FRA Districts eng; USA 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 information applies to the dataset Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) GIS Office Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) GIS Program Manager 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington DC 20590 United States FRAGIS@dot.gov party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource 2025-07-16 ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata ISO/TS 19139:2007 solid 8 FRA Districts 2022-10-17 date identifies when the resource was brought into existence Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) party who created the resource map represented in raster or vector form The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Districts dataset was created on October 13, 2022 from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). District boundaries represent geographic divisions of safety disciplines. These are no longer used to represent administrative boundaries. A data dictionary, or other source of attribute information, is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1522268 This layer represents FRA's districts. Acknowledgment of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) [distributor]. data is continually being updated Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) GIS Office Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) GIS Program Manager 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington DC 20590 United States FRAGIS@dot.gov party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource data is updated as deemed necessary NTAD National Transportation Atlas Database Transportation Atlas Database vector polygon Rail Districts Non-administrative geographic divisions keyword identifies a particular subject or topic none USA National keyword identifies a location none 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. limitation not listed Access Constraints: unrestricted National Transportation Atlas Database 2022-10-17 publication Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) party who published the resource reference to a master dataset of which this one is a part vector data is used to represent geographic data eng; USA boundaries Native Dataset Environment: Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.8.1.14362 -179.16856682629799 179.748709449182 18.913826019855001 71.3896098666021 2022-10-13 0 FRA Districts Entity and Attribute Overview: District boundaries represent geographic divisions of safety disciplines. These are no longer used to represent administrative boundaries. Entity and Attribute Detail Citation: https://doi.org/10.21949/1522268 Open Data Catalog 1.0 ArcGIS REST Services Directory Feature Server (WFS) 11.5 Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) NTAD Program Manager 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington DC 20590 United States ntad@dot.gov party who distributes the resource https://doi.org/10.21949/1528158 http Open Data Catalog An ESRI Geodatabase, ESRI shapefile, or spreadsheet. online instructions for transferring data from one storage device or system to another https://doi.org/10.21949/1528176 http ArcGIS REST Services Directory Feature Server (WFS) complies with OGC WFS Map Service for visualizing geospatial information online instructions for transferring data from one storage device or system to another information applies to the dataset Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) District layer was created through a collaborative effort between the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Bureau and Transportation Statistics (BTS), ultimately being approved by a member of the FRA. BTS communicated with FRA personnel to help understand where the FRA Districts are located. As a result, the FRA created the district geographies using ArcGIS Pro, and sent them to BTS for publication. BTS then performed quality control checks on these data for consistency with FRA’s website, to check if each region incorporated the correct states, and also checked for gaps or slivers in the geographies. Next, BTS developed a database schema utilizing the “add field” function within ArcGIS Pro, and then added attribution to the districts deriving information from the FRA’s website https://railroads.dot.gov/railroad-safety/divisions/regional-offices/safety-management-teams, to fill out appropriate content with FRA’s guidance and ultimate approval. data is updated as deemed necessary Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) GIS Office Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) GIS Program Manager 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington DC 20590 United States FRAGIS@dot.gov party that accepts accountability and responsability for the data and ensures appropriate care and maintenance of the resource