DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13207715
title: GeoJSON files for the MCSC's Trucking Industry Decarbonization Explorer (Geo-TIDE)

description: Summary

Geojson files used to visualize geospatial layers relevant to identifying and assessing trucking fleet decarbonization opportunities with the MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium's Geospatial Trucking Industry Decarbonization Explorer (Geo-TIDE) tool.

Relevant Links

Link to the online version of the tool (requires creation of a free user account).

Link to GitHub repo with source code to produce this dataset and deploy the Geo-TIDE tool locally.

Funding 

This dataset was produced with support from the MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium.

Original Data Sources

These geojson files draw from and synthesize a number of different datasets and tools. The original data sources and tools are described below:




Filename(s)
Description of Original Data Source(s)
Link(s) to Download Original Data
License and Attribution for Original Data Source(s)




faf5_freight_flows/*.geojson

trucking_energy_demand.geojson

highway_assignment_links_*.geojson

infrastructure_pooling_thought_experiment/*.geojson



Regional and highway-level freight flow data obtained from the Freight Analysis Framework Version 5. Shapefiles for FAF5 region boundaries and highway links are obtained from the National Transportation Atlas Database. Emissions attributes are evaluated by incorporating data from the 2002 Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey and the GREET lifecycle emissions tool maintained by Argonne National Lab.



Shapefile for FAF5 Regions

Shapefile for FAF5 Highway Network Links

FAF5 2022  Origin-Destination Freight Flow database

FAF5 2022 Highway Assignment Results

 



Attribution for Shapefiles: United States Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). Available at: https://geodata.bts.gov/search?collection=Dataset. 

License for Shapefiles: This NTAD dataset is a work of the United States government as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101 and as such are not protected by any U.S. copyrights. This work is available for unrestricted public use.

Attribution for Origin-Destination Freight Flow database: National Transportation Research Center in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory with funding from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the Federal Highway Administration. Freight Analysis Framework Version 5: Origin-Destination Data. Available from: https://faf.ornl.gov/faf5/Default.aspx. Obtained on Aug 5, 2024. In the public domain. 

Attribution for the 2022 Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey Data: United States Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS) 2002 [supporting datasets]. 2024. https://doi.org/10.21949/1506070 

Attribution for the GREET tool (original publication): Argonne National Laboratory Energy Systems Division Center for Transportation Research. GREET Life-cycle Model. 2014. Available from this link.

Attribution for the GREET tool (2022 updates): Wang, Michael, et al. Summary of Expansions and Updates in GREET® 2022. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1891644



grid_emission_intensity/*.geojson


Emission intensity data is obtained from the eGRID database maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

eGRID subregion boundaries are obtained as a shapefile from the eGRID Mapping Files database.



eGRID database

Shapefile with eGRID subregion boundaries



Attribution for eGRID data:  United States Environmental Protection Agency: eGRID with 2022 data. Available from https://www.epa.gov/egrid/download-data. In the public domain.

Attribution for shapefile: United States Environmental Protection Agency: eGRID Mapping Files. Available from https://www.epa.gov/egrid/egrid-mapping-files. In the public domain.





US_elec.geojson

US_hy.geojson

US_lng.geojson

US_cng.geojson

US_lpg.geojson

Locations of direct current fast chargers and refueling stations for alternative fuels along U.S. highways. Obtained directly from the Station Data for Alternative Fuel Corridors in the Alternative Fuels Data Center maintained by the United States Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 


US_elec.geojson

US_hy.geojson

US_lng.geojson

US_cng.geojson

US_lpg.geojson



Attribution: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Alternative Fueling Station Corridors. 2024. Available from: https://afdc.energy.gov/corridors. In the public domain. 

 

These data and software code ("Data") are provided by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory ("NREL"), which is operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC ("Alliance"), for the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE"), and may be used for any purpose whatsoever.



daily_grid_emission_profiles/*.geojson


Hourly emission intensity data obtained from ElectricityMaps.



Original data can be downloaded as csv files from the ElectricityMaps United States of America database

Shapefile with region boundaries used by ElectricityMaps



License: Open Database License (ODbL). Details here: https://www.electricitymaps.com/data-portal

Attribution for csv files: Electricity Maps (2024). United States of America 2022-23 Hourly Carbon Intensity Data (Version January 17, 2024). Electricity Maps Data Portal. https://www.electricitymaps.com/data-portal.

Attribution for shapefile with region boundaries: ElectricityMaps contributors (2024). electricitymaps-contrib (Version v1.155.0) [Computer software]. https://github.com/electricitymaps/electricitymaps-contrib.





gen_cap_2022_state_merged.geojson 

trucking_energy_demand.geojson



Grid electricity generation and net summer power capacity data is obtained from the state-level electricity database maintained by the United States Energy Information Administration. 

 

U.S. state boundaries obtained from this United States Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey ScienceBase-Catalog.



