Transportation Data Directory Available from DOT

Contact DOT 91-95 BTS Product Line 202-366-DATA

Monday, May 15, 1995 -- Secretary of Transportation Federico Peña today announced the release of the second edition of the Directory of Transportation Data Sources from the U. S. Department of Transportation.

"The department's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has done a valuable service for those who require transportation information," Secretary Peña said. "Users of transportation statistics are provided with a comprehensive inventory of transportation data sources to effect easier accessibility and availability of information."

The Directory contains information on transportation data bases and regularly scheduled or special-published statistical reports developed within the federal government and private industry. This year's edition also contains transportation information from Canada and Mexico.

Dr. T. R. Lakshmanan, Director of the BTS, said that "Accessibility to this data is vital to the transportation community. Providing the information in one source makes the data more readily available and widely known to planners, researchers and analysts, and allows for easier access and use of the material."

The Directory is also available on diskette in a dbase viewer format.

To order the Directory of Transportation Data Sources or for further information, contact the BTS at (202)366-DATA or by fax, (202) 366-3640.