Mobility MATTERS! Connecting People to Life Who Rides the Bus? How Understanding Transit Demographic Can Improve Service May 7, 2015
Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB) Federally Designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) 11 Member Board (2 Non-Voting) – Transportation Plan and Program Long Range Plan (Maximize 2040 – Completion November 2015) ~ 58 Billion (16 Billion System Expansion) Short Range Program (2016 – 2019 TIP – Completion July 2015) ~ 650 Million
MPO Area and Model Region MPO Area – 2.6 Mil. Pop. – 1.5 Mil. Emp. Portion of MWCOG – 2.3 Mil. Pop. – 1.7 Mil. Emp.
Data Source and Use National Data Sets – Decennial Census – American Community Survey American Fact Finder PUMS Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP) – Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) Local Surveys – Household Travel, Transit On-Board Travel Models - Simulation
Decennial Census Data Every 10 Years Complete Count, Data Available at Small Geographies – Population items include sex, age, race, Hispanic or Latino origin, household relationship, household type, household size, family type, family size, and group quarters. – Housing items include occupancy status, vacancy status, and tenure
Decennial Census Data Baltimore City Population
Decennial Census Data Howard County
LEP Hispanic or Latino Heritage
2010 Census Block Population
American Community Survey Annual Survey ~ 1 in 38 U.S. Households per Year Receives Invitation to Participate Data Products – 1 Year ~ Areas with 65,000 Population – 3 Year ~ Areas with 20,000 Population – 5 Year ~ All Areas
American Fact Finder Existing Tabulations and Cross Tabs – Topics – People and Housing – Geographies – States, Counties, Census Geography – Program – Decennial, 1, 3, and 5 Year ACS Advantage – Retrieve Data for Small Geographies Disadvantage – Aggregate Data for Predetermined Tabulations and Cross Tabs
Columbia CDP, Maryland
Public Use Microdata Sample A Set of Un-tabulated Records About Individual People or Housing Units – Users Can Create Custom Tables 1, 3, and 5 Year Data Set – Multiyear Combinations of 1-Year PUMS with appropriate adjustment to Weights and Inflation Adjustment Factors Public Use Microdata Area (PUMAs) – Geographic Area with 100,000 Population
Commuting Within Baltimore Region
Commuting Within Jurisdiction of Residents
Carroll County
Baltimore County
Central/East Baltimore City (PUMA 804)
Baltimore City Residents Place of Birth
Baltimore City Residents Mode of Transportation to Work
Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP) AASHTO Partnered with all of the States on Pooled Fund Projects to Support the Development of Special Census Products and Data Tabulations for Transportation Proves Understanding of Characteristics about Where People Live and Work, their Journey to Work Commuting Patterns and the Modes they Use for Getting to Work Transportation Analysis Zones (TAZ)
Carroll, Freedom Area Residents Travel Mode to Work
Workers Travel Time to Work by Transit
Longitudinal Employer- Household Dynamics (LEHD) Public-Use Information Combining Federal, State and Census Bureau Data on Employers and Employees States Share Unemployment Insurance Earnings Data and the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) Data Combined with Additional Administrative Data and Data from Censuses and Surveys
Cherry Hill Residents Work Location 2011 LEHD
Cherry Hill – Workers Distance and Direction
Cherry LEHD Worker Flows
Cherry Hill - GTFS
Transit Station Typology
Baltimore Region 2040 Typology
Transit Propensity Index
Local Survey Data 2001 Household Travel Survey
2007 On-Board Transit Survey – Household Income
2007 On-Board Transit Survey – Access Mode
2007 On-Board Transit Survey – Vehicle Available
2007 On-Board Transit Survey – Employer Fare Payment
Travel Model Simulations – Home-Based Work Mode Share
For More Information Charles Baber Phone: extension