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[A1D08] Commuting to Downtown: TRB Committee Project

by Chuck Purvis

To: CTPP-News and Urban Data Committee listserv At our TRB committee's mid-year meeting this past month we discussed a proposed committee project "Commuting to Downtown." We are hoping to have several sets of analyses complete (or at least well under progress) by the January 2004 TRB annual meeting. The project abstract and the "protoype downtown maps and tables (San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland)" are posted here: http://www.mtc.ca.gov/trb/urban/commute/ The preface to this abstract reads: "The United States has invested billions of dollars in transit and highways over the past several decades. One of the issues is measuring the success of transit investments in terms of transit market share. The purpose of this research is to analyze the changes in employment trends and transit commuting to central business districts (CBD) in the United States. The results of this research may point to the obvious: that transit does well in serving commuters working in downtown America, and that high levels of employment density are associated with the highest levels, shares and success stories related to transit commuting. Data from the decennial census is used to characterize workers at CBD-of-work in the largest cities in the United States. Data can be extracted from the various "journey-to-work" datasets including the 1970 Census Urban Transportation Package (UTP), the 1980 Census Urban Transportation Planning Package (UTPP), and the 1990 and 2000 Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP)." Much of this analysis is dependent on new data from CTPP 2000, Part 2 (data by zone-of-work or tract-of-work), that none of us have, and we all hope to have before TRB 2004. This project is intended as a voluntary effort by persons with best access to historical journey-to-work datasets, namely, the MPO staffs in large metropolitan areas. Eventually it would be great to have data for all CBDs in cities with population of 250,000+. My hope is that urban data committee members will be the most eager to participate (New York, Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore, Seattle, San Francisco, Sacramento) and others have already voiced an interest (Atlanta.) What can be started now is assembling historical journey-to-work data for your CBDs, and mapping of each CBD. Some of this may be tough to impossible, for example, the 1970 UTP or the 1980 UTPP for your area may not be archived or accessible. At the very least we would want to examine changes between 1990 and 2000. In addition, there may be university researchers who can pitch in to assemble and reduce the historical data, or to help on the cartography. At the committee meeting we discussed the need to have "multiple definitions of CBDs" for the largest cities: e.g., the San Francisco financial district compared to the greater San Francisco CBD; the Chicago "loop" versus the greater downtown, etc. Any persons interested in contributing to the project just drop me an e-mail. That's about all for now! Chuck Purvis, MTC ************************************************************** Charles L. Purvis, AICP Principal Transportation Planner/Analyst Metropolitan Transportation Commission 101 Eighth Street Oakland, CA 94607-4700 (510) 464-7731 (office) (510) 464-7848 (fax) www: http://www.mtc.ca.gov/ Census WWW: http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/ **************************************************************

22 years, 7 months

[A1D08] [Fwd: 2004 Annual Meeting "Spotlight Themes"]

by ed christopher

if you remember last year TRB pulled some theme areas off their critical issues list (congestion was one) and any sessions that addressed them were highlighted in the program. i think we had about 5 "gray box" sessions given our congestion focus. below is a note from tom p pointing out this year's spotlight areas. on a slightly related note i am talking up the concept of a presentation session with several other committee chairs dealing with the question "Where are we with Metadata". i wanted to mention this before Marcus Wigan reminded everyone for me that i agreed to take this on. next week several of us involved in census data activities will be at the planning applications conference in baton rouge. i suspect that we will, among other things be talking about getting another poster call off the ground. last year's session was very well received and this year there will be even more data available for "doing cool stuff with". this July will be our midyear meeting--too late to talk about annual meeting sessions. we should really be getting our ideas into the hopper sometime around june. if anyone has any ideas to toss on the table lets get them out now. if you want to bring something up by responding to everyone this email went to just do a "reply all". -------- Original Message -------- Subject: 2004 Annual Meeting "Spotlight Themes" Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 19:09:18 -0500 From: "Tom Palmerlee" <tpalmerlee(a)nas.edu> While the Council realized that selection of conference themes in April is a little behind the session development process for many committees, they thought it useful to select themes. The themes will be: -Security -Infrastructure renewal -Funding (including reauthorization). All these will be multi-modal. · Security · Infrastructure renewal · Funding (including reauthorization). All these will be multi-modal.