Annual electricity generation by state

Net summer capacity by state

Shapefile with U.S. state boundaries



Attribution for electricity generation and capacity data: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Aug 2024). Available from: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/state/. In the public domain. 



electricity_rates_by_state_merged.geojson


Commercial electricity prices are obtained from the Electricity database maintained by the United States Energy Information Administration.



Electricity rate by state

 

Attribution: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Aug 2024). Available from: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data.php. In the public domain. 




demand_charges_merged.geojson

demand_charges_by_state.geojson



Maximum historical demand charges for each state and zip code are derived from a dataset compiled by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in this this Data Catalog.

Historical demand charge dataset


The original dataset is compiled by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC ('Alliance').

Attribution: McLaren, Joyce, Pieter Gagnon, Daniel Zimny-Schmitt, Michael DeMinco, and Eric Wilson. 2017. 'Maximum demand charge rates for commercial and industrial electricity tariffs in the United States.' NREL Data Catalog. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Last updated: July 24, 2024. DOI: 10.7799/1392982.





eastcoast.geojson

midwest.geojson

la_i710.geojson

h2la.geojson

bayarea.geojson

saltlake.geojson

northeast.geojson



Highway corridors and regions targeted for heavy duty vehicle infrastructure projects are derived from a public announcement on February 15, 2023 by the United States Department of Energy.

The shapefile with Bay area boundaries is obtained from this Berkeley Library dataset.

The shapefile with Utah county boundaries is obtained from this dataset from the Utah Geospatial Resource Center. 



Shapefile for Bay Area country boundaries

Shapefile for counties in Utah

 



Attribution for public announcement: United States Department of Energy. Biden-Harris Administration Announces Funding for Zero-Emission Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Corridors, Expansion of EV Charging in Underserved Communities (2023). Available from https://www.energy.gov/articles/biden-harris-administration-announces-funding-zero-emission-medium-and-heavy-duty-vehicle.

Attribution for Bay area boundaries: San Francisco (Calif.). Department Of Telecommunications and Information Services. Bay Area Counties. 2006. In the public domain. 

Attribution for Utah boundaries: Utah Geospatial Resource Center & Lieutenant Governor's Office. Utah County Boundaries (2023). Available from https://gis.utah.gov/products/sgid/boundaries/county/. 

License for Utah boundaries: Creative Commons 4.0 International License. 



incentives_and_regulations/*.geojson


State-level incentives and regulations targeting heavy duty vehicles are collected from the State Laws and Incentives database maintained by the United States Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center. 

Data was collected manually from the State Laws and Incentives database.


Attribution: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Alternative Fuels Data Center. State Laws and Incentives. Accessed on Aug 5, 2024 from: https://afdc.energy.gov/laws/state. In the public domain. 

 

These data and software code ("Data") are provided by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory ("NREL"), which is operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC ("Alliance"), for the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE"), and may be used for any purpose whatsoever.





costs_and_emissions/*.geojson

diesel_price_by_state.geojson

trucking_energy_demand.geojson



Lifecycle costs and emissions of electric and diesel trucking are evaluated by adapting the model developed by Moreno Sader et al., and calibrated to the Run on Less dataset for the Tesla Semi collected from the 2023 PepsiCo Semi pilot by the North American Council for Freight Efficiency.

In addition to the data sources outlined in Moreno Sader et al. et al. and the Run on Less dataset, this dataset incorporates:



Emission intensity data from the eGRID database, described elsewhere in this metadata. 

Commercial electricity price data from the US EIA Electricity database, described elsewhere in this metadata. 

Maximum historical demand charges from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, described elsewhere in this metadata. 

Max motor power estimate of 942,900W and frontal area of 10.7 m^s for the Tesla Semi from motormatchup.com.

Drag coefficient estimate of 0.36 for the Tesla Semi from notateslaapp.com.

Estimates best-in-class truck rolling resistance of 0.0044 from a Rolling Resistance Validation report prepared by the Minnesota Department of Transportation Office of Transportation System Management.

Historical diesel prices by state from the United States Energy Information Administration.

Estimate of best in class diesel powertrain engine efficiency of 44% from a Fuel Efficiency Technology report by the International Council on Clean Transportation.




 

NACFE Run on Less dataset

Historical diesel prices

 



Attribution for original truck model: Moreno Sader K, Biswas S, Jones R, Mennig M, Rezaei R, Green WH. Battery Electric Long-Haul Trucking in the United States: A Comprehensive Costing and Emissions Analysis. ChemRxiv. 2023; doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-48zsc (link to colab notebook included as supplementary material).

