摘要: |
The purpose of the research for Project 0-6199, Estimated Impact of the 2010 Census on the Texas Transit Funding Formula, is to project population growth for the 2010 Census in urbanized and non-urbanized areas in Texas and to identify the impacts on funding allocations using the Texas Transit Funding Formula. This research is a collaborative effort between the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research (IDSER) at the University of Texas at San Antonio and Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), part of The Texas A&M University System. Researchers completed four major tasks prior to this report. The findings of the previous research are documented in technical memoranda that serve as the background and source of data for this report. Technical Memorandum 1, Assessment of Policies Impacting Public Transportation Funding, reviews legislative and administrative policies and practices for funding public transportation in Texas and discusses the policies that may be affected by the results of the decennial census in 2010. Technical Memorandum 2, Impact of Census 2010 on Population Factors Affecting Apportionment of FTA Funds and on the Designation and Population of Urbanized Areas in Texas, provides a summary of the projected changes in the number of urbanized areas for Texas as well as the projected population for each county and urbanized area for the 2010 Census. Technical Memorandum 3, Assessment of the Impact of Demographic Trends on Public Transportation in Texas, discusses changes in the populations for elderly and persons with disabilities by transit districts in Texas. Technical Memorandum 4: Review of Impacts of Changes in Census Data Reporting provides an overview of the American Community Survey and its relevance to transit funding. |