U.S.-Mexico Border Planning: Facilitating Transportation Across the Southern Border

Federal Highway Administration2018PDFBriefFederal Highway Administration (U.S.)Federal Highway Administration (U.S.)MexicoUnited StatesBorder regionsCooperationInternational bordersInternational travelPlanning methodsBorder transportation planning involves the development of goals, objectives, and strategies for moving people and goods across the U.S.\u2013Mexico border. FHWA leads multiple binational stakeholders to collaboratively create safe and effective cross-border transportation. FHWA also facilitates the development and maintenance of the surface transportation system along the U.S.\u2013Mexico border to address existing and anticipated demand for cross border travel and trade while working with federal, state, regional, and local agencies, international partners at the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT) of Mexico, the private sector, and various stakeholders. The U.S.\u2013Mexico border is the most frequently crossed international border in the world. In 2016, over 5.8 million trucks, 75.6 million personal vehicles, and 140.7 million vehicle passengers crossed through the 47 Land Ports of Entry (LPOEs) along the U.S.'s 1,933 miles of shared border with Mexico.1,2104