NEWS RESEARCH: CRITICAL EVALUATION OF SPECIFIC TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY RESOURCES TRANSPORTATION

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NEWS RESEARCH CRITICAL EVALUATION OF SPECIFIC
TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY RESOURCES -
TRANSPORTATION Barbara Post, Transportation
Research Board bpost_at_nas.edu
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TRANSPORTATION FACTS

• Transportation accounts for 980 billion of the
  U.S. Gross Domestic Product
• Transportation accounts of 19 of the average
  household expenditures
• The transportation system effects all our lives

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SCOPE OF TRANSPORTATION

• Multiple modes - aviation, railroads,
  automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, maritime,
  pipelines, bicycles, public transit, logistic and
  freight transport
• Multi-Disciplinary includes engineering,
  planning, environmental issues, economics, human
  factors

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GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
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STATISTICAL INFORMATION
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SAFETY INFORMATION
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MODAL INFORMATION
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TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATIONS

• Modal associations - Air Transport Association,
  American Trucking Associations, American Public
  Transportation Association, Association of
  American Railroads
• Associations for all aspects -National Asphalt
  Pavement Association, Portland Cement Association
• Good Information but remember biases

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DATABASES
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TRIS

• Largest and comprehensive resource on
  transportation information
• Over 500,000 records of published and on-going
  transportation
• For over 35 years has been one of the major
  resources on transportation
• Available through Dialog (File 63) and TRANSPORT
  product from SilverPlatter

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TRIS ONLINE

• Web version of TRIS available through the Bureau
  of Transportation Statistics National
  Transportation Library
• Contains all of TRIS except European ITRD File
  and Research in Progress
• Provides links to full text and document delivery
  sources

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SCENARIO 1
Research Request Two kids jumped out the back of
a moving school bus. Can we get bus
specifications? Specifically, how far is the
drop from the emergency exit?
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SCHOOL BUS EXITS

• GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
• Federal Government
• NHTSA
• CFR - Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
• State Government (Florida Dept of Education)
• Associations
• School Bus Information Council
• National Association of Pupil Transportation
• Databases (ERIC and TRIS)

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SCENARIO 2
Research Scenarios The big story that comes
immediately to mind is the state of the nation's
passenger air transport system. It's a huge
national story and increasingly a major regional
story as well as we all feel the personal impact
of delays and the economic impact of an air
transport system grinding to a crawl.
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AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

• FEDERAL INFORMATION
• Office of Airline Information
• Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation
  and International Affairs
• Federal Aviation Administration
• ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATION
• DATABASES - Magazines, news articles,
  bibliographic

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SCENARIO 3
I think it's obvious to anyone who drives in a
major urban center that while the traffic just
keeps getting worse there seem to be few new
highways to meet the demand. How can we best
track and research this growing economic and
quality of life problem? What is the economic
impact? Why have transportation alternatives
failed and how can we identify the causes and
those responsible? Again, a very complex story
with so many aspects that need to be researched
and constantly monitored to adequately report.
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SCENARIO 3

• Texas Transportation Mobility Study
• The Transportation Road Program
• AAA
• TRB
• Local governments
• Databases

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SCENARIO 4
Need information on the Travel Transportation
Reform Act
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TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION REFORM ACT

• Thomas - text of law and legislative history
• Department of Transportation Web Site
• General Services Administration

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