ctpp-news April 2012

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by Ed Christopher

On March 27, 2012 the Census Bureau released the list of new Urbanized Areas and Urban Clusters. For transportation related activities these boundaries have broad and far reaching affects. Recognizing that it is impossible to address each individual situation and question separately, staff from the Federal Highway Administration. Federal Transit Administration, Census Bureau and others will conduct a 2-hour webinar on Boundary Issues and Transportation. Participants in the webinar can expect to learn about the various Transportation related boundaries, where and how they interact with the federal programs and the steps that state and local agencies need to take to address the boundary related requirements. Time will be allowed for questions and discussion, and additional resources will also be made available for downloading. If you are interested in boundaries from a transportation perspective, have a particular question or need to learn about them, this webinar is for you. To make sure your questions get addressed you can send it send them to ed.christopher(a)dot.gov up to the close of business the day before the before the webinar, otherwise they will be handled on a first come basis during the webinar. Space for the webinar is currently limited to 350 connections and registration is mandatory, but free. Folks who can share one connection in a conference room setting are encouraged to do so. The webinar will be recorded with closed captioning. Questions discussed during the webinar will be used to update the Frequently Asked Questions that FHWA maintains on the subject. The FAQ can be found at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/census_issues/urbanized_areas_and_mpo_tma/… The webinar will be Friday, April 27, 2012 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM (Eastern Time) It is open to everyone. Register by Clicking on the link below. https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.a… -- Ed Christopher FHWA Resource Center Planning Team 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600 Matteson, IL 60443 708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (C)

12 years, 4 months

due by April 30: ACS Program Review

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

https://www.census.gov/acs/www/about_the_survey/acs_program_review_faqs/ I know that today (March 26) was a busy day for many of you because of the CB release of the urbanized area list. But, while you are thinking about the Census Bureau, don't forget to submit your comments regarding ACS through their website. A little bird told me that the Census Bureau expected more traffic on this site, and they didn't know if people were waiting until the deadline, or if no one cared. OF COURSE WE (the transportation data community) CARE! There are 4 areas to which they are asking for comment: 1. data products 2. survey methodology 3.research and evaluation 4. communication AASHTO will be submitting a consolidated response via the CTPP Oversight Board, so you can give your feedback to Penelope Weinberger pweinberger(a)aashto.org<mailto:pweinberger@aashto.org> I have not seen a draft from AASHTO yet, so I can't tell if YOUR topic of interest will be included or not. I am sure the CB will not be surprised about negative feedback about AFF. :) Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning 206-220-4460 (in Seattle)

12 years, 6 months

Urban Area Webinar

by Ed Christopher

Today we had a webinar on Urban Areas and their implication on MPOs, TMAs, Transit and Functional class. It was recorded and can be watched in its entirety at: https://connectdot.connectsolutions.com/p1dnv5104an/ -- Ed Christopher 708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (cell) FHWA RC-TST-PLN 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600 Matteson, IL 60443

12 years, 6 months

What I learned at Census Workshop held by Puget Sound Regional Council on April 25

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

Selected items only: Changes to the ACS sampling strategy: The sampling strata will expand from 7 strata to 16 strata, and there are 6 different non-response (aka field) follow-up rates. Most of this has to do with areas with small tract populations, i.e. less than 2,000 persons per census tract, and in remote Alaska, and areas with 10+% of population with American Indian and nataive Hawaiian. To be specific, to improve the comparability in the MOE and C.V. (Coefficient of variation) across all census tracts, areas with low population are being increased and areas with high population are being decreased. That is, highly urban areas are LOSING sample. For the field follow-up rates, Remote Alaska and AmInd/Hawaiian area (10+%) will have 100% follow-up, and the other areas will have 1:2; 2:5; and 1:3 follow-up rates. Changes to the 2013 ACS Questionnaire-- 1 . new questions on computer usage and access to internet. I asked how smartphones would be handled, and Mike Burns (CB Regional Office) said he would follow-up. 2. Changes to questions on Veterans status and period of military service. 3. Changes to the CAPI (and soon CASI) questions on income sources. Instead of all the different sources on one page, parse over multiple screens. Does not affect PAPER version of the ACS questionnaire that respondents get in the mail. Geography issues: The new PUMAs will be included in the Fall 2012 version of TIGER. 2010 Census Summary File 1 with Urbanized Area and Urban Cluster tabulations is expected in October 2012. Changes to American FactFinder 2. The Census Bureau is making lots of changes to AFF2 and trying to address the multitudes of feedback from all parties. Some of the changes include: 1. Geographic selection will allow for "legacy" AFF approach OR the new AFF2 approach. This will be called "geographic assistant" 2. A "Quick facts" button will be on the main AFF2 page. 3. A link to the ftp download area will be on the main AFF2 page. 4. They are working to improve the geographic ids between the file download from AFF2 and TIGER files, to make it easier to import into GIS. 5. In the current version of AFF2, you can now use "*" as "wildcard" in the search box. For example, if you type "B08*" it will pull all the "journey to work" tables from ACS. 6. They are working on a smartphone app which they hope will be available within a year. Tom Kimpel from the Washington State Office of Financial Management discussed AFF Deep Links, and showed how they have used it on their website. http://www.ofm.wa.gov/pop/acs/default.asp Basically, how to construct the weblink by using 4 parameters: Program Dataset Product Geographic identifier-concatenation of sumrylvl|geocomponent|geographic variant|FIPS Note: geographic variant is a 2 digit code for things like Cong District, Legislative District, MSA, urban area By combining these parameters, a hyperlink can be created to go to a specific AFF page, this is FASTER and easier than trying to explain to someone how to use AFF2! Tom highly recommended using the Census Bureau's AFF Deep Linking Guide. April 2012 version, now available: http://factfinder2.census.gov/legacy/AFF_deep_linking_guide.pdf I think we need to schedule a webinar on AFF2 deeplinking and another one on Data Ferrett HotReports. Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning 206-220-4460 (in Seattle)

