ctpp-news October 1999

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Mega, Macro and Micro areas on the horizon

by Ed Christopher

Someone passed me this over the weekend. I would be interested in hearing any reaction to or questions about this new proposed geography. One that quickly came to my mind concerns the interplay between these areas and our TAZs. Obviously, we will have some things learn about these "new" proposed area definitions. -------------------snip--------------- October 21, 1999 The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Requests Comments on the Proposed Changes to Standards for Defining Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas On October 20, OMB released the recommendations from the Metropolitan Area Standards Review Committee (MASRC) for changes to OMB's standards for defining metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. This is the first major revision of these concepts since 1970, when OMB developed new areas such as Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas (PMSA's) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA's). MASRC has recommended a Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) classification to replace the current Metropolitan Area (MA) classification. The cores (densely settled concentrations of population) for this classification would be Census Bureau defined urbanized areas and smaller densely settled "settlement clusters." The settlement clusters are new areas to be identified for the 2000 Census. CBSAs would be defined around these cores. This CBSA classification has three types of areas based on the total population of all cores in the CBSA: 1) Megapolitan Areas defined around cores of at least 1,000,000 population; 2) Macropolitan Areas defined around cores of 50,000 to 999,999 population; and 3) Micropolitan Areas defined around cores of 10,000 to 49,999 population. Those counties containing the cores, should become the central counties of the CBSA's. Territory outside of Megapolitan, Macropolitan and Micropolitan Areas would be termed "Outside CBSAs." The MASRC has recommended the use of counties and equivalent entities as the building blocks for statistical areas throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, including the use of counties as the primary building blocks for statistical areas in New England. MASRC also recommended that Minor Civil Divisions (MCDs) be used as building blocks for an alternative set of statistical areas for the New England States only. A single threshold of 25 percent to establish qualifying linkages between outlying counties and counties containing the CBSA cores has also been recommended. OMB has allowed sixty (60) days for comments. To ensure consideration during the final decision making process, written comments must be received no later than December 20, 1999. The Comments should be sent to James D. Fitzsimmons, U.S. Bureau of the Census, IPC-Population Division, Washington, DC 20233-8860. The final standards will be announced by April 1, 2000. The actual areas, based upon 2000 Census commuting information will probably be available in 2003. The full text of the release is available from the COPAFS home page at: http://members.aol.com/copafs/metro99, and also at the OMB home page at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/OMB/fedreg/msa-recommend.pdf

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Submission of equivalency files

by Srinivasan, Nanda <FHWA>

The Census Bureau, Geography Division has been receiving questions from participating agencies on where to submit the completed TAZ equivalency file and the supporting documentation. The EF needs to be submitted to the Census Bureau Web Site, and the supporting documentation mailed to the Regional Census Liason. Attached are two documents that will be of assistance in answering those questions. Please look at frequently asked questions section at http://www.mcs.com/~berwyned/census/ for anwers to several questions raised so far. Thank You, Nanda Srinivasan

