Hi All, A free training session is offered by AASHTO and FHWA on the Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP), and sponsored by the Shasta Regional Transportation Agency There are just a few slots left! What: Free CTPP training When: Monday February 10, 2014 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Where: Shasta College Downtown Redding Campus – Room 8113, 1400 Market Street, Redding, CA 96001 RSVP email to Sean Tiedgen: stiedgen(a)srta.ca.gov by Thursday, February 6, 2014. Space is limited! Only 14 seats remaining and will be filled on a “first come, first serve” 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 Computers will be provided. _______________________________________________ ctpp-news mailing list ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net https://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/ctpp-news