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DOT Releases Second Edition of the Worldwide Transportation Directory
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DOT 110-97
BTS Product Line
202-366-DATA
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Monday, July 28, 1997 -- Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater
announced the release of the Department of Transportations
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 Bureaus Internet
site at http://www.bts.gov.
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