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New Report: Exploring Crowdsourced Big Data to Estimate Border Crossing Times

March 15, 2023

This report provides an in-depth assessment of market-available connected vehicle (CV) data (using Wejo datasets) to estimate border crossing times. Results indicate the Wejo CV data provide a promising source for monitoring border crossing times, especially as sample penetration rates improve.

Filed Under: Featured News, News Tagged With: BCIS, big data, Bluetooth, border, Border Crossing Information System, crossing, crowdsourced data, data, El Paso, estimate, Paso del Norte, Wejo

New Video: Potential Benefits of E-Inspections

November 29, 2022

E-inspections of trucks offer an alternative to traditional weigh-station inspections, which require hands-on human interaction and delay drivers. Inspections can be automated to a great extent by leveraging technology without compromising safety, thereby achieving efficiencies and improving accuracy of inspection data. This video provides an overview of e-inspections, especially as they relate to cross-border freight traffic.

Filed Under: Featured News, News Tagged With: border, delay, e-inspection, efficiency, freight, safety, station, time, truck, weigh

Piloting LiDAR Sensors to Enhance Border Traffic Information

April 1, 2022

by Jason Wu

The El Paso/Ciudad Juárez region is one of the world’s largest binational border metropolises. Multiple border crossings with heavy traffic (like this region has) can cause logistical challenges for transportation agencies. Secure, efficient technology solutions — including those that leverage the benefits of intelligent transportation systems — can help agencies while helping to guide traffic safely through the border.

[Read more…] about Piloting LiDAR Sensors to Enhance Border Traffic Information

Filed Under: Blog, News Tagged With: border, border crossing, border logistics, border traffic, crossing, infrastructure, land port of entry, LiDAR, technology, traffic, traffic management

Applying AI, Drones and Satellites to Improve Border Transportation

March 14, 2022

by Alejandro Berlanga Alzaga and Valeria Martinez

When you think of drones, you may think of a package getting delivered to your doorstep. Many companies conduct flight missions of drones for delivering goods, but other applications for drones can benefit the public (and commercial vehicle drivers) in another way — travel across the border.

[Read more…] about Applying AI, Drones and Satellites to Improve Border Transportation

Filed Under: Blog, News Tagged With: artificial intelligence, border, border crossing, border traffic, data, drones, economy, pattern, strategy, technology, travel, wait time

2018 Report: Estimating Economic Impact of Commercial Vehicle Border Delays in Real Time

December 3, 2021

A research team developed an implementation plan for a web-based economic impact estimation dashboard. The dashboard uses real-time data on economic costs of border delays in the El Paso–Ciudad Juárez region. This study updates work conducted in 2009 and 2010 on this topic.

Filed Under: Featured News, News Tagged With: border, border delay, Center for International Intelligent Transportation Research, CIITR, Ciudad Juarez, cost, cost-effectiveness, dashboard, data, economic, El Paso, planning, real-time

New Report: Exploration of Cross-Border Trip Characteristics Using Crowdsourced Data

November 4, 2021

This report explores cross-border trip characteristics using crowdsourced data, primarily focusing on INRIX data. The research team identified several cross-border travel patterns at El Paso–Ciudad Juárez land ports of entry and noted trends related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Filed Under: Featured News, News Tagged With: border, border crossing, Center for International Intelligent Transportation Research, CIITR, Ciudad Juarez, COVID-19, cross-border, crowdsourced data, data, El Paso, land ports of entry, pattern, travel

New Report: Contact Tracing to Maintain Mobility at the Border during a Pandemic

September 20, 2021

TTI researchers evaluated contact-tracing apps, a commonly used practice to slow down the spread of COVID-19, with a focus on the El Paso-Juarez region. Taking advantage of mobile technology is expected to help in transitioning back to daily life while managing the risk of future outbreaks.

Filed Under: Featured News, News Tagged With: border, Center for International Intelligent Transportation Research, CIITR, contact tracing, COVID-19, crossing, disease, health, infectious, mitigate, pandemic, spread, traffic, travel

Balancing COVID Concerns with Economic Need: Reduced Mobility, Vaccination Are Key to Halting the (or Any) Pandemic

August 11, 2021

by Okan Gurbuz

Restricting travel has proven vital to stemming the tide of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially early on. Less human contact in tight spaces means less exposure to the virus—that’s a given. But reduced contact also means reduced commerce, at least for businesses depending on in-person customers.

[Read more…] about Balancing COVID Concerns with Economic Need: Reduced Mobility, Vaccination Are Key to Halting the (or Any) Pandemic

Filed Under: Blog, News Tagged With: border, Ciudad Juarez, COVID-19, El Paso, infection rate, intervention, Mexico, mobility, pandemic, U.S.-Mexico Border, United States, vaccination

Contact Tracing to Minimize Infection, Maximize Mobility at the U.S.-Mexico Border

July 30, 2021

by Okan Gurbuz

With the recent introduction of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, opening the world back up to regular commerce and human interaction has once again become problematic. Although global vaccine distribution continues at a healthy pace, how quickly mask mandates are lifted and businesses are open continue to be regulated at the local level in the United States. This lack of a central controlling authority — and the reliable regulation of interactions such direction would facilitate — further complicate getting the COVID-19 pandemic under control.

[Read more…] about Contact Tracing to Minimize Infection, Maximize Mobility at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Filed Under: Blog, News Tagged With: border, border crossing, city, community, contact tracing, COVID-19, international, outbreak, pandemic, strategies, technology, travel, virus

Anticipating USMCA Impacts on Energy Trade and Border Crossing Logistics

January 20, 2021

by Bahar Dadashova

The impact of the recent United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on the energy trade between the United States and Mexico—especially as it relates to transportation and logistics at border crossings—has not yet been fully measured. With so much at stake, understanding the potential impacts of this new agreement is crucial to both countries’ economies.

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Filed Under: Blog, News Tagged With: border, crossing, energy, impact, Mexico, NAFTA, policy, trade, U.S., United States, USMCA

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