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Explore featured research from TTI’s Center for International Intelligent Transportation Research, highlighting work that improves border mobility, freight efficiency and air quality in Texas and beyond.
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Cross-Border Partnership Advances Cost-Effective Traffic Data Collection
Reliable traffic data helps transportation agencies understand how vehicles move through intersections, identify operational needs, assess potential mobile source emissions impacts and make informed decisions about future improvements. Collecting that information, however, can require equipment that is costly, difficult to maintain or limited in how long it can remain in the field.
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Social Media’s Growing Role in Real-Time Traffic Awareness in El Paso
by Eric Nava Near-real-time traffic information is no longer communicated exclusively through traditional news outlets or transportation agency channels. Instead, it is increasingly shared through community-driven social media platforms that have become part of how residents stay informed about roadway conditions, crashes and daily traffic disruptions.
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Building a Regional Transit Planning Tool for the El Paso Borderplex
by David Galicia Reliable public transportation is essential to connecting people with jobs, education, health care and other critical services. In the El Paso Borderplex, that challenge extends across multiple transit providers, jurisdictions and travel patterns shaped by both regional and cross-border movement.
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Rethinking How Pedestrian Border Wait Times Are Measured
by Alejandro Berlanga For many border communities, crossing on foot is part of daily life. Commuters, students and shoppers move through pedestrian facilities at land ports of entry every day, often navigating long and unpredictable wait times along the way. Yet compared to vehicle crossings, pedestrian movement remains far less understood.
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Simplifying the Financial Impact of Border Crossing Delays
by Okan Gurbuz For many travelers, a delay at the border is measured in minutes. For others — including manufacturers waiting on parts, commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) moving time-sensitive goods or communities dependent on cross-border trade — those same delays carry a much higher cost.
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Seeing the Line Clearly: Measuring Border Wait Times by Lane
by Erik Vargas, Swapnil Samant and Rafael Aldrete For anyone who regularly crosses the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, “wait time” is not a single experience. A trusted traveler using a dedicated lane may be through the port in minutes, while a driver in a standard lane could be waiting an hour or more, especially…
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Rethinking the Chase: How UAVs Could Make High-Speed Pursuits Safer
by Valeria Martinez, Swapnil Samant and Rafael Aldrete High-speed vehicle pursuits are among the most dangerous situations faced by law enforcement and the public. Each year, these chases result in crashes, injuries and, in too many cases, fatalities. In regions like El Paso, Texas, the frequency of such pursuits has increased sharply, raising concerns among…
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It’s About Using Space Wisely: Cross-Border Trucks Face Different Challenges When It Comes to Parking
by Erik Vargas and Okan Gurbuz
In its 2020 Texas Statewide Truck Parking Study, the Texas Department of Transportation noted that trucks carrying 1.2 billion tons of freight worth $1.7 trillion each year in the Lone Star State. That means 140,000 trucks must park somewhere in the state every day for drivers to rest and sleep. Noted in the study, truck volume is expected to grow by some 80 percent by 2040, making today’s shortage of truck parking facilities a crisis down the road.
