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BTS Pocket Guide Traces Transportation Trends

Contact DOT 1-99 Carolee Bush 202-366-6946

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.