ctpp-news December 2001

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Informal Job Announcement -- Travel Demand Modeler

by Bill Moore

After January 1, the City of Pueblo/Pueblo MPO will be opening and advertising for one professional position specializing in travel demand modeling at the level of Sr. Transportation Planner. This position will be located in the Department of Planning and Community Development of the City of Pueblo and will be a classifed Civil Service position with a beginning salary in the $40,000 - $45,000 range (with excellent benefits) depending on individual qualifications. The Pueblo Area Council of Governments sub-delegates and contracts with the City for all the regional transportation planning functions in both the urban and rural areas. Although the primary emphasis will be on maintaining and updating the MPO transportation model (currently in TransCAD), the position will also entail some general transportation planning for sub-areas and neighborhoods. These will be used along with the model (which will incorporate both CTPP information and the results of an O-D survey planned for 2003) to update the current Long Range Plan to the 2025-2030 time horizon by 2005. The person selected will be responsible for incorporating mode-split and transit planning capabilities within the TransCAD platform, and possibly working with other GIS tools such as ArcView, AutoCAD, etc. The city of Pueblo is located at I-25 and US50 on the Arkansas River, approximately 105 miles south of Denver and 40 miles south of Colorado Springs. Based on 2000 Census figures, the population of the City is 101,121; the County population is 141,472; and the new "3C" area population will be in the 130-135,000 range. The City owns the Pueblo Transit system (bus-only at present), and rural transit is provided by a number of local non-profit organizations. Pueblo County covers a land area of more than 2,400 square miles and contains Lake Pueblo State Park -- one of the largest lakes in Colorado. For additional information visit the websites at www.ci.pueblo.co.us, www.co.pueblo.co.us, or www.chieftain.com. And for my fellow economists out there, the ACCRA Cost of Living Index (2nd quarter, 2001) for Pueblo is 92.7 which ranks it 38th lowest among 301 urban areas in the US, and the lowest in Colorado. For comparison, Denver is 109.5, Los Angeles-LongBeach CA is 140.0, Manhattan NYC is 232.5, and even my old hometown of Austin, TX is 106.1. The Housing cost index in the Pueblo area is only 80.3 compared to Denver at 121.0. The current unemployment rate is 6.2% (up from 4.3% a year ago). I will send along the formal job description with qualifications and application procedures as soon as it becomes available from our Human Resources Department and Civil Service Commission. Meanwhile, if you think you might be interested in the position, please feel free to get in touch with me by phone, fax, mail or e-mail. HAPPY NEW YEAR, Y'ALL!!!! Bill Moore, M.ITE, Senior Transportation Planner Pueblo MPO - City of Pueblo Dept. of Planning and Community Development 211 E. D Street, P.O. Box 1427 Pueblo, CO 81003 Phone: (719) 583-4485 FAX: (719) 543-0572 E-mail: bmoore(a)ci.pueblo.co.us

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gao report on census costs

by ed christopher

the government printing office takes a look at the cost per household of the most recent decennial censuses. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0231.pdf

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Proposed Urbanized Definition and New MPOs/TMAs

by millef1＠mail.modot.state.mo.us

I have heard that FHWA is putting a decision on hold on how it will use the new urbanized area definiton for HPMS data. Has there been any change in the proposed use of the definition in the designation of MPOs and TMAs? Frank O. Miller, AICP Senior Transportation Planner Missouri Department of Transportation - District 8

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Re: [CTPP] Proposed Urbanized Definition and New MPOs/TMAs

by Murakami, Elaine <FHWA>

23 USC 134 "Designation of Metropolitan Planning Organizations" uses the Census Bureau definition of urbanized areas for determination of MPOs and TMAs. This is why we have tried to keep everyone informed about the Census Bureau's proposed revisions to the criteria for defining Urbanized Areas and Urban Clusters. The Census Bureau received a lot of comments to their Fed Reg notice(s), and will publish the final criteria in January. The Census Bureau still plans to publish a list of urbanized areas (and the population for the UAs) in mid-March 2002. FHWA and FTA intend to use these new UAs for FY2003 fund apportionment. (this information was conveyed in the Dec 21, 2000 memo signed by Cindy Burbank and Charlotte Adams). Everyone should keep in mind that the urbanized area is NOT the same as the metropolitan planning area, as the planning area should "encompass at least the existing urbanized area and the contiguous area expected to become urbanized within a 20-year forecast period, and may encompass the entire metropolitan statistical area...as defined by the Bureau of the Census." >>> millef1(a)mail.modot.state.mo.us 12/07/01 16:54 PM >>> I have heard that FHWA is putting a decision on hold on how it will use the new urbanized area definiton for HPMS data. Has there been any change in the proposed use of the definition in the designation of MPOs and TMAs? Frank O. Miller, AICP Senior Transportation Planner Missouri Department of Transportation - District 8

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Will there even be a CTPP?

by ed christopher

Attached is an article that will appear in the upcoming "Status Report" newsletter. It describes the state of affairs surrounding an issue which many of us know as disclosure review. Disclosure review is an internal Census Bureau process that looks at all Census related data products to make sure that an individual respondent cannot be identified through analysis of the data. Before the development of the CTPP can advance, the Census Bureau's Disclosure Review Board must approve the product. Exactly where this will end up and what the final CTPP will look like after the DRB process is over, is not totally known. Because of the importance of this to so many, lets keep the discussion on the listserve. When responding make sure to have the listserve address, ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net, in the 'to" line of your email. (if you are having trouble opening the document please do not hesitate to call. it is an .rtf format which tends to be email friendly) -------- 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)

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JTW profile sheets from C2SS

by Murakami, Elaine (TRO-10)

On behalf of the CTPP Working Group, Nanda Srinivasan, Ed Christopher and Elaine Murakami, prepared these sample Journey to Work profiles using the American Community Survey C2SS data files. http://www.trbcensus.com/c2ss/profiles.html Because the C2SS samples are small, the geographic reporting units are large and the error is relatively large (compared to decennial census long form data). Nonetheless, it is data from 2000, available now, and will probably give you a good idea of what to expect from Summary File 3. For some transportation focused statewide summaries of C2SS visit the parent page at http://www.TRBcensus.com/c2ss.html We are very interested in knowing about YOUR analysis with the C2SS data files or other American Community Survey products. Please share your analysis with the CTPP listserv by sending an email to ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net We are also interested in reports from Census 2000 Summary File 1 that you may have posted on your agency webpages. We will compile a list and include it on the CTPP webpage. Please send the web addresses to Nanda at nanda.srinivasan(a)fhwa.dot.gov Elaine Murakami, FHWA

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