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Census 2000 News Alert

by Ed Christopher

From: Census2000 <Census2000(a)ccmc.org> Commerce Spending Bill Moves Forward With Full Funding for Census 2000 A House-Senate conference committee completed negotiations earlier this week on the fiscal year 2000 (FY00) spending bill covering the Census Bureau. The Commerce, Justice, and State, The Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations bill (H.R. 2670) allocates about $4.5 billion for Census 2000, the amount requested by the Clinton Administration and included in the House version of the measure. The Senate had allocated only $2.8 billion in its version. The $4.5 billion is considered "emergency spending," a designation first made by House appropriators that removes those funds from tight discretionary program spending limits set in previous budget agreements. The House and Senate are expected to vote on the 'conference report' this week before sending it to the President for his signature or veto. (The text of the conference bill and related 'report language' explaining the intent of lawmakers is in House Report 106-398.) Congress passed a second temporary funding bill (called a Continuing Resolution) yesterday to keep federal agencies operating past the October 21st deadline in the first stopgap bill. The President has signed only five of the thirteen annual Federal funding bills since the start of fiscal year 2000 on October 1. He is expected to sign the second Continuing Resolution while budget negotiations continue between the White House and congressional leaders. The conference agreement on the Commerce spending bill retains a provision in the House bill that requires the Census Bureau to obtain approval from Congress to shift funds between decennial census activities. The bill divides the $4.5 billion for Census 2000 among broad categories of census operations, such as advertising and promotion, field data collection, and data processing. In an October 15th letter to House Census Subcommittee Chairman Dan Miller (R-FL), Census Bureau Director Kenneth Prewitt called the reprogramming requirement "a dramatic departure from past practices" and said that significant delays in approving requests to transfer money could "compromise" census operations. "Decisions must be made quickly and frequently adjusted to adapt to ever-changing conditions in the field," Dr. Prewitt wrote. The director said that in previous spending bills, Congress has only required reprogramming notice and approval to shift funds between different agency programs. Advertising campaign launch: The Census Bureau will publicly launch the Census 2000 paid advertising campaign at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on October 27. Our last News Alert (October 12) included an earlier tentative date for the event of October 28. Questions about the information contained in this News Alert may be directed to TerriAnn Lowenthal at 202/484-2270 or, by e-mail at terriann2k(a)aol.com. For copies of previous News Alerts and other information, use our web site www.census2000.org <http://www.census2000.org>. Please direct all requests to receive News Alerts, and all changes in address/phone/fax/e-mail, to the Census 2000 Initiative at Census2000(a)ccmc.org. or 202/326-8700. Please feel free to circulate this information to colleagues and other interested individuals.

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Census Bureau Guidelines on Sketch Maps for TAZ-UP

by Srinivasan, Nanda <FHWA>

The following information was passed on to me by Valerie Murdock of the Census Bureau, Geography Division. Sketch Maps and Supporting Documentation for the Traffic Analysis Zone (TAZ) program The Census Bureau has been receiving TAZ sketch maps from participants that do not provide adequate information. It is very important that participants adhere to the guidelines documented on pages 5 of 10 in the Reference section, of the TAZ-UP manual to ensure that the Regional Census Center (RCC) staff can clearly interpret and digitize the 2000 TAZ boundaries. If the required information is missing from sketch maps the RCC staff may not be able to clearly interpret the participant*s intentions. This might result in the desired features not being held as 2000 TAZ boundaries. Only submit sketch maps when a feature you wish to use as a 2000 TAZ boundary is missing from the TIGER/Line 1998 file or when you wish to reclassify a feature by changing it*s Census Feature Classification Code. Do not submit shape files, electronic files, or local maps in lieu of sketch maps.When adding/reclassifying a boundary feature to be included in the TIGER data base, all sketch maps should be annotated with: 1)The name or identification of the added/reclassified feature, such as *Johnson Blvd* or *creek;* 2)The Census 2000 TAZ boundary and Census 2000 TAZ codes that are using this feature; 3)The entire feature, not just the portion of the feature that is used as a Census 2000 TAZ boundary; 4)The state and county codes; and All polygons split by added TAZ boundary features must contain *PPPPPP* TAZ code in the TAZ equivalency file. The actual TAZ boundaries and codes for these split polygons are to be annotated on the sketch maps. In addition, all added features must currently exist. Do not submit planned roads unless the right-of-way is cleared. All street feature update requests to be used as TAZ boundaries must include documentation that proves that they exist. The RCC geographers may request current aerial photography or satellite imagery to verify new features being requested.All nonstreet feature requests for TAZ boundaries are subject to the concurrence of the regional census center (RCC) geographers.

