Just a friendly reminder…
Data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau is used to develop various products that support transportation planning. Examples include the American Community Survey (ACS), Census Transportation Planning Products (CTPP), Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD), and Economic Census County Business Patterns. In order to address increasingly complex planning issues such as equity, multi-modal mobility, economic development and livability, transportation planners often incorporate data from multiple sources for their analyses.
The CTPP Program and TRB Census Subcommittee will jointly sponsor a webinar on Thursday, August 13, 2015 from 2:30-4:30 pm ET on the use of multiple census data sets for transportation planning. The goals of the webinar are to:
· Identify and highlight innovative uses of Census data sets
· Demonstrate how different Census data sets can be used in conjunction with one another for analysis
· Improve understanding of advanced Census data applications
· Share challenges and lessons learned with the Census data user community
To submit a presentation for consideration, please send an abstract/summary of 500 words or less to Jim Hubbell (jhubbell(a)marc.org<mailto:jhubbell@marc.org>) by 5:00 PM ET on Friday, July 3, 2015. Presentations should be around 15-20 minutes in duration.
Jim Hubbell, AICP
Transportation Planner
Mid-America Regional Council
600 Broadway, Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64105-1659
816.701.8319 voice
816.421.7758 fax
Hi Everyone -
I am just passing along a wonderful opportunity at USDOT in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. As it states below, the "position reports to the BTS' Deputy Director" who is Rolf Schmitt. Rolf's past work includes working on the predecessor to the CTPP, called the UTPP (Urban Transportation Planning Package) and he has continued to work on behalf of USDOT on justification of the journey to work questions in the ACS.
Elaine Murakami
FHWA Office of Planning
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The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R) seeks a Director of the Office of Spatial Analysis and Visualization within the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). BTS is a principal federal statistical agency that develops key information on the extent, use, and consequences of all forms of transportation. BTS is responsible for leading the development of high quality transportation data and statistics, including geospatial data and information; and advancing their effective uses in both public and private decision making.
This position reports to the BTS' Deputy Director, and oversees the staff responsible for compilation, quality assurance, publication, and development of tools for access and analysis of geospatial data in the National Transportation Atlas Database; supports the BTS Director's strategic management of transportation layer of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure; coordinates the development of transportation geospatial data standards, compiling intermodal geospatial data, and collecting geospatial data that is not being collected by other entities; conducts visual analytics and spatial and network analyses to support BTS programs; prepares maps and other visualizations for BTS publications and departmental initiatives; and provides leadership in advancing the state-of-the-practice in spatial analysis and visualization tools.
To succeed in this leadership position, candidates must have experience formulating, planning, developing, and implementing methods for methods of geographic data compilation and integration, spatial analysis, network analysis, and visualization. The position requires strong technical competence and innovative, strategic vision in the development of geographic data products and the analysis and presentation of spatial data to support transportation decision making.
If you or someone you know has outstanding leadership qualities and a demonstrable record of proven results, I encourage you or them to apply for this Washington D.C.-based position. We are looking for a diverse pool of qualified candidates.
The announcement is posted to the Public and to Merit Promotion eligible applicants on http://www.usajobs.gov/. Please know that Merit Promotion announcements are the vehicle through which Federal employees generally apply for Federal positions.
Application deadline: July 1, 2015
Supervisory Transportation Specialist
Merit Promotion: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/407603000
Public: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/407602800
Supervisory Geographer
Merit Promotion: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/407599700
Public: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/407600400
Please direct all questions to Linda Riggins, OST-R HQ Human Resources, at 202-366-0277.
Data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau is used to develop various products that support transportation planning. Examples include the American Community Survey (ACS), Census Transportation Planning Products (CTPP), Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD), and Economic Census County Business Patterns. In order to address increasingly complex planning issues such as equity, multi-modal mobility, economic development and livability, transportation planners often incorporate data from multiple sources for their analyses.
The CTPP Program and TRB Census Subcommittee will jointly sponsor a webinar on Thursday, August 13, 2015 from 2:30-4:30 pm ET on the use of multiple census data sets for transportation planning. The goals of the webinar are to:
· Identify and highlight innovative uses of Census data sets
· Demonstrate how different Census data sets can be used in conjunction with one another for analysis
· Improve understanding of advanced Census data applications
· Share challenges and lessons learned with the Census data user community
To submit a presentation for consideration, please send an abstract/summary of 500 words or less to Jim Hubbell (jhubbell(a)marc.org<mailto:jhubbell@marc.org>) by 5:00 PM ET on Friday, July 3, 2015. Presentations should be around 15-20 minutes in duration.
Jim Hubbell, AICP
Transportation Planner
Mid-America Regional Council
600 Broadway, Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64105-1659
816.701.8319 voice
816.421.7758 fax
Hi Everyone,
If you are having trouble getting into the FTP site, please try the
password again, make sure to only copy the characters.
When you start downloading some large files, it would also be helpful to
copy them separately, a few folders at one time.
