[CTPP] CTPP Training at SCAG (Los Angeles, CA) on January 30, 2014 - Census Transportation Planning Package

________________________________________ From: Weinberger Penelope Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 12:14 PM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: CTPP Training at WSDOT (Olympia, WA) on February 3, 2014 - Census Transportation Planning Package Hi All, A free training session is offered by AASHTO and FHWA on the Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP), and sponsored by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) There are just a few slots left! What: Free CTPP training When: Thursday January 30, 2014 9:30 am - 4:30 pm Where: 818 W. 7th Street, Los Angeles CA 90017, 12th floor. RSVP email to John Cho [CHOJ(a)scag.ca.gov] The CTPP is a set of special tabulations designed by transportation planners using data from the Census Bureau. The most current release of CTPP data comes from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey (ACS) sample, and includes data from small geographic units such as census tracts and transportation analysis zones (TAZs). The CTPP is a unique census product providing data relating to the journey to work, including travel mode, number of household vehicles, demographic variables, employment status, income and poverty information, life cycle, and many other characteristics. Data tables for home and work locations, and worker flow (home-to-work) are available. A rough agenda for the full-day training session is below: ● Introductions and welcome ● Introduction to the CTPP ● ACS questionnaire: paper exercise ● Data issues ● Break ● Data issues continued ● Find the CTPP table: paper exercise ● Lunch ● Software tour ● Profile exercise: software exercise ● Results of profile exercise ● Wrap up Please register by sending the participant's name and contact information in an e-mail to: John Cho [CHOJ(a)scag.ca.gov]. Space is limited. Please RSVP ASAP! The afternoon session will include training on the new CTPP software. Computers will be provided, but may be shared.