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Transportation Networks and Waterway Data on CD-ROM Now Available from DOT
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DOT 30-95
BTS Product Line
202-366-DATA
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Monday, February 27, 1995 -- Secretary of Transportation Federico Peña today
announced that computer information on national geographic
databases of transportation facilities and national waterways is
now available on the latest software technology (CD-ROM) from the
United States Department of Transportation.
"The department's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
has performed a valuable service for those who need this type of
information," Secretary Peña said. "By providing it on
CD-ROMS, material that was previously widely dispersed is now
readily available from one convenient source."
BTS produced the National Transportation Atlas Databases:
1995 CD-ROM with information provided by DOT, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the National Park
Service and the Military Traffic Management Command. This
information provides the data infrastructure to support research,
analysis and decision making across all modes of transportation.
The database is designed primarily to meet the needs of the DOT
at the national level, but can have major applications for the
state and local transportation community.
The United States Waterway Data CD-ROM is a compilation of
information related to the navigable waters in the U.S. including
inland, off-shore, Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway. The
data were collected from several agencies and institutions,
including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Data
Center, the U.S. Bureau of Census, the U.S. Coast Guard, Oak
Ridge National Laboratory and Vanderbilt University. Information
on commerce, facilities and performance, imports and exports,
accidents, and geographic waterways network are illustrated on
this CD-ROM.
Dr. T.R. Lakshmanan, Director of the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, said that
"Accessibility to this data is vital to the transportation
community. Providing the information on CD-ROM makes the data
more readily and widely available to planners, researchers, and
analysts and allows for easier access, use, and integration of
the data to support future applications."
To order the CD-ROMs or for further information, contact the
Bureau of Transportation Statistics at (202) 366-DATA or by fax,
(202) 366-3640.
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