ctpp-news August 2015

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New 2009-2013 county-to-county commuting flows released today

by Brian Mckenzie (CENSUS/SEHSD FED)

Good morning, Just wanted to give a heads up that the new county commuting flows, based on the 5-year 2009-2013 ACS were released today. The tables include the typical worker flow counts as well as a means of transportation component (4 categories: drove alone, carpool, transit, other). The tables also include a metropolitan area indicator, so it is possible to sort and organize by metro area. Enjoy, Brian Brian McKenzie, Ph.D. Analyst, Journey to Work and Migration Statistics Branch U.S. Census Bureau Email: brian.mcKenzie(a)census.gov<mailto:brian.mcKenzie@census.gov>

10 years, 8 months

Re: [CTPP] Job Posting: Transportation Modeler at DCHC MPO/City of Durham

by Zhang, Yanping

Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metro Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) is the regional organization responsible for transportation planning for the western part of the Research Triangle area in North Carolina, and a subdivision of Department of Transportation , City of Durham, NC. DCHC MPO/City of Durham is now accepting applications for one (1) transportation modeler. Please click on the link below, and then do the job application. http://durhamnc.gov/1473/City-Jobs<http://agency.governmentjobs.com/durhamnc/default.cfm?action=viewJob&jobID=…> Job Title: Transportation Modeler Job Type: Full time with benefits Company: DCHC MPO/City of Durham Location: 101 City Hall Plaza, Durham, North Carolina Position Salary: $54,046.00 - $86,473.00 Annually Hiring Range: $54,046.00 - $64,800.00 Annually To work with the general public, private sector, and regional agencies; as well as, local, state and federal governments in delivering a multi-modal transportation system. This is accomplished by performing model specifications, estimations, calibrations, validations, maintenance, traffic demand forecasts, policy analysis, traffic simulations, and scenario testing. Other duties include providing technical support for the transportation system performance measures and need assessments; prioritizing the Transportation Improvement Program and Long Range Transportation Plan; and presenting scenario outcomes and project results to the regional technical and policy stakeholders. Duties/Responsibilities: * Manages the multi-modal travel demand model application to regional long-range/metro transportation plan and air quality conformity analysis. Responsible for developing, enhancing, and maintaining the Triangle Regional Model (TRM). * Develops Advance Land Use Model; provides Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) lead support for the development, estimation, programming, calibration, validation, application and documentation of travel demand and land use models. * Manages and supervises technical activities for Multi-Million Transportation Capital Investment. * Develops projects and demand forecasts using Travel Demand Model; performs Transportation Model applications. * Supervises and trains interns by monitoring and directing work activities; provides guidance and support; and manages agendas and schedules. * Supports and contributes to the MPO 3-C Transportation Planning process. * Manages planning special projects and performs statistical analysis for department. Minimum Qualifications & Experience: * Work requires broad knowledge in a professional or technical field. Work requires professional level of knowledge of a discipline equivalent to that which is acquired in a Bachelor's degree-level of study or equivalent in Civil/Transportation Engineering, Transportation Planning or a related field. * Five or more years of experience of progressive and relevant experience in travel demand modeling or an equivalent combination of education and directly related travel demand modeling experience. * Valid North Carolina Class "C" driver's license or obtain a valid North Carolina Class "C" driver's license within 60 days of hire. Additional Preferred Skills: * Computer programming skills (VB, JAVA, C++ or similar), and database programming would be desirable. * Proficiency in statistics, including logit model, would be a plus. * Experience in landuse model, especially UrbanSim, would be a plus. * Experience in TransCad and GISDK would be desirable. Yanping Zhang DCHC MPO/City of Durham

10 years, 9 months

nationwide tracts and block groups

by Mara Kaminowitz

I created a nationwide file of 2015 vintage Census tracts and block groups for a project. If anyone wants them, they can be found at http://www.northarrow.org/data.html Mara *Mara Kaminowitz, GISP*GIS Coordinator ......................................................................... *Baltimore Metropolitan Council* Offices @ McHenry Row 1500 Whetstone Way Suite 300 Baltimore, MD 21230 410-732-0500 ext. 1030 mkaminowitz(a)baltometro.org www.baltometro.org

