BTS Journal Says Better Statistical Information Needed On Automotive Emissions

USDOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics
January 9, 2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, January 9, 2001
Contact: David Smallen
Tel.: (202) 366-5568
BTS 2-01

Improved statistical methods can contribute to more realistic solutions of automotive emissions problems and to improved decision-making and policy setting, according to the new Journal of Transportation and Statistics released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).

"Protection of the environment will be one of the major challenges for transportation in the 21st century," Dr. Ashish Sen, BTS Director, said. "Sound statistical methods will provide transportation decision makers with the information to develop better strategies to improve our environment."

The Journal of Transportation and Statistics, a quarterly publication, contains seven papers by noted academic experts on the statistical methodologies for measuring and analyzing automotive emissions.

The Journal may be obtained in the following ways:

On the web: www.bts.gov

Phone: 202-366-DATA

Fax: 202-366-3640

Mail: Journal of Transportation and Statistics
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
U.S. Department of Transportation
400 7th St SW, Room 3430
Washington, DC 20590