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Census 2000 Initiative News Alert

by ed christopher

From: Census2000 <Census2000(a)ccmc.org> Lawmakers Highlight Bipartisan Support for Census 2000 As Bureau Prepares to Launch Promotional Campaign Census Monitoring Board Issues Reports, Endorses Ad Campaign The chairman and ranking minority member of a House panel that oversees the census introduced a resolution that "recognizes the importance of achieving a successful census in 2000 and encourages a public partnership between Congress and the Census Bureau to promote the decennial census," according to a letter sent to all Representatives. Rep. Dan Miller (R-FL) and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) also invited Census Bureau Director Kenneth Prewitt to brief legislators this week on ways to promote the census in their districts. The Members-only briefing will be followed by a press conference outside the Capitol featuring the director and interested lawmakers. The Miller/Maloney 'sense of the Congress' resolution (House Concurrent Resolution 193) highlights the importance of census partnerships with state and local governments, civic organizations, and community leaders, to encourage census participation. The bill "reaffirms the spirit of cooperation that exists between Congress and the Bureau of the Census with respect to achieving a successful census." Since their appointment to the newly created Census Subcommittee in 1998, Chairman Miller and Rep. Maloney have been on opposite sides of the controversy over census methods. Rep. Miller opposes the use of sampling while Rep. Maloney supports the Census Bureau's plan to correct undercounts with statistical methods. The press conference announcing the formation of a partnership between Congress and the Census Bureau will take place on Wednesday, October 13, at 12:30 p.m. on the 'House Triangle' (east plaza of the Capitol Building). Census Monitoring Board issues reports: The Census Monitoring Board issued two reports recently, one reflecting the views of all panel members, the other issued separately by the four members appointed by the congressional Republican leadership. (There is one Democratic vacancy on the Board, created when former co-chair Tony Coelho resigned to head the Gore campaign. President Clinton has not yet named a replacement.) In its October 1st report to Congress, the full Board unanimously endorsed the Census Bureau's paid advertising campaign, developed by advertising agency Young & Rubicam. The campaign is "well researched, well designed and is likely to achieve its objectives," the Board said. It noted that the advertising campaign is designed to increase mail response to the census, not to eliminate the disproportionate undercount of minorities and children that has plagued previous censuses. Young & Rubicam subcontracted with four firms to develop ads targeting minority communities. The public awareness phase of the advertising campaign will begin in November. (Print advertisements in the November issues of some monthly magazines will hit newsstands in late October.) The Census Bureau plans to unveil the ads publicly at an October 28th ceremony in Washington, D.C. marking the official launch of Census 2000. The four congressionally-appointed Board members issued a separate report to Congress on September 30 entitled, "Unkept Promise: Statistical Adjustment Fails to Eliminate Local Undercounts, as Revealed by Evaluation of Severely Undercounted Blocks From the 1990 Census Plan." According to the report, "the ability of statistical adjustment to correct the undercount has been wildly overstated." Based on their analysis of the Post Enumeration Survey conducted during the 1990 census, the Republican appointees concluded that "[s] statistical adjustment will not correct large undercounts or overcounts in small areas such as blocks and neighborhoods." In a written statement, Rep. Carolyn Maloney called the report "irrelevant," saying that the coverage evaluation program planned for 2000 is more advanced than the 1990 version and that "for larger areas, which are important for the allocation of program funds and political representation, adjusted census data will be much more accurate." The