ctpp-news June 2002

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by Kevin Doyle

I would like to second Carol's post. Is there any chance of setting up a "digest version" of this newsletter? I do like to scan the various posts but some days there are quite a few... Kevin L. Doyle, AICP Assistant Transportation Planner Johnson County Council of Governments 410 E. Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 319.356.5253 319.356.5217 [FAX]

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US States Rankings for Means of Transportation to Work

by Chuck Purvis

TO: CTPP-News [If and when replying to e-mail, I recommend snipping out the bulk of my message....] Big new batch of data released this morning - - - The Census Bureau's data file: ProfileDataUS.zip contains the "US Summary" demographic profile pages (#1 - #4) in CSV format. The file is in the following directory on the Census Bureau's site: http://www2.census.gov/census_2000/datasets/100_and_sample_profile/0_United… It has data for the US, states, Census regions and divisions, metropolitan areas (MSAs, PMSAs, CMSAs); American Indian and Alaskan Native reservations and Homelands; and congressional districts. IT DOESN'T HAVE DATA FOR COUNTIES OR PLACES. Of course, it has no variable name record, so you need to do some work to process this file. I'll be in the process of uploading some of our analyses (XLS and CSV datasets) to our FTP site. Feel free to grab. New site directory is: ftp://ftp.abag.ca.gov/pub/mtc/census2000/DP2-4/National/ ********************************************************************************** Some state-level highlights: Yes, Michigan is #1 in drive alone share at 83.2%! (Alan, sorry, but Wyoming is 75.4% ;-) ***Top/Bottom States in Drive Alone to Work commute share: US 75.7% Michigan 83.2% Alabama 83.0% Ohio 82.8% Indiana 81.8% New Hampshire 81.8% .... New York 56.3% District of Columbia 38.4% ***Top/Bottom States in Carpool to Work commute share US 12.2% Hawaii 19.0% Puerto Rico 18.0% Alaska 15.5% Arizona 15.4% Mississippi 15.2% ... New York 9.2% Massachusetts 9.0% ***Top/Bottom States in Transit to Work commute share District of Columbia 33.2% New York 24.4% New Jersey 9.6% Massachusetts 8.7% Illinois 8.7% ... Arkansas 0.4% North Dakota 0.4% ***Top/Bottom States in Walk-to-Work Commute Share US 2.9% District of Columbia 11.8% Alaska 7.3% New York 6.2% Vermont 5.5% Montana 5.5% ... Tennessee 1.5% Alabama 1.3% ***Top/Bottom States in Work-at-Home Worker Share US 3.3% South Dakota 6.5% Montana 6.4% North Dakota 6.4% Vermont 5.7% Oregon 5.0% ... Mississippi 1.9% Puerto Rico 1.8% ***States Most Like the U.S. in terms of Means of Transportation to Work 1. Virginia 2. Colorado 3. Pennsylvania 4. Washington 5. Nevada 50. Hawaii 51. New York 52. District of Columbia ******************************************************************************* *********************************************** Charles L. Purvis, AICP Senior 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://census.mtc.ca.gov/ ***********************************************

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Great getting the CTPP News

by Carol Palmoski

I am very grateful to get the CTPP news from you, however, I am getting tired of getting everyone's comments who as to respond to one e-mail. Is there anyway of just getting the initial information from you and not all of the garbage that goes with it? Carol K. Palmoski, Lancaster County Planning Commission 50 North Duke Street Lancaster, PA, palmoski(a)co.lancaster.pa.us

