Between August 15 and September 16, 1983, personnel at the 19 New Mexico ports of entry and internal ports collected and recorded information from each hazardous material placarded vehicle stopping at the ports. Data collected included the port location, origin and destination of shipment, type and quantity of hazardous material carried, highway route, and other information. Resources Communities, Inc. (RCI) coded the data and Transportation Department personnel entered it into the Statistical Analysis System (SAS). SAS is a computer program, first designed in 1966, that provides for information storage and retrieval, data modification, statistical analysis, and file handling. Using SAS, RCI analyzed the data to obtain information relevant to development of the hazardous materials emergency response program. In particular, RCI determined: states of origin and destination, types of hazardous materials being transported, annual number of shipments, traffic density by port of entry and by highway route, and time of day that transportation occurs. (ERA citation 11:039973)


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    Title :

    New Mexico Hazardous Materials Transportation Survey and Incident Analysis


    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    40 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English