DOT Releases Second Edition of the Worldwide Transportation Directory

Contact DOT 110-97 BTS Product Line 202-366-DATA

Monday, July 28, 1997 -- Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater announced the release of the Department of Transportation’s second edition of the Worldwide Transportation Directory, which was designed to help transportation data users, policy makers, planners, researchers, and others to locate essential statistical contacts in different countries. The second edition has been expanded to include country transportation profiles.

"The department's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) continues to provide a valuable service for those who require transportation information from different countries," Secretary Slater said. "Transportation information has become a global commodity. Individual national economies are now more highly linked, and there is a growing need for transportation, trade, and tourism statistics that are timely, accurate, and accessible."

The directory lists, by continent, 1,925 contact points in 189 countries, plus 42 dependencies and areas of special sovereignties. This represents an increase of 174 contact points and 8 additional dependencies and areas of special sovereignties since the first edition in 1995. Data entries were restricted primarily to government and quasi-government agencies and organizations. In addition to these, there are 59 transnational organizations that span the interests and responsibilities of several countries, and in some cases even continents.

Dr. T. R. Lakshmanan, Director of BTS, said, "This comprehensive inventory of transportation data sources is illustrative of the Bureau's continuing commitment to providing accessibility to transportation information, be it here or abroad."

A copy of the report may be ordered by calling (202) 366-DATA, faxing (202) 366-3640, e-mailing orders@bts.gov, or writing the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room 3430, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20590. An electronic version of the report is available on the Bureau’s Internet site at http://www.bts.gov.