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RE: [CTPP] US States Rankings for Means of Transportation to Work

by Don Burrell

Chris's points about the last week of March survey period is also why the bicycle mode is likely to be underreported. March isn't prime biking weather in these parts, and even I only bike to work 25% of the time (unless its bike to work week or I get the long form census survey). Keep in mind that the 2000 Census Supplemental Survey was taken over a year's time and will have different and maybe more realistic JTW info. I will be comparing the 2 sources. Don Burrell, Senior Planner Bicycle / Pedestrian Coordinator OKI Regional Council of Governments 801-B West Eighth St. Suite 400 Cincinnati, OH 45203-1607 513-621-6300 513-621-9325 - fax dburrell(a)oki.org <mailto:dburrell@oki.org> <A bicycle is an instrument for playing the road> -----Original Message----- From: Forinash.Christopher(a)epamail.epa.gov [mailto:Forinash.Christopher@epamail.epa.gov] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 9:50 AM To: dsaladino(a)swrpc.org Cc: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: RE: [CTPP] US States Rankings for Means of Transportation to Work Hey David and list, Keep in mind the Census date is 4/1/2000, and the question (if I remember correctly) asks for usual main mode to work over the past week. That's one of the flaw's with using CTPP/JTW for much more than "hmmm" factoids, and is clearly a reason why transit shares show up so much lower than other observations reveal. For example, I don't take transit to work every day, but I do so at least once a week, and sometimes for the trip to and not from, etc. Chris.

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RE: [CTPP] US States Rankings for Means of Transportation to Work

by Haila Maze

I would be interested to see a comparison of the rate of pedestrian fatalities for states compared with walk-to-work share. (As a estimation of the relative safety/suitability of an area for this sort of endeavor.) I had heard somewhere that the rate of pedestrian fatalities was higher for Atlanta than for New York City, despite the fact that many more people walked in NYC. -----Original Message----- From: David Saladino [mailto:dsaladino@swrpc.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 8:51 AM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: RE: [CTPP] US States Rankings for Means of Transportation to Work It is interesting to note that 4 of the top 5 walk-to-work states are northern (i.e. cold) states. While the bottom two are southern states. I would have thought it would be the other way around. Any thoughts about why this is? Income, sidewalk connectivity, climate?? Dave -----Original Message----- From: owner-ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 4:49 PM To: Chuck Purvis; ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net <snip> ***Top/Bottom States in Walk-to-Work Commute Share US 2.9% District of Columbia 11.8% Alaska 7.3% New York 6.2% Vermont 5.5% Montana 5.5% ... Tennessee 1.5% Alabama 1.3%

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RE: [CTPP] US States Rankings for Means of Transportation to Work

by millef1＠mail.modot.state.mo.us

Density/land use pattern was my first thought, and I think it is a significant contributor. But does it explain why Alaska and Montana are near the top? Frank Miller Senior Transportation Planner Missouri Department of Transportation - Springfield Area District MarkWilkes(a)thempc.org on 06/05/2002 08:10:47 AM To: dsaladino(a)swrpc.org cc: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net, owner-ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net(bcc: Frank O Miller/D8/MODOT) Subject: RE: [CTPP] US States Rankings for Means of Transportation to Work Density/land use practices and climate???? Mark Wilkes, PE, AICP Director of Transportation Planning Chatham Urban Transportation Study Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission P.O. Box 8246, 110 East State Street Savannah, GA 31412-8246 wilkesm(a)thempc.org tel. (912) 651-1451 fax (912) 651-1480 "David Saladino" <dsaladino@swrpc. To: <ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net> org> cc: Sent by: Subject: RE: [CTPP] US States Rankings for Means of Transportation to owner-ctpp-news@c Work hrispy.net 06/05/02 08:51 AM Please respond to dsaladino It is interesting to note that 4 of the top 5 walk-to-work states are northern (i.e. cold) states. While the bottom two are southern states. I would have thought it would be the other way around. Any thoughts about why this is? Income, sidewalk connectivity, climate?? Dave -----Original Message----- From: owner-ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 4:49 PM To: Chuck Purvis; ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net <snip> ***Top/Bottom States in Walk-to-Work Commute Share US 2.9% District of Columbia 11.8% Alaska 7.3% New York 6.2% Vermont 5.5% Montana 5.5% ... Tennessee 1.5% Alabama 1.3%

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re lack of walking in the south.

by Robert Houston

Ever walked in Texas in the dead heat of August? C. Robert Houston GIS Planner City of Tyler 423 W Ferguson Tyler, Tx. 75702 (903) 531-1175 FAX: (903) 531-1170

