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TRAVEL SURVEY

The 1995 American Travel Survey: United States Profile from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS) is the first report in a series that will present information about long-distance travel habits in America.

Released in November 1997, the survey is the first comprehensive effort since 1977 to determine where, when and how people travel in the United States.

Check out the results of the American Travel Survey.


  Welcome to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' news and information page for 1998. If you are looking for transportation data, BTS probably has it. BTS compiles & publishes statistics on all major transportation modes, conducts long-term data collection programs and identifies needs for transportation data. For more info on BTS, send an e-mail to info@bts.gov or call 202-366-DATA.

PRESS RELEASES FROM 1998

bulletTransportation Trends Illustrated in New BTS Pocket Guide (1/12/98)

bulletNew Journal of Transportation and Statistics Released at TRB Meetings in Washington, DC (1/12/98)

bulletBTS Director Lakshmanan Returns to Boston University (2/3/98)

bulletCritical Data Identified in New BTS Report (2/13/98)

bulletNew BTS Study Examines Transportation Challenges for Welfare Reform (2/24/98)

bulletNew North American Transportation Atlas Data Released on CD-ROM (7/15/98)

bulletNew Resource Tool to Assist State and Local Transportation Planners (7/29/98)

bulletBTS Releases Transportation Statistics 1998 Annual Report to Congress (9/15/98)

bulletBTS Releases Second Issue of The Journal of Transportation and Statistics (9/28/98)

bulletAshish Sen Named Director of DOT's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (10/21/98)

bullet1997 Commodity Flow Survey Shows Increase in Freight Transportation (12/22/98)

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