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Subject: [CTPP] Article by Brown and Neog: "CBDs and Transit
Ridership"
http://www.nctr.usf.edu/2012/12/journal-of-public-transportation-vol-15-no-4-2012/
I am always on the lookout for people using CTPP data.
Although this project used CTPP 2000, I thought it was interesting.
They analyzed MSAs with population over 500,000. They categorized the MSAs into
3 groups by population size (500,000 to 1,000,000 ; 1 – 5 million; and
all MSAs).
They found “no relationship between the strength of
the CBD (employment) and transit ridership” and found that service
frequency was the most strongly related to transit commute mode share.
Since the 2006-2010 CTPP should be out in the next several
months, this analysis could be re-done with more recent data!
To define CBDs, they started with census tracts defined in
the 1982 Census of Retail Trade and then modified based on local consultation.
Elaine Murakami
FHWA Office of Planning
206-220-4460 (in Seattle)