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Juan Carlos Villa Texas Transportation Institute

Transportation Border Working Group D ata Workshop Identification of New Technologies for Data Collection Technologies RFID. Juan Carlos Villa Texas Transportation Institute. Agenda. Border Crossing Time Technology Assessment The Northbound Border Crossing Process at the U.S./ Mexico Border

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Juan Carlos Villa Texas Transportation Institute

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  1. Transportation Border Working Group Data WorkshopIdentification of New Technologies for Data Collection TechnologiesRFID Juan Carlos Villa Texas Transportation Institute

  2. Agenda • Border Crossing Time • Technology Assessment • The Northbound Border Crossing Process at the U.S./ Mexico Border • Implementation • Border Crossing “Delay” • Next Steps

  3. Why Measure Border Crossing Time • FHWA is undertaking a Freight Performance Measurement (FPM) initiative aimed at measuring travel times in freight significant corridors and border wait times at major U.S. land border crossings • Delay time for commercial motor vehicles entering and leaving the U.S. at ports-of-entry is a key indicator of transportation and international supply-chain performance • Information collected should be consistent across all border crossings

  4. Why Measure Border Crossing Time (cont.) • Identify appropriate ITS or other commercial technologies that enable border travel and crossing times to be more easily and precisely measured for commercial Northbound traffic • Specific areas of interest: • To implement a sustainable system that can measure border delay and crossing times for freight traffic • Proposed system should be transferable to other Land Port of Entries along US / Mexico Border • Analysis should explore technologies that would support the measurement of crossing times for passenger vehicles as well

  5. Technology Assessment • Six Technologies were analyzed • Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) • AVI using Laser Frequency • AVI using Radio Frequency (RFID) • AVI using Infrared Frequency • Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) • Vehicle Matching • Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) • GPS • Mobile Phone Location • Inductive Loop Detectors

  6. Technology Comparative Analysis

  7. Technology Comparative Analysis

  8. Technology Selection Recommendations • Two technologies emerged as best candidates • Automatic Vehicle Identification - AVI --- RFID • Automatic Vehicle Location – AVL--- GPS • RFID was chosen for the Texas border crossings Why??

  9. The Northbound Border Crossing Process at the U.S. / Mexico Border 1. Mexican Export Lot 2. U. S. FederalCompound 3. State Safety Inspection Facility Warehouse/ Yard Warehouse / Yard Mexican export documentation verification and cargo inspection selection Visual vehicle safety inspection CBP primary inspection (document inspection) Secondary inspection VACIS, X-Ray, FMCSA Others Detailed state truck safety inspection Mexican export cargo Inspection MEXICO U. S.

  10. Technology Recommendations • Given that: • CBP already is using RFID technology and a large population of trucks have RFID tags, and • DPS is already implementing RFID technology • RFID was selected

  11. Implementation • RFID Tags • CBP • DPS • Installation of al least 2 measuring locations • RFID readers • 1 before queue on Mexican side • 1 at exit of State Inspection Facility • Possibility of additional measuring locations

  12. Proposed Measuring Locations Bridge of the Americas – El Paso/Ciudad Juarez *Optional

  13. Proposed Measuring Locations The Pharr-Reynosa Bridge A= Mexican Export Lot B = US Federal Compound C = US State Inspection Facility t = Toll Booth R1 = Potential Measuring Location (Mexican Side) R2 = Potential Measuring Location (Mexican Side) R3 = Potential Measuring Location (US Side)

  14. Delay = (observed truck crossing time)-(optimal truck crossing time) Measuring Border Crossing Delay

  15. Next Steps • Technologies being piloted at 2 border crossings • El Paso Bridge of the Americas (BOTA) • Pharr-Reynosa Bridge • Developing information dissemination system • Self-sustainable system • Identify users • Develop a “Border Congestion Index”

  16. Thank you, Merci, Gracias Juan Carlos Villa Manager Economics, Trade and Logistics Program Texas Transportation Institute 979-862-3382 j-villa@tamu.edu

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