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Keeping Ahead of the Curve: Mitigating Extreme Traffic Events with Advanced Technology

November 10, 2022

by Rafael Aldrete and Swapnil Samant

Transportation agencies are charged with the formidable task of keeping people and goods moving efficiently, reliably and safely. Sometimes, that’s not easy. When bad weather hits, for example, a transportation management agency’s limited resources and personnel are stretched thin by mass movements of cars and trucks stressing the local network.

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Filed Under: Blog, News Tagged With: AI, artificial, bottleneck, congestion, imaging, intelligence, mobility, monitor, satellite, traffic

A New, Web-Based Platform to Alleviate Cross-Border Traffic Congestion

June 14, 2018

by Swapnil Samant

If you’ve ever visited the Texas-Mexico border during peak crossing times, you know a lot of time is spent waiting to cross. And, as the old saying goes, time is money. That’s particularly true for shippers moving goods and manufacturing materials from point A in Mexico to point B in the United States. [Read more…] about A New, Web-Based Platform to Alleviate Cross-Border Traffic Congestion

Filed Under: Blog, Featured News, News Tagged With: border, commuter, congestion, El Paso, freight fluidity, Juarez, Mexico, mobility, online, pollution, portal, realiable travel time, shipping, tourism, traffic volume, U.S., U.S. Customs and Border Protection, United States, vehicle count, wait time

Taking Border Performance to the Next Level

February 7, 2018

by Sushant Sharma

In the transportation research business, we use the term “performance measurement” when we measure how a certain aspect of our transportation system is operating. For example, through crash reporting we can tell you with certainty how safe a road is operating, or, through commute times, how well traffic is flowing. Safety and mobility of a roadway are fairly easy to determine. [Read more…] about Taking Border Performance to the Next Level

Filed Under: Blog, Featured News Tagged With: border, border crossing, congestion, El Paso, extreme event, freight, land port of entry, LPOE, performance measure, shipper, traffic, traffic flow, trend

Thinking Outside the Box? How about a New Way to Measure the Box

August 31, 2015

by Alfredo Sanchez

By 2030, the Office of the State Demographer predicts Texas will support a population of 33.9 million. That’s up from 25.2 million in 2010—about a 35 percent increase. That means that, for every three people we have in the state today, we’ll have four tomorrow. And they’ll all be trying to use the same transportation system.
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Filed Under: Blog, Featured News, News Tagged With: congestion, El Paso, health, methodology, MPO, multimodal plan

Saving Space by Sharing Space

October 14, 2014

by Alex Valdez

For years, “adding capacity” to meet the growing demands of commuters on urban roadways equated to “adding lanes.” But now, construction costs and the expenses associated with securing right-of-way to build more lanes have exceeded our ability to pay for them. “Doing more with what we have” is the goal of most traffic management agencies these days. [Read more…] about Saving Space by Sharing Space

Filed Under: Blog, Featured News, News Tagged With: best, capacity, carpool, congestion, dynamic, El Paso, express, mobility, practice, ride, roadway, share, student

Reducing the Domino Effect at LPOEs

July 7, 2014

by David Salgado Manzano

Travelers at the U.S.-Mexico border are experiencing longer and longer wait times. While NAFTA has proven economically advantageous for both countries—partly by encouraging tourism and trade in border towns—one negative consequence of increased economic activity has been longer lines at land ports of entry (LPOEs). The demand to cross from one country to the other usually exceeds a port’s capacity to efficiently process that traffic. This is particularly true in highly populated, bi-national regions such as El Paso-Ciudad Juarez. [Read more…] about Reducing the Domino Effect at LPOEs

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