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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

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

How, When, and Where: Three Important Questions for Maintaining Healthy U.S.-Mexico Trade

February 27, 2015

by Geza Pesti

How goods are getting to and from Mexican manufacturers to American markets—and vice versa—is important to know. Are they traveling by truck or rail? Are they experiencing shipping delays (often passed on to the consumer in the form of higher prices)? Are they rising or falling in frequency, value, and volume?
[Read more…] about How, When, and Where: Three Important Questions for Maintaining Healthy U.S.-Mexico Trade

Filed Under: Blog, Featured News, News Tagged With: border, efficiency, export, import, shipping, supply chain, trade, trend

A Well-Informed Community Is a Profitable Community

May 28, 2014

by Bob Trotter

When you’re a business relying on just-in-time (JIT) inventory systems to meet consumer demand, long wait times at the U.S.-Mexico border can make the difference between profit and loss. What businesses need is a way to predict how long those waits will be so they can optimize their shipping schedules. [Read more…] about A Well-Informed Community Is a Profitable Community

Filed Under: Blog, Featured News, News Tagged With: border, delay, development, economy, efficiency, El Paso, JIT, Juarez, just-in-time, shipping, time, wait

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