Re: [CTPP] New report on American Community Survey 2007 data, for SanFrancisco Bay Area

It's nice to see your data. About a week ago, I attempted to look up ACS data for the San Francisco - Oakland Urbanized area for 2007, and couldn't find anything. So, I contacted the Census Bureau and got a reply that there was some sort of boundary problem. I noticed that you don't have anything either for this UA. I tried looking at the 2000 census UA map and couldn't figure out whether Richmond was in or out. In any case, it would be nice to see something without too much of a wait. Bob Robert L. Campbell, Senior Manager/Scheduling MTA Long Island Bus Phone 516-296-4709 FAX 516-794-8670 Hello CTPPers: The detailed 2007 American Community Survey data for journey-to-work and household characteristics was released by the Census Bureau on September 23, 2008. We completed our first report on the ACS 2007 for our region, on October 2nd. The 30 page report is here: http://www.mtc.ca.gov/maps_and_data/datamart/census/ The most interesting finding is a statistically significant (95% CL) increase in transit commuting, 2006 to 2007, from 315,000 to 336,000. The increase in our regional share of transit commuters (9.5 to 10.0 percent), was not a statistically significant increase (95% CL) (though it was significant at a 90% CL). Commute times are stable, at about 27 minutes per one-way commute. Intra-county commute shares (% living and working in same county) has remained stable between 2000 and 2007, at about 72 percent intra-county commute. We also produce tables on housing affordability, poverty, race, and household vehicle availability, since those are topics of interest to us and our policy board. Chuck Purvis, MTC ************************************************************** Charles L. Purvis, AICP Principal Transportation Planner/Analyst Metropolitan Transportation Commission 101 Eighth Street Oakland, CA 94607-4700 (510) 817-5755 (office) (510) 817-7848 (fax) cpurvis(a)mtc.ca.gov (e-mail) www: http://www.mtc.ca.gov/ ************************************************************** _______________________________________________ ctpp-news mailing list ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net http://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/ctpp-news