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Strategies for improved collection of national travel data

March 10th, 2011

Good travel data are essential to support critical transportation policy choices and multimillion dollar investments facing public and private decision makers. Unfortunately, the travel data available today are inadequate to meet this demand. HOW WE TRAVEL: A SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR TRAVEL DATA, a new report from the National Research Council, assesses the current state of travel data at the federal, state, and local levels and defines an achievable and sustainable travel data system to help guide critical policy choices and investments in the transportation sector.

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Advance copies of the report will be available to reporters only beginning at 10 a.m. EDT on Monday, March 14. THE REPORT IS EMBARGOED AND NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE BEFORE 9 A.M. EDT ON TUESDAY, MARCH 15. Reporters can obtain a copy by contacting the Office of News and Public Information; tel. 202-334-2138 or e-mail news@nas.edu.

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