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<p class=MsoPlainText><u><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Friends of the Census:<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><u><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></font></u></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><u><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This group would work much more efficiently if it had a
normal internet forum structure. <o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><u><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A forum isn’t very hard to establish and would allow
us to discuss the various issues without having to send emails to everybody all
the time.<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><u><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></font></u></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On
Behalf Of Sabula,Julianne Ruth (Engineering-Const Planner II)<br>
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:38 AM<br>
To: ctpp-news@chrispy.net<br>
Subject: RE: [CTPP] RE: Census Bureau Federal Register Notice on
NewDataDisclosure Restrictions</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Is there a way to reply just to the person you are conversing with? I
would rather access these messages on the discussion board if I'm interested
than empty my inbox once an hour.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Julianne Sabula<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Utah</span></font></st1:place></st1:State>
Transit Authority<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>From: ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net
[mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Agnello, Paul<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:22 AM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>To: Ed Christopher; Graham, Todd; Penny Weinberger;
ctpp-news@chrispy.net<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Cc: Memmott, Jeff <RITA>; kcooper@dot.state.nv.us;
amy.thomas@ky.gov; robbins@wsdot.wa.gov; Murakami,Elaine;
ayalew.adamu@dot.ca.gov; sandy.beaupre@dot.state.wi.us;
willimasjs@dot.state.al.us; bobbi.retzlaff@dot.state.wi.us; dhardy@ampo.org;
nerlbaum@dot.state.ny.us; donna.weaver@po.state.ct.us; pleasantmd@scdot.org;
huiwei.shen@dot.state.fl.us; kmiller@njtpa.org; rdenbow@ampo.org;
Ron.fields@arkansashighways.com; jonette.kreideweis@dot.state.mn.us;
nsrinivasan@nas.edu; phil.mescher@dot.state.ia.us; Curling,Samuel F.; Weiner,Ed
<OST>; Pickard, Andy,P.E.; virginia.porta@arkansashighways.com;
Tambellini, Rick L.; Fred@NARC.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Subject: [CTPP] RE: Census Bureau Federal Register Notice on New
DataDisclosure Restrictions<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>>From a state planning perspective, I think it is very disappointing
(whether it is due to new tighter disclosure rules or the statistical
reliability issue) that it appears that states and MPOs will not have the same
quality of CTPP data available in 2010 as in 2000 and previous census cycles.
Particularly since states are paying considerably more for the next CTPP than
for 2000. <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Virginia</st1:place></st1:State>'s
share more than tripled in cost from 2000 to 2010. I agree with the earlier
point that if states are paying for the special tabulations, there should not
be these new disclosure restrictions governing the release of the data. I am
not clear on why the disclosure restrictions are even an issue since I am not
aware of any past disclosure issues with the 2000 or prior CTPP and mining CTPP
data would not appear to be a particularly effective way for someone to try to
find out personal info. about someone else. If this is such an issue, why was
it not a problem in the past?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>While it may be too late to fix the problems associated with data
quality/content for the next CTPP, I'm wondering if there are ways that the ACS
sample could be increased with additional federal and/or state support in the
future so that this statistical reliability issue could be addressed, perhaps
in a process similar to the way NHTS is done, or perhaps CTPP data needs to
come from a different source long term if the ACS data is not reliable enough
to meet state and metropolitan planning needs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Decision makers increasingly want to see more robust technical tools
and analysis which to support planning analysis which requires more detailed
data at the small area from sources such as ACS, CTPP, NHTS, etc., and major
conferences, e.g., TRB, and federal agencies have supported better data for
transportation planning for years. Therefore, from a state perspective, the
Census Bureau's proposed policy change run counter, not only to prevailing
trends, but to the policies from other federal transportation agencies. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>-------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Paul T. Agnello<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Travel Demand Modeling Manager<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Virginia</span></font></st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Department</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> of
Transportation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Transportation & Mobility Planning Division <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1401 East Broad Street Telephone (804) 786-2531<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Richmond</span></font></st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Virginia</st1:place></st1:State> 23219-2000 Fax (804) 225-4785 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>E-mail: mailto:paul.agnello@VDOT.Virginia.gov<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Website: http://www.virginiadot.org/ <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>* CONFIDENTIALITY/PRIVACY NOTICE - The documents included in this
transmission may contain information that is confidential and/or legally
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>From: Ed Christopher [mailto:edc@berwyned.com] <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12:07 AM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>To: Graham, Todd; Penny Weinberger<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Cc: Murakami, Elaine; Agnello, Paul; banningag@michigan.gov;
sandy.beaupre@dot.state.wi.us; kcooper@dot.state.nv.us;
jonette.kreideweis@dot.state.mn.us; phil.mescher@dot.state.ia.us;
ayalew.adamu@dot.ca.gov; pleasantmd@scdot.org; virginia.porta@arkansashighways.com;
bobbi.retzlaff@dot.state.wi.us; robbins@wsdot.wa.gov;
huiwei.shen@dot.state.fl.us; amy.thomas@ky.gov; donna.weaver@po.state.ct.us;
willimasjs@dot.state.al.us; sharon.ju@h-gac.com; kmiller@njtpa.org; Pickard,
Andy, P.E.; creschovsky@mwcog.org; grousseau@atlantaregional.com;
Fred@NARC.org; rdenbow@ampo.org; dhardy@ampo.org; rmccready@aashto.org;
Memmott, Jeff <RITA>; nsrinivasan@nas.edu; Weiner, Ed <OST>;
Ron.fields@arkansashighways.com; nerlbaum@dot.state.ny.us<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Subject: Re: Census Bureau Federal Register Notice on New Data
Disclosure Restrictions<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Todd--You should have posted to the full CTPP listserve. You make all <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>good points that people need to think about. One point of
clarification <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>is that the AASHTO CTPP Oversight Board has sent a new proposal of <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>tables over to the CB for 3-year data and in fact the mode to work <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>questions are rolled up. I believe the largest roll-up is 3 modes: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>auto, other and total. I took on the task of posting the new tables to
