Name: Caltrans Road System - Functional Classification
Display Field: FULLNAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolyline
Description: Functional classification is the process by which streets and highways are grouped into classes, or systems, according to the character of service they are intended to provide. Basic to this process is the recognition that individual roads and streets do not serve travel independently in any major way. Rather, most travel involves movement through a network of roads. It becomes necessary then to determine how this travel can be channelized within the network in a logical and efficient manner. Functional classification defines the nature of this channelization process by defining the part that any particular road or street should play in serving the flow of trips through a highway network.
Copyright Text: This is acknowledgement that the US Census Bureau provided the Tiger files. California Department of Transportation modified the GIS data to display the California Road System (CRS).