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Re: [CTPP] more historic CTPP materials, now available in digital format via TRID

by ALANPISARSKI

Elaine: what a trip down memory lane. Two things worth noting. A review of the attendees provides some sense of the period. And more importantly many of the issues cited are hardy perennials and are still with us. But the list of accomplishments are long. The additions to the census are documented in my review of status (pg 34) and were expanded in the next cycle with time left home and that's been pretty much it. I assume that Rolf can add the prior Albuquerque meeting to this compliation and the later conferences as well. I have them all somewhere here but I am sure that BTS has them as well. it would be well for CTPP to summarize that history. Alan From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Elaine.Murakami(a)dot.gov Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 5:56 PM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: [CTPP] more historic CTPP materials, now available in digital format via TRID National Conference on Decennial Census Data for Transportation Planning, conference held in December 1984 is now available via TRID Database at http://trid.trb.org/view/218110 and TRR 981 which includes papers about the 1980 Urban Transportation Planning Package (predecessor to CTPP) at http://trid.trb.org/results.aspx?q= <http://trid.trb.org/results.aspx?q=&serial=%22Transportation%20Research%20R ecord%22&issue=%22981%22> &serial=%22Transportation%20Research%20Record%22&issue=%22981%22# Thank you to Rolf Schmidt and Li Leung at BTS, and the TRB staff for helping us get these into digital format! Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning 206-220-4460 (in Seattle)

10 years, 6 months

[CTPP] more historic CTPP materials, now available in digital format via TRID

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

National Conference on Decennial Census Data for Transportation Planning, conference held in December 1984 is now available via TRID Database at http://trid.trb.org/view/218110 and TRR 981 which includes papers about the 1980 Urban Transportation Planning Package (predecessor to CTPP) at http://trid.trb.org/results.aspx?q=&serial=%22Transportation%20Research%20R… Thank you to Rolf Schmidt and Li Leung at BTS, and the TRB staff for helping us get these into digital format! Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning 206-220-4460 (in Seattle)

10 years, 6 months

[CTPP] What's the point of the margin of error? - Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

by Krishnan Viswanathan

Andrew Gelman has some thoughts on MOEs which might interest this group. http://andrewgelman.com/2015/01/23/whats-point-margin-error/

10 years, 6 months

[CTPP] NHTS Future Directions Task Force (ABJ45T) Activities at TRB 2015

by Krishnan Viswanathan

Apologies for cross-posting. The Task Force on Understanding New Directions for the National Household Travel Survey Task Force (ABJ45T) has an engaging range of activities planned for TRB 2015 covering energy, health, travel behavior, freight etc. Hope to see you there. A document with all ABJ45T activities can be found here: http://goo.gl/8AnFAl Safe Travels and see you next week, Krishnan

10 years, 7 months

[CTPP] Census activities at TRB

by Mara Kaminowitz

Hello and Happy New Year! The Census for Transportation Planning Subcommittee, ABJ30(1), has an exciting line-up of activities for the 2015 TRB meeting. On Monday, Jan. 12, at 2 pm we will be hosting a poster session, "Applications for Small-Area American Community Survey and Census Transportation Planning Package Data: New Data, New Challenges" in Hall E. We have a great line up of posters, please stop by! Wednesday, Jan. 14, at 10:15 am is the official Census for Transportation Planning Subcommittee meeting. The meeting will be at the Marriott Marquis, Liberty K and feature Census programs updates and a series of presentations building on Monday's poster session. A link to the agenda can be found here: http://www.trbcensus.com/notes/TRB2015Agenda.pdf Looking forward to seeing you there! *Mara Kaminowitz, GISP*GIS Coordinator ......................................................................... *Baltimore Metropolitan Council* Offices @ McHenry Row 1500 Whetstone Way Suite 300 Baltimore, MD 21230 410-732-0500 ext. 1030 mkaminowitz(a)baltometro.org www.baltometro.org