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>the Listserve but haven't done so yet. The tables are still fresh off <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>the press and I will not be able to get to it till Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>One point that is missed in all of this is that with the 3-year data we
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>are talking about a zone system with 20,000 people per zone. That is <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>the size of 7 or so tracts. Pretty big when you are talking about <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>planning within a region. Even though you are right about the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>statistical quality of the data the CB is not telling us there is a <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>statistical reason for suppressing the data. They are basing it solely
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>on disclosure requirements. Disclosure requirements and arguments that
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> can not be proven. Another point that is missed is that the old long
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>form data suffered from the same relative thinness at the tract, block <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>group and TAZ level. At those levels of geography many of the same <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>tables that are not passing the disclosure rules now would not have <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>passed then. Yes, the data today is a little thinner but that has
never <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>been the issue.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>One last point is that CTPP has always been a special tabulation and if
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>you push the issue far enough logic should dictate that someone <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>purchasing a special tabulation should be allowed to buy whatever data <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>they want no matter how crappy it is. In 1980 the CB used to sell us <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>the data with a "caveat emptor" sticker on it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Putting all the cards on the table does point to why synthetic data for
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>small area analysis is so important. Unfortunately there are not only <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>statistical issues of methodology to deal with but also practical
issues <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>of political acceptance within the community.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Graham, Todd wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> State and MPO colleagues--<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> Discussions about Census data disclosure have been making the
rounds. I wanted to share a few thoughts with the SCOP Census Data Work
Group...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> Re: protecting the individual confidentiality of respondents.
True, the Bureau itself is standing this up as their decision basis (it's a
legally powerful position). But I think the larger, latent, real concern among
the Bureau statisticians is statistical reliability.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> We know ACS sampling is thin (1 in 8 households surveyed, 60-65%
response rates?) and temporally spread out... And we know there will be large
numbers of individual data cells in the planned CTPP-from-ACS tabs where
estimates would be based on just 1 or 2 respondents. As a statistician, I
really don't like this. Resulting estimates are not robust. (There's great
uncertainty around whether the 1 or 2 survey respondents should represent 10-20
other people - or perhaps, by freak luck, the 1 or 2 persons are unique. There
is real probability of 1 or 2 respondents being *not* representative.) This is
particularly true in the most highly-detailed crosstabs. Hundreds of cells in
a table *will* result in many cells with small numbers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> I know some members of SCOP have been drafting comments in
response to the Fed Register Notice. Some of these comments will make emphatic
proposals that we must have fully populated CTPP tables. I worry that this
line of reasoning won't have much traction at Census Bureau... And really, do
we believe that any numbers (regardless of statistical reliability) are better
than no numbers?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> As a statistician, I disagree - and I think there are creative
alternatives that are viable: (1) SCOP and Census Data Workgroup have discussed
data synthesis techniques to simulate or synthesize the desired details. Or
(2), a more conventional solution, more highly aggregated ("rolled
up") categorization in the CTPP-from-ACS tabs. What SCOP requested in
2007 looks a lot like CTPP 2000 -- even though we knew that ACS Survey sampling
is thinner than Census 2000.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> Sorry to bring this up, but here goes: AASHTO SCOP should revisit
the CTPP-from-ACS design, reopen it for discussion, go back to the drawing
board, and consider more highly aggregated ("rolled up")
categorizations in the CTPP-from-ACS tabs. Do we really need 10 (or 17)
categories of mode of travel (can we live with fewer)? Do we really need 25
categories of household income (can we live with fewer)? Do we really need
tabs with travel-start-time expressed in 15-minute intervals??<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> I know there are sunken costs already. Still, my candid advice:
AASHTO SCOP and other funding partners in the CTPP need to take a deep
breath... and consider revising the special tabs requests. And Census Bureau
should cooperate and enable such a new plan.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> I understand that people are up-at-arms about this. (Census
Bureau, for their part, waited until 2008 to clearly signal that there would be
a tighter data disclosure regime than experienced in CTPP 2000...) But the
realpolitic is: Census Bureau statisticians have already decided this matter --
isn't the Fed Register notice just a formality? -- and from the standpoint of
good statistical science, their decision is right.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> -- Todd Graham<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> ________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> Todd Graham<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> Principal Forecaster<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> Metropolitan Council<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">390 Robert Street
North</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Saint Paul</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">MN</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">55101</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> phone 651/602-1322<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> email todd.graham@metc.state.mn.us<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> web www.metrocouncil.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> www.metrocouncil.org/metroarea/stats.htm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> ________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Ed Christopher<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>708-283-3534 (V)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>708-574-8131 (cell)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>FHWA RC-TST-PLN<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>19900 Governors Dr</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Olympia</span></font></st1:City> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Fields</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">IL</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">60461</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
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