I think I sent an email to Penelope to the ctpp-news email site, PLEASE DISREGARD unless Penelope is the only one that will see it. thanks! Tina Glover Hi All, A free training session is offered by AASHTO and FHWA on the Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP), and sponsored by the Washington State DOT There are just a few slots left! What: Free CTPP training When: Monday, February 3, 2014 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Where: Department of Enterprises Services (DES) in room 3610. 1500 Jefferson Ave, Olympia, WA 98501 RSVP email to Kyle Miller: Miller, Kyle [MilleKy(a)wsdot.wa.gov] The CTPP is a set of special tabulations designed by transportation planners using data from the Census Bureau. The most current release of CTPP data comes from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey (ACS) sample, and includes data from small geographic units such as census tracts and transportation analysis zones (TAZs). The CTPP is a unique census product providing data relating to the journey to work, including travel mode, number of household vehicles, demographic variables, employment status, income and poverty information, life cycle, and many other characteristics. Data tables for home and work locations, and worker flow (home-to-work) are available. A rough agenda for the full-day training session is below: * Introductions and welcome * Introduction to the CTPP * ACS questionnaire: paper exercise * Data issues * Break * Data issues continued * Find the CTPP table: paper exercise * Lunch * Software tour * Profile exercise: software exercise * Results of profile exercise * Wrap up Please register by sending the participant's name and contact information in an e-mail to: Miller, Kyle [MilleKy(a)wsdot.wa.gov]. Space is limited. Please RSVP ASAP! The afternoon session will include training on the new CTPP software. Computers will not be provided, so bring a laptop to participate hands-on in this exercise. Sharing personal computers is also an option. Please ensure that your laptop is fully charged, _______________________________________________ ctpp-news mailing list ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net https://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/ctpp-news