17 Jul
2018
17 Jul
'18
3:28 p.m.
Clara,
This is probably a topic worn out some other time, but as a pedestrian and
bicycle transportation planner, I really would like to see some way to
account for bike or walking trips that are substantial, like the two miles
from the ferry terminal or the train station to the office. So often
biking in particular presents distance or facility barriers that require
part of a trip be by another mode, and so the biking portion of the journey
to work does not get reported. I realize that it is easy to junk up the
data to a point that you can't do analysis, and I don't make my living
thinking of the many ways to do that, but I'd appreciate you at least
thinking about how to capture those multi-mode trips.
Thanks,
Barb
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 4:02 PM, Reschovsky, Clara (OST) <
clara.reschovsky(a)dot.gov> wrote:
CTPP community,
As some of you may remember, or not since it has been a while, the Census
Bureau is changing the Means of Transportation question categories for
public transit options in 2019. This change is the result of a content
test conducted in 2016 by the Census Bureau. Here is the current question
as it appears on the form and the new version which will be implemented in
January 2019.
2018 Version:
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2019 Version:
[image: cid:image003.png@01D419FB.68C93710]
So now that you see that change can happen even if it takes a long time,
we have a new opportunity!
Currently the Census Bureau is planning another Content Test for the
American Community Survey. US DOT has the opportunity to propose a new
change to the journey-to-work questions. At this point, we are thinking of
proposing the addition of ride-hailing services to the Taxicab category in
the Means of Transportation question. The initially proposed change is
from ‘Taxicab’ to ‘Taxi or ride-hailing services’.
The Content Test will be conducted in 2021 and any changes that are deemed
successful will be implemented in 2024. At this point, it is hard to know
how technology will change in the next six years and how that will affect
the ACS data, but this is a known emerging mode. However, we need to act
now to have any changes considered.
I am interested in hearing your input and hopefully support on this
proposed change, but I must caution you on a few details. We cannot add a
specific company name (such as Uber and Lyft) to the options. We also have
very limited space available on the form, however, in consultation with the
form design experts at the Census Bureau we can change Taxicab to be a two
line choice like ‘Long-distance train or commuter rail’ on the 2019 form.
I know that some of you would really like to see ride-hailing as a separate
option and that is unlikely to be successful because of space of the form.
If you have any thoughts on this topic, please let me know by July 31st,
and for everybody, look forward to the new data detail on Means of
Transportation from Census!
Clara
Clara Reschovsky
Survey Statistician
Office of Survey Programs
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
US Department of Transporation
(202) 366-2857
clara.reschovsky(a)dot.gov
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