11 Dec
2012
11 Dec
'12
5:48 p.m.
metro (didnt capitalize, because it refers in this context to a type of
rail system, not a name of a rail system) is the international term but not
used extensively in this country. Probably the best term is
subway/elevated. The point is that metros/subways and elevates are fully
grade separated, and faster... as opposed to light rail, which is rarely,
if ever, fully grade separated and thus is generally slower and has much
lower capacities.
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Patricia Becker <pbecker(a)umich.edu> wrote:
This is going to be very difficult to test because so
few ACS respondents
have access to any of these. Does the word "metro" mean the same thing in
all metro areas, or are there some where it refers to bus transportation?
I'm not sure the term "rail" resonates well everywhere, either. I would
suggest that FDOT gather information from the states and metros where rail
commuting is a feasible option and find out what people call it, or how
it's referred to, such as "metro" in the Washington DC areas.
Patty Becker
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 4:23 PM, <Ken.Cervenka(a)dot.gov> wrote:
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Hello,
As you may know, the Census Bureau's "means of transportation" question
on the current American Community Survey questionnaire (as well as the
previous Census 2000 "long form") is as follows:
How did this person usually get to work LAST WEEK? If this person
usually used more than one method of transportation during the trip, mark
(X) the box of the one used for most of the distance.
__ Car, truck, or van
__ Bus or trolley bus
__ Streetcar or trolley car
__ Subway or elevated
__ Railroad
__ Ferryboat
__ Taxicab
__ Motorcycle
__ Bicycle
__ Walked
__ Worked at home
__ Other method
Here at U.S. DOT, we (meaning FTA, FHWA, and BTS) are discussing whether
updated descriptions might make more sense for the three public
transportation categories associated with use of rail:
__ Streetcar or trolley car
__ Subway or elevated
__ Railroad
However, any changes to these three categories (or even collapsing these
to a single "rail transit" category) will, if ultimately approved for
testing, require a formal and carefully-controlled "ACS content change"
test to be conducted by the Census Bureau in 2013 and 2014. So this is a
very big deal. If three rail-related categories are maintained, here is
one approach under consideration for future testing:
__ Streetcar or trolley rail
__ Subway, metro, or light rail
__ Commuter railroad or Amtrak
Or maybe a variation that makes it clear(er) each of these choices refer
to a rail transit mode:
__ Rail - streetcar or trolley
__ Rail - subway, metro, or light rail
__ Rail - commuter railroad or Amtrak
If you have any comments about what seems to make the most sense from the
viewpoint of a future ACS respondent and/or transportation data analyst,
please send me an email and I will summarize all comments received in a
future email to this listserv (along with your name as the author, unless
you wish to be anonymous). But feel free to reply directly to this
listserv with your observations!
Ken Cervenka
FTA Office of Planning and Environment
202/493-0512
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