Critical Urban Rural Freight Corridors (CURFC NHFN)

ISO-19139 Metadata

Resource Identification Information:

Citation:
Title:  Critical Urban Rural Freight Corridors (CURFC NHFN)

Reference date - creation:  2023-12-31
Reference date - publication:  2024-09-18

Presentation format:  mapDigital

Party responsible for the resource - originator: 
Individual's name: Aaron Garland
Organization's name: Washington State Department of Transportation Division of Rail Freight and Ports
Contact's position: Rail & Freight Data Analyst

Contact information:
Address:
e-mail address: Garlana@wsdot.wa.gov
Themes or categories of the resource:  planningCadastre, transportation

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  Downloadable Data

Thesaurus name: ArcGIS Content Type
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  FHWA, freight, critical, urban, rural, corridor, transportation

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  FHWA, freight, critical, urban, rural, corridor, transportation

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  FHWA, freight, critical, urban, rural, corridor, transportation

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  FHWA, freight, critical, urban, rural, corridor, transportation

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  FHWA, freight, critical, urban, rural, corridor, transportation

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  FHWA, freight, critical, urban, rural, corridor, transportation

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  FHWA, freight, critical, urban, rural, corridor, transportation

Abstract:  The National Highway Freight Network (NHFN) consists of four components: 1) Primary Highway Freight System (PHFS): this is a network of highways identified as the most critical highway portions of the U.S. freight transportation system determined by measurable and objective national data; 2) Other Interstate portions not on the PHFS: these highways consistof the remaining portion of Interstate roads not included in the PHFS; 3)Critical Rural Freight Corridors (CRFCs): these are public roads not in an urbanized area which provide access and connection to the PHFS and the Interstate with other important ports, public transportation facilities, or other intermodal freight facilities; 4) Critical Urban Freight Corridors (CUFCs):these are public roads in urbanized areas which provide access and connection to the PHFSand the Interstate with other ports, public transportation facilities, or other intermodal transportation facilities. FHWA designates the PHFS, while states and in certain cases, Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), are responsible for designating public roads for the CRFCs and CUFCs in accordance with U.S.C Title 23, Section 167. In2022, WSDOT updated the Critical Urban and Rural Freight Corridor designation in collaboration with MPO and RTPO partners in Washington state. This GIS dataset provides an inventory ofthose corridors, reflecting the current designation adopted in the 2022 Washington State Freight System Plan. Another GIS dataset is also available for the PHFS and Non-PHFS Interstates, reflecting the 2022 redesignation by the FHWA. The critical urban and rural corridor designation process and criteria can be found in the 2022 Washington State Freight System Plan, appendix G: https://wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/statewide-plans/freight-rail-plans/freight-system-plan

Purpose: The National Highway Freight Network (NHFN) was established under the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) to direct federal resources toward improving the performance of highway portions of the U.S. freight transportation system. Part of the NHFN network includes Critical Urban and Rural Freight Corridors. This GIS data provides an inventory of these corridors in Washington, reflecting the most current designation adopted in the 2022 Washington State Freight System Plan.

Dataset language:  eng
Dataset character set:  utf8

Status:  onGoing
Maintenance:
Update frequency:  asNeeded


Resource constraints:
Constraints:
Limitations of use: For planning use only. The Washington State Department of Transportation shall not be liable for any activity involving these data with regard to lost profits or savings or any other consequential damages; or the fitness for use of the data for a particular purpose; or the installation of the data, its use, or the results obtained.

Spatial representation type:  vector

Processing environment:  Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.9.1.28388

Extent:
Extent description: Data provided for this analysis was collected and created during the calendar year 2023.

Geographic element - Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: -124.006722
East longitude: -116.876976
North latitude: 48.866
South latitude: 45.537517
2023-01-01T00:00:00 2023-12-31T00:00:00
Credits: WSDOT Rail, Freight and Ports Division, FHWA

Point of contact - originator: 
Individual's name: Aaron Garland
Organization's name: Washington State Department of Transportation Division of Rail Freight and Ports
Contact's position: Rail & Freight Data Analyst

Contact information:
Address:
e-mail address: Garlana@wsdot.wa.gov

Spatial Representation - Vector:

Level of topology for this dataset:  geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Object type:  composite
Object count: 298

Reference System Information:

Reference system identifier:
Value: 2927
Code space: EPSG
Version: 6.3(9.0.0)

Distribution Information:

Format:
Format name: Feature Class

Metadata Information:

Metadata language:  eng
Metadata character set:  utf8


Last update:  2024-10-03
Maintenance:
Update frequency:  asNeeded



Metadata contact - originator: 
Individual's name: Aaron Garland
Organization's name: Washington State Department of Transportation Division of Rail Freight and Ports
Contact's position: Rail & Freight Data Analyst

Contact information:
Address:
e-mail address: Garlana@wsdot.wa.gov
Scope of the data described by the metadata:  dataset
Scope name: dataset

Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Version of the metadata standard: 2007