We have just been asked by TRB for our input on the critical issues. As
was mentioned at our annual meeting I just submitted the notion of
"privacy and confidentiality" as our critical issue suggestion. Here is
the wording I used.
"Privacy and Confidentiality
The issue that is underlying most of the others is the notion of
"Privacy and Confidentiality". This issue is very broad and is
affecting all of us especially in the data community. On one hand there
is a public sentiment to protect an individuals privacy but on the
other, our political process is very participatory which means that it
thrives on data and information. I would bet that if each one of us
took a quick glance at our own transportation domains we could each come
up with list of privacy and confidentiality issues facing us today.
What makes this issue so perplexing is vast number of viewpoints and
perspectives embedded in it. This issue should not be confused or
construed to be security.
--
Ed Christopher
708-283-3534 (V)
708-574-8131 (cell)
FHWA RC-TST-PLN
19900 Governors Dr
Olympia Fields, IL 60461
this was in an newsletter someone passed me.
WASHINGTON - Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta is giving broad new
authority to agency officials to classify previously public documents
and withhold them from any public scrutiny. Mineta's directive went
into effect when it was signed Jan. 5. But it was not publicized by the
department until it was published in the Jan. 18 issue of the Federal
Register. It says information that agency officials regard as being
sensitive involving "all modes of transportation" will be exempted from
release under the Freedom of Information Act, or during court
proceedings on civil suits.
http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=SECRECY-01-26-05
At the Data Section chairs meeting in January we had a presentation from
Diane Herz or the Bureau of Labor Force Statistics on the American Time
Use Survey that they are doing. Attached are her powerpoints. For
general information on the ATUS see the BLS web site
http://www.bls.gov/tus/
Also of interest may be the Time Use Survey Resource Center... "BLS has
recently released data from the new American Time Use Survey (ATUS).
These data should be enormously useful for addressing a wide range of
research issues. To facilitate research using these exciting new data,
the Maryland Population Research Center is establishing a user forum
through which researchers can share information about problems they
encounter in working with the data and exchange information that may be
of general utility in preparing the data for analysis. The site also
will provide links to a variety of other information of interest to time
use researchers." There is also a call for papers for a Dec 2005
conference in Wash DC. see
http://www.atususers.umd.edu/
--
Ed Christopher
708-283-3534 (V)
708-574-8131 (cell)
FHWA RC-TST-PLN
19900 Governors Dr
Olympia Fields, IL 60461
FYI
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [TMIP-L] Call for Submissions: 2004 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
-Deadline: May 1, 2005
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:04:04 -0500
From: "Pendyala , Ram" <pendyala(a)ENG.USF.EDU>
Please distribute
2004 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize in Travel Behaviour Research
The International Association for Travel Behaviour Research
(IATBR)invites submissions for the 2004 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize.
This dissertation prize recognizes the best doctoral dissertation in the
area
of travel behaviour research accepted between January 1, 2004 and
December 31, 2004.
Supervisors wishing to submit 2004 dissertations for consideration
should provide the Chair of the Selection Panel, Dr. Tony Richardson
(see address below), with the following by May 1, 2005
* Six copies of the dissertation
* Six copies of an extended abstract (in English) between 3 to 5
pages in length, not bound with the rest of the thesis, and
* A nomination letter supporting the submission and stating the
supervisors assessment of why the thesis is worthy of the award
(in English).
Any questions or requests for further information may be directed to
either Dr. Tony Richardson (tony.richardson(a)tuti.com.au) or to the
Secretary of the IATBR, Prof. Ram M. Pendyala (pendyala(a)eng.usf.edu).
