[CTPP] CTPP is delayed and we have no expected date of delivery

Just when the Census Bureau was ready to issue CTPP Part 1, everything has ground to a halt. On April 18, 2003, the Census Bureau advised the CTPP Working Group that 10 tables in CTPP Part 1 could not be released. These 10 tables were in addition to the 3 tables that were already slated to be eliminated, given earlier stated concerns with the quality of Group Quarters data from the decennial census. The logic that would eliminate these 10 tables would ALSO eliminate two very critical tables in Part 3 (flow from home to work), these are: 3-2. Number of Vehicles in Household (4) by Means of Transportation to Work (8), and 3-7. Household Income (5) by Means of Transportation to Work (5). It is not clear what logic the Census Bureau would apply to Part 2 and whether any of those Tables would also be eliminated. AASHTO is discussing their concerns with the Census Bureau, and we hope to have a resolution soon. However, we cannot even estimate when the CTPP Part 1 will now be released. Your truly, with major disappointment, and discourgagement, Elaine Murakami Federal Highway Administration Office of Planning 206-220-4460