BTS Publications Now Available by Fax on Demand

Contact DOT 06-96 Ernest Wilson 202-366-6664

Wednesday, January 17, 1996 -- The Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics today announced the availability of a toll-free fax- on-demand service for BTS publications. Many of the publications that BTS traditionally has mailed can now be received via fax machine by ordering the documents through a free call on a touch- tone telephone.

"The Bureau of Transportation Statistics has performed a valuable service for transportation data users around the country," Secretary Peña said. "Accessibility to transportation data is vital to the transportation community."

Dr. T. R. Lakshmanan, Director of BTS, noted that, "This service allows for easy access and quick availability of the material by all who want it and is consistent with the Bureau s commitment to foster accessibility to transportation data."

Individual chapters and statistical tables from BTS products can be faxed upon request simply by keying in the product codes on your touch tone telephone. Items that can be faxed range from the BTS Telephone Contacts List for Users of Federal Transportation Statistics, the 1995 Directory of Transportation Data Sources, to the soon-to-be added 1995 Transportation Statistics Annual Report (TSAR), as well as the latest BTS press releases and a product order form. Future information will include the preliminary results from the 1993 Commodity Flow Survey and an index to subjects contained in the 1990 Census Transportation Planning Package.

Dr. Lakshmanan stated that many of these same materials are also available through the BTS Home Page on the world wide web: http://www.bts.gov as well as on CD-ROM. He noted that if the fax-on-demand service proves useful, BTS will continue to produce and maintain a more extensive library for transportation planners.

To order publications via this new service, dial the Bureau of Transportation Statistics toll-free number, 1-800-671-8012 (from outside the U.S., dial 202-366-9516), and order the BTS Fax-On-Demand Catalog. After reviewing the catalog, call back and request the chapters and/or tables needed by dialing the toll-free number and keying in the product code number contained in the catalog.