Name: Freight and Goods Transportation System - Truck Corridors
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Description: The Washington State Freight and Goods Transportation System (FGTS) classifies freight corridors by modes in Washington state based on annual freight tonnage moved, including truck, rail, and waterway freight corridors. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) designates and updates the FGTS every two years. This dataset shows the truck freight corridors classified under FGTS system, including state highways, ferry routes, city streets, and county roads. Two other datasets are also available and published for FGTS system, including Freight and Goods Transportation System of Washington – Rail Corridors, and Freight and Goods Transportation System of Washington – Waterway Corridors.
Copyright Text: WSDOT Rail, Freight and Ports Division
Name: Freight and Goods Transportation System - Rail Corridors
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Description: The Washington State Freight and Goods Transportation System (FGTS) classifies freight corridors by modes in Washington state based on annual freight tonnage moved, including truck, rail, and waterway freight corridors. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) designates and updates the FGTS every two years. This dataset depicts the rail freight corridors classified under FGTS system, and provides information on railroad name, segment location, ownership and operators, and corridor classifications in tiers. This dataset is based on rail inventory and volume information collected for data year 2021 and published in 2023 FGTS update.Two other GIS datasets are also available and published for 2023 FGTS update, including FGTS Truck Corridors, and FGTS Waterway Corridors. For more information about FGTS system, please visit https://wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/statewide-plans/freight-plans.
Copyright Text: WSDOT Rail, Freight and Ports Division
Name: Freight and Goods Transportation System - Waterway Corridors
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Description: The Washington State Freight and Goods Transportation System (FGTS) classifies freight corridors by modes in Washington state based on annual freight tonnage moved, including truck, rail, and waterway freight corridors. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) designates and updates the FGTS every two years. This dataset depicts the waterway freight corridors classified under FGTS system, and provides information on waterway name, link name, annual freight tonnage moved, and corridor classifications in tiers based on 2021 data.The data source for creating waterway freight corridors is the US Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources: https://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/About/Technical-Centers/WCSC-Waterborne-Commerce-Statistics-Center/Data from Waterborne Commerce of the United States 2021, Part 4 report was used to extract cargo tonnage data by waterways in Washington state, and the GIS data of the National Waterway Network was used for mapping purpose. This GIS data is published for 2023 FGTS update. Two other GIS datasets are also available and published for 2023 FGTS update, including FGTS Truck Corridors, and FGTS Waterway Corridors. For more information about FGTS system, please visit https://wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/statewide-plans/freight-plans.
Copyright Text: WSDOT Rail, Freight and Ports Division
Description: Point locations of major freight intermodal facilities in Washington state. This data contains information about major freight intermodal facilities in Washington state, including cargo airports, rail intermodal terminals, and major ports handling freight shipment. The data includes facility name, type, ownership, and location.
Copyright Text: WSDOT Rail, Freight and Ports Division
Description: The truck freight economic corridor designation is built upon Freight and Goods Transportation System (FGTS) tonnage classification and takes into account freight system resiliency and first/last mile connectivity to freight land uses and facilities. A truck freight economic corridor designation helps understand how freight connectors are being used by industry, and informs future planning efforts to identify the needs and opportunities for improving those connectors. This designation includes three components: 1) High volume truck corridors: T-1 and T-2 freight corridors that are defined in the FGTS as carrying at least four million tons of gross truck tonnage per year; 2) Alternative freight routes: routes that serve as alternatives to primary cross-state freight routes during severe weather or other disruptions to increase freight system resiliency; 3) First/last mile connector routes: truck routes that connect freight-intensive land uses to T-1 and T-2 freight corridors, and alternative freight routes. First/last mile connectors provide important freight linkages to strategic national defense facilities, significant intermodal facilities, warehouse districts, industrial land and distribution centers, and agricultural processing centers, and the National Highway Freight Network. For more information about this designation, please visit https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/freight/fgts
Copyright Text: WSDOT Rail, Freight and Ports Division
Name: NHFN Critical Urban and Rural Freight Corridors
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Description: 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
Copyright Text: WSDOT Rail, Freight and Ports Division, FHWA
Description: 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. This GIS dataset provides an inventory of the PHFS and Non-PHFS Interstates, reflecting the 2022 redesignation by the FHWA. The original GIS shapefiles were acquired through FHWA’s National Highway Freight Network Tool in 2023: https://usdot.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=c4c0fdef029a4093b169e493e1883988
Copyright Text: WSDOT Rail, Freight and Ports Division