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Talking Freight: Improving Border Efficiency The International Mobility and Trade Corridor Project & The Cascade Ga

Talking Freight: Improving Border Efficiency The International Mobility and Trade Corridor Project & The Cascade Gateway August 16, 2006 Hugh Conroy Whatcom Council of Governments Bellingham, WA. Overview. The Cascade Gateway

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Talking Freight: Improving Border Efficiency The International Mobility and Trade Corridor Project & The Cascade Ga

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  1. Talking Freight:Improving Border EfficiencyThe International Mobility and Trade Corridor Project & The Cascade Gateway August 16, 2006 Hugh ConroyWhatcom Council of GovernmentsBellingham, WA

  2. Overview • The Cascade Gateway • Programs: The International Mobility and Trade Corridor Project—IMTC. • Selected initiatives: • WIM software integration • FAST marketing • CVO delay study • Intermodal studies • Future IMTC objectives • Legislation: Security, immigration

  3. Ports-of-entry close-up

  4. Pacific Highway Port-of-EntryPhoto: WCOG Institutions The conveyances The conveyed BC MOT N Dairy farm Night Club Brokerages Duty Free Stores Canada Border Services Agency Cars Trucks Cargo Travelers Drivers Buses Trucks Travelers Drivers Brokerages Warehouse Buses Cars Cargo US Customs & Border Protection Duty Free Stores Brokerages W A D O T

  5. IMTC Core Group Participants • Transportation • U.S. Federal Highway Administration • Transport Canada • U.S. Federal Transit Administration • WA State Department of Transportation • B.C. Ministry of Transportation • Port of Bellingham • B.C. Transportation Finance Authority • Whatcom Council of Governments • WSDOT – Advanced Technology Branch • B.C. TransLink • Private Sector • Washington Trucking Association • British Columbia Trucking Association • Duty free stores • NW Motor Coach Association • Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad • Amtrak • Border brokerages • At-border Municipalities • Whatcom County, WA • City of Surrey, BC • City of Bellingham, WA • Langley Township, BC • City of Blaine, WA • City of Lynden, WA • City of Sumas, WA • City of Abbotsford, BC • Other Governmental • U.S. General Services Administration • U.S. Consulate, Vancouver • Canadian Consulate General - Seattle • Local, State, Provincial, & Federal legislators • Non-governmental • Cascadia Institute (BC) & Cascadia Center (WA) • Pacific NorthWest Economic Region • Pacific Corridor Enterprise Council • B.C. Chamber of Commerce • Regional Chambers of Commerce (Bellingham,WA; Cloverdale, BC; Delta, BC) • Tourism Victoria • Vancouver Board of Trade • Inspection & Enforcement • Canada Border Services Agency • U.S. Customs & Border Protection

  6. IMTC Organization IMTC Objectives SteeringCommittee Core Group General Assembly • Infrastructure • Improve border approach roads and rail. • Improve north-south and east-west corridor connections. • Integrate ITS. • Planning & Data • Collect needed data. • Promote Cascade Gateway system management • Determine feasibility of rail and transit Operations, Policy & Staffing • Promote the US – Canada Smart Border Declaration. • Increase US border staffing. • Improve traffic management at the Pacific Highway & Sumas ports-of-entry. • Support NEXUS & FAST. • Explore options for binational financing. • Promote the adoption of passenger-rail pre-clearance under Canada’s 1999 Pre-Clearance Act.

  7. IMTC historical project financing 1999-2004 • 23 projects • Both sides of the border

  8. BC-WA Weigh-in-motion (WIM) Software Integration Port MannWIM • 2003 • Integration of enforcement databases: ICBC & WSDOT. • Linkage of Weigh-stations via WSDOT central server. • CVISN equipped trucks can weigh compliant in BC and receive a green-light bypass on SB I-5 at Bow Hill Bow HillWIM

  9. Free and Secure Trade program (FAST)—dedicated truck lane US Port of Entry, Pacific Highway • Addition of FAST lane, SB to US CBP—Nov 2003. BC Ministry of Transportation Drawing

  10. WA SR 543 Rebuild (includes a FAST lane) Before Est. 2008 July 2006

  11. Pacific Highway current and future lane configuration N CBSA Truck Primary FAST lane SB Non FAST SB US CBP Truck Primary Non FAST route for parking and rejoining queue - SB All trucks NB NB holding for outbound paperwork NB Route for parking if still need to file entry, secondary inspection, etc. Future (2yrs) NB truck alignment. Will include FAST lane

  12. FAST Marketing Cross-borderTrips ObservedCarriers 52% 15% Print media advertising Market Research with US CBP Based on 10% sample of 5 days ofinward manifests (March 2004) Trade Shows:Pictured: BC Truxpo 2004 Workshops with Carriers, Shippers, & Brokers

  13. 2006 CVO Delay Study Roving surveyor at queue-end 1 FAST-lane arrivals & dwell time at staging area (broker & non-broker) • Update of 1999/2000USDOT evaluation done by SAIC/TSi. • Update of border-related truck transit time in light of new lanes, FAST program, additional security measures, advanced cargo information. • Results applied to operationsmodeling and additional FAST marketing. Arrival at stop-bar, transition time to booth, processing time, empty?, queue-condition, VACIS backup? 2 3 Concurrent data collection from inward manifests.

  14. Intermodal studies • Rail – 2002 • Shortsea Shipping – 2003-2006

  15. Shortsea Shipping Vancouver Seattle Tacoma Portland Oakland / Bay Area Los Angeles/Long Beach San Diego

  16. VACIS at Pacific Highway 2006 2003

  17. IMTC’s future project objectives • Expanded advanced traveler information systems • For commercial vehicles: based on CVISN, WIM, cameras, etc. • Border circulation analysis • Data collection –commodity flow • Linkage of CVISN and FAST transponders • Sumas POE truck congestion relief.

  18. Legislative issues • Funding: US CBI Program, Canadian SHIP Program. • Security: • US Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHITI) • US VISIT • Electronic manifests

  19. Thank you. Hugh Conroy Whatcom Council of Governments 360 676-6974 Hugh@wcog.org www.wcog.org

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