1996 Directory of Transportation Data Sources Now Available from DOT

Contact DOT 228-96 BTS Product Line 202-366-DATA

Friday, October 18, 1996 -- U.S. Secretary of Transportation Federico Peña today announced the release of the third edition of the Directory of Transportation Data Sources from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

This report continues to be the most comprehensive source of transportation statistics from a wide variety of government and private sources, all brought together in one convenient location, Peña said.

The purpose of the Directory is to provide users of transportation statistics with a comprehensive inventory of transportation data sources to effect easier accessibility and availability of information. A data source is defined as a computerized data base developed within the U.S. government, state government, U.S. private industry, Canada or Mexico, for internal or external use, as well as regularly scheduled or special published statistical reports not included on a computerized system.

BTS Director Dr. T. R. Lakshmanan said, Accessibility to this information is vital to the transportation community whose hunger for data is ever-increasing. Over the years, the directory has become an indispensable tool for users of transportation statistics.

The directory will be available on CD-ROM in BTS s annual Data Sampler CD-ROM to be released in January 1997.

To order the Directory of Transportation Data Sources, or for further information, contact the Bureau of Transportation Statistics at (202) 366-DATA, by fax on (202) 366-3640, by the Internet at www.bts.gov, or by writing to BTS/DOT, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590.