The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the DOT reading room is being downsized and threatened with closure. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the Department of Transportation reading room located at 400 7th St. SW in Washington, D.C. is being downsized and threatened with closure. Regular researchers report that documents that they have used for years are suddenly not there. They have been told that older material is being sent to NARA storage center in Suitland even though that information is not available on the NHTSA web site. Access at Suitland is difficult for the public. The reading room includes the following kinds of information in its collection: 1) Technical Information Services (TIS) information, 2) dockets and NHTSA comments to dockets, 3) research note books that help users find Federal Register notices and identify dockets relevant to their research, 4) papers from the Society of Automotive Engineers, 5) service bulletins for vehicles, 6) NHTSA news releases, 7) motor vehicle recalls, defects investigations, 8) NHTSA sponsored research, 9) presentations to 1988-89 series of meetings on roll over prevention and much more. Please let the Department of Transportation know about the value of this reading room.