12 years, 6 months

HAZUS from FEMA-- user experience?

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

Hi Everyone - Back in the Jan 2008 issue http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/census_issues/ctpp/status_report/sr0108.cfm of the CTPP Status report, we included a brief article about HAZUS, because the CTPP2000 is used. Recently, for a FHWA research project, Oak Ridge National Labs used this dataset (May 2011 version) as a land use proxy, and for creating a land use diversity measure. Land use is reported by square footage at the block level and has seven main categories: residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, religious, government and education. Some categories have further detail, for example, the residential category includes number of units per residence, nursing home, etc.) The commercial category includes retail store, restaurant, theatre and several other categories. Http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/hazus What has been your experience with this dataset? Please share your knowledge and expertise. Thanks! Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning 206-220-4460 (in Seattle)

12 years, 6 months

Job Opportunity at OKI Regional Council

by Andrew Rohne

Apologies for cross-posting. Feel free to forward this, post it, etc! POSITION AVAILABLE The Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI) has an immediate opening for an entry level engineer or planner with a strong interest in travel demand modeling. OKI, being a metropolitan planning organization for Greater Cincinnati Area, has developed, maintained, and applied travel demand models in support of multi-modal transportation system planning / air quality analysis for the region and corridor-level traffic transportation planning. The current travel demand model is a state-of-the-practice four-step travel demand model. Currently OKI is refining the model and developing advanced and experimental modeling methodologies in order to advance the modeling practice. This individual will play a key role in this effort. Transportation Engineer / Planner The position is responsible for development and maintenance of transportation data systems. The duties include data collection, processing/geocoding, building and maintaining databases, analyzing and preparing data for model and dissemination. The transportation data include travel data, roadway physical/operation conditions, traffic counts, transit operation conditions and ridership, and other model related data. A Bachelor's degree in engineering or planning with one year of experience is required. Must have knowledge in principles and practices of regional transportation planning. Requires ability to compile technical information and prepare narrative and graphic reports. Salary range is 40,000 to 47,000 per year. Qualified applicants should submit their resumes and salary requirements to Human Resources, Nicole Hartman nhartman(a)oki.org<mailto:nanderson@oki.org> OKI Regional Council of Governments, 720 East Pete Rose Way, Suite 420, Cincinnati OH 45202. The application deadline is May 15, 2012. EOE - M/F www.oki.org -- Andrew S. Rohne Transportation Modeling Manager Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments P: 513.621.6300 x115 * arohne(a)oki.org<mailto:arohne@oki.org> [cid:image001.png@01CD1D45.27640E30] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewrohne> [cid:image002.png@01CD1D45.27640E30] <http://twitter.com/okiandrew> Join OKI's Social Media [cid:image003.jpg@01CD1D45.27640E30]<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cincinnati-OH/Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana-Regional-…> [cid:image004.jpg@01CD1D45.27640E30] <http://twitter.com/okircog> [cid:image005.jpg@01CD1D45.27640E30] <http://www.youtube.com/okircog> [cid:image006.jpg@01CD1D45.27640E30]<http://www.cvgairport.com/1st/rewards.html?utm_source=cvg1st.com&utm_medium…>

12 years, 6 months

Re: [CTPP] TAZs and TADs for CTPP 2006-2010 are available now!

