ctpp-news November 2010

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2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles released today; info on 2010,TIGER/LineShapefiles

by Ed Christopher

FYI--Besides the 2009 Tiger Files it looks like we will have the new 2010 Files before the 2010 Block population counts come out in around March of 2011. This is good news. Just yesterday I was in a meeting where the question came up. ================== The Census Bureau has released 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles today. Available here: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/ This will be the last public release of TIGER data until early 2011. This early 2011 release will include all of the updated 2010 tabulation geography that serves as the geographic framework for 2010 Census data tabulations (including the new 2010 Census tracts, block groups, blocks, voting districts, and much more). Around the same time as this 2011 geospatial data release, Census will be releasing the tabular data with 2010 Census population counts down to the Census block level. See the attached document for more information, including changes under consideration and a request for input. -- Ed Christopher 708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (cell) FHWA RC-TST-PLN 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600 Matteson, IL 60443

13 years, 9 months

Developing Transportation Data Products from the American Community Survey That Comply With Disclosure Rules -- Call for Second Phase Research Test Sites

by Roisman, Richard

Dear Colleagues (apologies for cross-posting for those who also subscribe to TMIP-L), The study team for NCHRP 8-79 (Developing Transportation Data Products from the American Community Survey That Comply With Disclosure Rules) is looking for small and medium-sized MPOs to participate in the second phase of research into the impact of disclosure-avoidance techniques on the resulting data usability for transportation planning and travel demand modeling of the 5-year ACS-based CTPP tabulations. The team is interested both in small and medium-sized MPOs who maintain their own travel demand forecasting models, and MPOs who perform sketch-planning modeling using the methods from NCHRP Report 365. Participation would include production of a nominal amount of travel model output. Please contact me off-list at rroisman(a)vhb.com<mailto:rroisman@vhb.com> if you represent a small or medium-sized MPO and would like to assist the research effort, or know of some good candidate agencies. Thank you for your time. -Rich Roisman Richard I. Roisman, AICP Senior Transportation Planner VHB | Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Transportation | Land Development | Environmental Services 8300 Boone Boulevard, Suite 700 Vienna, VA 22182 Phone: 703.847.3071 x5233 | Fax: 703.847.0298 | Mobile: 202.744.2377 rroisman(a)vhb.com<mailto:RRoisman@VHB.com> www.vhb.com<http://www.vhb.com/> This communication is confidential and intended only for the recipient(s). Any other use, dissemination, copying, or disclosure of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us and destroy it immediately. Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. is not responsible for any undetectable alteration, transmission error, conversion, media degradation, software error, or interference with this transmission. Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. | 101 Walnut St | Watertown, MA 02472 | 617.924.1770

13 years, 11 months

FW: Survey on Transportation and Land Use Modeling Tools

by Weinberger, Penelope

Hi All, Below is a request from Matt Hardy, Program Director of Planning and Policy at AASHTO. If you are so inclined please answer his survey. Thanks! Penelope Weinberger CTPP Program Manager AASHTO 202-624-3556 http://ctpp.transportation.org/Pages/default.aspx <http://ctpp.transportation.org/Pages/default.aspx> It's just as bad to not make a plan as to blindly follow the one you already have. From: Hardy, Matthew Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 10:07 AM To: Subject: Survey on Transportation and Land Use Modeling Tools Hello I am pursuing a PhD in the School of Public Policy at George Mason University where I am currently finishing my dissertation work. The topic of my dissertation is how simplified integrated transportation and land use modeling tools can be used to support transportation and land use planning. As part of my research, I put together a survey to better assess what role integrated transportation and land use modeling (ITLUM) tools can play in the metropolitan planning decision-making process. Recent surveys indicate that many states, jurisdictions, and metropolitan planning organizations are looking at implementing ITLUM tools. However, there are a number of ITLUM tools available to practitioners ranging from simple sketch planning tools to complex microscopic simulation tools. There are benefits and limitations to using any type of ITLUM tool. Selecting a specific tool to use is often a tradeoff among many different factors. The purpose of this survey is to gather expert opinion on the use and application of ITLUM tools as it relates to the metropolitan planning decision-making process. You can access the survey here: https://vovici.com/wsb.dll/s/54c9g4817b. Please complete the survey by January 11, 2011. If you could forward this survey to your colleagues I would appreciate it. I am trying to get as diverse a response rate as possible. I believe the topic of my research will be of interest to SCOP members and I look forward to sharing the results of my research with you. Thank you. --Matt _____________________ Matthew H. Hardy Program Director for Planning and Policy American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (202) 624-3625 mhardy(a)aashto.org

13 years, 11 months

Invitation to webcase: Use of Archive Data for Planning and Operations Performance Measures - Dec. 2, 2010

