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Memorandum of Cooperation Signed by Former Secretary Slater.

Former Secretary Slater announced an agreement with the government of Mexico that will enhance both nations' statistical capabilities and promote improved transportation statistics and analysis.

The Memorandum of Cooperation was signed by Secretary Slater and Secretary Carlos Ruiz Sacristan

of the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation of Mexico. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) will be the lead agency in DOT on statistical exchanges with Mexico.

The agreement creates a Joint Working Group. The two agencies are interested in cooperating through the exchange of experience in technical and scientific areas, exchange of observers and staff, and coordination and planning to further ongoing work in the area of North American transportation statistics and related initiatives.

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