A question was directed to me yesterday for which I had no answer.
Since I usually have an answer for everything (right or wrong), it left
me feeling incomplete. So I'm posting it here in the hopes that someone
may help me out.
We were wondering what we will get from the Census Bureau in the form
of the CTPP as it relates to the TAZ system in our region. We defined
TAZs for not only our 7-county jurisdictional area but for an additional
13 contiguous counties in the hopes that we can receive a bit more
information on commutes in the whole Minneapolis-St. Paul region.
Adjacent to us is the St. Cloud, MN MSA, a metro area of over 200,000.
They also defined a TAZ system that included a portion of Sherburne
County. Since the Census Bureau only allows one TAZ definition, we
created TAZs for only the remaining portion of Sherburne Co. Upon
submitting our TAZ definition using the TAZUP process to the Census
Bureau, that part of Sherburne Co. NOT defined by us was given a "ZZZZZZ
" label.
Now. When the CTPP is released, will we receive ONLY that area we
defined? OR... will we receive our defined area PLUS that segment
defined by St. Cloud? If we receive the whole package, can we also
obtain both metro areas as an interconnected TAZ system?
Anyone care to comment? There must be someone out there full of enough
bull like me to say a few words!!