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RE: [CTPP] US States Rankings for Means of Transportation to Work

by MarkWilkes＠thempc.org

Density/land use practices and climate???? Mark Wilkes, PE, AICP Director of Transportation Planning Chatham Urban Transportation Study Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission P.O. Box 8246, 110 East State Street Savannah, GA 31412-8246 wilkesm(a)thempc.org tel. (912) 651-1451 fax (912) 651-1480 "David Saladino" <dsaladino@swrpc. To: <ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net> org> cc: Sent by: Subject: RE: [CTPP] US States Rankings for Means of Transportation to owner-ctpp-news@c Work hrispy.net 06/05/02 08:51 AM Please respond to dsaladino It is interesting to note that 4 of the top 5 walk-to-work states are northern (i.e. cold) states. While the bottom two are southern states. I would have thought it would be the other way around. Any thoughts about why this is? Income, sidewalk connectivity, climate?? Dave -----Original Message----- From: owner-ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 4:49 PM To: Chuck Purvis; ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net <snip> ***Top/Bottom States in Walk-to-Work Commute Share US 2.9% District of Columbia 11.8% Alaska 7.3% New York 6.2% Vermont 5.5% Montana 5.5% ... Tennessee 1.5% Alabama 1.3%

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FHWA Data Analysis (Attachments are on FTP)

by Chuck Purvis

TO: CTPP-News The following is the message from Nanda and Elaine. For some odd reason, their original message and it's attachments are lost in transit, so this is their message, and their 3 data/documentation files are now on our FTP site, at: ftp://ftp.abag.ca.gov/pub/mtc/census2000/DP2-4/National/ MSA data.doc msacomparison.xls geography_comparison.xls [Note: the geography_comparison.xls is VERY IMPORTANT, since the MSAs and CMSAs aren't necessarily consistent between the 1990 and 2000 Census. CLP] **************************************************************************** FROM ELAINE MURAKAMI (FHWA), and NANDA SRINIVASAN Attached is some analysis and data based on the 2000 Census data for 49 large MSAs (Population > 1 million). The national average for travel time was 25.5 minutes, up about 3 minutes from 22.4 minutes in 1990. Nationally, drove alone increased from 73.2 to 75.7. Transit declined from 5.3% to 4.7%. Carpooling declined from 13.4 (1990) to 12.2 (2000). Thank you! Nanda Srinivasan

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Metro Area rankings

by Chuck Purvis

TO: CTPP-News Ranking of 280 U.S. Metropolitan Areas by Commute Time, Census 2000 1. New York CMSA 34.0 2. Washington-Baltimore CMSA 31.7 3. Atlanta MSA 31.2 4. Chicago CMSA 31.0 5. San Juan (Puerto Rico) CMSA 30.8 6. San Francisco-San Jose CMSA 29.3 7. Stockton (Calif.) MSA 29.2 8. Los Angeles CMSA 29.1 9. Miami MSA 28.9 10. Houston CMSA 28.8 ... 271. Casper, WY 16.7 272. Abilene, TX 16.4 273. Cheyenne, WY 16.3 274. Rochester, MN 16.3 275. Fargo, ND 16.2 276. Bismarck, ND 16.1 277. Great Falls, MT 15.9 278. Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 15.7 279.Dubuque, IA 15.5 280. Grand Forks, ND 15.1 ************************************************************************** Metro Area (All Metros) spreadsheet is available at: ftp://ftp.abag.ca.gov/pub/mtc/census2000/DP2-4/National/ filename: Metros-dp234-set1.xls *************************************************************************************** Message to Ed, our Moderator - - Nandu sent a 307 KB e-mail this morning that apparently didn't make it to the listserv. Nanda had me re-send it this afternoon about 2:36 PM pacific time, and my forwarded e-mail hasn't hit the listserv yet. Hopefully we haven't fouled up the listserv with these modestly size attachments!! - - Chuck, 3:06 PM pacific time. **************************************************************************************** *********************************************** Charles L. Purvis, AICP Senior 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://census.mtc.ca.gov/ ***********************************************

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