After much poking and prodding at FF2 and call with an unhelpful gum chewing person at the CB’s call center, I was able to find a solution to my problem.
In short, I wanted to download two JTW related tables for all places categorized as Places (sumlevel=160) in the 2008-10 ACS. The old FF has a function named the Download Center where you can pick individual tables and download a zip file that compiles results for geographies of a specific type (state, county, place, etc.). You can select up to 50 tables. The resulting zip file includes txt files for that list all geographical areas, including those with no data.
FF2 does not have an equivalent function to the Download Center, at least not one I can find. However, you can download related tables for all members of a sumlevel. Using the Geography Filter, select “include in results: All Geographies”. Next, select the sumlevel of interest, in my case Places. In the right hand side of the Geography filter select “All Places within the United States” and add that to your selections.
Now you can pick your tables to download by using the topics widget to narrow your choices. However, its troublesome to pick tables that cut across a variety of topics, since your table choices in the search results box are not saved if you change selection criteria.
Thanks to Megan Tennermann for her response yesterday.
Cliff Cook
From: ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Tennermann, Megan
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 3:01 PM
To: 'ctpp-news@chrispy.net'
Subject: [CTPP] RE: Comparing Bike and Walk Rates for Cities
Hi Cliff,
http://www.census.gov/hhes/commuting/ is the site that has the most recent journey-to-work report released by the Census Bureau (I think about a month ago); there are tables in the report about the top ten metro areas for biking/walking commuters and links to related data if this isn’t what you’re thinking of.
Good luck,
Megan Tennermann, Planner
Orange County Planning Department
124 Main Street, 3rd Floor
Goshen NY 10924
Phone (845) 615-3855
Fax (845) 291-2533
Email: mtennermann@orangecountygov.com
From: ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Cook, Cliff
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 2:41 PM
To: ctpp-news@chrispy.net
Subject: [CTPP] Comparing Bike and Walk Rates for Cities
I recall seeing somewhere on the web a table from drawn from the 2007-9 American Community Survey that compares the rate at which residents or workers (not sure which) bike or walk to work in larger cities. This is not a Factfinder table; I don’t recall the source.
Would anyone have a lead or suggestion for us? We are hoping to find a similar table from the 2008-10 ACS.
Thanks
Cliff Cook
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