CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE - URBAN ELEMENTS

The "Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP) - Urban Element" CD-ROMs have been released by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. CTPP is a set of special tabulations of 1990 Census data tailored to meet the needs of transportation planners. The 1990 CTPP is a continuation of a program established for the 1970 Census and continued for the 1980 Census in the same format. An Urban Element data set has been created for each Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) across the country. The Urban Element is comprised of Parts 1, 2, and 3. Part 1 contains data for housing units, households, persons and workers located in or living in the region. Part 2 contains tabulations by area of work. It also provides data on people who worked in the region, such as information on the mode of travel to work and type of work as well as the amount of time it took to get to work. Part 3 provides tabulations of residence by work area and is a combination of Parts 1 and 2. The data in Part 3 present totals on where individuals live and work in a region. The data provided also depict if the individual left for work during the peak period of 6:30 a.m. to 8:29 a.m. as well as their mode of transportation. CTPP is available for the entire U.S. on a swt of 33 CD-ROMs.

• Corporate Authors:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1997-2

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Census; Metropolitan planning organizations; Transportation planning; Travel modes; Travel patterns; Travel time; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Travel modes
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00738584
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Transit Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 7 2002 12:00AM