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Transportation Operations Group Talking Freight Seminar on Measuring Freight Performance Commercial Border Crossing Time Measurement along the Texas/Mexico Border November 16, 2011

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Talking Freight Seminar on Measuring Freight Performance Commercial Border Crossing Time Measurement along the Texas/Mexico Border. November 16, 2011. Agenda. Introduction Testing of different technologies at BOTA and choice of RFID - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Agenda

1. Introduction

2. Testing of different technologies at BOTA and choice of RFID

3. Different locations with studies, and how the systems function and data collected

4. Web prototype and reports

5. Data collected at different study crossings

6. Next steps, Zaragoza and Data Dissemination

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Background and Objectives Delay time for commercial motor vehicles entering and

leaving the U.S. at ports-of-entry with Mexico is a key indicator of transportation and international supply-chain performance.

TXDOT and FHWA are interested in measuring travel times for commercial trucks crossing from Mexico to the US

This information will be the basis for a border performance measurement system

Data collected in the system will be used to analyze different improvements in the border crossing process

Introduction

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Six Technologies were Originally Analyzed– Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI)

» AVI using Laser Frequency» AVI using Radio Frequency (RFID)» AVI using Infrared Frequency

– Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR)– Vehicle Matching– Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL)

» GPS– Mobile Phone Location– Inductive Loop Detectors

Two Technologies Emerged as Best Candidates– GPS – RFID

Technology Assessment

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RFID Benefits

– RFID technology already in use by CBP for FAST program, and is being implemented by DPS at State Inspection Facilities

– No in-truck equipment installation required– Continuing costs of operation is relatively low

Concerns– Data collected is not as precise as GPS– Agreements must be made with US / Mexican agencies to

install RFID readers Information system more complicated than GPS

Technology Assessment (con’t)

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Project Background Crossing times are being collected by using Radio Frequency

Identification (RFID) technology at the following locations in Texas Pharr - Pharr/Reynosa

International Bridge

Laredo - World Trade Bridge

Laredo - Colombia-Solidarity Bridge

El Paso - Bridge of the Americas – BOTA

Brownsville – Veterans Bridge

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How the System Works Installation of at least 3 measuring

locations at the bridge 1 before queue on Mexican side 1 at the CBP primary inspection

booth 1 at exit of State Inspection Facility

Trucks equipped with RFID tags will pass under each measuring site, which record: the unique tag # time stamp

The time stamps are compared, enabling the overall Northbound border crossing time for a truck to be calculated

RFID tags are anonymous in the system

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Objectives of the Border Crossing Information System

Provide Border Crossings Related Pre-Trip Traveler

Information

• Provide a single window of information.• Provide mechanisms to “push” and “pull” information.

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• Archived data source for planners, researchers and decision makers.

• Estimate economic impact of border crossing delay.• Calibrate cross-border traffic assignment models.• Long –range transportation planning of border

infrastructure

Develop a Centralized

Repository of Border Crossing

Data

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Total Delay

Delay Per Vehicle

Border Crossing

Index

Border Planning

Index

Buffer Index

Border Crossing Performance Measures

Processes to Estimate Performance of Border Crossings

Border Crossing

Times

Homeland Security

Threat Level

Inspection Lanes Open

Border Crossing Volume

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Pharr - Reynosa

Due to bridge length and POE configuration Pharr has 4 reading stations 2 in Mexico and 2 in the US allowing to segment trip in 3 parts.

GPS data from local truckers were obtained to compare vs. RFID calculation

Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge

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Hourly Average Crossing Time in a Week at Pharr - Reynosa

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06:00:00 AM04:15:00 PM08:15:00 AM06:30:00 PM10:30:00 AM08:45:00 PM12:45:00 PM11:00:00 PM03:00:00 PM0

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Hourly variation of average crossing time over a weekday period

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Average Wait Time at Colombia Solidaridad Bridge

Average Wait Time During a Day (October 20, 2011)12

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59 A

M12

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44:5

9 AM

2:29

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9 AM

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Crossing Times at Colombia Solidarity

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12:14

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Processing Time of Trucks in a Day at Colombia Solidarity

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59%

7%

6%

29%

0-10 10-20 20-30 >30

Processing time includes time spent by CVs at both federal and state facilities in US.

Oct 20, 2011 /~ 1050 truck sample

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User Interface to Query Archived Data

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Entry Link to Query Archived Data

(password protected

Reports, Journal Papers, Presentations

Send Requests for Data Query to Admin

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User Interface to View Traveler Information (cont’d)

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Select POE or Segment travel time from RFID

Wait time data from CBP.

Number of lanes open from CBP.

News feed from CBP.

Currency exchange rate.

Color coded and icon to show wait time and

crossing times at the POE.

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User Interface to View Traveler Information (cont’d)

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Text version of the web page to show current

wait time and crossing time.

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User Interface to Query Archived Data (cont’d) Dashboard for each POE

– Will consist of a graph showing monthly trends of northbound trucks

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User Interface to Query Archived Data (cont’d) Trends showing increased or decreased number of congested trips

are excellent indicators for monitoring congestion and system performance, before-after effect, etc.

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Next Steps– Working with Texas DPS to collect truck volumes at land POEs on a

close to real time basis

– Start Wait Time study at Zaragoza Bridge in El Paso » Commercial vehicles northbound » POVs northbound and southbound

– Pick up Dissemination project from the Web Prototype FHWA study and begin disseminating data to stakeholders via the Internet, mobile phone, and reports.

– Analyze the data and make recommendations on improvements in the border crossing processes.

– Currently working on contract to start theses projects thanks to a grant from the FHWA.

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Questions / Comments

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Esther HitzfelderTexas Department of Transportation

International Relations OfficePh: (512) 416-2030Fax: (512) 416-2040

[email protected]

Juan Carlos VillaTexas Transportation Institute

Ph: (979) [email protected]