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New Brochure: Evaluating Crowdsourced Data Sources for Cross-Border Travel

November 21, 2022

This brochure is aimed at acquainting individuals and agencies with the efficacy of various crowdsourced data resources available to help them evaluate cross-border travel, as well as these sources’ potential and limitations.

Filed Under: Featured News, News Tagged With: benefits, cross-border, crowdsourcing, data, INRIX, limitations, project, SafeGraph, study, travel

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

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

Climate Trends and Transportation

August 18, 2014

by Lorenzo Cornejo

Climate change is happening. Rising global average temperatures have been documented beyond a reasonable scientific doubt. And those same rigorous empirical standards are predicting this trend will continue. [Read more…] about Climate Trends and Transportation

Filed Under: Blog, Featured News, News Tagged With: AR5, ArcGIS, climate change, coastal, computer, data, development, drought, economy, efficiency, empirical, event, extreme, food, global, incremental, IPCC, mitigate, model, network, prediction, quality of life, rainfall, storm, transportation, trend, weather

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