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BTS Pocket Guide Traces Transportation Trends
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DOT 1-99
Carolee Bush
202-366-6946
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Wednesday, January 6, 1999 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of
Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released a new edition of
its popular Pocket Guide to Transportation.
"This small publication contains a wealth of information
on a wide variety of transportation subjects, and illustrates
major transportation trends over the past 26 years," said
Dr. Ashish Sen, the Bureau’s new director. "This
information will be helpful to all involved in making
America’s transportation system safe, reliable and efficient
for the 21st century."
One of the trends Dr. Sen cited is the near doubling of
long-distance trips within the United States between 1977 and
1995.
The Pocket Guide to Transportation is divided into four
sections, which cover the extent and use of the American
transportation network, the impact of transportation on the
economy, safety information, and energy and environmental issues.
Much of the information parallels that contained in more detail
in the Bureau’s Transportation Statistics Annual Report
1998.
To order free copies of the Pocket Guide to Transportation,
call (202) 366-DATA (3282), fax (202) 366-3640, or write the
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Room 3430, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC
20590. The electronic version of this report is available on the
BTS Internet site, www.bts.gov.
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