Note: the FR notice on pages 52180 and 52181 includes potential urban agglomerations) For further information about the Census Bureau urban-rural classification, or the proposed criteria for the 2010 Census, please contact Vincent Osier, Chief, Geographic Standards and Criteria Branch, Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau, via e-mail at vincent.osier(a)census.gov or telephone at 301-763-9039.

14 years, 10 months

[CTPP] Miscellaneous info re: CTPP

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

1. Jane Traynham of the Maryland State Data Center shared their work using the new CTPP 3-year data. Please see the bar charts that show changes in county-to-county commute flows. http://planning.maryland.gov/msdc/S1_Census.shtml 2. Nathan Erlbaum of the New York State DOT has created tables that show the county-to-county flows, using CTPP2000, LEHD 2006, and CTPP 2006-2008. https://www.nysdot.gov/divisions/policy-and-strategy/darb/dai-unit/ttss/ cttp_acs Because of the very large population in New York City, the 5 boroughs are treated as counties. If you look at the "internal" county flows for Kings, Queens, and New York, you will see major differences between the LEHD and the Census 2000 and CTPP 2006-2008 numbers, and if you ignore the numbers and use % distributions, you will see large differences as well. Nathan's web page lists many of the reasons for these differences, including differences in the worker population, survey vs. administrative records, etc. 3. The CTPP2000 in .ivt format (including the Beyond 20/20 software) are now available in the BTS TranStats as downloadable files. http://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?DB_ID=645&DB_Name=Census%20Trans portation%20Planning%20Package%202000%20CD-ROM%20Version%20-%20with%20Be yond%2020/20%20Access%20Tool&DB_Short_Name=CTPP%202000 Previously these were available by ordering CD copies through the BTS Bookstore. We hope this web-based system makes it easier for everyone. The CTPP 3-year (2006-2008) full set of more than 300 tables will be available using web-based software prepared by Beyond 20/20 under contract to AASHTO's CTPP program. The software will be in beta-test this month (October). 4. ACS Workshop at TRB Annual Meeting, Sunday, January 23, 2011. If you are planning to attend TRB in January, please remember to arrive in time to attend this data workshop on Sunday. The organizers have requested the morning session (8:30 a.m. until noon). Topics will include 2010 Census, ACS standard tabs and Public Use Microdata Sample, CTPP (3-year and 5-year tabulations), and TAZ delineation software. 5. And, just in case you lost the link to the ftp site with the County-to-County and Place-to-Place flows from the CTPP 3-year tabulation, here it is: ftp://ftp.camsys.com/temp/outgoing/CTPP/New%20CTPP%20ACS/ Please share your work using the new CTPP (2006-2008). I will be sending another post to the CTPP listserv shortly that addresses TAZ delineation only. Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning 206-220-4460

14 years, 10 months

[CTPP] APDU webinar ($50 for non-members) on Standard Errors in multi-year ACS and need for on-line calculator

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

Dear CTPP community: I am passing along an announcement for an Association of Public Data Users (APDU) webinar in which you may be interested. The webinar is open to non-APDU members for a $50 fee. You might also want to consider becoming a member of APDU. http://www.apdu.org/ The last conference (held in September) included an excellent presentation about data.gov, among many useful sessions. The CTPP data access software that is being designed and tested by Beyond 2020 (under contract to AASHTO) will include limited ability to re-calculate standard errors, e.g. when adding geographic units, or adding table cells. Elaine Murakami Webinar: User Needs for Calculating Standard Errors in the ACS October 15, 2010 3pm - 4pm EST Host: Warren Brown, University of Georgia Presenters: Doug Hillmer, Independent Consultant, and Jane Traynham, Maryland State Data Center Description: With the ACS, it is increasingly important that data users pay attention to standard errors. This session is aimed at helping users better understand and calculate those errors. What are the requirements that should be addressed by an online statistical calculator to facilitate users manipulating published tabulations and calculating appropriate measures of reliability? Users needing to calculate the reliability of various estimates-such as differences between geographic areas, differences over time, ratios, and proportions-need to have an online tool that facilitates the process. This webinar is directed at users of the tabulated data from the ACS who have found it necessary to calculate measures of reliability but find the process to be arduous, time consuming, and with a high likelihood of errors. The presenters will share their ideas for the specification of requirements and seek feedback from the webinar participants. Online Registration or register by fax or email here <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=72024747&msgid=912520&act=ATR 8&c=364653&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fstore.apdu.org%2Fregistration.asp%3F action%3Dregform1%26Event_Id%3D6>

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