FAF 2 The Second Generation of Freight Analysis Framework Office of Freight Management and Operations Federal Highway Administration Tianjia Tang, PE, Ph.D. phone: Fax;

Presentation Outline 1)FAF Objective 2)Approaches 3)Deliverables 4)FAF2 Structure and Components 5)Question/Answer

FAF 2 - Objective 1)To answer freight shipment volume and congestion questions on the highway system 2)To answer freight shipment route/corridor questions 3)To answer freight shipment modal questions 4)Other derivative usages

FAF 2 - Objective 1)To answer freight shipment volume and congestion questions on the highway system 2)To answer freight shipment route/corridor questions 3)To answer freight shipment modal questions 4)Other derivative usages Big Picture and National Overview

FAF 2 - Objective 1)To answer freight shipment volume and congestion questions on the highway system 2)To answer freight shipment route/corridor questions 3)To answer freight shipment modal questions 4)Other derivative usages 1) FHWA/US DOT policy and investment analyses 2) Other derivative usages

FAF 2 - Approach 1)Data Sources – public data 2)Methods and Models – transparent and duplicable 3)Deliverables – data, methods, and results are publicly available

Deliverables Commodity O-D Related FAF2 Network Related

1)The current 2002 O-D database 2) Projections for years between 2010 and 2035 in 5 year interval 3)Annual provisional estimate Deliverables Commodity O-D Related

1) The 2002 O-D truck O-D database 2) Future truck O-D databases for year 2015 and )FAF2 national highway network 4)Various products (corridor, congestion…) from truck network loading 5)FAF2 water and rail assigned networks FAF2 Network Related Deliverables

FAF2 Structure Base Case Commodity O-D 2002 Future Commodity O-D FAF2 Highway Network Vessel Flow O-D Assigned FAF2 Network Assigned Water Network Assigned Rail Network

Base Case Commodity O-D 2002 Future Commodity O-D FAF2 Highway Network Vessel Flow O-D Assigned FAF2 Network FAF2 Structure Assigned Water Network Assigned Rail Network

Base Case Commodity O-D 2002 Future Commodity O-D FAF2 Highway Network Vessel Flow O-D Assigned FAF2 Network The 2002 O-D database – Oakridge National Lab (ORNL) The OS Studies - MacroSys Research and Technology and ORNL FAF2 Structure Assigned Water Network Assigned Rail Network

Base Case Commodity O-D 2002 Future Commodity O-D FAF2 Highway Network Vessel Flow O-D Assigned FAF2 Network FAF2 Structure Assigned Water Network Assigned Rail Network

Base Case Commodity O-D 2002 Future Commodity O-D FAF2 Highway Network Vessel Flow O-D Assigned FAF2 Network FAF2 Structure Assigned Water Network Assigned Rail Network Future O-D databases – Contractors are being solicited.

Base Case Commodity O-D 2002 Future Commodity O-D FAF2 Highway Network Vessel Flow O-D Assigned FAF2 Network FAF2 Structure Assigned Water Network Assigned Rail Network

Base Case Commodity O-D 2002 Future Commodity O-D FAF2 Highway Network Vessel Flow O-D Assigned FAF2 Network FAF2 Structure Assigned Water Network Assigned Rail Network

Base Case Commodity O-D 2002 Future Commodity O-D FAF2 Highway Network Vessel Flow O-D Assigned FAF2 Network Assigned Water Network Assigned Rail Network FAF2 Structure

Base Case Commodity O-D 2002 Future Commodity O-D FAF2 Highway Network Vessel Flow O-D Assigned FAF2 Network Contactors are needed Assigned Water Network Assigned Rail Network FAF2 Structure

Base Case Commodity O-D 2002 Future Commodity O-D FAF2 Highway Network Vessel Flow O-D Assigned FAF2 Network Assigned Water Network Assigned Rail Network FRA Army COE FAF2 Structure

1)114 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) regions 2)17 additional international gateways (AIG) 3)7 International trade regions A Total of 17,196,732 Matrix Cell Values for a given time period FAF 2 : Commodity Geographical Resolution

114 CFS Zones ( Green and White )

FAF AIG ( Magenta ) Land Crossings: Laredo TX; Blaine WA; International Falls MN; Champlain/Rouses Point NY; Alexandria Bay NY; El Paso TX; Brownsville/Hidalgo,TX. Ports: Beaumont TX; Charleston SC; Portland ME;Savannah GA; Morgan City LA; Corpus Christi TX; Lake Charles LA; Baton Rouge LA; Mobile AL; Airport: Anchorage AK

FAF International Trade Regions 1)Canada 2)Mexico 3)Latin and South America 4)Asia 5)Europe 6)Middle East 7)Rest of the World

FAF 2 – Transportation Mode 1)Truck 2)Rail 3)Water 4)Air 5)Pipeline 6)Intermodal 7)Others

FAF 2 – Commodity Classification Standard Classification for Transported Goods (SCTG) At 2-digit level, there are 42 commodities+ 1 unknown.

FAF 2 – Commodity Classification Categories Outside CFS 1)Farm based agricultural 2)Fishery 3)Crude petroleum 4)Natural gas 5)Municipal solid waste 6)Construction 7)Logging 8)Services 9)Publishing 10) Retail 11) Household & Business Moves 12) Import 13) Export continued …

FAF 2 – Future Goods Movement The regional economic growth projections for years between 2010 and 2035 are analyzed through economic models for three different scenarios – normal growth, low growth, and high growth. These growth data are commodity specific.

FAF 2 – Routing Future Goods Movement For a given commodity, the modal split remains constant unless information indicates otherwise. This does not guarantee that total modal share is constant. If commodity shares are changed, then total modal share will be changed, too.

2002 O-D CD Content

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1: FAFOD_2002.mdb 2: FAFOD_DOM_2002.cvs FAFOD_BRD_2002.cvs FAFOD_SEA_2002.cvs 3:faf_od_users_guide.pdf 2002 O-D CD Content

Data Format The current 2002 FAF2 OD CD Domestic FAFOD_2002.mdb

FAFOD_BRD_2002 FAFOD_SEA_2002 Data Format

FAFOD_BRD_2002 FAFOD_SEA_2002 Data Format

FAF 2 - Status 1)2002 base case database – January )2005 annual provisional estimate – Summer )Other annual provisional estimate – March of the following year 4)Flow database – Fall )Projections of – Fall )Loaded network – Fall

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