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April 13, 2010 – Boston
Travis Black, Co-Chair – U.S. Federal Highway Administration
Daniel McGregor, Co-Chair – Transport Canada
Border Infrastructure Coordination
Subcommittee
Presentation Outline
OBIC Website Greening Border Workshop Regional Master Plan Workshop TC Research FHWA Research Subcommittee Teleconference Comments / Input
TBWG Online Border Infrastructure Compendium
Improvements To-Date Updated coding Added new search and ranking functions Made export of data to Excel format possible Eliminated password protection / login
Improvements Underway Contract nearing completion for update of OBIC
Automating trade and traffic data input Will allow for multi-year data
Updating project infrastructure section, lane and booth information
Number rankings
New ranking options by value and traffic
Compare crossings & export data
TBWG Website
Improvements / Updates Additions to online library (17 in the past year) Regular updates back online in early 2010 (e.g. Winnipeg
plenary presentations, event announcements, revised Action Plan)
New “Data” section with better access to OBIC and data links
New image feature (rotating slide show) New Border Quick Facts section (coming soon)
TBWG Website Usage Statistics July – December 2008
Average 19,121 visits/month (103/day) July – December 2009
Average 19,929 visits/month (108/day) 4.23% increase in traffic
OBIC links added to Map Section
Rotating Images
Links to other data sources
Workshop on Greening Transportation at the Border
Greening Transportation at the Border Workshop, Phoenix, Arizona (May 12-13, 2010) Green Technology Performance/Reliability Measures Livability/Sustainability Green Financing/Industry
Mexico, U.S.A. and Canada
For more information contact: Sylvia Grijalva, FHWA, (602) 510-7986
Future TBWG Workshop on Cross-Border Master Plans
Proposed TBWG Regional Workshop for Great Plains/Prairie region (date/location - tbc)
Topics Baja California/California master plan (SANDAG) British Columbia/Washington coordination (IMTC) Applicability of U.S. – Mexico master plans to
Canada – U.S. border and Prairies/Great Plains region
Peer exchange among Prairie provinces & Great Plains states
For more information contact: David Franklin, FHWA, (708) 283-3540
TC Research on Border Infrastructure
Assessment of Applicability of Master Plans to Canada – U.S. Border
Cost-Benefit Analysis of New/Extended FAST/NEXUS Lanes
Western Canada Border Infrastructure Capacity Report
Cross-Border Passenger Bus Transportation
FHWA Research on Infrastructure
Greening Transportation at the Border Workshop (Phoenix, AZ)
Future Border Master Plan Workshop
Planning Process Integration/Prioritized listings based on capacity issues
Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program (CBI)
Surface Transportation Environment and Planning Cooperative Research Program (STEP)
Subcommittee Teleconference
Teleconference planned for May 2010
Discuss research projects & preparations for fall 2010 TBWG plenary
Input on issues / priorities welcome
New members welcome
Contact: Travis Black ([email protected]) Daniel McGregor ([email protected])
