[CTPP] 2010 Census UA Criteria

Texas Transportation Institute: Transit Mobility Program has been applying the Census 2010 UA Criteria released on August 24, 2011. We have been assisting the TxDOT Public Transportation Division in their efforts to anticipate the impacts of UA and UC changes. A co-worker and I have been conducting analysis on specific urban clusters/areas as per TxDOT's needs for anticipating the impact of changes on transit formula funding. I have spoken with some contacts within the Census Geography Department and am confident I have a good grasp of data sources and interpretation of the criteria. However, the analysis we have done has not been via a script or code in GIS. We have been manually applying certain steps of the criteria, such as the changes relating to impervious surface, to augment some recent statewide research we had already completed (we projected 2010 UAs several years ago). I think that Martin Catala at CUTR may have a student now working on a script and code for the criteria. Anyone interested may contact me to discuss TTI's process and findings. Jonathan Brooks Assistant Transportation Researcher Texas Transportation Insitute: Transit Mobility Program (806) 440-2462 Cell (713) 686-2971 ext 15106 Office j-brooks(a)ttimail.tamu.edu