by Liang Long

Thanks to Jennifer Holland from the Census Bureau for providing us easy links to the TAZ/TAD files. These paths require less "clicks" to access the files. In the TAZ directory you will find all of the state-based TAZ files for the nation and in the TAD directory you will find the national TAD file. The files names are the same as in my original message but this path requires less navigation through folders. The rest of the 2010 Census TIGER/Line Shapefiles, organized by type of geography, can also be found by using this path. The links are: ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2010/TAZ/2010/ ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2010/TAD/ Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 4800 Hampden Lane Suite 800 Bethesda, MD 20814 tel 301 347 9141 fax 301 347 0101 FHWA 202-366-6971 e-mail llong(a)camsys.com www.camsys.com From: Liang Long/wdc/camsys To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Date: 04/17/2012 11:06 AM Subject: TAZs and TADs for CTPP 2006-2010 are available now! Although CTPP 2006-2010 will not be out until the year of 2013, but Traffic Analysis Zone (TAZ) and Traffic Analysis District (TAD) delineated for CTPP 2006-2010 are available now in the Census Bureau FTP site. Here is the link: For TAZ, go to this ftp site ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/pvs/tiger2010st/ [THEN PICK YOUR STATE Folder--you have to select the state-level directory twice. TAZ files are NOT under the county-level directory, only the state. The file name is tl_2011_XX_taz10.zip (where XX= State FIPS) For example, South Caroline TAZ files are in this directory: < ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/pvs/tiger2010st/45_South_Carolina/45/tl_2011_45_t… >< ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/pvs/tiger2010st/45_South_Carolina/45/tl_2011_45_t… > TAD: ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/pvs/tiger2010st/ [SCROLL to BOTTOM] File name is: tl_2011_us_tad10.zip <ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/pvs/tiger2010st/tl_2011_us_tad10.zip>< ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/pvs/tiger2010st/tl_2011_us_tad10.zip> Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Liang Long Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 4800 Hampden Lane Suite 800 Bethesda, MD 20814 tel 301 347 9141 fax 301 347 0101 FHWA 202-366-6971 e-mail llong(a)camsys.com www.camsys.com

12 years, 6 months

TAZs and TADs for CTPP 2006-2010 are available now!

by Liang Long

Although CTPP 2006-2010 will not be out until the year of 2013, but Traffic Analysis Zone (TAZ) and Traffic Analysis District (TAD) delineated for CTPP 2006-2010 are available now in the Census Bureau FTP site. Here is the link: For TAZ, go to this ftp site ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/pvs/tiger2010st/ [THEN PICK YOUR STATE Folder--you have to select the state-level directory twice. TAZ files are NOT under the county-level directory, only the state. The file name is tl_2011_XX_taz10.zip (where XX= State FIPS) For example, South Caroline TAZ files are in this directory: < ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/pvs/tiger2010st/45_South_Carolina/45/tl_2011_45_t… >< ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/pvs/tiger2010st/45_South_Carolina/45/tl_2011_45_t… > TAD: ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/pvs/tiger2010st/ [SCROLL to BOTTOM] File name is: tl_2011_us_tad10.zip <ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/pvs/tiger2010st/tl_2011_us_tad10.zip>< ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/pvs/tiger2010st/tl_2011_us_tad10.zip> Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Liang Long Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 4800 Hampden Lane Suite 800 Bethesda, MD 20814 tel 301 347 9141 fax 301 347 0101 FHWA 202-366-6971 e-mail llong(a)camsys.com www.camsys.com

12 years, 6 months

TRB Task Force on New Directions for the National Household Travel Survey

by Bricka, Stacey

**Apologies for cross-postings!** In Fall 2011, TRB formed the Task Force on New Directions for the National Household Travel Survey (ABJ45T). The main focus of the task force is to reach out to the transportation community re: the use of NHTS and potential impacts of the redesign of the survey and to serve as a bridge between USDOT and the NHTS data user community. Task force members represent users from a variety of perspectives (see http://goo.gl/Ll3dC for a list of members). If you are interested in participating in an in-person NHTS user discussion, we invite you to join us at one of our upcoming user forums: *Innovations in Travel Modeling, Monday April 30 from 8 to 10:15 am (See "NHTS Data User's Forum" on the conference program) *NATMEC, Wednesday June 6 from 10:30 to noon in the Continental Room. *Tools of the Trade, Wednesday Sept 12 (as part of the Wednesday morning data workshop) You can also subscribe to the NHTS-USER list serve, following the instructions at the bottom of this email. The list serve is intended for periodic discussions of issues relevant to the NHTS design and will serve as the "friend's list" for the task force. Technical questions should continue to be directed to the FHWA Community of Practice. We promise not to spam you, but will provide quarterly updates on NHTS program activities, such as this most recent update: March 2012, FHWA UPDATE: In February, the final 2009 Trip Chain file was posted on the website. Also posted was the NHTS Visualization Tool containing the Data Extraction Tool (DET), Choropleth Mapping with pie bubble charts and the Dashboard Design providing synchronized display of maps, table and charts on selected travel trend data statistics and geography. In early March, the 2010 Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges and Transit: Conditions and Performance Report to Congress was released. The report furnishes Congress with an objective appraisal of the physical conditions, operational performance and financial status of the transportation surface system. The NHTS program was responsible for Chapter 1. Finally, the NHTS co-hosted a webinar that featured the Long Distance Exploratory Research proposed design. If you are a user of NHTS (past, present, or future), please feel free to join in the discussion! Stacey Bricka Chair, ABJ45T ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NHTS-USER Listserve Subscription Instructions: You can join the list by sending an email to listserv(a)listserv.tamu.edu<mailto:listserv@listserv.tamu.edu> and in the BODY put SUBSCRIBE nhts-user firstname lastname (for example: "SUBSCRIBE nhts-user stacey bricka") **You will receive an email requesting confirmation - please watch for that email and respond promptly, as you have a limited time window in which to confirm. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ Stacey Bricka, PhD | Texas Transportation Institute | 1106 Clayton Lane, Suite 300E, Austin, TX 78723 | 512-407-1123 direct, 512-467-0952 receptionist | Fax 512-467-8971 |