Please send all submissions to:
Dr. Tony Richardson, Director
The Urban Transport Institute
PO Box 363, Alexandra
Victoria 3714 Australia
Phone/Fax: (613) 5774 7617
For additional information on Eric Pass (1948-1997) contributions to
the travel behaviour research field and a list of past recipients of the
Eric Pas Dissertation Prize, please visit
http://www.ce.utexas.edu/iatbr/pas_prize.htm
There is still time to get a poster abstract in. for agencies and
universities there is a $750 stipend to help with travel
(http://www.trb.org/conferences/censusdata/TravelSupport.pdf)
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Subject: Poster Submissions
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 10:22:56 -0500
From: "Palmerlee, Thomas" <TPalmerlee(a)nas.edu>
To: <
We have received 20 poster proposals. The list of titles and authors is
attached. The submission site will remain open until midnight EST
Monday so encourage those who haven't submitted to get their proposals
in to www.trb.org/conferences/censusdata/
Tom
<<Poster List Census Cf.doc>>
Thomas M. Palmerlee
Senior Program Officer, TRB
202-334-2907
tpalmerlee(a)nas.edu
FYI--
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Subject: Some stuff the committee might find interesting
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:20:39 -0500
From: "Polzin, Steve" <polzin(a)cutr.usf.edu>
To: "ed christopher" <edc(a)BERWYNED.COM>, <edc(a)BERWYNED.COM>
I have attached a number of links below to some products that we produce
for FDOT that are data support documents and resources.
A Transportation Indicators Web Site: This site provides regularly
updated Florida transportation data (and predates the BTS indicator by a
year or so) Still a work in progress. Ideas welcome.:
http://www.indicators.cutr.usf.edu.
A Florida Transportation Pocket Guide: loosely based on the BTS
document, this is also updated annually and has been a big hit.
(http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/policy/trends/pocket-guide-2004.pdf).
Trends and Conditions Research Reports. Numerous report length chapters
discuss various issues based on data trends.
(http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/policy/trends/tc-report/table-of-conten…).
Any feedback appreciated. Look forward to the committee. Also
appreciated your interest in the travel time paper.
Steven E. Polzin
Director, Public Transportation Research
Center for Urban Transportation Research
University of South Florida
4202 Fowler Ave., CUT100
Tampa, FL 33620-5375
813-974-9849 (w)
813-416-7517 (c)
polzin(a)cutr.usf.edu
http://www.cutr.usf.edu
Attached is my Chair report for next week. Below is something I got from
Ram Pendyala the chair to Travel Behavior and Values committee which may
be of interest to some. I recognize that this is in direct conflict
with our own Metadata subcommittee meeting but that is something totally
out of my control.
-----------------------
Cynthia Chen, City College of New York, will be taking over as Chair of
the Subcommittee on Time Use and Activity Patterns effective TRB 2005.
Please join me in welcoming Cynthia as the new Chair of this
subcommittee and in supporting her endeavors to further develop and
highlight this critical area of travel behavior research. During this
subcommittee meeting (on Monday, January 10, 2005 at 12 Noon), Tina
Shelley from the Bureau of Labor Statistics will be making a detailed
presentation about the American Time Use Survey (ATUS).
--
Ed Christopher
Resource Center Planning Team
Federal Highway Administration
19900 Governors Drive
Olympia Fields, Illinois 60461
708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (cell)
708-283-3501 (F)
I trust that everyone is ready for the Annual Meeting and is off to a
good start with the new year. For our meeting next Monday afternoon I
want to remind you to think about the update to the TRB Critical
Issues. Attached is a Mark Norman memo discussing TRB interest in our
review of them.
While my first reaction to all of this was, "here we go again" the more
I thought about it the more I realized that I have been bumping my head
against what I would call a far reaching critical issue within the data
community but affecting all the other issues combined. The issue as I
see it is privacy and confidentiality. The problem however, is very
complex.
Attached is an abridged version of a presentation I did 3 years on
behalf of the committee the last time we talked about critical issues.
Although our agenda is someone packed I do intend to getting through it
so bring any of your critical issue thoughts with you for our
discussion.
--
Ed Christopher
Resource Center Planning Team
Federal Highway Administration
19900 Governors Drive
Olympia Fields, Illinois 60461
708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (cell)
708-283-3501 (F)
