The 2006-2010 CTPP includes many Tables with INCOME and they will not be suppressed.  It does not improve the quality of the data or reduce the MOE!

Tomorrow is the CTPP Oversight Board meeting and we will hear from the Census Bureau when they REALLY expect to deliver the CTPP to AASHTO.  As of today, the delivery date is May 2013. 

 

Elaine Murakami

FHWA Office of Planning

206-220-4460 (in Seattle)

 

 

 

From: ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Nancy Reger
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 10:14 AM
To: ctpp-news@chrispy.net
Subject: Re: [CTPP] Income Data - Block Groups / Tracts

 

Adam- agreed. The ACS  quite honestly fall short for the needs of even a big MPO. It’s the way of the future. Put your thinking cap on.

Nancy

 

Nancy Reger, AICP

Deputy Director, Transportation

MORPC

111 Liberty St. Ste. 100

Columbus, Ohio 43215

nreger@morpc.org

614-233-4154

 

 

 

 

From: ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Patricia Becker
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 11:27 AM
To: ctpp-news@chrispy.net
Subject: Re: [CTPP] Income Data - Block Groups / Tracts

 

Adam,

I just checked, and I see what you mean. You need to know, however, that the MOEs (margins of error, or sampling error) on individual income level summaries -- e.g. $50,000 to $64,999 -- would be so high for individual tracts that the data are really unusable.  I recommend that you use median income levels instead.

Patty Becker

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Adam Aull <aaull@cityofdanville.org> wrote:

Good morning everyone.  I need your help for a project our MPO has recently started.  We are updating the HSTP and wanted to include income levels in our plan.  We are a small MPO and so far have found that nearly all of the income data has been suppressed for our region.  This includes both block groups and tracts in the American Community Survey 2006 -2010.  I have found that numerous datasets have been suppressed.  It’s frustrating that MPOs are required to use Census data, but in smaller MPO regions the data is suppressed.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions or solutions?

 

Thanks.

 

Adam Aull

GIS Manager / DATS Director

City of Danville

17 W. Main St.

Danville, IL  61832

P:   217-431-2325

F:   217-431-2237

E:   aaull@cityofdanville.org


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