Multimodal Catalog

OVERVIEW

The multimodal catalog is a centrally located inventory of transit systems and trails across the country that 

provide access to or fall within Federal Land Management Agency (FLMA) lands. The multimodal catalog 

provides detailed data for Federal, State, and local transportation agencies to use for planning, performance 

management, and project prioritization.

Purpose

The Multimodal Catalog is designed to help Federal, 

State, and local partners:

• Identify gaps, opportunities, and potential 

partnerships to improve the multimodal 

transportation system, including connections to 

public lands.

• Improve data availability and consistency across 

FLMAs to assist with planning and programming for 

the multimodal transportation system.

• Use data to enhance grant applications for trail and 

transit improvements, such as the Federal Lands 

Transportation Program (FLTP) and Federal Lands 

Access Program (FLAP).

• Communicate with leadership on trail and transit 

needs and opportunities.

What Happens Next?

• FLMAs, along with State and local partners, should 

adopt this collaborative tool and integrate it into 

their ongoing planning and project development 

processes for identifying needs and coordinating 

with partners to address those needs.

• The multimodal catalog is a living dataset that will 

require periodic updates to remain current and 

relevant for use by FLMAs, State and local partners, 

transit agencies, and the general public.

• Federal Lands Highway (FLH) will oversee 

maintenance, but will rely on FLMA participation for 

data updates.

• In the future, FLH would like to transition the trails 

database to an interactive geospatial format like the 

transit systems.

What’s Inside?

Multimodal is defined here as transit and trail 

systems that have a transportation purpose. This 

includes FLMA and non-FLMA owned systems 

providing access to FLMA lands.

Trails

Over 35,000 trails, including ownership model, 

length, location, surface material, and condition.

14 1,084

2,572

3,922

27,890

WATER

PAVED (asphalt, 

concrete, ect.)

SNOW

UNKNOWN

UNPAVED (aggregate, 

native materials, etc.)

Transit

Approximately 450 transit systems, including 

mode, vehicle type, location, and operation and 

ownership model.

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12 15

32

45

340

SNOW-BASED

AIR

RAIL

WATER-BASED

MULTI-MODE

BUS/SHUTTLE/VAN

Questions? Contact: Aung Gye Phone: (202) 366-2167 Email: Aung.Gye@dot.gov 

Website: https://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/flpp/
How might I use this data?

The following three pages walk through an example showing how to access both trails and transit information 

from the multimodal catalog in an applied scenario. This is one example of the many ways in which agencies may 

want to use this data in their planning efforts.

Example Scenario: An agency in Albuquerque, NM is performing a planning exercise to assess the gaps 

in transportation assets. Identifying systems gaps will form the basis for potential future projects. The 

multimodal catalog, along with supplemental data, is used to map resources and identify projects that have a 

mutual benefit among agencies and offer opportunities to develop partnerships to implement improvements.

Trails

Note: The trails database can be 

accessed from the website at the 

bottom of the page.

Learn what trails in New Mexico 

provide access to FLMAs.

1 Under Forms on the left-hand side 

double click Trails_Query_Form

to open the trails query tool.

2 Under the State field scroll down 

to NM and select it so it becomes 

highlighted.

3 Select the Access Report

button to output the results. 

Alternatively, you can select the 

Excel Export button to show the 

results in Excel.

4 Resulting Access Report* 

indicates the Number of Records 

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Returned. 

5 You can navigate between record 

pages with arrow buttons or by 

entering a page number.

*The query tool produces a report with

six common attributes. To access the full

table of attributes for any record double

click Trail_Data located on the left hand

side under Tables. While the trail data

is only available in tabular form, the

information here can be used as a base

for identifying spatial data.

Questions? Contact: Aung Gye Phone: (202) 366-2167 Email: Aung.Gye@dot.gov 

Website: https://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/flpp/
Transit

Note: The transit database can be 

accessed from the website at the 

bottom of the page. 

Learn what transit systems in 

Albuquerque, NM provide access 

to FLMAs.

1 Select the Query button to display 

the query tool. Then select Query 

Transit System within the tool.

2 Enter NM in the State field. 

3 Select Apply. 

(Map result displayed.)

4 The Results tab generates a list 

of all transit systems providing 

access to FLMAs in NM. You can 

click on:

a The system to zoom in on it;

b U.S. Federal Lands to see 

which FLMA the selected 

system provides access to; or

c The ellipses (...) to access 

additional options such as 

View in Attribute Table which 

provides additional data on 

the system. There are also 

options to export the data.

5 The Attribute Table has many 

options for further exploring all 

available attributes of the transit 

systems and FLMAs within the 

tool.

There are other options for searching, 

filtering, and exploring the data within the 

tool not illustrated here. The tabular form 

of the transit data is also available in the 

Multimodal Catalog Access database.

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Questions? Contact: Aung Gye Phone: (202) 366-2167 Email: Aung.Gye@dot.gov 

Website: https://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/flpp/
Partnerships

Understanding the relationship of the transportation network 

is important for identifying opportunities and knowing which 

partners to engage. 

Leverage the benefit of the information available in the Multimodal Catalog by combining identified trails and transit resources 

with other agency geospatial data (roads, public assets, recreation areas, etc.)

Albuquerque potential connectivity opportunity areas:

1. Facilitation of urban/federal trail connectivity with USFS.

2. Valle de Oro NWR transit/trail connectivity with Rail Runner.

3. NPS trail connectivity with new major subdivision.

4. Regional/statewide trail connectivity with statewide

recreation trails and National Historic Trails (NHT) such as El

Camino Real de Terra Adentro and the Rio Grande Trail.

5. Tribal trail connectivity linking Pueblos in the metro area.

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Questions? Contact: Aung Gye Phone: (202) 366-2167 Email: Aung.Gye@dot.gov 

Website: https://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/flpp/