Harry--Let me take a shot at this and tell you what I know. Jonette
Kreideweis, vice chair of the AASHTO might have more to say.
About two weeks ago the AASHTO CTPP Oversight Board met and made the
decision that there would not be any 3-year CTPP data product made with
the 2005, 2006 and 2007 data. However, a small subgroup of the
Oversight Board, chaired by Jonette is looking into the question of
maybe getting some tables with the 2006,07,08 data. One of the driving
issues surrounding the development of a special tabulation of 3-year
data is deeply embedded in some confidentiality disclosure rules that
would apply any cause many of the tables to be either suppressed or
heavily collapsed. Needless to say the subgroup is taking a hard look
at the utility of any special 3-year tables.
Regarding any one year (areas over 65K) there was never any thought
given to a special data product. One thing that plagues both the
current 3-year data and the one year data is what some call the
"swiss-cheese" affect. That is, incomplete coverage across a region.
While this affects the current 3-year data more, an opposite issue
affects the large cities and towns. Having one value for a town like
New York or Phoenix is not always that useful for doing detailed
transportation planning.
Regarding the 3-year data that is coming out in a few weeks FHWA is
working with Census Bureau staff to develop several data profiles
containing the transportation related variables. Although one needs to
be especially careful in comparing 2000 census data with the 2005,06,07
ACS period estimates the profiles will contain both along with the
statistical significance test done for you. The profiles are expected
to be out in January.
Harry P Wolfe wrote:
Will there be CTPP Tables prepared for areas of 65,000
people or more,
or for areas of 20,000 people or more? If so, when would that occur?
Sincerely
Harry P. Wolfe
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