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Re: [CTPP] American Commuter Survey (ACS): The Means of Transportation Question

by wendell cox

Light rail does not belong with subway and metro. It belongs with trolley or street car. Other than that either of the two alternatives would be fine. But if light rail is to be twinned with metro, better to stay with what we have. Best regards, Wendell Cox On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 9:23 PM, <Ken.Cervenka(a)dot.gov> wrote: > Hello, > > As you may know, the Census Bureau's "means of transportation" question on > the current American Community Survey questionnaire (as well as the > previous Census 2000 "long form") is as follows: > > How did this person usually get to work LAST WEEK? If this person usually > used more than one method of transportation during the trip, mark (X) the > box of the one used for most of the distance. > __ Car, truck, or van > __ Bus or trolley bus > __ Streetcar or trolley car > __ Subway or elevated > __ Railroad > __ Ferryboat > __ Taxicab > __ Motorcycle > __ Bicycle > __ Walked > __ Worked at home > __ Other method > > Here at U.S. DOT, we (meaning FTA, FHWA, and BTS) are discussing whether > updated descriptions might make more sense for the three public > transportation categories associated with use of rail: > __ Streetcar or trolley car > __ Subway or elevated > __ Railroad > > However, any changes to these three categories (or even collapsing these > to a single "rail transit" category) will, if ultimately approved for > testing, require a formal and carefully-controlled "ACS content change" > test to be conducted by the Census Bureau in 2013 and 2014. So this is a > very big deal. If three rail-related categories are maintained, here is > one approach under consideration for future testing: > __ Streetcar or trolley rail > __ Subway, metro, or light rail > __ Commuter railroad or Amtrak > > Or maybe a variation that makes it clear(er) each of these choices refer > to a rail transit mode: > __ Rail - streetcar or trolley > __ Rail - subway, metro, or light rail > __ Rail - commuter railroad or Amtrak > > If you have any comments about what seems to make the most sense from the > viewpoint of a future ACS respondent and/or transportation data analyst, > please send me an email and I will summarize all comments received in a > future email to this listserv (along with your name as the author, unless > you wish to be anonymous). But feel free to reply directly to this > listserv with your observations! > > Ken Cervenka > FTA Office of Planning and Environment > 202/493-0512 > > > _______________________________________________ > ctpp-news mailing list > ctpp-news(a)ryoko.chrispy.net > http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/ctpp-news > -- -- Wendell Cox +1.618 632 8507 Demographia | Wendell Cox Consultancy - St. Louis Missouri-Illinois MSA Visiting Professor, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris Contributing Editor newgeography.com <http://www.newgeography.com/> www.demographia.com | www.publicpurpose.com | www.rentalcartours.net BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS *War on the Dream *demographia.com/wod1.pdf<http://www.demographia.com/wod1.pdf> *International Housing Affordability Survey *demographia.com/dhi.pdf<http://www.demographia.com/dhi.pdf> *The Wal-Mart Revolution *(with Richard Vedder) *Demographia World Urban Areas *demographia.com/worldua.pdf<http://www.demographia.com/dhi.pdf>

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[CTPP] American Commuter Survey (ACS): The Means of Transportation Question

by Ken.Cervenka＠dot.gov

Hello, As you may know, the Census Bureau's "means of transportation" question on the current American Community Survey questionnaire (as well as the previous Census 2000 "long form") is as follows: How did this person usually get to work LAST WEEK? If this person usually used more than one method of transportation during the trip, mark (X) the box of the one used for most of the distance. __ Car, truck, or van __ Bus or trolley bus __ Streetcar or trolley car __ Subway or elevated __ Railroad __ Ferryboat __ Taxicab __ Motorcycle __ Bicycle __ Walked __ Worked at home __ Other method Here at U.S. DOT, we (meaning FTA, FHWA, and BTS) are discussing whether updated descriptions might make more sense for the three public transportation categories associated with use of rail: __ Streetcar or trolley car __ Subway or elevated __ Railroad However, any changes to these three categories (or even collapsing these to a single "rail transit" category) will, if ultimately approved for testing, require a formal and carefully-controlled "ACS content change" test to be conducted by the Census Bureau in 2013 and 2014. So this is a very big deal. If three rail-related categories are maintained, here is one approach under consideration for future testing: __ Streetcar or trolley rail __ Subway, metro, or light rail __ Commuter railroad or Amtrak Or maybe a variation that makes it clear(er) each of these choices refer to a rail transit mode: __ Rail - streetcar or trolley __ Rail - subway, metro, or light rail __ Rail - commuter railroad or Amtrak If you have any comments about what seems to make the most sense from the viewpoint of a future ACS respondent and/or transportation data analyst, please send me an email and I will summarize all comments received in a future email to this listserv (along with your name as the author, unless you wish to be anonymous). But feel free to reply directly to this listserv with your observations! Ken Cervenka FTA Office of Planning and Environment 202/493-0512