22 years, 11 months

[A1D08] Terry Latrop passed away

by ed christopher

Terry was the section chair for A1D08. if he was not the current section chair he was our recent past section chair. anyway many of us had known Terry. ---------------------- Forwarded by Kimberly Fisher/NationalAcademies on 03/10/2003 09:36 AM --------------------------- One of our very best personal and professional friends, George Terrell "Terry" Lathrop, died on Friday, March 7, 2003. A service was held Monday, March 10, 2003 at Christ Episcopal Church, 1412 Providence Road, in Charlotte, NC. Terry was born in Asheville, NC on August 17, 1935. He was a graduate of NC State University, Yale University and the Dept. of City and Regional Planning at UNC-Chapel Hill - where he obtained his Ph.D. and taught transportation. Terry was on the Board of Directors of NCPTA; very active in ITE, ASCE and TRB; an AICP and a P.E. in NC, NY and FL. Memorial gifts may be made to the George Terrell Lathrop Fund, c/o UNC-Chapel Hill Department of City and Regional Planning, Campus Box 3140, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. His entire Obituary is on Page 7B of The News & Observer (of Raleigh NC - go to their website), Sunday, March 9, 2003.

22 years, 12 months

[A1D08] Inside the beltway news

by ed christopher

this is something tom p sent around to his committee chairs. i am not sure how we can fit in but if anyone has any ideas toss them on the table... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: TRB Core Support from BTS Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 15:30:47 -0500 From: "Tom Palmerlee" <tpalmerlee(a)nas.edu> To: edc(a)berwyned.com This is an update on negotiations curerntly underway between TRB and BTS on 2004 core support funding. Many of you may already be aware that BTS has proposed a significant reduction in TRB core support in its 2004 budget. While some of the modal administrations have provided the minimum sponsor level of $60k, BTS has made annual core support in the $300k range. This amount has its origin in the mid-1990s when BTS first became a sponsor. It is my understanding that BTS wanted to encourage more data and information technology at TRB in general and at the annual meeting in particular. As you all know, the annual meeting program is a product of the standing committees with each getting its 2+ sessions. At that time, I think there was only one data committee so the opportunities for growth in a new area were limited. BTS's proposal at that time was to provide core funding at a level that could support an additional senior program officer to staff an expanded suite of committees relating to transportation data and information technology. That strategy was successful. Today, depending on how you count, there are about a dozen committees focusing on transportation data and information technology issues. Counting workshops, sessions and committee meetings, these committees organized nearly 60 events at the 2003 annual meeting. That's a two fold increase, just in the four years I have been at TRB. The 2004 budget is refocusing and sharpening its programs in response to guidance from the Secretary's office. There are five core data programs, as follows: BTS Core Data Programs Freight Data Travel Statistics Transportation Economics Airline Statistics GIS Cross-cutting Programs These will provide a research grounding in transportation and statistics: Transportation Research Methods and Standards The impact on tRB of a reduction in core support of this size could be significant. TRB, already estimating a tight budget, will likely to have to reduce staff available to the support committees. Last week Mark Norman, Steve Godwin (TRB Policy Division Director) and I me with BTS Acting Director Rick Kowalewski, and BTS' new outreach coordinator Thomas Bolle, The point was made that TRB collectively, and the data committees in particular encompass many activities relevant to the proposed BTS core programs and, with active staff and committee support, TRB could provide effective mechanisms for BTS to connect with specialists in those areas and with the data user community. Rick indicated a willingness to reconsider to core funding level for next year. Thomas Bolle and I are now leading an effort to refine that concept, with the support of staff from both organizations. We are likely to be asking your help in this effort. I am optimistic that we will have a more favorable outcome within the next few months. I'll keep you informed about our progress. Tom Thomas M. Palmerlee Senior Program Officer Transportation Data Transportation Research Board National Research Council 500 Fifth St. NW, Room 419 Washington, DC 20001 202-334-2907 tpalmerlee(a)nas.edu

23 years

[A1D08] trying to count heads (Midyear meeting)

by ed christopher

i am trying to get a rough idea of who is thinking about attending the Joint Summer Meeting of the Planning, Economics, Finance, Freight, and Management Committees. It is in July and will piggy back onto a freight and ports meeting in Portland, Oregon. Both events run from July 13-18, 2003 with the joint Summer Meeting of the Planning, Economics, Finance, Freight, and Management Committees beginning on Wednesday, July 16. We are calling this event our Urban Data Committee midyear meeting. let me know if are even thinking about going. ----- Ed Christopher Metropolitan Activities Midwest Resource Center Federal Highway Administration 19900 Governors Drive Olympia Fields, Illinois 60461 708-283-3534 (V) 708-283-3501 (F)