10 years, 7 months

[CTPP] Request for Proposals # RTC14-18- Washoe County Regional Travel Characteristics Study

by Xuan Wang

Interested Parties: The Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County, Nevada (RTC) is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) from qualified individuals and firms to conduct a series of travel surveys in the Reno-Sparks area of Washoe County, Nevada. The study will consist of three distinct surveys dealing with: 1. Travel characteristics of households 2. Travel characteristics related to transit ridership 3. Visitor travel patterns Solicitation documents may be obtained at no charge from the RTC electronically at www.ebidexchange.com/rtc<http://www.ebidexchange.com/rtc> or from the RTC by contacting Leslie Benton, RTC Procurement and Compliance Analyst, at (775) 335-1868, email at Lbenton(a)rtcwashoe.com<mailto:Lbenton(a)rtcwashoe.com>. Proposals will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. (PST), January 30, 2015, addressed to Leslie Benton, RTC Procurement and Compliance Analyst, Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County, Reno, Nevada, 1105 Terminal Way, Suite 300, Reno, NV 89502. Thank you! Xuan Wang, PHD, PE. Planning Department Regional Transportation Commission 1105 Terminal Way Reno, NV 89502 775-332-9521 Office 775-348-3278 Fax xwang(a)rtcwashoe.com<mailto:xwang(a)rtcwashoe.com>

10 years, 7 months

[CTPP] newest issue of the CTPP Status Report

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

Attached please find the December issue. It will also be posted to the FHWA Census webpage in the near future. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/census_issues/ctpp/status_report/ Please note that comments on the ACS questions are due to the Federal Register by December 30, 2014. The Journey to Work Questions are not on the list of questions to be removed. Please see the article on pages 2 -3 by Julie Parker from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning 206-220-4460 (in Seattle) I apologize for a couple of grammatical errors that snuck through. I will try to get them fixed in the web version!

10 years, 7 months

[CTPP] Census "Planning DataBase" -- predicting response and targeting to increase response

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

Target audience for this post: survey methodologists On Nov 19, I attended an ACS Data Users Group webinar hosted by the Population Reference Bureau and Sabre Systems. The topic was the Planning Database (PDB), which is a database at the tract and block group level, focusing on low response. The main objective is to figure out where the Census will have lower response with the 2020 Census and plan to implement different techniques to improve response rates in those areas. www.census.gov/research/data/planning_database<http://www.census.gov/research/data/planning_database> The speakers were Nancy Bates and Travis Pape. The PDB includes the geography (tract and block group), demographic characteristics, and then, Census operations data, e.g. mail-back, bilingual rates, the 2010 Census Mail return rate AND the LOW RESPONSE SCORE, based on a model using 5-years of ACS data. The model includes 25 variables, of which the top 3 variables were: rent (vs own); age ( 18-24), and female head of household with no husband present. Other variables include household size, presence and age of children, poverty, education, race and Hispanic origin. The regression results are R2 of .56 at the block group level, and R2 of .55 at the tract level. These results are for mail-back returns, and the Census Bureau is planning on over 60% returns for the 2020 Census using Internet, so the results may be different after newer ACS results which included Internet response method are incorporated into the model. Currently, the 2014 PDB which includes 2008-2012 ACS estimates and 2010 Census operations data is available, and an updated PDB based on more recent ACS will be available approximately in March 2015. The files are only available as nationwide files, zipped CSV format, one file for tracts and one file for block groups. The tract level file is 86 Mb. The Block Group file is 152 Mb. Bottom line - the model variables seem consistent with the results of non-response to household travel surveys, so I am thinking that when a large household travel survey is being planned, these data could also be useful for targeting different approaches to improve response rates, or oversampling housing unit addresses in low responding areas. Hope I didn't make any grievous errors in my summary above! If I did, I hope that someone from the Census Bureau will post corrections. Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning 206-220-4460 (in Seattle)

