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Re: [CTPP] due by April 30: ACS Program Review

by Patty Becker

This just illustrates the effort that all data intermediaries (those who help others access and use the data) need to go to with Congress. Call your Rep. and express your views! Patty Becker At 11:52 AM 5/10/2012, you wrote: >Content-Language: en-US >Content-Type: multipart/related; > >boundary="_004_FF2CCB68E19616409E046FD48592C54F0537B1B1DDDFW1MBX02mex0_"; > type="multipart/alternative" > >No more ACS? The House doesnt like it.. > > > >John Sharp >Description: Description: cid:image001.jpg(a)01C8E746.B2403B20 > >Program Coordinator >Transportation & Planning Services >Association of Central Oklahoma Governments ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patricia C. (Patty) Becker 248/354-6520 APB Associates/SEMCC FAX 248/354-6645 28300 Franklin Road Home 248/355-2428 Southfield, MI 48034 pbecker(a)umich.edu

13 years, 3 months

[CTPP] House votes to prohibit funding for ACS

by Weinberger

Yesterday evening the house approved in a roll call vote an amendment to H.R. 5326 (Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013) to end funding for the ACS. It is unlikely that this action will go further (the senate is unlikely to follow suit). But it sure is a wake up call. H.AMDT.1077 (A044) Amends: H.R.5326 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HR05326:> Sponsor: Rep Webster, Daniel <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d112&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@ 4((@1(Rep+Webster++Daniel))+02002))> [FL-8] (offered 5/9/2012) AMENDMENT PURPOSE: An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to conduct the survey, conducted by the Secretary of Commerce, commonly referred to as the "American Community Survey". STATUS: 5/9/2012 4:49pm: Amendment (A044) offered by Mr. Webster. 5/9/2012 6:51pm: On agreeing to the Webster amendment (A044) Agreed to by recorded vote: 232 - 190 (Roll no. 232 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/%20http:/clerk.house.gov/evs/2012 /roll232.xml> ). 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.

13 years, 3 months

[CTPP] due by April 30: ACS Program Review

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

https://www.census.gov/acs/www/about_the_survey/acs_program_review_faqs/ I know that today (March 26) was a busy day for many of you because of the CB release of the urbanized area list. But, while you are thinking about the Census Bureau, don't forget to submit your comments regarding ACS through their website. A little bird told me that the Census Bureau expected more traffic on this site, and they didn't know if people were waiting until the deadline, or if no one cared. OF COURSE WE (the transportation data community) CARE! There are 4 areas to which they are asking for comment: 1. data products 2. survey methodology 3.research and evaluation 4. communication AASHTO will be submitting a consolidated response via the CTPP Oversight Board, so you can give your feedback to Penelope Weinberger pweinberger(a)aashto.org<mailto:pweinberger(a)aashto.org> I have not seen a draft from AASHTO yet, so I can't tell if YOUR topic of interest will be included or not. I am sure the CB will not be surprised about negative feedback about AFF. :) Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning 206-220-4460 (in Seattle)

13 years, 3 months

[CTPP] LED Partnership Dynamics Webinar - Use of LODES Data in Transportation Planning

by liang.long＠dot.gov

Hi, all Bruce Spear Cambridge Systematics will talk about using LODES (commonly known as LEHD data) for transportation planning. This talk features findings from a recently completed work of NCHRP 08-36 Task 98: Improving employment Data for Transportation Planning. Please read the email below for details. "The U.S. Census Bureau and Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership Steering Committee are pleased to invite you to attend the next of our monthly webinar series - Use of LODES Data in Transportation Planning: Some Comparative Findings. Our presenter will be Bruce Spear, Senior Associate at Cambridge Systematics, who will be following up on the presentation on this same topic that he gave at the 2012 LED Workshop in March. This webinar is recommended for users at all experience levels. This presentation provides findings from the recently completed National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) project that investigated alternative sources of employment data for use in transportation planning. The presentation discusses the current strengths and weaknesses of LODES (LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics) as a source of workplace location and home-to-work flow data, and compares LODES with the CTPP (Census Transportation Planning Products) data in terms of coverage, completeness and accuracy. Learn more and register at http://lodes.eventbrite.com/" Thanks! 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>