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[CTPP] Phillip Cox/D04/Caltrans/CAGov is out of the office.

by Phillip Cox

I will be out of the office starting 12/07/2012 and will not return until 12/10/2012. Thong V. Nguyen will be Acting Branch Chief.

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[CTPP] Google+ Community on Transportation Data and Modeling

by Krishnan Viswanathan

Hello All Apologies for cross-posting. I have created a Google+ community on transportation data and modeling (http://goo.gl/muX1E). This community is for transportation data, models, and planning. The purpose (as I see it) is to* complement and supplement, not replace,* the TMIP, CTPP, H+T, and other mailing lists where transportation planners and modelers hang out. *Why another forum?* 1) The community was created to give members the ability to go beyond the mailing lists and use an easy to use discussion forum which allows for threaded conversations. 2) The ability to use Google+ hangouts which will allow members to have (virtual) face to face meetings to discuss topics of interest to them. Looking to you to make the community relevant and useful. Krishnan -- Krishnan Viswanathan 5628 Burnside Circle Tallahassee FL 32312

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[CTPP] [Fwd: Census Bureau to Release New Web Tool -- "Easy Stats"]

by Ed Christopher

This might be of interest to some. I am still waiting for someone to create an app that will get me tract and block group data. ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Census Bureau to Release New Web Tool -- "Easy Stats" From: "U.S. Census Bureau" <census(a)subscriptions.census.gov> Date: Wed, December 5, 2012 3:25 pm To: edc(a)berwyned.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5, 2012* *Census Bureau to Release New Web Tool â âEasy Statsâ* Tomorrow, just in time for the release of the American Community Survey five-year estimates, the U.S. Census Bureau will release âEasy Stats,â" "an online tool developed to make statistics quicker and easier to access. The interactive tool provides selected demographic and economic statistics from the American Community Survey. âEasy Statsâ allows searching by geography down to the local level, including incorporated places like cities and towns and census designated places. View detailed race, age and gender breakdowns, and compare communities. <http://www.census.gov/easystats/ [ http://www.census.gov/easystats/ ]>. In addition, tomorrow the Census Bureau will update its popular QuickFacts [ http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html ] site with the new American Community Survey statistics, making it even easier for people to find information about a town, county or state. *No news release associated with this product. Tip Sheet only.* Â Â ________________________________________________________________________ US Census Bureau [ http://www.census.gov/ ] Questions? Contact Us [ http://www.census.gov/aboutus/contacts.html ] Â STAY CONNECTED: Visit us on Facebook [ http://www.facebook.com/uscensusbureau ] Visit us on Twitter [ http://twitter.com/uscensusbureau ] Visit us on YouTube [ http://www.youtube.com/user/uscensusbureau ] [ http://www.flickr.com/photos/uscensusbureau/ ] Sign up for email updates [ https://subscriptions.census.gov/service/multi_subscribe.html?code=USCENSUS ] Visit us on GovLoop [ http://www.govloop.com/group/uscensusbureau ] Â Americas Economy Icon [ http://www.census.gov/mobile ] SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: Manage Preferences [ https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USCENSUS/subscriber/edit?preference… ]Â Â |Â Â Unsubscribe [ https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USCENSUS/subscriber/one_click_unsub… ]Â Â |Â Â Help <support(a)govdelivery.com> ________________________________________________________________________ This email was sent to edc(a)berwyned.com by U.S. Census Bureau Â· 4600 Silver Hill Road Â· Washington, DCÂ 20233 Powered by GovDelivery [ http://www.govdelivery.com/portals/powered-by ] -- Ed Christopher FHWA Resource Center Planning Team 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600 Matteson, IL 60443 708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (C)

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[CTPP] FW: 7th International Symposium on Visualization in Transportation

