BTS Releases Second Issue of the Journal of Transportation and Statistics

Contact DOT 179-98 Marsha Fenn 202-366-1845

Monday, September 28, 1998 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released its second issue of the Journal on Transportation and Statistics. This issue focuses on the January 1994 Northridge, Calif., earthquake.

"We can learn from catastrophes, especially how to respond to disasters more effectively and how well infrastructure and physical support systems work together," said BTS Deputy Director Robert Knisely. "This earthquake and its aftermath provided important information about the impact of transportation disruptions on businesses and regional economies."

This issue of the journal presents the results of BTS-sponsored research in cooperation with California-area universities. The University of California at Los Angeles, the University of California, Irvine, the University of Southern California and California Polytechnic University, Pomona, initiated studies of travel behavior and economic relationships revealed by responses to the earthquake.

The journal articles and contributing authors include:

• "Impacts of the Northridge Earthquake on Transit and Highway Use," by Genevieve Giuliano, Ph.D., University of Southern California; and Jacqueline Golob, Ph.D., Jacqueline Golob Associates, Los Angeles.
• "Transport-Related Impacts of the Northridge Earthquake," by Peter Gordon, Ph.D., University of Southern California, School of Urban Planning and Development; Harry W. Richardson, Ph.D., University of Southern California, School of Urban Planning and Development; and Bill Davis, Ph.D., University of Southern California, School of Urban Planning and Development.
• "Impacts and Responses: Goods Movement After the Northridge Earthquake," by Richard Willson, Ph.D., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
• "Business Losses, Transportation Damage and the Northridge Earthquake," by Marlon G. Boarnet, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, Department of Urban and Regional Planning.
• "An Assessment of Transportation Issues Under Exceptional Conditions: The Case of the Mass Media and the Northridge Earthquake," by Jane Gould, Ph.D., London Business School.

The journal will be published twice a year initially, with the possibility of a quarterly edition in the future. The first year’s subscription is free of charge and readers from government, academia and industry are encouraged to subscribe. The editor-in-chief and a 26-member editorial board were selected largely from outside the federal government, although the U.S. Transportation Department is well represented.

For information on submitting a paper or to receive journal guidelines for paper submission, write the managing editor, JTS, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room 3430, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590, or e-mail journal@bts.gov.

One-year complimentary subscriptions can be obtained by faxing requests to (202) 366-3640, by e-mailing requests to orders@bts.gov, or by writing to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics at the address above. The journal is also available by visiting the BTS website at www.bts.gov.