Government Documents on Transportation
Transportation affects our lives when we drive a car, fly a plane, board a bus, or even cross the street. Government agencies produce a variety of publications dealing with various aspects of transportation such as railroads, airplanes, ships, and highways. Publications from government agencies dealing with transportation are primarily located in the HSSE and ENGR libraries. Subject headings you can use to search the Library Catalog for government information on transportation include:
Federal Aid to Transportation
Railroads and State United States
Transportation and State United States
Transportation Law and Legislation United States
The principal index for U.S. Government publications on transportation is the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government PublicationsHSSE REF 016.353 UN36 from 1994-present and the GPO Index 1976-present. Other useful indexes to U.S. Government information include the Congressional Information Service (CIS) Index HSSE REF 328.73005 C76 covering congressional publications.
Executive branch departments producing transportation publications and their SuDoc
number stems are:
| U.S. Dept. of Transportation | TD 1 HSSE & ENGR |
| National Transportation Safety Board | TD 1.100's HSSE, AVTE, & ENGR |
| Federal Highway Administration | TD 2 HSSE & ENGR |
| Federal Railroad Administration | TD 3 HSSE & ENGR |
| Federal Aviation Administration | TD 4 AVTE |
| U.S. Coast Guard | TD 5 HSSE & ENGR |
| National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | TD 8 HSSE & ENGR |
| Maritime Administration | TD 11 ENGR |
Useful government reference sources and periodicals featuring transportation information are:
| Statistical Abstract of the U.S.. (Also in CD-ROM) | HSSE REF 317.3 & HSSE DOC C 3.134: |
| Transportation Acronym Guide | HSSE DOC TD 1.8:AC 7/996 |
| Directory of Transportation Data Sources | HSSE DOC TD 1.9/4:D 26 |
| Traffic Safety Data (CD-ROM) | HSSE REF TD 1.56/3:988-93/ |
| TIGER/Line 1995 (CD-ROM) | HSSE REF TD 1.56/5:CD-TGR-95 |
| United States Waterway Data (CD-ROM) | ENGR TD 1.56:W 31/996 |
| National Transportation Atlas Data Bases (CD-ROM) | HSSE REF TD 1.56:AT 6 |
2007 Census of Transportation & Warehousing (Use NAICs Code 48) 2002 Census of Transportation & Warehousing & |
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| FAA Aviation Safety Journall | AVTE TD 4.68: |
| Highway Safety | HSSE DOC TD 8.12/2: |
| Public Roads: A Journal of Highway Research | ENGR & HIKS Repository 625.705 P96 |
| Journal of Transportation & Statistics | HSSE DOC TD 12.18: |
Congressional Information Sources
The U.S. Congress is also an excellent source of transportation information. Congressional committees are responsible for funding federal transportation programs and overseeing their performance. The CIS Index listed earlier is a good place to start.
Other legislative information sources located in HSSE Library are:
| Senate Bills HSSE MF Y 1.4/1: (Online 1993-present) |
| House Bills HSSE MF Y 1.4/6: (Online 1993-present) |
| Senate Reports HSSE DOC Y 1.1/5: (Online 1995-present) |
| House Reports HSSE DOC Y 1.1/8: (Online 1995-present) |
| House Appropriations Committee HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/1:T 68/4 (Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-IN) is a member of this committee) |
| Senate Approprations Committee HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/2: (Approprations committee publications are excellent project expenditure information sources) |
| Senate Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee HSSE DOC Y 4.C 73/7: |
| Senate Environment & Public Works Committee HSSE DOC Y 4.P 96/10: |
| House Transportation & Infrastructure CommitteeHSSE DOC Y 4.T 68/2 |
| Compilation of Maritime Laws HSSE DOC Y 4.T 68/2:106-62 & Compilation of Selected Surface Transportation Laws Volume 2 Regulatory Laws HSSE DOC Y 4.T 68/2:110-102 |
| Compilation of Selected Coast Guard & Marine Transportation Laws HSSE DOC Y 4.T 68/2:106-63 |
| Compilation of Railroad Laws HSSE DOC Y 4.T 68/2:107-2/V. 1-2 |
| Government Accountability Office Reports MEL MF GA 1.13: |
| Office of Technology Assessment Reports HSSE DOC Y 3.T 22/2: |
| Congressional Budget Office HSSE DOC Y 10 |
| Lexis-Nexis Digital Congressional Serial Set (Purdue Users Only) HSSE Repository Y 1.1/2: |
| Congressional Research Service Reports (Courtesy-University of North Texas Library) |
Internet Sources
Increasing amounts of government information are available on the Internet. A good
local access point is the Purdue Libraries Documents Dept. homepage. GPO Access
provides one stop access to the federal government's major legal, legislative, and
regulatory information resources. Other important federal transportation websites are:
| U.S. Dept. of Transportation |
| Transportation Dept. Inspector General |
| National Surface Transportation Policy & Revenue Study Commission (Commission existed from 2005-2008) |
| National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission |
Indiana State Agencies
| Access Indiana (Indiana government gateway) |
| Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
| Indiana Port Commission |
| Indiana General Assembly |
Selected International and Foreign Government Sites
| European Union Transport Activities |
| International Civil Aviation Organization |
| Australia Parliament House of Representatives Standing Committee on Transport & Regional Services |
