Hello CTPPers:
The detailed 2007 American Community Survey data for journey-to-work
and household characteristics was released by the Census Bureau on
September 23, 2008. We completed our first report on the ACS 2007 for
our region, on October 2nd. The 30 page report is here:
http://www.mtc.ca.gov/maps_and_data/datamart/census/
The most interesting finding is a statistically significant (95% CL)
increase in transit commuting, 2006 to 2007, from 315,000 to 336,000.
The increase in our regional share of transit commuters (9.5 to 10.0
percent), was not a statistically significant increase (95% CL) (though
it was significant at a 90% CL).
Commute times are stable, at about 27 minutes per one-way commute.
Intra-county commute shares (% living and working in same county) has
remained stable between 2000 and 2007, at about 72 percent intra-county
commute.
We also produce tables on housing affordability, poverty, race, and
household vehicle availability, since those are topics of interest to us
and our policy board.
Chuck Purvis, MTC
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Charles L. Purvis, AICP
Principal Transportation Planner/Analyst
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
101 Eighth Street
Oakland, CA 94607-4700
(510) 817-5755 (office)
(510) 817-7848 (fax)
cpurvis(a)mtc.ca.gov (e-mail)
www: http://www.mtc.ca.gov/
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This training session will review different ways to access ACS data from
the Census Bureau webpage. On December 9, the Census Bureau will
release the first 3-year tabulation (2005 through 2007) from the
American Community Survey. Data for areas reaching a population
threshold of 20,000 will be released. Previous ACS results were limited
to areas that reached a population threshold of 65,000, so many more
counties and cities will be included in this release. The geographic
units in which you are likely to be most interested in are: County,
Place (cities and Census-designated Places), and PUMA. Approximately
60% of counties in the U.S. will be included.
This training session IS NOT a basic introduction on the American
Community Survey. Please review Census Bureau materials on the American
Community Survey at : http://www.census.gov/acs/www/SBasics/
The Census Bureau has also released a new series of guidebooks for the
ACS called the Compass series. These are available at:
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/UseData/Compass/handbook_def.html
The American FactFinder is very user-friendly, but if you haven't used
it before, this short session will make you more comfortable with
finding tables, and saving the data to your own computer.
The SAME materials will be covered on both days with the same
presenters, please attend only one.
December 2, 2008 at 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. 70 seats, requires "advanced
registration"
To register for the DECEMBER 2 session:
http://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg
.aspx?webConfID=15626
Moderator: Ed Christopher, FHWA Resource Center Planning Team
1. Welcome and ACS training materials, MOE calculator, Ed Christopher
(10 min)
2. Using American FactFinder, Melissa Chiu, US Census Bureau (25 min
plus 10 min Q&A)
3. Using data download and thematic maps-Liang Long, Cambridge
Systematics (20 min plus 10 min Q&A)
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December 5, 2008 at 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. 40 seats, requires "advanced
registration"
To register for the DECEMBER 5 session:
http://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg
.aspx?webConfID=15625
Elaine Murakami
FHWA Office of Planning
206-220-4460 (in Seattle)