I know that this may not be terribly pertinent to those
doing single metro areas but at the state and national levels there is this
bit of weirdness in the data in which we have multiple central cities in an
msa - so a trip from one of these (Rockville Md. ) to another (Arlington
or Fredericksburg) is tabbed as a central city to central city trip. For
Commuting in America purposes we had to retabulate the files so that there
would be comparable data from 80 to 90 - thus ending the central city
renaissance of 1990. Now 2000 has a similar attribute.
Question: Is there a list of the central cities in each
msa/pmsa/cmsa? Wash DC had five last time I think. The message is
or ought to be that Some central cities are more central than
others!
AEP