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

Hi everyone - Apologies if you have already received a copy of this Call for abstracts! Elaine From: Hu, Patricia (RITA) Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 3:46 PM To: Hu, Patricia (RITA) Cc: packml(a)umd.edu; Pain, Richard (RPAIN(a)nas.edu) Subject: 7th International Symposium on Visualization in Transportation Dear Colleagues: TRB Standing Committee on Visualization in Transportation is issuing a Call for Abstracts for the 7th International Symposium on Visualization in Transportation. The theme of this conference is "Visualization for Big Data." Please help us spread the word. Thanks. pat Pat Hu Associate Administrator and Director Bureau of Tranpsortation Statistics Research and Innovative Technology Administration U.S. Department of Transportation (202)366-6268 http://www.bts.gov/

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Re: [CTPP] U.S. Census Bureau releases EEO Tabulation - Flows are available

by Mara Kaminowitz

If you keep scrolling down you start getting specific county-to-county information. The downloaded spreadsheet makes it a bit clearer. I'll paste a clip below (EEO 5w). It looks like it is just the top few counties for each worksite. GEO.id GEO.id2 GEO.display-label FLOW.id FLOW.display-label EST_HC1_VC3 0500000US24003 24003 Anne Arundel County, Maryland 0 Worksite Total 18700 0500000US24003 24003 Anne Arundel County, Maryland 2400300000 All Other Counties to Anne Arundel County, Maryland 1605 0500000US24003 24003 Anne Arundel County, Maryland 2400324003 Anne Arundel County, Maryland to Anne Arundel County, Maryland 10430 0500000US24003 24003 Anne Arundel County, Maryland 2400324005 Baltimore County, Maryland to Anne Arundel County, Maryland 1860 0500000US24003 24003 Anne Arundel County, Maryland 2400324009 Calvert County, Maryland to Anne Arundel County, Maryland 55 0500000US24003 24003 Anne Arundel County, Maryland 2400324013 Carroll County, Maryland to Anne Arundel County, Maryland 650 0500000US24003 24003 Anne Arundel County, Maryland 2400324025 Harford County, Maryland to Anne Arundel County, Maryland 425 0500000US24003 24003 Anne Arundel County, Maryland 2400324027 Howard County, Maryland to Anne Arundel County, Maryland 1915 0500000US24003 24003 Anne Arundel County, Maryland 2400324031 Montgomery County, Maryland to Anne Arundel County, Maryland 365 0500000US24003 24003 Anne Arundel County, Maryland 2400324033 Prince George's County, Maryland to Anne Arundel County, Maryland 585 0500000US24003 24003 Anne Arundel County, Maryland 2400324510 Baltimore city, Maryland to Anne Arundel County, Maryland 815 *Mara Kaminowitz, GISP *GIS Analyst ......................................................................... *Baltimore Metropolitan Council* Offices at McHenry Row 1500 Whetstone Way Suite 300 Baltimore, MD 21230 410-732-0500 ext. 1030 mkaminowitz(a)baltometro.org www.baltometro.org *From:* ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net] *On Behalf Of *Liang Long *Sent:* Thursday, November 29, 2012 11:07 AM *To:* ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net *Subject:* [CTPP] U.S. Census Bureau releases EEO Tabulation - Flows are available Hi, All The EEO tabulation based on the ACS 2006-2010 is released today. See the email below. One set of tabulations that is interested to transportation community is Residence-to-Worksite commuting flows. The flows are available for states, counties and places with population threshold of 50,000 or 100,000, depending on specific table contents. I took a couple of minutes to play with AFF and trying to get flows data from EEO. However, none of the tables is labeled with key words like "flows", "commuting flows" etc. I finally found the table EEO 7 Educational Attainment (5) by Younger Age Groups, Sex, and Race/Ethnicity (Part II) for Worksite Geography, Not a Citizen (See the link below). But it only has flows from all other counties to the specified county (Montgomery County, Maryland). I have some troubles finding individual county to individual county flows. http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/EEO/10_5YR/EEONCT7WN2/05000… If you happen to play with EEO flow tabulations, please share your experience with us! Thanks, Liang Long Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 4800 Hampden Lane Suite 800 Bethesda, MD 20814 tel 301 347 9141 fax 301 347 0101 FHWA 202-366-6971 e-mail llong(a)camsys.com www.camsys.com ----- Forwarded by Liang Long/wdc/camsys on 11/29/2012 10:49 AM -----

