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I am trying to cross-check a simple table of county-to-county flows for my metro area (Little Rock AR). The online CTPP software is time-consuming and astonishingly counter-intuitive. Does anybody know a quick tip for getting the basic residence-to-work flows by county? I need the data but have a job to do and can't spend a week clunking around at transportation.org/ctpp etc.....
I'm already signed up for the CTPP webinar in June but need my data before then.
Thanks in advance for any and all help.
Jonathan Lupton AICP
Research Planner
Metroplan
Little Rock AR
REMINDER:
PRE-REGISTRATION is required for this webinar.
Federal Highway and AASHTO through the Census Transportation Planning Products (CTPP) program is offering a webinar for those who are interested in learning how to use the "new" CTPP access software system to pull data from the 2006-2010 CTPP data product. The webinar will be offered Thursday, June 26, 2014 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Eastern time. To get the most out of the webinar, attendees should visit the CTPP E-Learning modules at http://ctpp.training.transportation.org/ and familiarize themselves with the ACS and the CTPP. This is a prerequisite.
In this webinar attendees will learn how to access the ACS Census Data tabulated under the CTPP program. The CTPP is a 5-year tabulation of ACS data (2006-2010) that is specially designed for transportation planning. Attendees will learn the structure of the data, how to extract selected tables and be exposed to functionality of the software designed to handle the data. Most importantly, attendees will learn where to get the data. Registration is mandatory.
To register for the Thursday, June 26 2014 webinar go to
http://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.as…
Questions can be addressed to Ed.Christopher(a)dot.gov<mailto:Ed.Christopher@dot.gov>
Ed Christopher
FHWA Resource Center Planning Team
4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600
Matteson, IL 60443
Please visit this page to get the login information:
http://www.census.gov/mso/www/training/?eml=gd&utm_medium=email&utm_source=…
June 24 Accessing Block Group Data with the American Community Survey <http://www.census.gov/mso/www/training/?eml=gd&utm_medium=email&utm_source=…>
Description: The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing survey that generates estimates on social, economic, housing, and demographic topics. Data users can access these estimates down to our smallest level of geography, block groups, using the ACS Summary File. This presentation will cover background information about the ACS, an explanation of the ACS Summary File, and a demonstration of accessing block group data using the Summary File Retrieval Tool, DataFerrett, and FTP site.
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Suzette Mallette
Regional Transportation Planning Director
970-416-2257
970-631-4823 (cell)
smallette(a)nfrmpo.org
The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) developed an interactive mapping tool that shows where people in Southeast Michigan commute to and from. Best viewed in Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.
New on SEMCOG's website: Interactive map shows commuting patterns for Southeast Michigan communities
Travel to work - showing the connections between the business and labor markets - is one of the defining factors of a regional economy. Travel-to-work data in Southeast Michigan suggests that the SEMCOG region is connected by commuting flows that tie housing markets and job centers across the region into one very strong, cohesive inter-reliant region.
Using data from the Census Transportation Planning Package, Commuting Patterns in Southeast Michigan<http://SMCG.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT00MDcxOTkzJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjQwNTU2MTEmbGk9M…>, SEMCOG developed an interactive mapping tool that shows where people in Southeast Michigan commute to and from. Just click on a community and explore. Results will show the number of workers who live and work in the selected community as well as the number of workers who commute to the selected community along with the community where they commute from in a bar chart. The map also colors in the commuting communities.
This interactive mapping tool, found at http://semcog.org/mapping/commute_map/index.html is best viewed in Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Take a look and let us know what you think.
Contact: Ann Burns<mailto:burns@semcog.org>, SEMCOG Data Analysis.
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Susan A. Gorski, Section Manager
Statewide & Urban Travel Analysis Section
Michigan Department of Transportation
Van Wagoner Building - B340
425 W. Ottawa Street
P.O. Box 30050
Lansing, MI 48909
E-mail: gorskis(a)michigan.gov<blocked::mailto:gorskis@michigan.gov>
phone: 517-335-2958
cell: 517-243-0734
fax: 517-373-9255
Let the Census Bureau know how you use the ACS data and why it is important to have!
Over the past few weeks there have been different rumblings about a review that the Census Bureau is doing of the ACS questions. As a user of the ACS (and the CTPP) it important that you get involved with the Review and let the Bureau know what variables you use and how you use them. It is most important that you pay special attention to the Journey to Work questions which are located under Economic category. The introductory material for the review can be found at
https://www.census.gov/acs/www/about_the_survey/acs_content_review/
The actual review form which is linked from the page above is https://www.census.gov/acs/www/about_the_survey/content_review_feedback/
When working through the review and providing your comments you will see that you can only comment on 5 variables at a time. If you are a typical transportation planner you probably use most of the variables on the ACS questionnaire which means that you will have to go through the form multiple times.
Ed Christopher
FHWA Resource Center Planning Team
4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600
Matteson, IL 60443
708-283-3534 (V)
708-283-3501 (F)
708-574-8131 (C)