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Collection of Private and Commercial Data at the Border

January 11, 2019

Photo of TTI Associate Research Engineer Alfredo Sanchez.

TTI Associate Research Engineer Alfredo Sanchez.

Associate Research Engineer Alfredo Sanchez with TTI’s Center for International Intelligent Transportation Research talks about the value of collecting private and commercial data at the border to better estimate border wait times. Knowing how long it takes people and goods to cross the border can impact tourism and how much consumers pay in stores. | View the Video

Filed Under: Featured News, News Tagged With: border, border crossing, CBP, commercial vehicle, Customs and Border Patrol, data, distribution, radio frequency identification, RFID, sensor, shipping, tourism, wait time

Researchers Test Technologies to Remotely Determine Lane Status at Border Land Ports of Entry

April 26, 2018

Currently, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) publishes the number of lanes open at the land ports of entry (LPOEs) on their website. This information is updated once every hour in most cases. However, it has been observed that in some cases this information is not updated for several hours, and in other cases, the information has proven unreliable.

Filed Under: Featured News, News Tagged With: border, camera, CBP, freight, land port of entry, lane status, LPOE, mobility, mobility analysis, remote, sensor, travel time, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, wait time

Making Pedestrians, Bicyclists a Priority at the Border

November 18, 2016

by Alfredo Sanchez

Like motorists, pedestrians crossing the border at all four El Paso international bridges are experiencing longer crossing times. For example, 550,000 people crossed the border by foot just in the first quarter of 2014.
[Read more…] about Making Pedestrians, Bicyclists a Priority at the Border

Filed Under: Blog, Featured News, News Tagged With: app, bicyclist, border, CBP, El Paso, Mexico, pedestrian, security, smartphone, traveler information, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S.-Mexico Border, United States, wait time

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