Natasha/Kevin,
Responding to Kevin’s point, I just looked (for my own curiosity), and didn’t find the TAZs. I would check with Shonin Anacker (copied on this message) at U.S. Census Bureau on this. Here’s his contact information:
Shonin Anacker
Supervisory Geographer
Geographic Areas Branch
Geography Division
US Census Bureau
301-763-9052
Shonin was the point of contact for me when my organization was working on developing our region’s CTPP TAZs back in 2011, and he was a really good resource. Just to re-state the obvious, the 2011 program was a voluntary submission to Census, allowing local jurisdictions (i.e., MPOs) to suggest what zone structure to use for compiling the CTPP using the ACS.
As I understand it, if a region decided not to participate, then Census Bureau went with what best fit their needs, starting with the pre-existing zone structure they had on file. So, there may not be “updates” for all regions.
I wonder if Natasha’s request isn’t jumping the gun a bit. According to the CTPP website (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/census_issues/ctpp/), the CTPP based on the 2006-2010 ACS dataset isn’t scheduled to be released until May 2013.
Mike Greenwald
Michael J. Greenwald
Senior Transportation Planner
Lane Council of Governments
859 Willamette Street, Suite 500
Eugene, OR 97402
Tel: 541-682-6595
Fax: 541-682-4099
mgreenwald@lcog.org
From: ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Kevin Byrnes
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:37 PM
To: ctpp-news@chrispy.net
Subject: Re: [CTPP] TAZ Boundary Files
Have you looked for it as a downloadable .shp layer from Census TIGER website?
Kevin F Byrnes, AICP
Director of Regional Planning and Regional Demographer
George Washington Regional Commission
406 Princess Anne St
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Ph (540) 373-2890, x. 18
From: ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net [ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Natasha Longpine [nlongpine@ozarkstransportation.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 3:23 PM
To: ctpp-news@ryoko.chrispy.net
Subject: [CTPP] TAZ Boundary Files
Where can I find the TAZ gis files from this most recent submission in 2011?
Thank you,
Natasha L. Longpine, AICP
Principal Planner
Ozarks Transportation Organization
205 Park Central East, Suite 205
Springfield, MO 65806
Phone (417) 865-3042
Fax (417) 862-6013
nlongpine@ozarkstransportation.org