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The Right Tools for the Job: Predictive Planning for Transportation Infrastructure Can Save Lives

January 25, 2023

by Jeff Shelton

When extreme events occur, the transportation network is vital to relief and recovery. For example, when a hurricane makes landfall, getting citizens to safety—particularly from low-lying areas at risk for flooding—is top priority. But once the heavy rain is falling, what routes should they take? Which roads are most likely to flood? After how many inches of rainfall do we begin diverting traffic from Main Road A because it’s likely to flood in the next hour?
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Filed Under: Blog, Featured News, News Tagged With: contingency, data-driven, disaster, event, explosion, extreme, hazmat, infrastructure, management, modeling, natural, planning, prediction, refinery, route, simulation, spill, strategy, traffic

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.

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

New Report: Evaluation of Ambulance Cross Border Operations

January 5, 2021

Cross-border travel across the U.S.-Mexican border often experiences delays due to international security and customs concerns. However, medical emergencies require expedited travel through land ports of entry to save patients. Researchers examined potential strategies to expedite patient transfers and held a workshop to solicit input from stakeholders on the strategies.

Filed Under: Featured News, News Tagged With: border, cooperation, delay, emergency, EMS, expedite, interagency, Mexico, patient, service, strategy, transport, U.S., United States

New Report: Free and Secure Trade with Enhanced Reliability (FASTER)

January 5, 2021

Researcher identified traffic management strategies to improve crossing time reliability at commercial land ports of entry (LPOEs). They also successfully evaluated the strategies using two scenarios–an appointment scenario and a demand spreading scenario–using a microscopic traffic simulation model that the researchers developed for the Ysleta Zaragoza LPOE.

Filed Under: Featured News, News Tagged With: cross-border, crossing time, evaluation, FASTER, land ports of entry, LPOE, Mexico, model, private sector, public sector, strategy, trade, United States, Ysleta-Zaragoza LPOE

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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