10 years, 10 months

Question about Inclusion of Students in JTW Data

by Cook, Cliff

A question has come as to whether employed students living in dormitories are included in the 2006-10 CTPP JTW tables. Researching the question, I found the following on p. 66 of the 2013 ACS Subject Definitions document, under the definition of employed persons (http://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/tech_docs/subject_definitions/2…): Beginning in 2006, the population in group quarters (GQ) is included in the ACS. Some types of GQ populations have employment status distributions that are different from the household population. All institutionalized people are placed in the "not in labor force category." The inclusion of the GQ population could therefore have a noticeable impact on the employment status distribution. This is particularly true for areas with a substantial GQ population. For example, in areas having a large state prison population, the employment rate would be expected to decrease because the base of the percentage, which now includes the population in correctional institutions, is larger. I interpret this to mean that dorm residents, as noninstitutionalized group quarters residents, are included in CTPP statistics but want to confirm that my understanding is correct. My follow up question concerns the 1990 and 2000 JTW tables. Were employed dormitory residents (ie, noninstitutionalized group quarters residents) included in those statistics? My recollection is that is not the case but I want to confirm that is correct. Thanks Cliff Cook Clifford Cook, Planning Information Manager Cambridge Community Development Department 344 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. 02139 [cid:image001.png@01CF4355.A65408C0] <https://www.facebook.com/CDDat344> [cid:image002.jpg@01CF4357.3478C720] <https://twitter.com/cddat344> [cid:image008.jpg@01CF4357.3478C720] <http://cddat344.tumblr.com/> [cid:image010.jpg@01CF4357.3478C720] <http://instagram.com/cddat344> www.cambridgema.gov/CDD<http://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD.aspx> ccook(a)cambridgema.gov<mailto:ccook@cambridgema.gov> M: 8:30-8:00 T-Th: 8:30-5:00 F: 8:30-Noon 617/349-4656 617/349-4669 FAX 617/349-4621 TTY

10 years, 10 months

more on journey to work and Millennials

by Elaine.Murakami＠dot.gov

In case you haven't seen these, we posted new profile sheets that use the 2006-2008 ACS and the 2011-2013 ACS Public Use Microdata Sample. In these profiles, Baby Boomers are defined as those born between 1946 and 1964, and Millennials are defined as those born between 1983 and 2000. For the 2006-2008 ACS, many of the Millennials were not yet of working age. The geography is limited only to those Counties for which PUMA geography has matching boundaries. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/census_issues/american_community_survey/pr… I have seen some recent forecasts about declining gasoline prices, so we will see how this impacts the mode to work and auto ownership for younger workers in the near future. Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning 206-220-4460 (in Seattle)

10 years, 10 months

JSM

by Krishnan Viswanathan

Elaine & (others who attended) Anything interesting from the JSM that pertains to transportation? Look forward to hearing from take on how it went & what we should look to in terms of data, methods, etc. Krishnan

10 years, 10 months

ABJ30(1) Call for posters: Uses of Multiple Data Sets for Transportation Planning

by Mara Kaminowitz

The Census Data for Transportation Planning Subcommittee of the Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems Committee, ABJ30(1) invites you to submit posters for a session focusing on the innovative use of multiple data sets including Census data for transportation planning and related applications. Posters will be displayed at the TRB Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, January 2016. Authors of the most innovative posters may be invited to present at the subcommittee meeting. Abstracts are due Friday, September 11, 2015. More information, including what to send and who to send it to, can be found at trbcensus.com/CallforPosters2016.html *Mara Kaminowitz, GISP*GIS Coordinator ......................................................................... *Baltimore Metropolitan Council* Offices @ McHenry Row 1500 Whetstone Way Suite 300 Baltimore, MD 21230 410-732-0500 ext. 1030 mkaminowitz(a)baltometro.org www.baltometro.org

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