Rail yards

This layer was developed for the 2024 Atlanta Region Freight Mobility Plan (2024 ARFMP) and published by the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC). The 2024 ARC Freight Dashboard serves as a tool to help explain how and where freight moves. This dashboard consolidates data collected for the 2024 Atlanta Regional Freight Mobility Plan . The following list describes the layers included in the ARC Freight Dashboard: Asthma Rates (Asthma_Rates): Current asthma among adults aged 18+ (percentile). Source: U.S. Council on Environmental Quality, Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST). Atlanta Airport (Atlanta_Airport): Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Environmental Justice Score (EJ_Score): Formerly Equitable Target Areas (ETA); considers racial/ethnic minority and low-income status as indicators of potential inequality. Freight Clusters (_20240322_2024_ARC_Freight_Cluster_Areas): Freight clusters designated by ARC for the 2024 ARFMP. GA_net: Expressways and Regional Truck Routes. Georgia: State of Georgia. County Boundaries (County Boundary): Atlanta region county boundaries. MPO Planning Area (MPO_Planning_Area): Atlanta metropolitan planning area. MPO Planning Area Border (MPO_Planning_Area_Border): Atlanta metropolitan planning area boundary. National Highway Freight Network (NHFN): Federally designated highways critical to U.S. freight movement (PHFS, other Interstates, critical rural/urban corridors, connectors). North_American_Rail_Network_Lines: Rail lines in North America with attribute data. Data from the National Transportation Atlas Database. Rail Yards (Rail_yards): Rail yards in the Atlanta region, symbolized by yard type. Rail_Net_Clip: Rail lines in Georgia. Rail_OutsideMPO (Rail_OutsideMPO): Railroads outside the metropolitan planning area boundary. Regional Truck Routes (Regional_Truck_Routes): ARC-designated network of freight-critical roadways balancing efficiency, mobility, and community impacts. US Counties (County_Boundary): U.S. Counties from 2023 U.S. Census TIGER/Line files. US Water (US_Water): Waterbodies. For additional information, please visit the Atlanta Regional Commission at www.atlantaregional.org .