Slide 2 of 10. 1969 Was a Very Good Year

• Department of Transportation Act
  • Legal mandate to direct DOT to "promote and undertake development, collection, and dissemination of technological, statistical, economic, and other information relevant to domestic and international transportation."
• Database development
  • Highway Research in Progress / Highway Research Information Service
    • Cooperative effort of Bureau of Public Roads, AASHO, and State Highway Departments
    • Housed at: HRB
    • Intended for: Sponsors
    • Other modal databases follow