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PRESS RELEASES FROM 2002
December
 BTS Reports
Decline in Airline Passenger Revenue And Rise in Freight Revenue
(12/31/02)
November
Study
Finds Bypasses Harm Inner-City Gas Stations (11/27/02)
DOT Issues Final Rule To Require
Airlines To Report Causes of Delays and Cancellations (11/25/02)
BTS Indicators
Report Finds Airline Flights Still Off From Previous Year’s Levels (11/15/02)
U.S. Ports Move Almost 1.2 Billion Tons Of Foreign Trade Per Year, DOT Reports (11/5/02)
BTS
Survey Finds 2.3 Million Americans Dispose of Motor Oil Improperly (11/5/02)
September
BTS
Indicators
Report Finds Airline Freight Revenues Rising while Passenger Revenues
Drop (10/1/02)
BTS Aims for
Improved Transportation Decisions With TranStats, an Intermodal
Database on the Web (9/16/02)
BTS Indicators
Report Shows Air Travel Decline in
the Americas (9/11/02)
August
Secretary
Mineta Presents Sept. 11 Memorial Quilt to Pentagon (8/27/02)
BTS
Indicators Report Shows International
Air Travel Decline (8/5/02)
July
DOT
To Fill Small Airline And Cargo Data Gap (7/30/02)
 Number
and Length of International Air Trips Grew During 1990s, BTS Reports
(7/22/02)
BTS Indicators
Report Shows Drop In Airline Fuel Costs
(7/15/02)
Airline Industry Reported Steep Losses in
2001, BTS Year-end Financial Report Shows
(7/11/02)
BTS
Releases NTAD 2002 Geographic Databases With New View of Water
Features (7/11/02)
June
North American Trade &
Transportation News Truck
Crossings Annual Release: 2001
North
American Trade & Transportation News Transborder Annual Release:
2001
U.S. Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Fell In 2001 for the
First Time Since NAFTA Inception (6/20/02)
May
BTS Indicators
Report Shows 10-Year Low in Air Carrier Returns
(5/7/02)
BTS
Releases Special Accessibility Issue (5/16/02)
Airline
Information Airline Traffic Annual Release: 2001 (5/24/02)
April
BTS
Indicators Report Shows Drop in Airline Fuel Prices (4/3/02)
BTS
New Pocket Guide to Transportation Shows Increasing Airline Passenger
Screenings (4/8/02)
Bureau
of Transportation Statistics Awards Grants for Transportation
Statistics Research (4/19/02)
Airline
Employment Dropped 11 Per Cent In 2001, BTS Reports (4/23/02)
March
BTS
Indicators Report Shows September 11 Impact on Large Airlines (3/7/02)
BTS
Survey Finds Public Satisfied With Government Efforts on
Transportation Security (3/13/02)
February
BTS
Indicators Report Shows Drop in Gasoline Prices (2/5/02)
January
BTS Indicators Report Shows
Impact of September 11 on Airlines (1/9/02)
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