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Finding Infrastructure Data

This guide defines infrastructure data as the mapping of physical organizational structures. 

Please apply the search strategies outlined in Introduction to Finding GIS Data with the keywords below to help orchestrate a search to find datasets related to infrastructure.

Keywords: shipping, trade, transportation, roadways, highways, flight, airport, public works, transit

Infrastructure GIS Data

Provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation the database contains U.S. geographic data on aviation, marine, rail, road, and transit data.

Using Data.gov, this dataset from the Department of Transportation hosts information from the Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Highway Administration, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Rail Road Administration, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and Federal Transit Administration among others. 

Maintained by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security this database primarily focuses on natural disasters, emergency management, hazard migration, and individual & public assistance. 

Created by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security the HIFLD has a wide variety of infrastructure datasets including air transportation, ground transportation, water transportation, mail/shipping, water supplies, and emergency services among many others. 

This intelligent transportation data is relatively close to real-time data provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Please read the disclaimer before using data from this resource.

This focused search in the NBER database hosts transportation data for commuting, commodity flow, rail, travel congestion, travel time, air, public transit, and Department of Transportation data, among others. Supporters of the database can be found here

Provided by the U.S. Geological Survey this database hosts "transportation data consists of roads, railroads, trails, airports, and other features associated with the transport of people or commerce."