摘要: |
The conference provided a forum for participants to share experiences with the use of census data in transportation planning and decision making. Participants also learned about recent and forthcoming census products. The conference further provided the chance to discuss opportunities, limitations, and challenges involved in using census data, data available from the private sector, and data from global positioning systems and other technologies. Finally, participants were able to discuss research and training needs associated with applying census data and data from other sources to transportation planning and decision making. This conference summary report follows the conference agenda. The presentations made in each session are summarized. The conference began with general sessions highlighting activities at the Census Bureau; data at the federal, state, and local levels were used. Breakout sessions included presentations on the use of census data and data from other sources for a wide range of transportation applications. |