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

This in an invitation to a webcast sponsored by the I-95 Corridor Coalition that may be of interest to the many data geeks on the CTPP listserv. Please see the information at the end for how to RSVP, and get the webcast link. ------ To: MPO representatives From: Mary Ameen & Todd Westhuis, I-95 Corridor Coalition , Travel Information Services Program Track Committee (TISPTC) Co-Chairs Re: INVITATION to a Webcast on the Use of Archive Data for Planning and Operations Performance Measures sponsored by the I-95 Corridor Coalition Learn how outsourced probe data is being used for performance measures and planning at various levels - national, regional, and specific MPOs. The Travel Information Services Program Track (TISPTC) is inviting you to participate in a webcast titled "The Use of Archive Data for Planning and Operations Performance Measures" on Thursday, December 2, 2010 from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM (EST). Shawn Turner (Texas Transportation Institute) - Use of Private Sector Speed Data for Historical Performance Monitoring: Lessons Learned from National and State-Level Analyses. His presentation will include lessons learned through TTI's three most recent projects/applications: 2010 Urban Mobility Report (to be released in early December 2010); Texas DOT's 100 Most Congested Roadway Segments; and, Minnesota DOT's Pilot Project for Statewide Reporting. Shawn will also discuss key insights that will help public agency staff more easily procure and use private sector speed data in their agency's planning and performance monitoring processes. Michael Pack (University of Maryland CATT Lab) - I-95 Corridor Coalition Vehicle Probe Project (VPP) Dashboard & Data Download Tool. Michael will explain this tool that was developed for North Carolina's VPP Performance Measures project and incorporates incident data through RITIS (Regional Integrated Transportation Information System) with real-time and archived data and provides access to raw data for report development beyond scope of this application. Michael will also review the data that is being collected and the performance measures that can be calculated. Andrew Meese (Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments) - Use of the Vehicle Probe Project data for Congestion Management Process Support. More specifically, Andrew will review MWCOG's efforts regarding their use of the VPP data in the Congestion Management Process (CMP), speed validation in travel forecasting models, and speed distribution for air quality modeling. Andrew will also discuss the advantages and caveats and the potential future uses of the Vehicle Probe Project data by his agency. If you plan to participate in this webcast, please RSVP to nhrebien(a)kmjinc.com (or Natalia Hrebien at 610.228.0207) by Monday, November 29, 2010 and she will register you for the webcast and forward to you the conference call information and webcast link. Should you have any questions in the meantime, please contact Bill Stoeckert at 774.207.0367 or Karen Jehanian at 610.228.0211. We look forward to your participation!

13 years, 11 months

While you are waiting for the CTPP full data release.......

by Liang.Long＠dot.gov

While you are still waiting for the CTPP full data release with the access software (scheduled on December, 2010), don't forget FHWA prepared and released the county-to-county and place-to-place flow tables prior to full data's formal release. The flow tables are for Total Workers and for 18 categories of Workers by Means of Transportation. County level data also included CTPP 2000 data but categorized only by 8 transportation modes. We have NOT included the CTPP2000 for Place-to-Place data files because of difficulties in matching FIPS codes for Places between 2000 and the current CTPP. These two files are published in CS FTP sites: ftp://ftp.camsys.com/temp/outgoing/CTPP/New%20CTPP%20ACS/ Also, transportation profiles using ACS 2005-2007 and CTPP2000, which give people a quick transportation snapshot of their areas are also published at AASHTO CTPP website. http://download.ctpp.transportation.org/profiles_2005-2007/ctpp_profiles .html Liang Long Federal Highway Administration Room 74-440 1200 New Jersey, SE Washington, DC 20590 tel 202 366 6971 fax 202 493 2198 e-mail liang.long(a)dot.gov <mailto:liang.long@dot.gov>

13 years, 11 months

2009 ACS 1-year data

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

The Census Bureau released the 2009 ACS (1 year) data in late September. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ACS &_submenuId=&_lang=en&_ts= This is the first time that sub-county (Place) totals were added to the weighting procedure. Therefore, you may see some large differences between 2008 and 2009 ACS 1-year results, based on this new method. (The previous weighting method was restricted to county level data.) I attended the Washington State Data Center meeting on Nov 5, and the CB reported that there were large differences in Detroit and Omaha, for example. We have previously reported that the lack of sub-county estimates was problematic for some cities. Please see our CTPP profile sheets using 2005-2007 ACS http://ctpp.transportation.org/Pages/profiles.aspx where we recommended that you might want to use independent city totals as controls. So, we hope that that use of sub-county controls will help the ACS in the long run, but in the short run, it is probably not a good idea to make a year-to-year comparisons with 2008 and 2009 ACS 1-year results. In general, my recommendation is to use 3-year ACS tabulations when possible, because of the increased number of unweighted survey responses. Other news: The CTPP (using 2006-2008 ACS) will be going into software beta-test this week. This round of CTPP, with more than 200 tables, will use a web-based data access system. The tabulations are restricted to geographic units with more than 20,000 residential population. Selected home-to-work flow tables (county-to-county and place-to-place) are available on the Cambridge Systematics ftp site: ftp://ftp.camsys.com/temp/outgoing/CTPP/New%20CTPP%20ACS/ <ftp://ftp.camsys.com/temp/outgoing/CTPP/New%20CTPP%20ACS/> Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning 206-220-4460

13 years, 11 months

Census Geography and the ACS

by Paddock, Bob

If I understand it correctly, the TAZ system being created by MPOs for submittal to the Census Bureau will be used to obtain the 'CTPP-like' product being paid for through AASHTO. As far as the ACS tabulations are concerned, we will still only have existing Census geography, e.g. county, MCD, tract. TAZs will NOT be part of that geography. My question is, "Am I correct in this assumption?"

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