|
DOT Releases Overview of Transportation in the U.S.
|
Contact |
DOT 42-97
Carolee Bush
Media
202-366-6946
Joanne Sedor
Technical
202-366-8959
|
|
Friday, April 4, 1997 -- U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater today
released a report that presents an overview of the nation s
transportation system.
"This report provides a snapshot of the U.S.
transportation system, the safest and most efficient in the
world, and it examines the critical importance of transportation
to the economy," Slater said.
Entitled Transportation in the United States: A Review, and
based on data from the department s Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), the report highlights the physical
characteristics of the transportation system and explores key
trends in passenger travel and safety, freight movement, the
energy and environmental impacts of transportation, and how the
public spends its transportation dollars.
BTS Director Dr. T. R. Lakshmanan said, "Americans spend
an average of 19 percent of their income on
transportation-related expenditures. Transportation represents
nearly 11 percent of our gross domestic product, moves more than
12 billion tons of goods annually, and supports 17,200 passenger
miles per person per year. This report explains what such large
numbers mean for American households and businesses."
The report is available in both printed and electronic forms.
To order printed copies, call (202) 366-DATA, or fax (202)
366-3640, or write the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S.
Department of Transportation, Room 3430, 400 Seventh Street,
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590. The electronic version of the
report is available on the Bureau's Internet site at http://www.bts.gov .
|
|