October April 13, 2010 – Québec City Travis Black, Co-Chair – U.S. Federal Highway Administration Daniel McGregor, Co-Chair – Transport Canada Border Infrastructure Coordination Subcommittee
Presentation Outline Subcommittee Teleconference TC Research FHWA Research Greening Transportation at Border Workshop TBWG Peer Exchange on Master Plans Online Border Infrastructure Compendium TBWG Website New U.S. Co-Chair Comments / Input
Subcommittee Teleconference Teleconference held on October 5, 2010 Good participation by federal agencies and provincial / state DOTs Discussed TC and FHWA border infrastructure related research Sought input on TBWG border infrastructure issues and session at Québec City Cross border rail issues and infrastructure impacts of Alberta oilsands developments raised Next teleconference – January / February 2011
TC Research Cost-Benefit Analysis of New/Extended FAST/NEXUS Lanes Cross-Border Bus Transportation Impediments Applicability of Master Plan Process to Canada – U.S. Border Costs of Border Compliance for Trucking Cascade Gateway Commercial Vehicle Transportation Model and Forecasts
FHWA Research Innovative Financing Gateways / Corridors Linkage Rail Connections Capacity Adequacy Performance Measures for Border Infrastructure Planning Process Integration / Prioritized listings based on capacity issues
Greening Transportation at Border Workshop Greening Transportation at the Border Workshop, San Diego, CA (Feb. 2011) Green Technology Performance/Reliability Measures Livability/Sustainability Green Financing/Industry Mexico, U.S.A. and Canada For more information contact: Sylvia Grijalva, FHWA, (602)
TBWG Peer Exchange on Master Plans TBWG Peer Exchange planned for tail end of Spring 2011 TBWG Plenary Meeting in Minneapolis, April 2011 Topics Baja California/California master plan (SANDAG) British Columbia/Washington coordination (IMTC) Applicability of U.S. – Mexico master plan process to Canada – U.S. border and Prairies/Great Plains region Peer exchange among Prairie provinces & Great Plains states For more information contact: David Franklin, FHWA, (708)
Online Border Infrastructure Compendium Improvements since Boston plenary Trade and northbound traffic data uploaded for past ten years Booth and lane information updated Improvements Underway Project information updates pending resolution of coding problems Usage unchanged from last year Feedback / Suggestions
TBWG Website Updates since Boston plenary Additions to library (e.g. Border Policy Research Institute reports) Regular updates (e.g. Boston presentations, event announcements, revised Action Plan, newsletter) TBWG Website Usage Statistics Jan. – June 2009 vs. Jan. - June 2010 29% increase in visits (from 13,622 to 17,520) Average 116 visits per day Average duration 5 minutes Top pages: Home, index, border map, news, about TBWG
New U.S. Co-Chair Chris Dingman Northern Border Transportation Specialist, FHWA Mandate: Working with 11 FHWA Northern Border Division Offices Border projects and border policy development Formerly Transportation Planner with FHWA (Michigan Division) and two MPOs in Michigan
Border Infrastructure Coordination Subcommittee Contacts