Freight Transportation Stakeholders:

Please join the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Freight Management and Operations for a webinar on the Freight Analysis Framework Version 5 (FAF5).

What’s New in FAF5:

Overview of FAF5 Highway Network Assignment Model, Model Results, and
Visualization Tool Demonstration

October 20, 2022

1:00-2:00 PM Eastern

To attend the webinar, please click here to register

The webinar will feature speakers from FHWA (Birat Pandey), Caliper Corporation (Howard Slavin), and Texas A&M Transportation Institute (Nicole Katsikides). Speakers will provide an overview of the FAF5 highway network assignment model and model results; and highlight a new, web-based FAF visualization tool in development.

Background

FAF is produced through a partnership between the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) and FHWA. FAF integrates data from various sources to create a comprehensive picture of freight movement among States and major metropolitan areas by all modes of transportation. The 2017 Commodity Flow Survey and international trade data serve as the foundation of FAF. FAF provides estimates for tonnage and value by regions, origin and destination, commodity type, and mode for base year 2017 and a 30-year forecast. FAF5 forecasts provide information on future freight demand for three economic growth scenarios at five-year increments through 2050, by various modes of transportation.

Every five years, FHWA and BTS produce a full update of FAF in conjunction with the U.S. Census Bureau’s Commodity Flow Survey and U.S. Economic Census release. Recently, the latest version of this resource (FAF5) was jointly released by BTS and FHWA.

This webinar is the second in a two-part series. The first webinar (held July 2022) provided an overview of FAF5 base year data and forecasted data; and highlighted a web-based data tool available for FAF users.

For additional information on FAF5, please see https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/freight_analysis/faf/.

Contact

Please email [log in to unmask] with any questions. We hope you will be able to participate!

Other Information

The U.S. Department of Transportation is committed to providing equal access to this meeting for all participants. If you need alternative formats or services because of a disability for the webinar, please contact Alisa Fine at (617) 494-2310 or via email at [log in to unmask] with your request by close of business Tuesday, October 11, 2022.