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by ed christopher

The death knell is sounding for the Census Bureau's long form. Attached is a notice that appeared last week in the Federal Register. It is seeking comments by March 18, 2002 on the execution of the long. Read it carefully and comment appropriately. Note that there is no mention of TAZ level data. The original notice can be found on the Government Printing Office Website at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/a020116c.html Once at this page just slide down to the "Census Bureau" heading. ed christopher fhwa-midwestern resource center 708-283-3534

24 years, 1 month

CTPP Status Report

by ed christopher

The latest (january 2002) version of the Status Report is now posted on the TRB Subcommittee on Census data for Transportation Planning web site. The direct HTML link to the status report is http://www.TRBcensus.com/newsltr/sr0102.html The link to the PDF version is http://www.TRBcensus.com/newsltr/sr0102.pdf and of course the main site for the committee is http://www.TRBcensus.com/

24 years, 1 month

TRB annual meeting

by ed christopher

The Transportation Research Board's Subcommittee on Census Data for Transportation Planning will be meeting at the TRB Annual Meeting on Wednesday, January 16, 2002 at 2:30 PM. Attached is the agenda. -- Ed Christopher Metropolitan Activities Midwest Resource Center Federal Highway Administration 19900 Governors Drive Olympia Fields, Illinois 60461 708-283-3534 (V) 708-283-3501 (F)

24 years, 1 month

New NAS online book

by ed christopher

Subject: New NAS online book Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 12:36:57 -0500 From: "Tom Palmerlee" <tpalmerl(a)nas.edu> To: edc(a)berwyned.com, Elaine.Murakami(a)fhwa.dot.gov The 2000 Census: Interim Assessment http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10210.html?onpi_listserv010402

24 years, 2 months

Census data analysis

by Elaine Murakami

For those of you who were not Census data analysts when the 1990 Census data was released, you may be interested in Dowell Myers' book, "Analysis with Local Census Data, Portraits of Change," Academic Press, 1992. This is an excellent reference covering Census Bureau definitions, but more importantly, discusses how to use Census data in trend analyses. Users of Census 2000 data need to be careful in analyzing race data, since in 2000, respondents were able to select more than one answer. I just checked on Amazon.com and it is listed for $73.95, with 2 used copies avail for less than the new price. You may also be interested in Dowell's webpage: www-ref.usc.edu/~dowell which has other demographic analyses, mostly in California.

24 years, 2 months

ACS workshop information

by Stacey Bricka

The TRB Census Data Subcommittee is sponsoring a workshop on the Census American Community Survey at the annual meeting this year. The workshop will be held Sunday, January 13th in the Hilton-Lincoln West room from 8:30 to noon. An agenda is attached - we hope you will be able to join us! If you cannot make it, but have policy or technical questions, please email them to me by Thursday, January 10th so that we can incorporate them into the workshop discussions. Stacey Bricka Research Director NuStats 3006 Bee Caves Rd, Ste A300 Austin, TX 78746 (512) 306-9065, ext 2240 Fax (512) 306-9077

24 years, 2 months

Census 2000 Urbanized Areas -- Maps

by Robert LaMacchia

After the announcement of the 1990 Urbanized Areas, the Census Bureau had to quickly come up with a map product that showed the extent of the 1990 UAs to support the planning activities of the MPOs. With that experience in mind, the Census Bureau's Geography Division is planning to produce several products that show Census 2000 urbanized areas (UAs) and the new urban clusters (UCs). The products we are planning to produce include the UA Census 2000 TIGER/Line files, UA Outline Maps, and generalized boundary files for the UAs/UCs (the shape files will be similar to what we have produced for other geographic areas for Census 2000). We expect the first product to be available will be the UA Census 2000 TIGER/Line files which we hope to have available for all counties shortly after the announcement of the Census 2000 UAs in the Federal Register, tentatively scheduled to be late March, 2002. (Note: The Federal Register Notice with the final criteria is still being drafted -- we received a substantial number of responses to the draft criteria that we will respond to in the Federal Register Notice. We do not yet have a target date for the publication of the final criteria.) We are working on having Chapter 6 of the UA Census 2000 TIGER/Line file documentation (the record layouts) available shortly on our web site. Maps for the UAs and generalized boundary files also would be available although probably not as quickly. To ensure that we design these map products to meet most users' needs, we are asking that you take a few minutes and provide us with information that will help us plan for the necessary content and design of a map type. We expect these maps to be "large format" -- E-size -- and use color. One map type you might want to look at when thinking about the questions below is the Census 2000 Census Tract Outline Map that you can download from the web in PDF format: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/maps/CP_MapProducts.htm 1. How do you plan to use a map that shows the extent of an urbanized area/urban cluster? Try to describe what you would do with the map to support your work and interests using urbanized areas and urban clusters. 2. What information (content) is important beyond the actual boundary? For example, do you need to know the type of feature that forms the boundary? Do you need to know every segment or feature type in areas where the boundary frequently changes direction? Do you need to know the name of the feature (road, river, railroad etc.), where there is one available? Please provide comments back to the Geography Division within the next 10 days (before TRB). You may e-mail your questions/comments/suggestions/answers to: ua(a)geo.census.gov Geography Division staff expect to be at the TRB Subcommittee on Census Data for Transportation Planning meeting (A1D08(1) Ed J. Christopher, chair; Wednesday, 2:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m., Hilton, Georgetown East). Bob LaMacchia Geography Division 301-457-1022 rlamacchia(a)geo.census.gov

