[CTPP] More ACS discussion

Another question that arose at the TRB Workshop was the definition of STANDARD tabulations from ACS. Nancy Gordon of the Census Bureau said that she would like increased communication with the transportation community on all aspects of ACS. HERE ARE THE CURRENT PLANS FOR ACS STANDARD TABULATIONS (residence geography only): "Core" tables with transportation variables: 1. Means of transportation to work (13 cat) 2. Travel Time to work (13 cat) 3. Travel Time (4) by Means of Transportation to Work (2) a. Public Transit, and b. Other (includes drive alone, carpool, walk, bike, etc) 4. Aggregate Travel time by Means of Transportation (2) (see item 3 above) 5. Tenure (owner/renter) by Vehicles Available (6) "Non-Core" tables planned for release in Spring 2002 1. Tenure (owner/renter) by Veh Avail (2 cat: 0/1+ veh) by Age of Householder (3 cat: 15-34/ 35-64/65 and over) 2. Time leaving Home to go to Work (15 cat) 3. Private vehicle occupancy (5 categories for carpooling, plus drove alone, and other) Question for the Census Bureau: How can the transportation community provide recommendation for standard tabulations planned for the ACS for residence geography ? And, is there a possibility for the standard tabulations to include 1) workplace geography and 2) home-to-work flow tabulation, or will this need to be prepared in a CTPP-like special tabulation under contract? Question for the data user community: What tabulations would you want from a standard ACS product? My PERSONAL opinion is that on any travel time table by means of transport, drive alone should not be combined with walk and bike! Also, instead of so many tables using housing tenure (owner/renter), we might want to have # of workers by vehicles avail, or household income by vehicles avail. Elaine Murakami Federal Highway Adminitration