BTS Publications Now Available by Fax on Demand
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DOT 06-96
Ernest Wilson
202-366-6664
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Wednesday, January 17, 1996 -- The Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation
Statistics today announced the availability of a toll-free fax-
on-demand service for BTS publications. Many of the publications
that BTS traditionally has mailed can now be received via fax
machine by ordering the documents through a free call on a touch-
tone telephone.
"The Bureau of Transportation Statistics has performed a
valuable service for transportation data users around the
country," Secretary Peña said. "Accessibility to
transportation data is vital to the transportation community."
Dr. T. R. Lakshmanan, Director of BTS, noted that, "This
service allows for easy access and quick availability of the
material by all who want it and is consistent with the Bureau s
commitment to foster accessibility to transportation data."
Individual chapters and statistical tables from BTS
products can be faxed upon request simply by keying in the
product codes on your touch tone telephone. Items that can be
faxed range from the BTS Telephone Contacts List for Users of
Federal Transportation Statistics, the 1995 Directory of
Transportation Data Sources, to the soon-to-be added 1995
Transportation Statistics Annual Report (TSAR), as well as
the latest BTS press releases and a product order form. Future
information will include the preliminary results from the 1993
Commodity Flow Survey and an index to subjects contained in the
1990 Census Transportation Planning Package.
Dr. Lakshmanan stated that many of these same materials are
also available through the BTS Home Page on the world wide web:
http://www.bts.gov as well as on CD-ROM. He noted that if the
fax-on-demand service proves useful, BTS will continue to produce
and maintain a more extensive library for transportation
planners.
To order publications via this new service, dial the Bureau
of Transportation Statistics toll-free number, 1-800-671-8012
(from outside the U.S., dial 202-366-9516), and order the BTS
Fax-On-Demand Catalog. After reviewing the catalog, call
back and request the chapters and/or tables needed by dialing the
toll-free number and keying in the product code number contained
in the catalog.
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