[CTPP] RE: ctpp-news Digest, Vol 65, Issue 6

Here's the definition of MSA from Census.gov(http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/epss/glossary_m.html) Vishu. Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) A geographic entity defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget for use by federal statistical agencies, based on the concept of a core area with a large population nucleus, plus adjacent communities having a high degree of economic and social integration with that core. Qualification of an MSA requires the presence of a city with 50,000 or more inhabitants, or the presence of an Urbanized Area (UA) and a total population of at least 100,000 (75,000 in New England). The county or counties containing the largest city and surrounding densely settled territory are central counties of the MSA. Additional outlying counties qualify to be included in the MSA by meeting certain other criteria of metropolitan character, such as a specified minimum population density or percentage of the population that is urban. MSAs in New England are defined in terms of minor civil divisions, following rules concerning commuting and population density. Related terms: Consolidated metropolitan statistical area (CMSA), Primary metropolitan statistical area (PMSA) -----Original Message----- From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of ctpp-news-request(a)chrispy.net Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 12:00 PM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: ctpp-news Digest, Vol 65, Issue 6 Send ctpp-news mailing list submissions to ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/ctpp-news or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ctpp-news-request(a)chrispy.net You can reach the person managing the list at ctpp-news-owner(a)chrispy.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of ctpp-news digest..." Today's Topics: 1. RE: Urban Area Boundaries (Nancy Reger) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:23:36 -0400 From: Nancy Reger <Nreger(a)morpc.org> Subject: RE: [CTPP] Urban Area Boundaries To: "ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net" <ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net> Message-ID: <03B824D8C8D97C4C8486430CC10843AB3AC0ED0679(a)cygnusx1.morpc.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I have a question about how the ACS will be used to define MSA's--- since the commuter data is key to MSA definition, does anyone know how these will be defined in the future? Nancy Reger, AICP Assistant Director, Transportation Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission 111 Liberty St. Suite 100 Columbus, Ohio 43215 p (614) 233-4154 / e nreger(a)morpc.org www.morpc.org -----Original Message----- From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Ed Christopher Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 2:05 PM To: ctpp-news maillist Subject: [CTPP] Urban Area Boundaries On June 12 FHWA and Census Staff hosted a webinar on the Census Bureau's plans for defining Urbanized Area Boundaries. At the webinar more questions were asked than there was time answer. Consequently all the questions were collected and Q/A developed. It can be downloaded from the CTPP webinar room by going to http://fhwa.acrobat.com/ctpp1, entering as a guest and saving the "Census Q and A v8.pdf" file to your computer. In the webinar room there are also links to the recording of the complete June 12 webinar (http://fhwa.na3.acrobat.com/p20171907/) as well as several other recorded webinars. For your convenience I have also attached the Q/As to this email. -- Ed Christopher 708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (cell) FHWA Resource Center Planning Team 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600 Matteson, IL 60443 ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ ctpp-news mailing list ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net http://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/ctpp-news End of ctpp-news Digest, Vol 65, Issue 6 ****************************************