Census Monitoring Board reports are available electronically at www.cmbp.gov <http://www.cmbp.gov> (Presidential Members) and www.cmbc.gov <http://www.cmbc.gov> (Congressional Members), or by calling the Board's offices at 301/457-9900 (Presidential) or 301/457-5080 (Congressional). The Board, created in late 1997 as part of the Census Bureau's annual funding bill, is required to report to Congress at least once every six months. It is set to expire in September 2001. Census content update: The final version of the Fiscal Year 2000 Transportation Appropriations bill (H.R. 2084), approved by both the House and Senate last week, includes a provision supporting the collection of information on 'marital status' from all American households on the 2000 census short form. President Clinton signed the measure into law this weekend. Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) offered the non-binding 'sense of the Senate' language as an amendment when the Senate considered its version of the spending bill in September. The provision states that the Census Bureau "wrongfully decided" not to include a marital status question on the short form sent to all households. In explaining his amendment, Sen. Helms said, "Americans should be disturbed that the U.S. Census Bureau obviously no longer regards marriage as having any importance." The House did not vote separately on the Helms language in adopting the House-Senate conference committee version of the Transportation spending bill. (Each chamber must approve 'conference bills' on an up or down vote before sending a measure to the President for signature or veto; amendments are not permitted.) The census has asked about marital status since 1880. In 2000, the information will be collected from a sample of households (one in six) that receive the long form. The Census Bureau moved the question to the long form after determining that federal agencies do not need the data at the census block level. Census funding update: House and Senate negotiators have not met formally to reconcile differences between their respective versions of the Commerce Department funding bill, which includes the Census Bureau. Federal agencies not covered by spending bills already signed into law continue to operate under a temporary funding measure that runs through October 21. GAO testifies about address development program: The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) gave the Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) program mixed reviews in testimony before the House Subcommittee on the Census on September 29. Subcommittee members also heard from Dr. Prewitt and representatives of several state, county, and city governments that participated in the LUCA program. According to the nonpartisan audit agency, local governments participating in the 1998 address list review ('LUCA 1998') offered 7.74 million changes - including 5.4 million additions -- to the Census Bureau's preliminaryaddress lists. Based on a survey of LUCA 1998 participants, the GAO testified that many local governments were satisfied with LUCA materials and technical assistance but that some governments rated these and other program components "less favorably." "LUCA's overall impact on the accuracy and completeness of the address list will not be fully known until after the census," the GAO concluded. For copies of "2000 Census: Local Address Review Program Has Had Mixed Results to Date" (GAO/T-GGD-99-184), call the GAO at 202/512-6000 (TDD: 202/512-2537) or visit its web site at <http://www.gao.gov>. For copies of other testimony, call the Subcommittee on the Census at 202/226-1937 (majority staff) or 202/225-5051 (minority staff). Questions about the information contained in this News Alert may be directed to TerriAnn Lowenthal at 202/484-2270 or, by e-mail at terrian2k(a)aol.com . For copies of previous News Alerts and other information, use our website www.census2000.org <http://www.census2000.org>. Please direct all requests to receive News Alerts, and all changes in address/phone/fax/e-mail, to the Census 2000 Initiative at Census2000(a)ccmc.org or 202/326-8700. Please feel free to circulate this information to colleagues and other interested individuals.

