Texas Border Planning: Facilitating Transportation Across the Southern Border

Federal Highway Administration2018PDFBriefFederal Highway Administration (U.S.)Federal Highway Administration (U.S.)MexicoUnited StatesTexasBorder 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, the private sector, and various stakeholders. In 2016, 4 million trucks, 34.7 million personal vehicles, and 66.3 million vehicle passengers crossed through the 29 Land Ports of Entry (LPOEs) along Texas\u2019s 1,241 miles of shared border with the states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Le\uf3n, Coahuila, and Chihuahua, Mexico.1,2104