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[CTPP] U.S. Census Bureau releases EEO Tabulation - Flows are available

by Liang Long

Hi, All The EEO tabulation based on the ACS 2006-2010 is released today. See the email below. One set of tabulations that is interested to transportation community is Residence-to-Worksite commuting flows. The flows are available for states, counties and places with population threshold of 50,000 or 100,000, depending on specific table contents. I took a couple of minutes to play with AFF and trying to get flows data from EEO. However, none of the tables is labeled with key words like "flows", "commuting flows" etc. I finally found the table EEO 7 Educational Attainment (5) by Younger Age Groups, Sex, and Race/Ethnicity (Part II) for Worksite Geography, Not a Citizen (See the link below). But it only has flows from all other counties to the specified county ( Montgomery County, Maryland). I have some troubles finding individual county to individual county flows. http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/EEO/10_5YR/EEONCT7WN2/05000… If you happen to play with EEO flow tabulations, please share your experience with us! Thanks, Liang Long Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 4800 Hampden Lane Suite 800 Bethesda, MD 20814 tel 301 347 9141 fax 301 347 0101 FHWA 202-366-6971 e-mail llong(a)camsys.com www.camsys.com ----- Forwarded by Liang Long/wdc/camsys on 11/29/2012 10:49 AM ----- From: "U.S. Census Bureau" <census(a)subscriptions.census.gov> To: llong(a)camsys.com Date: 11/29/2012 10:32 AM Subject: U.S. Census Bureau releases EEO Tabulation U.S. Census Bureau Releases EEO Tabulation 2006-2010 We are pleased to announce the release of the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Tabulation 2006-2010, using the 2006-2010 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates. This tabulation is a collection of detailed tables that provide extensive detail about the workforce composition and work characteristics of people across the country. The EEO Tabulation presents a variety of tables featuring the following variables: detailed occupation (488 categories), EEO occupational groups (14 categories), EEO-1 job categories (9 categories), state and local job groups (8 categories), federal sector job categories (9 categories), industry (90 categories), race and ethnicity, citizenship, sex, educational attainment, older age groups, younger age groups, earnings, unemployment and when last worked. Though not all tables are available for all geographies, tables are available by residence geography (where people live), worksite geography (where people work), and commuting flows (tables showing a central worksite and the flow to that worksite of workers from up to nine sources). In general, statistics will be available for the nation, states, CBSAs, counties, EEO county sets (single counties or combinations of counties with small populations), and places. To access these statistics, please visit the Census Bureau's American FactFinder. For more information, please visit the EEO Tabulation page. The ACS provides reliable statistics that are indispensable to anyone who has to make informed decisions about the future. These statistics are required by all levels of government to manage or evaluate a wide range of programs, but are also useful for research, education, journalism, business and advocacy. If you have questions about this survey, please call our Customer Services Center on 1 (800) 923-8282. Thank you, American Community Survey Office U.S. Census Bureau Questions? Contact Us STAY CONNECTED: SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: Manage Preferences | Unsubscribe | Help This email was sent to llong(a)camsys.com by U.S. Census Bureau · 4600 Silver Hill Road · Washington, DC 20233

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[CTPP] Closest Thing to CTPP in FactFinder

by Ed Christopher

The CB just released what I will call the closest thing to a CTPP product on FactFinder--The EEO Tables. Below is the press release. In it it says that there are not only workplace tables but flows. If anyone finds the flows could they please let the list (at least me) know a table number. I have been looking and have not found them yet. ----------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. Census Bureau Releases EEO Tabulation 2006-2010 We are pleased to announce the release of the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Tabulation 2006-2010, using the 2006-2010 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates. This tabulation is a collection of detailed tables that provide extensive detail about the workforce composition and work characteristics of people across the country. The EEO Tabulation presents a variety of tables featuring the following variables: detailed occupation (488 categories), EEO occupational groups (14 categories), EEO-1 job categories (9 categories), state and local job groups (8 categories), federal sector job categories (9 categories), industry (90 categories), race and ethnicity, citizenship, sex, educational attainment, older age groups, younger age groups, earnings, unemployment and when last worked. Though not all tables are available for all geographies, tables are available by residence geography (where people live), worksite geography (where people work), and commuting flows (tables showing a central worksite and the flow to that worksite of workers from up to nine sources). In general, statistics will be available for the nation, states, CBSAs, counties, EEO county sets (single counties or combinations of counties with small populations), and places. To access these statistics, please visit the Census Bureau's American FactFinder. For more information, please visit the EEO Tabulation page. The ACS provides reliable statistics that are indispensable to anyone who has to make informed decisions about the future. These statistics are required by all levels of government to manage or evaluate a wide range of programs, but are also useful for research, education, journalism, business and advocacy. If you have questions about this survey, please call our Customer Services Center on 1 (800) 923-8282. Thank you, American Community Survey Office U.S. Census Bureau ----- Ed Christopher 708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (cell) FHWA RC-TST-PLN 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600 Matteson, IL 60443

