Use of the U.S. Census Bureau's Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) by state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations
By: consultant, Kevin F. Tierney
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board; National Cooperative Highway Research Program; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; United States. Federal Highway Administration
Series: NCHRP synthesis -- 434; Synthesis of highway practice -- 434.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 73
ISBN-13: 9780309223652
Subjects: Choice of transportation; Mathematical models; Planning; Commuting; Land use; Urban transportation; Land use models; Metropolitan planning organizations; Travel demand
Description: "Census microdata are the confidential records of specific individuals and housing units from whom Decennial Census or American Community Survey responses have been obtained. The U.S. Census Bureau also draws a sample from the full set of microdata and makes these sampled records available in the Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data products, so that users can develop their own tabulations. These data are being used by state departments of transportation (DOTs) and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) for studies, such as analyses of the commuting characteristics of population subgroups, and for supporting travel demand model and land use models."--Preface
Notes: At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program.

"A synthesis of highway practice."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-64).

Also available online.

Research sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with the Federal Highway Adminisitration NCHRP project 20-05, topic 42-02
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Overview of the public use microdata sample data; title: Survey of usage of the public use microdata sample data by Transportation Planners; title: Applications of the public use microdata sample data; title: Conclusions and further research.