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Freight Analysis Framework (FAF5) Regions

Metadata Updated: October 15, 2024

The Freight Analysis Framework (FAF5) - Regions dataset was created from 2017 base year data and was published on April 11, 2022 from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). The 2017 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) contains 132 zones for U.S. domestic regions, which are directly carried over to the geography definitions for the FAF (Version 5) Regions. These geographic areas can be classified as one of the following three types: (1) Metropolitan Area (MA): The state part of a selected metropolitan statistical area (MSA) or combined statistical area (CSA). (2) The Remainder of State (ROS): The portion of a state containing the counties that are not included in the MA type CFS Areas defined above. (3) Whole State: An entire state where no MA type CFS Areas are defined within the state.

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License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Date August 27, 2024
Metadata Created Date August 3, 2024
Metadata Updated Date October 15, 2024
Reference Date(s) July 1, 2014 (creation)
Frequency Of Update irregular

Metadata Source

Harvested from National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date August 27, 2024
Metadata Created Date August 3, 2024
Metadata Updated Date October 15, 2024
Reference Date(s) July 1, 2014 (creation)
Responsible Party Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
Guid Freight Analysis Framework (FAF5) Regions
Category Tag 16E15F51 D96E 4051 9124 75665Abdc6Ff ["Arctic","Arctic Development and Transport","Transportation","Transportation Nodes"]
Access Constraints Access Constraints: unrestricted
Bbox East Long -67
Bbox North Lat 71.5
Bbox South Lat 18.5
Bbox West Long -171.5
Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update irregular
Harvest Object Id 0d33bedd-3f47-408c-9261-714b5dc4675e
Harvest Source Id ee45e034-47c1-4a61-a3ec-de75031e6865
Harvest Source Title National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata
Licence This NTAD dataset is a work of the United States government as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101 and as such are not protected by any U.S. copyrights. This work is available for unrestricted public use.
Lineage
Metadata Language eng; USA
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-171.5, 18.5], [-67.0, 18.5], [-67.0, 71.5], [-171.5, 71.5], [-171.5, 18.5]]]}
Progress completed
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System
Spatial Harvester True

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