Updated Waterway Data on CD-ROM Now Available from DOT

Contact DOT 193-96 BTS Product Line 202-366-DATA

Tuesday, September 3, 1996 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that updated information on United States navigable waterways is now available on CD-ROM.

The data for the Waterway CD-ROM is a compilation of waterway databases, reports and graphics related to the navigable waters in the U. S., including inland, offshore, the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The data were provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the U.S. Coast Guard, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Vanderbilt University, and provide a basis for intermodal analysis with reliable data to support future waterway and intermodal applications.

Dr. T. R. Lakshmanan, Director of the department's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), said, Accessibility to these data is vital to the transportation community. This product is another example of fostering interagency and intra-agency cooperation through data sharing. It provides a mechanism to integrate waterway data.

To order a copy of the CD-ROM, contact the Bureau of Transportation Statistics by phone at (202) 366-DATA, FAX at (202) 366-3640, or by writing to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics at BTS/DOT, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590. The data may also be ordered on the Internet worldwide web at http://www.bts.gov under Products.