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PRESS RELEASES FROM 2000

Small DOT LogoSecretary Slater Releases BTS Report Showing Increase In Jet Fuel Prices (12/21/00)

Small DOT LogoSecretary Slater Releases BTS Report Showing Record Air Passenger Seat Miles (11/30/00)

Small DOT LogoSecretary Slater Releases Thanksgiving Travel Information and Warns Air Travelers to Allow Extra Time in Preparation (11/17/00)

Small DOT LogoSecretary Slater Announces BTS Sessions to Promote Reporting of Trucking Industry Financial Information (11/14/00)

Small DOT LogoTransportation Indicators Report: Secretary Slater Says Air Passenger Loads on Domestic Flights are at a High (10/26/00)

Small DOT LogoJoint Report by Three Nations Finds Significant Energy Use by Transportation Sector (10/12/00)

Small DOT LogoSecretary Slater Announces Plan to Cooperate On Statistics with Mexican Transportation Agency (10/12/00)

Small DOT LogoU.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater Says U.S. Economy is Growing Faster Than Transportation Energy Use (9/26/00)

Small DOT LogoSecretary Slater Releases BTS Plan To Improve Transportation Safety Data (9/13/00)

Small DOT LogoU.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Transportation Trends Report, Seeks Comment (9/5/00)

Small DOT LogoRural Transportation Website Now Available on Internet (7/24/00)

Small DOT LogoU.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces $392,382 in Grants For Transportation Statistics Research (7/13/00)

Small DOT LogoNew Report Documents Increased Role of Transportation in National Economy (7/10/00)

Small DOT LogoBTS Released Report on Bicycle and Pedestrian Data (6/16/00)

Small DOT LogoDOT Hosts Intermodal Safety Data Conference (4/11/00)

Small DOT LogoSecretary Slater Announces Availability of New Transportation Information Service on National Transportation Library Internet Site (1/10/00)

Small DOT LogoBTS Releases New Pocket Guide to Transportation (1/10/00)

If you have any problems accessing any of the documents, please send an e-mail message to:
jennifer.kunkle@ost.dot.gov