November 7, 2011
-- The Florida Department of Transportation's websites will be unavailable due to data center consolidation
and relocation activities, beginning Thursday, November 10, 2011, 6:00 PM (EST). Services should resume
by Monday, November 14, 2011 6:00 AM. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Florida's Strategic Intermodal System (SIS)
Florida's Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) A transportation system to guide strategic investments linked to Florida's future economy
Florida's Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) is a transportation system that . . .
Is made up of facilities and services of statewide and interregional significance (strategic)
Contains all forms of transportation for moving both people and goods,
including linkages that provide for smooth and efficient transfers between
modes and major facilities (intermodal)
Integrates individual facilities, services, forms of transportation
(modes) and linkages into a single, integrated transportation network
(system)
The SIS was established to . . .
Efficiently serve the mobility needs of Florida's citizens, businesses, and visitors; and
Help Florida become a worldwide economic leader, enhance economic prosperity and competitiveness, enrich quality of life, and reflect responsible
environmental stewardship.
The current designated SIS is a network of high-priority transportation facilities which . . .
Includes the state's largest and most significant commercial service airports,
spaceport, deepwater seaports, freight rail terminals, passenger rail and
intercity bus terminals, rail corridors, waterways and highways; and
Carries more than 99 percent of all commercial air passengers and cargo, virtually all waterborne
freight and cruise passengers, almost all rail freight, 89 percent of all interregional rail and bus passengers, and 55 percent of total traffic and more than 70 percent of all truck
traffic on the State Highway System.
For further information contact Brian Watts or phone (850) 414-4818