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Name Change

by Richard Guarino, AICP

To all: Please note that as of October 1998, the Niagara Frontier Transportation Committee (NFTC) has changed its name to the Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC). General e-mail should be sent to staff(a)gbnrtc.org. We can also be reached via the Web at www.gbnrtc.org. Thank You Richard Guarino, AICP IS Coordinator

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Agencies seeking extension on TAZ submission

by Srinivasan, Nanda <FHWA>

The following is the complete list of agencies that have asked for extensions to October 29, 1999. Please notify any errors or omissions to ctpp(a)fhwa.dot.gov. Thank You, Nanda Srinivasan Alabama Alabama Department of Transportation,Emmanuel L. Oranika, Ph.D Birmingham Regional Planning Commission,Marshall Farmer Calhoun Area MPO,Jack Plunk Huntsville MPO,James E. Moore Montgomery Division of Planning, Programming and T,Steven Harrison North-Central Alabama Regional COG,Leon Felts Northwest AL -Council of Local Government,Melissa Bailey South AL Regional Planning Commission/Mobile MPO,Kevin Harrison Alaska Anchorage Metro. Area Transportation Study,Jon Spring Arizona Flagstaff MPO,David Wessel Yuma MPO,John Gross California Association of Monterey Bay Area Government,Todd Muck Merced County Association of Governments,Mathew Fell Sacramento Area COG,Gordon Garry San Joaquin County COG,James Worthley San Diego Association of Governments,Karen Lamphere San Luis Obispo Area Coordinating Council,Mike Harmon Santa Barbara County Association of Governments,Bill Yim Stanislaus council of Governments,Chip Sellers Colorado Denver Regional COG,Larry Mugler Grand Junction-Mesa County MPO,Cliff Davidson North Front Range Trans. & Air Quality Planning Co,Suzette Thieman Pikes Peak Area COG,Mary Frye Pueblo Area Council of Governments,Don Vest District of Columbia,Metropolitan Washington COG Martha Schwalenstocker Florida Brevard County MPO,Laura Carter Broward County MPO,Roger DelRio Charlotte County -Punta Gorda MPO,Lisa Beever/Maureen Swens Indian River County MPO,Jacob Riger Lee County MPO,Glen Ahlert Martin County MPO,David Karwaski Naples-Collier County MPO,John Bussiere Ocala-Marion County MPO,Ann Mcgassic Palm Beach County MPO,Paul Larsen Pensacola Urbanized Area MPO,Nick Nickles Polk Transportation Planning Organization,Tom Deardorff Sarasota-Manatee MPO,Keith Drake Georgia Atlanta Regional Commission,Stefanie Allen Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Comm,Mark Wilkes Columbus MPO,Michael Felschow Rome-Floyd County Planning Commission,Tom Sills Illinois Bi-State Regional Commission,Lalit Patel Chicago Area Transportation Study,Dean Englund Macon County Reg. Planning Commission,Paul McChaney McLean County Reg. Planning Commission,Abbie Moore Springfield-Sangamon County RPC,Veralee Williams Indiana Kokomo-Howard County Governmental Coordinating Cou,Larry Ides Northwestern IN Regional Planning Commission,Lauren Rhein Iowa Iowa Department of Transportation,Phil Mescher Johnson County COG,Kevin L. Doyle Kansas Lawrence-Douglas MPO,Aaron Bartlett Kentucky Kentuckiana Reg. Planning and Development Agency,Lori A. Kelsey Kentucky Transportation Cabinet,Charles Schaub Louisiana Lafayette City -Parish Consolidated Government,Scott Ledger N.O. Regional Planning Commission,James Harvey Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Governments,Lloyd Falgout Maine Androscoggin Valley COG,Jesse Jacobs Maine Deparment of Transportation,William Croce Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation Study,Karen Martin Southern Maine RPC,Tom Reinauer Massachusetts, Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Dev.,Paul Mission Michigan Genesse County MPC,E. Raymond Lenze Southeast Michigan COG,Edward Limoges Minnesota, Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities Area,Robert J. Paddock Mississippi Gulf Regional Planning Commission,James Wilkinson Montana Montana Department of Transportation,Lynn Zanto Nebraska Lincoln-Lancaster MPO,Mike Brienzo Nevada Washoe County RTC,Judy Althoff New Hampshire Nashua Regional Planning Commission, Salem/Plaistow MPO,Tom Falk New Jersey, South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization,Tim Chelius New