Commercial border crossing and wait time measurement at Laredo World Trade Bridge and the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge.

PDFTech ReportBorder regionsInternational bordersTraffic delayTraffic flowTravel timeCommercial vehiclesPorts of entryPerformance measurementTechnologyWaiting timeAutomatic data collection systemsRadio frequency identificationTexasTexas. Dept. of TransportationTexas Transportation InstituteUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationNTL-FREIGHT-Trucking IndustryNTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATIONNTL-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS-Traffic FlowUS Transportation CollectionThis research is to establish a baseline and on-going measurement of border crossing times anddelay by measuring travel times for commercial trucks crossing the port of entry (POE) fromMexico into Texas at the Laredo World Trade Bridge and the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge.Delay time for commercial motor vehicles is a key indicator of transportation and internationalsupply-chain performance, and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is workingwith the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and other members of the U.S./Mexico JointWorking Committee (JWC) to implement automated border crossing and delay time measuringsystems.In 2006, the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) analyzed various technologies that can be usedto support automated measurement of border delay and crossing time at U.S./Mexico land portsof entry. This project was sponsored by the FHWA and radio frequency identification (RFID)was the selected technology for most of the U.S./Mexico land ports of entry.FHWA, TxDOT, and other members of the JWC began working closely with U.S. Customs andBorder Protection (CBP) to determine whether projects could be enhanced to measure borderwait time in addition to total crossing time