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