Re: [CTPP] CTPP Training at SACOG (Sacramento, CA) on February 13, 2014 - Census Transportation Planning Package

Hi Penelope, In keeping with the flurry of other CTPP announced workshops, could you send my announcement out below? Thanks! Tina ________________________________________________________________________________________ A free training session is offered by AASHTO and FHWA on the Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP), and sponsored by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) There are just a few slots left! What: Free CTPP training When: Monday, February 13, 2014 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Where: SACOG Board Room, 1415 L Street, Suite 300, Sacramento CA 95814 RSVP email, with 'CTPP workshop' in the Subject line, to Tina Glover: TGlover(a)sacog.org The CTPP is a set of special tabulations designed by transportation planners using data from the Census Bureau. The most current release of CTPP data comes from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey (ACS) sample, and includes data from small geographic units such as census tracts and transportation analysis zones (TAZs). The CTPP is a unique census product providing data relating to the journey to work, including travel mode, number of household vehicles, demographic variables, employment status, income and poverty information, life cycle, and many other characteristics. Data tables for home and work locations, and worker flow (home-to-work) are available. A rough agenda for the full-day training session is below: * Introductions and welcome * Introduction to the CTPP * ACS questionnaire: paper exercise * Data issues * Break * Data issues continued * Find the CTPP table: paper exercise * Lunch * Software tour * Profile exercise: software exercise * Results of profile exercise * Wrap up Please register by sending the participant's name and contact information in an e-mail to: Tina Glover: TGlover(a)sacog.org. Space is limited. Please RSVP ASAP! The afternoon session will include training on the new CTPP software. Only a few computers will be provided, so bring a laptop to participate hands-on in this exercise. Sharing personal computers is also an option. Please ensure that your laptop is fully charged, _______________________________________________ ctpp-news mailing list ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net https://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/ctpp-news