the short answer is that the ctpp will not get you even close to a comparable
number. the census asks usual travel time to work which is not delay.
the long answer...one thing that might be of interest to look at would be the
ranking of travel time and where the three areas of interest lay in respect to
each other. you could do that now with the census data that is already released
and on the census bureau's factfinder site
http://factfinder.census.gov/. once
the
ctpp comes out you could also look at either the mean or median travel time by
means of transportation to work by time leaving home for work and zero in on
just the auto trips by time of day. i am assuming that the delay measure you
speak of is only auto trips as opposed to all modes. for a look at what tables
will be available in the ctpp head to
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ctpp/content.htm.
(but keep in mind that this is only another number and not directly comparable
to your delay value nor should it be considered a surrogate.)
i can't think of any other census data that will get you to delay but i am sure
if
i missed something someone else will chime in.
"Spring, Jon R." wrote:
Recent articles in the Wall Street Journal, New York
Times, etc. have stated
that the average number of delay hours spent per year by rush hour drivers
is 62 hours in the US and 136 in Los Angeles. There is an interest in
comparing Anchorage to these national statistics. Is this information
available through the CTPP or another census database?
I would appreciate any help?
Jon Spring
Senior Transportation Planner
Municipality of Anchorage
Traffic Department
springjr(a)ci.anchorage.ak.us
(907) 343-7994