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Balancing COVID Concerns with Economic Need: Reduced Mobility, Vaccination Are Key to Halting the (or Any) Pandemic

August 11, 2021

by Okan Gurbuz

Restricting travel has proven vital to stemming the tide of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially early on. Less human contact in tight spaces means less exposure to the virus—that’s a given. But reduced contact also means reduced commerce, at least for businesses depending on in-person customers.

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Filed Under: Blog, News Tagged With: border, Ciudad Juarez, COVID-19, El Paso, infection rate, intervention, Mexico, mobility, pandemic, U.S.-Mexico Border, United States, vaccination

Anticipating USMCA Impacts on Energy Trade and Border Crossing Logistics

January 20, 2021

by Bahar Dadashova

The impact of the recent United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on the energy trade between the United States and Mexico—especially as it relates to transportation and logistics at border crossings—has not yet been fully measured. With so much at stake, understanding the potential impacts of this new agreement is crucial to both countries’ economies.

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Filed Under: Blog, News Tagged With: border, crossing, energy, impact, Mexico, NAFTA, policy, trade, U.S., United States, USMCA

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

New Report: Forecasting Model for U.S.-Mexico Border Freight Traffic Trends Report

April 22, 2020

This report presents a model capable of forecasting future commodity trading between the United States and Mexico based on the historical import and export data. The incorporation of these forecasts into the U.S.-Mexico Border Freight Traffic Trends yearly report will benefit transportation and trade agencies, as well as the private sector, by providing a better understanding of future tendencies in border trade dynamics.

Filed Under: Featured News, News Tagged With: commodity trading, cross-border trade, dynamic, forecast, Mexico, model, trade, trend, U.S., U.S.-Mexico Border Freight Traffic Trends, United States

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

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.
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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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The Center for International Intelligent Transportation Research seeks to maintain and improve mobility in the face of growing traffic and shrinking resources, increase border-crossing efficiency while maintaining security, and improve air quality to advance personal health.
The Center for International Intelligent Transportation Research seeks to maintain and improve mobility in the face of growing traffic and shrinking resources, increase border-crossing efficiency while maintaining security, and improve air quality to advance personal health.
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