13 years, 3 months

[CTPP] Urban Area Webinar

by Ed Christopher

Today we had a webinar on Urban Areas and their implication on MPOs, TMAs, Transit and Functional class. It was recorded and can be watched in its entirety at: https://connectdot.connectsolutions.com/p1dnv5104an/ -- Ed Christopher 708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (cell) FHWA RC-TST-PLN 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600 Matteson, IL 60443

13 years, 3 months

[CTPP] What I learned at Census Workshop held by Puget Sound Regional Council on April 25

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

Selected items only: Changes to the ACS sampling strategy: The sampling strata will expand from 7 strata to 16 strata, and there are 6 different non-response (aka field) follow-up rates. Most of this has to do with areas with small tract populations, i.e. less than 2,000 persons per census tract, and in remote Alaska, and areas with 10+% of population with American Indian and nataive Hawaiian. To be specific, to improve the comparability in the MOE and C.V. (Coefficient of variation) across all census tracts, areas with low population are being increased and areas with high population are being decreased. That is, highly urban areas are LOSING sample. For the field follow-up rates, Remote Alaska and AmInd/Hawaiian area (10+%) will have 100% follow-up, and the other areas will have 1:2; 2:5; and 1:3 follow-up rates. Changes to the 2013 ACS Questionnaire-- 1 . new questions on computer usage and access to internet. I asked how smartphones would be handled, and Mike Burns (CB Regional Office) said he would follow-up. 2. Changes to questions on Veterans status and period of military service. 3. Changes to the CAPI (and soon CASI) questions on income sources. Instead of all the different sources on one page, parse over multiple screens. Does not affect PAPER version of the ACS questionnaire that respondents get in the mail. Geography issues: The new PUMAs will be included in the Fall 2012 version of TIGER. 2010 Census Summary File 1 with Urbanized Area and Urban Cluster tabulations is expected in October 2012. Changes to American FactFinder 2. The Census Bureau is making lots of changes to AFF2 and trying to address the multitudes of feedback from all parties. Some of the changes include: 1. Geographic selection will allow for "legacy" AFF approach OR the new AFF2 approach. This will be called "geographic assistant" 2. A "Quick facts" button will be on the main AFF2 page. 3. A link to the ftp download area will be on the main AFF2 page. 4. They are working to improve the geographic ids between the file download from AFF2 and TIGER files, to make it easier to import into GIS. 5. In the current version of AFF2, you can now use "*" as "wildcard" in the search box. For example, if you type "B08*" it will pull all the "journey to work" tables from ACS. 6. They are working on a smartphone app which they hope will be available within a year. Tom Kimpel from the Washington State Office of Financial Management discussed AFF Deep Links, and showed how they have used it on their website. http://www.ofm.wa.gov/pop/acs/default.asp Basically, how to construct the weblink by using 4 parameters: Program Dataset Product Geographic identifier-concatenation of sumrylvl|geocomponent|geographic variant|FIPS Note: geographic variant is a 2 digit code for things like Cong District, Legislative District, MSA, urban area By combining these parameters, a hyperlink can be created to go to a specific AFF page, this is FASTER and easier than trying to explain to someone how to use AFF2! Tom highly recommended using the Census Bureau's AFF Deep Linking Guide. April 2012 version, now available: http://factfinder2.census.gov/legacy/AFF_deep_linking_guide.pdf I think we need to schedule a webinar on AFF2 deeplinking and another one on Data Ferrett HotReports. Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning 206-220-4460 (in Seattle)

13 years, 3 months

[CTPP] HAZUS from FEMA-- user experience?

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

Hi Everyone - Back in the Jan 2008 issue http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/census_issues/ctpp/status_report/sr0108.cfm of the CTPP Status report, we included a brief article about HAZUS, because the CTPP2000 is used. Recently, for a FHWA research project, Oak Ridge National Labs used this dataset (May 2011 version) as a land use proxy, and for creating a land use diversity measure. Land use is reported by square footage at the block level and has seven main categories: residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, religious, government and education. Some categories have further detail, for example, the residential category includes number of units per residence, nursing home, etc.) The commercial category includes retail store, restaurant, theatre and several other categories. Http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/hazus What has been your experience with this dataset? Please share your knowledge and expertise. Thanks! Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning 206-220-4460 (in Seattle)