Attribution for GitHub repository with adapted code for the truck model: Eamer, D., Moreno-Sader, K., & Biswas, S. (2024). Green_Trucking_Analysis (Version 0.1.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13205854

Attribution for GitHub repository with analysis of the NACFE Run on Less dataset (provides inputs to Eamer, D., Moreno-Sader, K., & Biswas, S. (2024) cited above): Eamer, D. (2024). PepsiCo_NACFE_Analysis (Version 0.1.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13173390

Attribution for Run on Less dataset: North American Countil for Freight Efficiency (2023).  Run on Less – Electric DEPOT data. Available from: https://runonless.com/run-on-less-electric-depot-reports/ 

Attribution for data from MotorMatchup: 2022 Tesla Semi Truck Empty Specs. Available from: https://www.motormatchup.com/catalog/Tesla/Semi-Truck/2022/Empty. Copyright 2024 by MotorMatchup

Attribution for data from Not a Tesla App: Not a Tesla App. Everything We Know About the Tesla Semi. 2024. Available from: https://www.notateslaapp.com/tesla-reference/963/everything-we-know-about-the-tesla-semi

Attribution for historical diesel prices: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Aug 2024). Available from: https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/. In the public domain.

Attribution for best in class diesel powertrain efficiency: Delgado O, Rodríguez F, Muncrief R. Fuel Efficiency Technology in European Heavy-Duty Vehicles: Baseline and Potential for the 2020–2030 Time Frame. 2017. Available from: https://theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/EU-HDV-Tech-Potential_ICCT-white-paper_14072017_vF.pdf.





electrolyzer_operational.geojson

electrolyzer_installed.geojson

electrolyzer_planned_under_construction.geojson

 



Data on locations and capacities of planned, under-construction, installed, operational electrolyzers was obtained from this DOE Hydrogen Program Record.

Data was extracted manually from this DOE Hydrogen Program Record.
Attribution: Arjona, Vanessa. DOE Hydrogen Program Record: Electrolyzer Installations in the United States. 2023. Available from https://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/docs/hydrogenprogramlibraries/pdfs/23003-electrolyzer-installations-united-states.pdf?Status=Master. 




grid_emission_intensity/*.geojson

gen_cap_2022_state_merged.geojson 

trucking_energy_demand.geojson

electricity_rates_by_state_merged.geojson

demand_charges_merged.geojson

demand_charges_by_state.geojson

trucking_energy_demand.geojson

costs_and_emissions/*.geojson

diesel_price_by_state.geojson

trucking_energy_demand.geojson



U.S. state boundaries obtained from this United States Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey ScienceBase-Catalog.

 
Attribution: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division. State boundaries (generalized for mapping). 2011. In the public domain.




refinery.geojson



Locations and production rates of hydrogen from refineries are obtained from the following two complementary datasets on the Hydrogen Tools Portal:

1) Captive, On-Purpose, Refinery Hydrogen Production Capacities at Individual U.S. Refineries, and 

2) Merchant Hydrogen Plant Capacities in North America



Dataset for Captive, On-Purpose, Refinery Hydrogen Production Capacities at Individual U.S. Refineries

Dataset for Merchant Hydrogen Plant Capacities in North America



Attribution: Copyright © 2024 by H2Tools; H2 Tools is intended for public use. It was built, and is maintained, by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory with funding from the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office. All Rights Reserved. 





Truck_Stop_Parking.geojson

infrastructure_pooling_thought_experiment/*.geojson



Obtained from the DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics's Truck Stop Parking database



Original dataset can be downloaded using the Shapefile download link at https://geodata.bts.gov/datasets/usdot::truck-stop-parking (link for hosted download changes regularly). 



Attribution: United States Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). Truck Stop Parking. Available at https://geodata.bts.gov/datasets/usdot::truck-stop-parking. 

License: This NTAD dataset is a work of the United States government as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101 and as such are not protected by any U.S. copyrights. This work is available for unrestricted public use.





Principal_Port.geojson



Obtained from the DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics's Principal Ports database



Original dataset can be downloaded using the Shapefile download link at https://geodata.bts.gov/datasets/usdot::principal-ports-1 (link for hosted download changes regularly). 



Attribution: United States Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). Truck Stop Parking. Available at https://geodata.bts.gov/datasets/usdot::principal-ports-1. 

License: This NTAD dataset is a work of the United States government as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101 and as such are not protected by any U.S. copyrights. This work is available for unrestricted public use.

 





ZEF_Corridor_Strategy/*.geojson



Visualizes the corridors, facilities, and hubs targeted by the National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy, a framework developed by the U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation to support the coordinated deployment of medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure along critical freight corridors. The strategy, outlined in the publication National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy, identifies priority corridors and infrastructure investment needs to accelerate the transition to zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.



Original dataset can be downloaded from https://driveelectric.gov/files/zef-gis-files.zip



Attribution: Chu, K.-C. (J.), Miller, K. G., Schroeder, A., Gilde, A., & Laughlin, M. (2024, September). National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy: Prioritizing investments, planning, and deployment for medium- and heavy-duty vehicle fueling infrastructure to advance zero-emission freight along our nation’s corridors. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation; U.S. Department of Energy. Accessed from: https://driveelectric.gov/files/zef-corridor-strategy.pdf.