________________________________________ From: Israel Shimon Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 7:06 PM To: Israel Shimon Subject: Free Training at MTC on February 11 - Census Transportation Planning Package Please forward to appropriate parties. Hi All, A free training session is offered by AASHTO and FHWA on the Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP), and sponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG). (See attached flier) What: Free CTPP training When: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Where: MetroCenter Auditorium, 101 8th Street, Oakland, CA 94607 RSVP information: Please see below 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: library(a)mtc.ca.gov. Space is limited to 70 participants. Please RSVP by Friday, February 7. Also, please note that the afternoon session will include training on the new CTPP software. Computers will not be provided, so feel free to bring a laptop if you would like to participate hands-on in this exercise. Sharing personal computers is also an option. Please ensure that your laptop is fully charged, as there will be limited power outlets available. Please contact me (Shimon Israel) with any questions about the training. Thanks, Shimon --------------------------------------------------------------- Shimon Israel Associate Transportation Planner/Analyst Metropolitan Transportation Commission 101 Eighth Street Oakland, CA 94607-4700 (510) 817-5839 (office) (510) 817-5848 (fax) --------------------------------------------------------------- . .