10 years, 8 months

[CTPP] Call for Abstracts: 2nd Annual ACS Data Users Conference May 2015

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

Abstracts are due January 14, 2015. This conference will be held one week before the TRB Planning Applications conference, so I know this is likely to cause low interest in this. Nonetheless, I hope that some transportation and especially CTPP data users will be able to participate in this conference. Several MPOs participated last time and we had a nice lunch together. It is highly unlikely that I can attend because of travel budget limitations. I encourage you to consider submitting an abstract. It is always good to document the transportation applications of ACS to a non-transportation audience, and to get the attention of Census Bureau staff, even if they might have to participate via web! Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning 206-220-4460 (in Seattle) From: ACS Data Users Group [mailto:ACS_Data_Users_Group(a)mail.vresp.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 12:08 PM To: Murakami, Elaine (FHWA) Subject: Call for Abstracts: 2nd Annual ACS Data Users Conference [ACS data users logo]<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?PopulationReferenceB/781257f466/a4a80cfafa/ebe97b0d…> 2nd Annual ACS Data Users Conference May 11-13, 2015 College Park Marriott Hotel and Conference Center College Park, MD Call for Abstracts! Deadline: Jan. 14, 2015 Acceptance Notification Date: Feb. 20, 2015 The second annual American Community Survey (ACS) Data Users Conference will bring together ACS data users and staff from the U.S. Census Bureau to increase understanding of the value and utility of ACS data and to promote information sharing among data users about key ACS data issues and applications. The conference will include contributed presentations by ACS data users, invited sessions, hands-on training, and opportunities for networking. We are inviting abstracts on any topic relating to ACS data issues and applications, but we are especially interested in new and innovative uses of ACS data, and ACS applications that inform policy and business decisions. For examples of presentation topics from the May 2014 inaugural ACS Data Users Conference, review the program.<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?PopulationReferenceB/781257f466/a4a80cfafa/2826ed8a…> To submit an abstract, visit www.acsdatausers.org.<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?PopulationReferenceB/781257f466/a4a80cfafa/16c4a7ee…> Registration for the conference will open in early 2015 and will be free for all conference presenters and participants. Please forward this announcement to others who may be interested. ________________________________ Click to view this email in a browser<http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/1056151/781257f466/521474375/a4a80cfafa/> If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the following link: Unsubscribe<http://cts.vresp.com/u?781257f466/a4a80cfafa/mlpftw> Click here<http://oi.vresp.com/f2af/v4/send_to_friend.html?ch=781257f466&lid=521474375…> to forward this email to a friend Population Reference Bureau 1875 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 520 Washington, District of Columbia 20009 USA Read<http://www.verticalresponse.com/content/pm_policy.html> the VerticalResponse marketing policy. [Try Email Marketing with VerticalResponse!]<http://www.verticalresponse.com/landing/ef/?mm/781257f466&utm_campaign=foot…> [http://cts.vresp.com/o.gif?781257f466/a4a80cfafa/mlpftw]

10 years, 9 months

Re: [CTPP] History of CTPP

by Jon Hallas

Thanks Elaine. -Jon A. Jon Hallas, Associate Analyst Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) From: Elaine.Murakami(a)dot.gov [mailto:Elaine.Murakami(a)dot.gov] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 2:48 PM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: [CTPP] History of CTPP I was recently asked about 1970 and 1980 journey-to-work data at the tract level, so I thought I would share some historic materials. Bottom line, around 1998 and 1999, we attempted to collect 1980 UTPP files, but were able to find only about 20 files, which are stored at Cambridge Systematics and available via ftp. For more information, please contact ctppsupport(a)camsys.com<mailto:ctppsupport(a)camsys.com> The CTPP program was not nationwide until the 1990 Census long form tabulation. In 2010, Ed Christopher and I wrote a chapter for the Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census about Transportation Uses of Census Data, which include a very brief summary of the CTPP. This book is a reference document, I think, mostly found at libraries. Margo J. Anderson, Constance F. Citro, & Joseph J. Salvo (Eds.). (2012). Encyclopedia of the U.S. census. (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: CQ Press. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452225272 I have attached a couple of alternate sources: 1. A 2008 ppt from Ed Christopher, as a PDF file. Perhaps we can ask Ed to update his slides with information about the 2006-2010 CTPP, and the AASHTO CTPP Oversight Board. 2. A few scanned pages from the 1994 TRB Conference on "Decennial Census Data for Transportation Planning", written by Phil Fulton, who was at the Census Bureau Journey to Work branch. One interesting sentence to me was about updating GBF/DIME files in the 1980s, the predecessor to the TIGER files. The 1980 UTPP were delivered to transportation agencies on 9-track tapes. Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning 206-220-4460 (in Seattle)

10 years, 9 months

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