23 years

[A1D08] [Fwd: Summer Tour in Portland]

by ed christopher

see below...re: the midyear meeting in portland. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Summer Tour in Portland Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 10:11:16 -0500 From: "Tom Palmerlee" <tpalmerlee(a)nas.edu> To: paul.bingham(a)globalinsight.com, edc(a)berwyned.com, pisarski@ix.netcom.com,s-tucker@tamu.edu Let me know how many of our members will be interested in this tour so I can pass the information on to Joedy. This tour is likely to be at the end of the Ports portion of the conference and at the beginning of the Planning et al. Thanks. Tom ---------------------- Forwarded by Tom Palmerlee/NationalAcademies on 02/06/2003 10:17 AM --------------------------- Joedy Cambridge 02/06/2003 09:42 AM To: Elaine King/NRC/NationalAcademies@NAS, Tom Palmerlee/NationalAcademies@NAS, Kimberly Fisher/NationalAcademies@NAS, Claire Felbinger/NRC/NationalAcademies@NAS cc: Subject: Summer Tour in Portland Dave Grier, a member of A1B55 is working with the folks at the Bonneville Lock & Dam, about an hour's drive from downtown Portland, to arrange a tour of the facilities. If you think some of your folks might be interested in this tour, please let me know so that I can plan accordingly re the date/time for the tour. To get some idea of what folks would see, please view attached photos,

23 years

[A1D08] [Fwd: TCRP Request for Problem Statements for FY 2004]

by ed christopher

For Tom Palmerlee--- -------- Original Message -------- Here's something to circulate to your committees and discuss at your meetings. Note the TCRP strategic priority II. "Enable Transit to Operate in a Technologically Advanced Society. TCRP will support public transportation to integrate state-of-the-art technology in all aspects of its business so that mobility needs can be served as communities change and customer needs evolve." Tom . ---------------------- Forwarded by Tom Palmerlee/NationalAcademies on Brenda Douple 01/07/2003 12:10 PM To: Brenda Douple/NationalAcademies@NAS cc: (bcc: Tom Palmerlee/NationalAcademies) Subject: TCRP Request for Problem Statements for FY 2004 (See attached file: PROBLEM SOLICITATION 2004 e-mail.DOC)

23 years, 1 month

[A1D08] [Fwd: Information on Conference of Preserving the American Dream ofMobility and Homeownership]

by ed christopher

You may want to circulate this information of the upcoming conference, Preserving the American Dream of Mobility and Homeownership, February 23-25, 2003, Washington, DC Tom ---------------------- Forwarded by Tom Palmerlee/NationalAcademies on 01/06/2003 02:00 PM --------------------------- To: Mark Norman/NationalAcademies@NAS, Tom Palmerlee/NationalAcademies@NAS, Subject: Conference Brochure Alan Pisarski asked me to send you the attached brochure, which has a little more information than the poster he sent you. For even more information, you can go to http://www.ti.org/amdream.html. I hope to see you in February, Randal -- The Thoreau Institute P. O. Box 1590 Bandon, Oregon 97411 541-347-1517 305-422-0379 fax 541-297-6798 cell http://www.ti.org

23 years, 2 months

[A1D08] A1D08 2002 meeting minutes

by ed christopher

The attached pdf contains last years meeting minutes. Many thanks to Jerry Everett for pulling them together. Chuck--can you post them on the A1D08 web page? Happy 2003! -- Ed Christopher Metropolitan Activities Midwest Resource Center Federal Highway Administration 19900 Governors Drive Olympia Fields, Illinois 60461 708-283-3534 (V) 708-283-3501 (F)

23 years, 2 months

[A1D08] TRB Big Issues

by ed christopher

Between now and the annual meeting you will be receiving a variety of emails from me dealing with TRB activities and business. attached is a solicitation from Anne Canby and Mark Norman for any Big issue policy studies that we, as a committee might want to toss in the hopper. if you have any thoughts bring them forward and also bring them to our committee meeting. we can deal with them as a group at the end of our committee meeting under 'committee activities and directions'. -- Ed Christopher Metropolitan Activities Midwest Resource Center Federal Highway Administration 19900 Governors Drive Olympia Fields, Illinois 60461 708-283-3534 (V) 708-283-3501 (F)

23 years, 2 months

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