12 years, 6 months

Webinar on SmartPhones and Travel Behavior: April 19

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

Just in case you are not on the TMIP listserv, I thought you might be interested in a webinar that Guy Rousseau from ARC, and I have organized. -----Original Message----- From: Main discussion list for the Travel Model Improvement Program. [mailto:TMIP-L@LISTSERV.TMIPONLINE.ORG] On Behalf Of TMIP_Moderator Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 6:17 AM To: TMIP-L(a)LISTSERV.TMIPONLINE.ORG Subject: [TMIP-L] Webinar on SmartPhones and Travel Behavior Dear TMIP-L Subscribers: This is an announcement for the upcoming "Webinar On SmartPhones And Travel Behavior" which will be held on April 19th from 2:30-4:30pm EST The webinar will consist of THREE 30-minute presentations with a 30-minute discussion period following the conclusion of the presentations. The session will be moderated by: Guy Rousseau, Atlanta Regional Commission, and Chair of ABJ40 Travel Survey Methods Elaine Murakami, FHWA Office of Planning, Co-Chair of the ABJ40 New Technology Subcommittee ---DESCRIPTION--- The rapid assimilation of smartphones with built-in GPS and accelerometers has presented an opportunity for major changes in conducting travel surveys. GPS or combinations with other location-based technologies such as Wi-Fi, cell tower triangulation, and Bluetooth offer opportunities to experiment with approaches to collect travel and activity behavior over longer periods of time, to combine these data with attitudinal or stated preference surveys, and to use measured behavior as a feedback mechanism for influencing behavior. Some recent approaches have included passive data collection combined with prompted web-response, with inferred travel mode and trip purpose. Another approach has been to design an active data collection where respondents enter information for each trip or based on a “random moments” approach. ---PRESENTERS--- 1. Sandra Rodriguez, PTV NuStats. Smartphone app for the Oregon Travel And Activity Survey (OTAS) 2. Joan Walker, UC Berkeley. The Quantified Traveler. Using personal travel data to promote sustainable transport behavior. 3. Cy Smith, CEO and Founder, AirSage. Location Intelligence from Cellular Signaling Data Powering Transportation Planning ---MEETING INFORMATION--- Participants do not need to preregister to attend the webinar. Attendance is limited to 100 connections and is first-come, first-served. You can log on to the webinar at: http://fhwa.adobeconnect.com/tmipvirtualseminars/ Conference Number: 1-888-675-2535 Participant Code: 8344566 The audio portion of the webinar will be broadcast by Voice Over IP. To keep costs down, we encourage you to use your computer's speakers to listen to the presentation; however, we will have a limited number of teleconference connections available for those that are unable to use the Voice Over IP. The teleconference number is listed above and will be posted in the webinar room. The session will be recorded and subsequently made available on the TMIP Online Community of Practice (tmiponline.org). If you are unable to enter the meeting room because the maximum number of participant connections has been exceeded, please email TMIP_Moderator(a)rsginc.com so we can keep a count of participants who were unable to connect. Regards, TMIP Moderator ######################################################################## This message is being sent on behalf of the TMIP-L email discussion list. To subscribe/unsubscribe from the TMIP-L list, click the following link: http://listserv.tmiponline.org/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=TMIP-L&A=1 For comments or questions, contact: Stephen Lawe | Managing Director Resource Systems Group, Inc. 55 Railroad Row | White River Junction, VT 05001 802-295-4999 | stephen.lawe(a)rsginc.com

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