NCHRP Report 588:

A Guidebook for Using American Community Survey Data for Transportation Planning

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Size: 285 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:2008

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Earl Ruiter; Nancy McGuckin; Transportation Research Board
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 588: A Guidebook for Using American Community Survey Data for Transportation Planning explores incorporating the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) data into the transportation planning processes at national, state, metropolitan, ...
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Front Matter	i-ix
1.1 Overview of the American Community Survey	1-1	(skim)
1.2 Some Important Implications of ACS for Data Users	2-2	(skim)
1.3 Purpose and Organization of this Guidebook	3-3	(skim)
1.4 Additional Information Sources for an Introduction to ACS	4-5	(skim)
2.1 ACS Implementation	6-17	(skim)
2.2 Additional Information Sources on ACS Implementation	18-21	(skim)
3.1 ACS Data Products	22-29	(skim)
3.2 Additional Information Sources for Obtaining ACS Data	30-30	(skim)
4.1 Accuracy of ACS Data	31-36	(skim)
4.2 Data Accumulation over Time and Geography	37-43	(skim)
4.3 Data Disclosure Limitations	44-47	(skim)
4.4 Understanding, Working with, and Reporting Sample Data	48-52	(skim)
4.5 Comparison of ACS Estimates to Census	53-64	(skim)
4.6 Implications of ACS Data Release Frequency	65-72	(skim)
5.1 Descriptive Analyses	73-75	(skim)
5.3 Descriptive Analysis Case Studies	76-100	(skim)
5.4 Other Specific Uses of Census Data for Descriptive Analyses	101-101	(skim)
6.1 Trend Analysis	102-103	(skim)
6.3 Trend Analysis Case Study	104-110	(skim)
6.4 Conclusions from the Case Study	111-113	(skim)
6.5 Specific Uses of Census Data for Trend Analyses	114-116	(skim)
7.1 Transportation Market Analysis	117-118	(skim)
7.3 Transportation Market Analysis: Environmental Justice Case Study	119-125	(skim)
7.4 Conclusions from the Case Study	126-126	(skim)
7.5 Specific Uses of Census Data for Market Analyses	127-130	(skim)
8.1 Survey Development and Analysis	131-131	(skim)
8.2 Benefits and Limitations of ACS for Survey Development and Analysis	132-132	(skim)
8.3 Case Study	133-140	(skim)
9.1 Travel Demand Modeling	141-143	(skim)
9.3 Travel Demand Modeling Case Studies	144-148	(skim)
9.4 Specific Uses of Census Data for Travel Demand Modeling	149-150	(skim)
Appendix A - Housing and Population Questions From ACS and Census Long Form	151-161	(skim)
Appendix B - ACS Base Tables	162-184	(skim)
Appendix C - ACS Data Profiles	185-206	(skim)
Appendix D - ACS Multiyear Profiles	207-226	(skim)
Appendix E - ACS Ranking Tables	227-233	(skim)
Appendix F - ACS Thematic Maps	234-235	(skim)
Appendix G - ACS Subject Tables	236-245	(skim)
Appendix H - ACS Selected Population Profiles	246-252	(skim)
Appendix I - Comparison of ACS and Decennial Census Transportation Planning Estimates	253-262	(skim)
Appendix J - Seasonality Analyses Using ACS	263-275	(skim)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications	276-276	(skim)

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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 588: A Guidebook for Using American Community Survey Data for Transportation Planning explores incorporating the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) data into the transportation planning processes at national, state, metropolitan, and local levels. The report examines ACS data and products and demonstrates their uses within a wide range of transportation planning applications.

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