I will be out of the office starting 04/10/2009 and will not return until
04/14/2009.
If you need immediate assistance please see one of the following people
during my absence.
Kin Koerber 7H486E 3-7620
Melissa Chiu 7H484F 3-2421.
For all CTPP-related matters please see Melissa Chiu.
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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Martin,
The 1% and 5% don't exactly refer to geography. They refer to the
sampling fraction; the proportion of the total resondents who are
included in the PUMS files.
PUMS geography is based on PUMAs (Public Use Microdata Sample areas)
for the 5% files; these have to be at least 100,000 population. The
1% file uses super-PUMAs, which have to be at least 250,000 in
population size. Your state data center should be able to tell you
what the PUMAs are for your state or area; they're also included in
the 2000 census PUMS documentation.
Hope this helps.
Patty Becker
At 03:37 PM 3/25/2009, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am looking to create some commute flow maps and I think I remember
>someone mentioning (between all the please remove me from this list
>e-mails) that flow maps can be created by using ACS data and the PUMS
>geography. I was at the Census site trying to download the PUMS
>geography files and found that there were two types 1% and 5%. Does
>anyone know which geography file I should use? The 1% or the 5%?
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Martin Catala
>GIS Manager
>CUTR
>
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