Mexico, Santa Fe MPO,Reed Liming New York Binghamton Metropolitan Transportation Study,John Sterbentz Capital District Transportation Committee,Deborah Stacey New York Metropolitan Transportation Council,Kuo-Ann Chiao Niagara Frontier Transportation Commission,Richard Guarino Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council,Danielle Zebley North Carolina Capital Area MPO/LPA,J. Scott Lane Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro MPO,Felix C. Nwoko Goldsboro Urbanized Area MPO,Don Chapman Greensboro Department of Transportation,Kenneth King/Tyler Meyer Greenville Urban Area MPO,Ronald Svejkovsky North Carolina Department of Transportation,Mike Bruff Transportation Advisory Committee -Fayetteville,Rick Heicksen Transportation Advisory Committee -Ashville,Ron Fuller Transportation Advisory Committee -Winston-Salem,Michael Freeman Transportation Advisory Committee -Gastonia,Elizabeth Grad/RobertCook Transportation Advisory Committee -Concord,Sarah LaBelle Transportation Advisory Committee -Jacksonville,Rhonda Rogers Transportation Advisory Committee -Burlington,Bob Harkrader Transportation Advisory Committee -Rocky Mount,Bob League Western Piedmont COG,Taylor Dellinger Wilmington Urban Area MPO,Chad Ives Ohio Clark County-Springfield Transportation Study,Lamar Daniel Mid-Ohio RPC,Nancy Reger OH-KY-IN Regional COG,Don Burrell Stark County Area Transportation Study,Jeff Dotson Toledo Metropolitan Area COG,Don Freeman Oregon Lane Council of Governments,Bud Reiff Pennsylvania Berks County Planning Commission,Michael D. Golembiewski Centre Region MPO,Thomas P. Zilla Erie Area Transportation Study,Jake Welsh Lehigh Valley Transportation Study,Joseph Gurinko Reading Area Transportation Study,Michael D. Golembiewski Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission,Kirk Brethauer South Carolina Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester COG,Don Hatley Central Midlands COG,Ben Mauldin Florence Area Transportation Study,Robbie Ervin Greenville County Planning Commission,Jim D'Amato South Carolina Department of Transportation,James Y. Campbell Spartansburg County Planning Commission,Bill Lonnon Waccamaw RPC,Mark Hoewleler South Dakota Rapid City Area MPO,Patsy L. Horton Tennessee Bristol MPO,Rex Montgomery Chattanooga-Hamilton County MPO,Greg Weathersby Jackson MPO,Keith Donaldson Johnson City MPO,Alan Bridwell Kingsport TN/VA MPO,Bill Albright Texas Amarillo MPO,Gary Holwick Austin Transportation Study,Daniel Yang Brownsville MPO,Enrique Trejo Corpus Christi MPO,Muhammad Amin Ulkarim El Paso MPO,Charles Kooshian Harlingen-San Benito MPO,Jennifer Detloff Hidalgo MPO,Edward L. Molitor Kileen-Temple Urban Transportation Study,Molly Bosley Laredo Urban Transportation Study,Gabriel Del Bosque Longview MPO,Scott Sopchak Lubbock MPO,Nancy K. Harvieux North Central Texas COG, Gustavo Baez Permian Basin RPC,Jerry Tschauner Port Arthur MPO,Bob Dickinson San Angelo MPO,Michael Smith/Katherine W San Antonio-Bexar County MPO,David Kruse Texas Department of Transportation,Al Luedecke Texoma COG,Robert Wood Victoria MPO,Raymond Miller, Jr Waco MPO,Christopher Evilia Wichita Falls MPO,Jason Van Essen Utah Mountainland Association of Governments,Shawn Eliot Wasatch Front Regional Council,Wayne Bennion Vermont Chittenden County MPO,Joseph Segale Virginia Central Virginia Planning District Commission,Lee Hood Capps Crater Planning District Commission,Joe Vinsh/Lee Downey Hampton Roads Planning District Commission,Mike Kimbrel Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission,David Roberts West Piedmont Planning District Commission,Robert W. Dowd Washington, Benton-Franklin Regional Council,Kevin S. Daly Cowlitz-Wahkiakum COG,Jeff Wilkins Whatcom County COG,Ron Cobellis Yakima Valley Conference of Governments,Wallace F. Webster West Virginia Bel-O-Mar Regional Council,Rakesh Sharma KYOVA Interstate Planning Commission,James Roueche/Salahmeh S WV Dept. of Transportation/ Div. Of Highways,Jack Pascoli WWW Interstate Planning Commission,Vincent Post, III Wisconsin Bay-Lake Regional Planning Commission,Jeffrey C. Agee-Aguayo Dane County RPC,Chris Johnson Marathon County MPO,David Mack Wausau MPO,David Mack Wisconsin Department of Transportation,Don R. Uelmen

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