If you are still having troubles downloading these files, please let me
know or contact:
Jericho Castillo
jcastillo(a)camsys.com
Thanks,
JJ
Jingjing(JJ) Zang
Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
4800 Hampden Lane, Suite 800
Bethesda, MD 20814
tel 301 347 0100
fax 301 347 0101
e-mail jzang(a)camsys.com
www.camsys.com
From: Jingjing Zang/wdc/camsys
To: Krishnan Viswanathan <krisviswanathan(a)gmail.com>,
Cc: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net
Date: 06/01/2015 01:39 PM
Subject: Re: [CTPP] 1990 and 2000 CTPP contents
Hi Everyone,
The 1990 CTPP Part 7 data, which include all states, are now available for
download at:
ftp://ftp.camsys.com/clientsupport/CTPPdata/1990%20CTPP%20Part7/
The 1980 UPTT data are flat files and only available for certain MPOs. The
data, along with a summary file for data sources and formats are also
available at:
ftp://ftp.camsys.com/clientsupport/CTPPdata/1980UTPP/
Please use the user name and password for both sites:
username: CTPPreader
password: 2014ftpCTPP!
Thanks,
JJ
Jingjing(JJ) Zang
Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
4800 Hampden Lane, Suite 800
Bethesda, MD 20814
tel 301 347 0100
fax 301 347 0101
e-mail jzang(a)camsys.com
www.camsys.com
From: Krishnan Viswanathan <krisviswanathan(a)gmail.com>
To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net,
Cc: JZang(a)camsys.com
Date: 05/31/2015 11:11 PM
Subject: Re: [CTPP] 1990 and 2000 CTPP contents
Elaine
Are there any plans to post the 1990 and 1980 data online so that
interested parties can download the same?
Krishnan
On Fri, May 15, 2015, 2:06 PM <Elaine.Murakami(a)dot.gov> wrote:
1990 CTPP Part 7 at tract level! I did not remember that. I had Brian
Gardner look for the CDs in my cubicle at USDOT Navy Yard. JJ Zang will
pick them up in the later part of next week (after the TRB Planning
applications conference) and make a copy for Chuck. There are 4 CDs and
until we look at them, we will not know if all the states are included.
Elaine
p.s. Bob Paddock of Met Council found the 1980 UTPP file layouts and will
be sending them to me! So, now we can write SAS code to read in the flat
ASCII files.
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On Behalf Of Ed Christopher
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 10:30 AM
To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net
Subject: Re: [CTPP] 1990 and 2000 CTPP contents
Chuck- I wonder if the 1990 CTPP part 7 will help. It had tracts at the
workplace but I am not sure if it covered the the whole state. And then
finding it is another issue. Here is what i found to atleast shed some
light on part 7, see page 188.
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/1995/cp4/cp4.pdf. I could not
find any of my 1990 transview versions of the data. I know I have a
complete set minus one state somewhere. If you can find one of the CDs
even though you can not extract the data without the extraction software
look on it to see if there are any PDF files with documentation stashed on
it. I seem to recall that there is.
Sorry I could not be any more help right now.
On 5/15/2015 11:00 AM, Charles Purvis wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> Ed or Elaine will probably be able to answer my question, but all might
(or might not) be interested.
>
> I’m interested in developing a historical database showing tract-level
data on total population, land area, and workers-at-workplace, for 1990,
2000 and 2006/10. I want this at a statewide (California) level, not just
for the metropolitan areas. This is part of an ongoing research project on
describing changes in rural/suburban/urban patterns in California (perhaps
elsewhere, as well).
>
> The 2006/10 CTPP includes a tract-level summary level, so I have been
able to obtain a statewide, census tract level file of workers-at-work
from Part 2 tables.
>
> Similarly, about 11 years ago I extracted a block group-level file of
population (Census SF3) and workers-at-work (CTPP 2000, Part 2), which is
easily aggregated to census tract level.
>
> The 1990 CTPP is the first “nationwide” CTPP product. The “statewide”
element includes place-to-place, county-to-county for ALL counties in the
USA, including rural (non-metropolitan) counties. On the other hand, the
“urban” elements of the CTPP is restricted to metropolitan counties, and
the finest level geographies are either TAZ, block group or census tract.
Whether or not the TAZes aggregate to census tracts is unknown.
>
> So, am I correct to assume that the Part 2 (workplace tables) from the
1990 CTPP do NOT include tract-of-work data for non-metropolitan counties?
That’s my central question.
>
> A secondary question is: is there a scanned/PDF version of the 1990
> CTPP documentation? (I searched my old website, and I don’t think I
> have it in electronic format….)
>
> I know that the 1980 UTPP was only completed for metropolitan areas, on
a cost-reimbursable basis. Some MPOs in California didn’t participate in
the 1980 program.
>
> That’s all for now!
>
> Chuck Purvis
> retired-MTC
>
>
>
>
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I must have been unclear, I mean all users who have clients for whom they use this data set.
From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Weinberger Penelope
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 4:33 PM
To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net
Subject: Re: [CTPP] Vendors using CTPP
Hi,
If you are a vendor, or consultant, or academic, who uses the CTPP data please email me at pweinberger(a)aashto.org<mailto:pweinberger@aashto.org> We are in the process of developing the next data request and we would like your input on several things. Please send me your contact info. Thanks!
Penelope Z. Weinberger
CTPP Program Manager
AASHTO
202-624-3556
ctpp.transportation.org