Freight Analysis Framework

Project Title:  View help for Project Title Freight Analysis Framework

Summary:  View help for Summary From https://www.bts.gov/faf:

The Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) database provides estimates of US freight flows. The FAF provides data for states and metropolitan areas. Flows include all modes of transportation and 42 commodity types. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) produces the FAF with support from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). BTS builds FAF with data from many sources. Inputs include the Commodity Flow Survey (CFS), foreign trade data, and data from agriculture, extraction, utility, construction, service, and other sectors.

FAF5 includes three types of freight flows: weight, value and activity. The FAF provides weight in thousands of tons, value in millions of 2017 constant dollars, and activity in millions of ton-miles. Users can download .csv and Microsoft Access files below.

The latest version of FAF (FAF5.6.1) provides estimates of weight, value, and activity by origin and destination regions, commodity type, and mode for:

* Base year (2017)
* Annual estimates (2018–2022)
* Preliminary annual estimates (2023)
* Forecast year estimates (2025–2050)
* State-level historical trend estimates (1997–2012)
* Experimental county-to-county estimates (2022) – the recently released experimental product (county-level flows) and documentation

The experimental county-to-county estimates are not included in this upload.

From https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/freight_analysis/faf/:

The Freight Analysis Framework (FAF), produced through a partnership between Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), integrates data from a variety of sources to create a comprehensive picture of freight movement among states and major metropolitan areas by all modes of transportation. Starting with data from the 2017 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) and international trade data from the Census Bureau, FAF version 5 (FAF5) incorporates data from agriculture, extraction, utility, construction, service, and other sectors.

The FAF5 provides estimates for tonnage and value by regions of origin and destination, commodity type, and mode for base year 2017 and a 30- year forecasts. FAF5 forecasts provide a range of future freight demands at five-year increments representing three different economic growth scenarios, through 2050, by various modes of transportation.

Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://www.bts.gov/faf

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms freight; transportation; highway

Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States

Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1997 – 2023 (2017 base year; 2018-2023 annual estimates; 2025-2050 5-year estimates; 1997-2012 backpopulation)