Planning is underway for the Using Census Data for Transportation Applications Conference, scheduled for October 25-27, 2011 at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies in Irvine, California.  The conference is supported by the TRB, AASHTO, FHWA and FTA.

The conference planning team is soliciting presentations for the conference, with abstracts (400 word max) due by March 29, 2011.  Information on conference objectives and the process for submitting presentation proposals can be found at:

http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/Conferences/2011/Census/Call_for_Presentations.pdf

Key questions to be addressed at the conference include:

· How are census data being used to support transportation planning, policy, and modeling activities and decision?

· What are the challenges of using data from the ACS, CTPP and other census products for transportation planning?

· How are transportation decision-making data needs changing for residence, workplace and journey-to-work flow data, and how do available public and private data sources best meet these needs?

PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO PUBLIC AGENCY AND STUDENT PRESENTATIONS.  COMPLIMENTARY REGISTRATION AND LIMITED TRAVEL SUPPORT MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC AGENCY AND STUDENT PRESENTATIONS THAT ALIGN WITH CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES.

Please feel free to share the call for presentations with others who may be interested in participating.   We look forward to hearing from you on your experiences in using census data for transportation planning applications and on your current and future needs for these data.  Thank you.

Jonette Kreideweis

Minnesota DOT

Chair, TRB Conference Planning Task Force