24 years, 2 months

Informal Job Announcement -- Travel Demand Modeler

by Bill Moore

After January 1, the City of Pueblo/Pueblo MPO will be opening and advertising for one professional position specializing in travel demand modeling at the level of Sr. Transportation Planner. This position will be located in the Department of Planning and Community Development of the City of Pueblo and will be a classifed Civil Service position with a beginning salary in the $40,000 - $45,000 range (with excellent benefits) depending on individual qualifications. The Pueblo Area Council of Governments sub-delegates and contracts with the City for all the regional transportation planning functions in both the urban and rural areas. Although the primary emphasis will be on maintaining and updating the MPO transportation model (currently in TransCAD), the position will also entail some general transportation planning for sub-areas and neighborhoods. These will be used along with the model (which will incorporate both CTPP information and the results of an O-D survey planned for 2003) to update the current Long Range Plan to the 2025-2030 time horizon by 2005. The person selected will be responsible for incorporating mode-split and transit planning capabilities within the TransCAD platform, and possibly working with other GIS tools such as ArcView, AutoCAD, etc. The city of Pueblo is located at I-25 and US50 on the Arkansas River, approximately 105 miles south of Denver and 40 miles south of Colorado Springs. Based on 2000 Census figures, the population of the City is 101,121; the County population is 141,472; and the new "3C" area population will be in the 130-135,000 range. The City owns the Pueblo Transit system (bus-only at present), and rural transit is provided by a number of local non-profit organizations. Pueblo County covers a land area of more than 2,400 square miles and contains Lake Pueblo State Park -- one of the largest lakes in Colorado. For additional information visit the websites at www.ci.pueblo.co.us, www.co.pueblo.co.us, or www.chieftain.com. And for my fellow economists out there, the ACCRA Cost of Living Index (2nd quarter, 2001) for Pueblo is 92.7 which ranks it 38th lowest among 301 urban areas in the US, and the lowest in Colorado. For comparison, Denver is 109.5, Los Angeles-LongBeach CA is 140.0, Manhattan NYC is 232.5, and even my old hometown of Austin, TX is 106.1. The Housing cost index in the Pueblo area is only 80.3 compared to Denver at 121.0. The current unemployment rate is 6.2% (up from 4.3% a year ago). I will send along the formal job description with qualifications and application procedures as soon as it becomes available from our Human Resources Department and Civil Service Commission. Meanwhile, if you think you might be interested in the position, please feel free to get in touch with me by phone, fax, mail or e-mail. HAPPY NEW YEAR, Y'ALL!!!! Bill Moore, M.ITE, Senior Transportation Planner Pueblo MPO - City of Pueblo Dept. of Planning and Community Development 211 E. D Street, P.O. Box 1427 Pueblo, CO 81003 Phone: (719) 583-4485 FAX: (719) 543-0572 E-mail: bmoore(a)ci.pueblo.co.us

24 years, 2 months

gao report on census costs

by ed christopher

the government printing office takes a look at the cost per household of the most recent decennial censuses. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0231.pdf

24 years, 2 months

Proposed Urbanized Definition and New MPOs/TMAs

by millef1＠mail.modot.state.mo.us

I have heard that FHWA is putting a decision on hold on how it will use the new urbanized area definiton for HPMS data. Has there been any change in the proposed use of the definition in the designation of MPOs and TMAs? Frank O. Miller, AICP Senior Transportation Planner Missouri Department of Transportation - District 8

24 years, 3 months

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