Penelope,
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the draft
rules.
Section I. Purpose seems to
be contradictory to Section III. TAZ in that Section I. says “In support of the Census
Transportation Planning Products (CTPP) the U.S. DOT and the U.S. Census Bureau
will obtain census 2010 block equivalencies for Traffic
Analysis Zones (TAZs) from Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs)
and State Departments of Transportation in 2011.” While
Section III. says in the second paragraph under ‘B’ that “MPOs are not required to define TAZs;…”
Also,
We at the Dixie MPO in the St. George Utah area have used the
services of consultants to help us with modeling and most recently with TAZ delineation.
As others have mentioned the draft states that there is a guideline minimum of
600 resident worker population. Though it is a guideline it may be
somewhat difficult for us to adhere to because we have such a large population of
‘Seniors’ that have moved to the area to retire. Therefore a large
tract or development catering to ‘Seniors’ may actually have very
few resident workers.
I participated in a similar process with PSAP a few months
ago. Will this process be similar and what is the best way to tie both
processes together?
Thanks,
From:
ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On
Behalf Of Weinberger, Penelope
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 12:28 PM
To: ctpp-news@chrispy.net
Subject: [CTPP] Memo to Census Bureau regarding delineation business
rules
Hi
All,
The
Census Bureau asked us to refine this document to help them with their software
development effort. There was a three step process and this is step
two. Step three will be the formal version of the attached memo, due to
Census Bureau in early 2010. At this time we are seeking input on this
memo for the formal version. Please reply directly to me with your
comments.
Please
reply by January 8th, 2010
Thanks!
Penelope
Weinberger
CTPP
Program Manager
AASHTO
202-624-3556
http://ctpp.transportation.org/home/default.htm
It's
just as bad to not make a plan as to blindly follow the one you already have.