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Re: [CTPP] TAZ Boundary Files

by Natasha Longpine

Thanks everyone. I also was having trouble through the html site, but the ftp direct link works great. We only had a copy of what was submitted, so I wanted to be sure we had an official version. There are some differences, so glad to have it! Thanks, Natasha. From: shonin.anacker(a)census.gov [mailto:shonin.anacker(a)census.gov] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 3:50 PM To: GREENWALD Michael J Cc: 'ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net' Subject: Re: [CTPP] TAZ Boundary Files This is the FTP site for the TAZes: ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2010/ Let me know if you have any questions... Shonin Anacker Supervisory Geographer Geographic Areas Branch Geography Division US Census Bureau 301-763-9052 -----GREENWALD Michael J <MGREENWALD(a)Lcog.org<mailto:MGREENWALD(a)Lcog.org>> wrote: ----- To: "'ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net'" <ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net<mailto:ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net>> From: GREENWALD Michael J <MGREENWALD(a)Lcog.org<mailto:MGREENWALD(a)Lcog.org>> Date: 11/15/2012 04:10PM Cc: "shonin.anacker(a)census.gov<mailto:shonin.anacker(a)census.gov>" <shonin.anacker(a)census.gov<mailto:shonin.anacker(a)census.gov>> Subject: RE: TAZ Boundary Files Natasha/Kevin, Responding to Kevin’s point, I just looked (for my own curiosity), and didn’t find the TAZs. I would check with Shonin Anacker (copied on this message) at U.S. Census Bureau on this. Here’s his contact information: Shonin Anacker Supervisory Geographer Geographic Areas Branch Geography Division US Census Bureau 301-763-9052 Shonin was the point of contact for me when my organization was working on developing our region’s CTPP TAZs back in 2011, and he was a really good resource. Just to re-state the obvious, the 2011 program was a voluntary submission to Census, allowing local jurisdictions (i.e., MPOs) to suggest what zone structure to use for compiling the CTPP using the ACS. As I understand it, if a region decided not to participate, then Census Bureau went with what best fit their needs, starting with the pre-existing zone structure they had on file. So, there may not be “updates” for all regions. I wonder if Natasha’s request isn’t jumping the gun a bit. According to the CTPP website (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/census_issues/ctpp/), the CTPP based on the 2006-2010 ACS dataset isn’t scheduled to be released until May 2013. Mike Greenwald Michael J. Greenwald Senior Transportation Planner Lane Council of Governments 859 Willamette Street, Suite 500 Eugene, OR 97402 Tel: 541-682-6595 Fax: 541-682-4099 mgreenwald(a)lcog.org<mailto:mgreenwald(a)lcog.org> From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net<mailto:ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net> [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Kevin Byrnes Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:37 PM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net<mailto:ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net> Subject: Re: [CTPP] TAZ Boundary Files Have you looked for it as a downloadable .shp layer from Census TIGER website? http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger-line.html Kevin F Byrnes, AICP Director of Regional Planning and Regional Demographer George Washington Regional Commission 406 Princess Anne St Fredericksburg, VA 22401 Ph (540) 373-2890, x. 18 ________________________________ From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net<mailto:ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net> [ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Natasha Longpine [nlongpine(a)ozarkstransportation.org] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 3:23 PM To: ctpp-news(a)ryoko.chrispy.net<mailto:ctpp-news(a)ryoko.chrispy.net> Subject: [CTPP] TAZ Boundary Files Where can I find the TAZ gis files from this most recent submission in 2011? Thank you, Natasha L. Longpine, AICP Principal Planner Ozarks Transportation Organization 205 Park Central East, Suite 205 Springfield, MO 65806 Phone (417) 865-3042 Fax (417) 862-6013 nlongpine(a)ozarkstransportation.org<mailto:nlongpine(a)ozarkstransportation.org> www.OzarksTransportation.org<http://www.ozarkstransportation.org/> www.OzarksCommute.com<http://www.ozarkscommute.com/>

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