Hello!

 

Charlie Goodman and I forwarded this email thread to those at FTA with the best knowledge on this particular issue, and are sharing the response to the full listserv:


“This message was in regards to the 2010 Urbanized Areas already released by Census, and the soon release of a public-facing website with detailed PDF maps of the new UZA boundaries. 

All allocations of NTD are done strictly on the basis of the Census-delineated Urbanized Area boundaries.   Adjusted UZA boundaries are not used for NTD allocations.  The caveat to that is that NTD allocations are based on UZA “served”, not “UZA physically located”, and we have a bunch of rules on how to determine “served.”   But it is Census-UZA served and not FHWA-adjusted-UZA served.”

For further information, please contact Keith Gates at keith.gates@dot.gov

*****

Ken Cervenka

FTA Office of Planning and Environment

 

From: ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Earl Haugen
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 11:10 AM
To: Murakami, Elaine (FHWA); ctpp-news@chrispy.net
Cc: Goodman, Charles (FTA)
Subject: Re: [CTPP] NTD Urbanized Area

 

Still an unclear answer; but there will be a free webinar on June 28th from NTI.

 

Earl T. Haugen
Executive Director
GF-EGF MPO
701-746-2660

 

From: "Elaine.Murakami@dot.gov" <Elaine.Murakami@dot.gov>
To: earl.haugen@theforksmpo.org; ctpp-news@chrispy.net
Cc: Charles.Goodman@dot.gov
Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 11:01 AM
Subject: RE: [CTPP] NTD Urbanized Area



 

The Census 2010 New Urban areas are already available to download from the Census Bureau TIGER website.  You will need to select "Urban Areas" in the drop down arrow list.

 

FTA's Urbanized Area Formula program can be found in this website.  FTA will use Census released its 2010 Urbanized Area (UZA) designations and accompanying population and population density data for the formula apportionments beginning in Fiscal Year 2013.

 

The FHWA HEPGIS website is being updated.  If you go to this page, select “new HEPGIS (Beta)” in RED in the upper right corner, then select the tab that says “MPO Information”.  This includes the 2010 Census urbanized area boundaries.

 

We have forwarded your query to Charlie Goodman at FTA (and have included him in this email chain as well).

 

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 Earl Haugen
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 11:41 AM
To: ctpp-news@chrispy.net
Subject: [CTPP] NTD Urbanized Area

 

beginning of an email from NTD regarding transit operators and 2010 urbanized areas:

As most of you already know, the US Census Bureau has recently announced a
new set of Urbanized Areas based on the results of the 2010 Decennial
Census. Additionally, FTA is required by law to use these new Urbanized
Areas for the Fiscal Year 2013 Apportionment, which will be based on NTD
Report Year 2011 Data. We are expecting that the Census Bureau will very
soon be releasing the final Urbanized Area Boundary maps from the 2010
Census. This e-mail is to provide you with additional information on how
that process will work.

Upon release the Census Boundary maps for the 2010 Census, each of you must
identify which Urbanized Area (UZA) or Areas are served by your transit
system. In addition, you will need to identify whether your transit systems
services any rural or non-urbanized areas. An area is served by your
transit system if you pick up passengers in that area. (Note: Some demand
response systems allow passengers to travel to a particular location, but
do not allow trip originations in that area. In this case, do not list
these destinations as “served” by your transit system.) Please note that
you must identify all areas served by your system, regardless of whether or
not you plan to allocate service data to those areas.

 

Is this the same as the already released Census urbanized areas (what is new from what has already been released?)  Can we submit our Federal Aid Adjusted Urban Area instead?

 

Or just stick to a Census define boundary of urbanized.

 

Thanks

 

Earl T. Haugen
Executive Director
GF-EGF MPO
701-746-2660

 

From: Ed Christopher <edc@berwyned.com>
To: ctpp-news@chrispy.net
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [CTPP] Urban Area Webinar


Here is the link.  I just tried it so it is working. Again, make sure
that you are entering the whole link.
https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.aspx?webconfid=24316

James Greenstreet wrote:
> I have tried repeatedly, and cannot get this link to work.  Please re-send
> the full link out to us.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim Greenstreet
> Kankakee County Planning Department
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net]
> On Behalf Of Ed Christopher
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 12:03 PM
> To: ctpp-news@chrispy.net
> Subject: [CTPP] Urban Area Webinar
>
> On March 27, 2012 the Census Bureau released the list of new Urbanized Areas
> and Urban Clusters.  For transportation related activities these boundaries
> have broad and far reaching affects.  Recognizing that it is impossible to
> address each individual situation and question separately, staff from the
> Federal Highway Administration. Federal Transit Administration, Census
> Bureau and others will conduct a 2-hour webinar on Boundary Issues and
> Transportation.
>
> Participants in the webinar can expect to learn about the various
> Transportation related boundaries, where and how they interact with the
> federal programs and the steps that state and local agencies need to take
> to address the boundary related requirements.  Time will be allowed for
> questions and discussion, and additional resources will also be made
> available for downloading.
>
> If you are interested in boundaries from a transportation perspective, have
> a particular question or need to learn about them, this webinar is for you.
> To make sure your questions get addressed you can send it send them to
> ed.christopher@dot.gov up to the close of business the day before the before
> the webinar, otherwise they will be handled on a first come basis during the
> webinar.
>
> Space for the webinar is currently limited to 350 connections and
> registration is mandatory, but free.  Folks who can share one connection in
> a conference room setting are encouraged to do so.  The webinar will be
> recorded with closed captioning.  Questions discussed during the webinar
> will be used to update the Frequently Asked Questions that FHWA maintains on
> the subject.  The FAQ can be found at
> http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/census_issues/urbanized_areas_and_mpo_tma/f
> aq/
>
> The webinar will be
> Friday, April 27, 2012 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM (Eastern Time) It is open to
> everyone.
> Register by  Clicking on the link below.
> https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.as
> px?webconfid=24316
>
>
> --
> Ed Christopher
> FHWA Resource Center Planning Team
> 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600
> Matteson, IL  60443