13 years, 4 months

[CTPP] Job Opportunity at OKI Regional Council

by Andrew Rohne

Apologies for cross-posting. Feel free to forward this, post it, etc! POSITION AVAILABLE The Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI) has an immediate opening for an entry level engineer or planner with a strong interest in travel demand modeling. OKI, being a metropolitan planning organization for Greater Cincinnati Area, has developed, maintained, and applied travel demand models in support of multi-modal transportation system planning / air quality analysis for the region and corridor-level traffic transportation planning. The current travel demand model is a state-of-the-practice four-step travel demand model. Currently OKI is refining the model and developing advanced and experimental modeling methodologies in order to advance the modeling practice. This individual will play a key role in this effort. Transportation Engineer / Planner The position is responsible for development and maintenance of transportation data systems. The duties include data collection, processing/geocoding, building and maintaining databases, analyzing and preparing data for model and dissemination. The transportation data include travel data, roadway physical/operation conditions, traffic counts, transit operation conditions and ridership, and other model related data. A Bachelor's degree in engineering or planning with one year of experience is required. Must have knowledge in principles and practices of regional transportation planning. Requires ability to compile technical information and prepare narrative and graphic reports. Salary range is 40,000 to 47,000 per year. Qualified applicants should submit their resumes and salary requirements to Human Resources, Nicole Hartman nhartman(a)oki.org<mailto:nanderson(a)oki.org> OKI Regional Council of Governments, 720 East Pete Rose Way, Suite 420, Cincinnati OH 45202. The application deadline is May 15, 2012. EOE - M/F www.oki.org -- Andrew S. Rohne Transportation Modeling Manager Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments P: 513.621.6300 x115 * arohne(a)oki.org<mailto:arohne(a)oki.org> [cid:image001.png(a)01CD1D45.27640E30] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewrohne> [cid:image002.png(a)01CD1D45.27640E30] <http://twitter.com/okiandrew> Join OKI's Social Media [cid:image003.jpg(a)01CD1D45.27640E30]<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cincinnati-OH/Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana-Regional-…> [cid:image004.jpg(a)01CD1D45.27640E30] <http://twitter.com/okircog> [cid:image005.jpg(a)01CD1D45.27640E30] <http://www.youtube.com/okircog> [cid:image006.jpg(a)01CD1D45.27640E30]<http://www.cvgairport.com/1st/rewards.html?utm_source=cvg1st.com&utm_medium…>

13 years, 4 months

Re: [CTPP] TAZs and TADs for CTPP 2006-2010 are available now!

by Liang Long

Thanks to Jennifer Holland from the Census Bureau for providing us easy links to the TAZ/TAD files. These paths require less "clicks" to access the files. In the TAZ directory you will find all of the state-based TAZ files for the nation and in the TAD directory you will find the national TAD file. The files names are the same as in my original message but this path requires less navigation through folders. The rest of the 2010 Census TIGER/Line Shapefiles, organized by type of geography, can also be found by using this path. The links are: ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2010/TAZ/2010/ ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2010/TAD/ 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 From: Liang Long/wdc/camsys To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Date: 04/17/2012 11:06 AM Subject: TAZs and TADs for CTPP 2006-2010 are available now! Although CTPP 2006-2010 will not be out until the year of 2013, but Traffic Analysis Zone (TAZ) and Traffic Analysis District (TAD) delineated for CTPP 2006-2010 are available now in the Census Bureau FTP site. Here is the link: For TAZ, go to this ftp site ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/pvs/tiger2010st/ [THEN PICK YOUR STATE Folder--you have to select the state-level directory twice. TAZ files are NOT under the county-level directory, only the state. The file name is tl_2011_XX_taz10.zip (where XX= State FIPS) For example, South Caroline TAZ files are in this directory: < ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/pvs/tiger2010st/45_South_Carolina/45/tl_2011_45_t… >< ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/pvs/tiger2010st/45_South_Carolina/45/tl_2011_45_t… > TAD: ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/pvs/tiger2010st/ [SCROLL to BOTTOM] File name is: tl_2011_us_tad10.zip <ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/pvs/tiger2010st/tl_2011_us_tad10.zip>< ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/pvs/tiger2010st/tl_2011_us_tad10.zip> Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. 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

13 years, 4 months

Re: [CTPP] TAZs and TADs for CTPP 2006-2010 are available now!

by Matt Brady

Ah Mr. ARMASI part II, WEB site is nice. Is there any way of sharpening up the maps in the FIHS section? Almost all the others are sharp and clear, and they really stand out as being muddy.

13 years, 4 months

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