1. April 13, 2010 – Boston Travis Black, Co-Chair – U.S. Federal Highway Administration Daniel McGregor, Co-Chair – Transport Canada Border Infrastructure Coordination Subcommittee

2. Presentation Outline  OBIC  Website  Greening Border Workshop  Regional Master Plan Workshop  TC Research  FHWA Research  Subcommittee Teleconference  Comments / Input

3. TBWG Online Border Infrastructure Compendium  Improvements To-Date  Updated coding  Added new search and ranking functions  Made export of data to Excel format possible  Eliminated password protection / login  Improvements Underway  Contract nearing completion for update of OBIC  Automating trade and traffic data input  Will allow for multi-year data  Updating project infrastructure section, lane and booth information

4. Number rankings New ranking options by value and traffic Compare crossings & export data

5. TBWG Website  Improvements / Updates  Additions to online library (17 in the past year)  Regular updates back online in early 2010 (e.g. Winnipeg plenary presentations, event announcements, revised Action Plan)  New “Data” section with better access to OBIC and data links  New image feature (rotating slide show)  New Border Quick Facts section (coming soon)  TBWG Website Usage Statistics  July – December 2008  Average 19,121 visits/month (103/day)  July – December 2009  Average 19,929 visits/month (108/day)  4.23% increase in traffic

6. OBIC links added to Map Section Rotating Images Links to other data sources

8. Workshop on Greening Transportation at the Border  Greening Transportation at the Border Workshop, Phoenix, Arizona (May 12-13, 2010)  Green Technology  Performance/Reliability Measures  Livability/Sustainability  Green Financing/Industry  Mexico, U.S.A. and Canada  For more information contact: Sylvia Grijalva, FHWA, (602) 510-7986

9. Future TBWG Workshop on Cross-Border Master Plans  Proposed TBWG Regional Workshop for Great Plains/Prairie region (date/location - tbc)  Topics  Baja California/California master plan (SANDAG)  British Columbia/Washington coordination (IMTC)  Applicability of U.S. – Mexico master plans 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) 283- 3540

10. TC Research on Border Infrastructure  Assessment of Applicability of Master Plans to Canada – U.S. Border  Cost-Benefit Analysis of New/Extended FAST/NEXUS Lanes  Western Canada Border Infrastructure Capacity Report  Cross-Border Passenger Bus Transportation

11. FHWA Research on Infrastructure  Greening Transportation at the Border Workshop (Phoenix, AZ)  Future Border Master Plan Workshop  Planning Process Integration/Prioritized listings based on capacity issues  Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program (CBI)  Surface Transportation Environment and Planning Cooperative Research Program (STEP)

12. Subcommittee Teleconference  Teleconference planned for May 2010  Discuss research projects & preparations for fall 2010 TBWG plenary  Input on issues / priorities welcome  New members welcome  Contact:  Travis Black (travis.black@fhwa.dot.gov)  Daniel McGregor (daniel.mcgregor@tc.gc.ca)

13. Border Infrastructure Coordination Subcommittee travis.black@fhwa.dot.gov daniel.mcgregor@tc.gc.ca www.thetbwg.org