International Mobility and Trade Corridor (IMTC) Freight Technology Border Crossing Evaluation

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International Mobility and Trade Corridor
(IMTC)Freight Technology Border Crossing
Evaluation

• Presented to
• Transportation Border Working Group
• Vancouver, British Columbia
• December 05, 2002

Mark Jensen, SAIC Erik Wik, SAIC Chris Hoff,
TSi
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Background

• 4.35 Million Dollar Investment (Phase 1 2)
• Phase 1 1.85 M
• Phase 2 2.5 M TEA-21 grant to IMTC with match
  from Transport Canada, WSDOT, BC Transportation
  Finance Authority, and ICBC
• First ITS enabled bi-national CVO system in North
  America
• 32 million a day in Canadian-American cross
  border trade
• 40 million lost annually due to border
  congestion
• Support Border Crossing Goals
• Improve trade facilitation and commercial vehicle
  safety
• Border Delay Performance Measurements
• Cost and Benefit inputs supporting Mitretek
  databases

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IMTC Deployment Overview
IMTC Phase I Ports of Seattle and Tacoma to
Canada

• Automated Vehicle Identification Truck (AVI)
  Transponder System
• Tag readers at port terminal exit gates and
  border crossing approach
• Electronic screening by customs clearance of
  In-Bond cargo
• CVISN Safety Screening
• Electronic check of credentials/safety WIM used
  for size and weight

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IMTC Deployment Overview
IMTC Phase II Southbound and Bi-National
Operations

• Install tag reading hardware on Highway 15 in
  British Columbia
• Study ITS enabled bi-national stakeholder
  information sharing
• AVI tracking System
• US (Tacoma, Seattle)
• US/Canadian agencies at Blaine Border Crossing
• Vancouver shipping locations
• WIM facilities with bi-national sharing of
  credentialing data
• New truck staging area in British Columbia
  approaching the US

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The TransCorridor AVI/E-seal System

• USER INFORMATION
• Vehicle ID (Transponder Serial Number)
• Date Time of Entrance Event
• Shipping Facility ID
• Container E-Seal Number
• E-Seal Tampering (yes/no)

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Evaluation Goals

• IMTC ITS Objectives
• Examine how ITS systems improve vehicle and
  freight operational efficiency throughout the
  logistics chain by minimizing total commercial
  motor vehicle delay at border crossings,
  commercial vehicle inspection stations, at
  participating ports, and Intermodal yards.
• Examine how ITS systems enhance commercial
  freight trade and regulatory efficiency via
  improved collection, transmission and analysis of
  vehicle, driver, and freight information between
  regulatory and enforcement officials, customs
  brokers, and shippers.

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Evaluation Technical Approach

• Evaluation Methodology
• Data Collection
• Benefit/Cost Evaluation
• Implementation Challenges
• Evaluation Study Areas
• Commercial Motor Vehicle Operations
• Commercial Freight Trade and Regulatory
  Operations
• International Institutional Challenges
• Stakeholder Satisfaction

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Evaluation Study Areas
Commercial Motor Vehicle Operations

• Reduce US-Canadian border travel time queues for
  commercial vehicles and non-commercial vehicles
• Reduce US-Canadian broker/customs interface for
  commercial motor vehicles via an automated
  pre-clearance system
• Reduce US-Canadian border travel time by
  utilizing WIM technology

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Evaluation Study Areas

• Commercial Freight Trade and Regulatory
  Operations
• Paperwork reduction, error reduction and resource
  savings by commercial trucking industry
• Paperwork reduction, error reduction and resource
  savings by the commercial brokerage industry
• Paperwork reduction and resource savings by the
  sharing of electronic credentialing data

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Evaluation Study Areas

• International Institutional Challenges
• Document the impact of ITS technology on
  information sharing and coordination processes
  between IMTC core participants
• Assess international institutional challenges
  relative to developing information-sharing
  agreements

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Evaluation Study Areas

• Stakeholder Satisfaction
• Identify the specific perceived benefits of the
  ITS systems to stakeholders
• Assess users ITS technology acceptance level
• Assess users ability to utilize ITS-generated
  data to more effectively conduct international
  freight transactions including tracking and
  pre-clearance capabilities

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Border Operations Survey

• Purpose systematically collect border operations
  data
• Scope 4 days in each direction (8hrs/day)
• Captured
• Travel time by segment
• Congestion
• Brokerage
• Customs booth processing
• Queue length
• Vehicle classification
• Empty/laden trucks
• Parking lot occupancy

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Southbound Baseline Data Collection
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Southbound Commercial Vehicle Classification
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Southbound Fleet Load Characteristics
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Southbound Average Travel Time (8 AM to 5 PM)
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Southbound Queue Length and Operating Booths
Avg60 min
Avg49 min
Avg30 min
Avg23 min
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Southbound Average Booth Service Rate (seconds
per commercial vehicle)
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Northbound Baseline Data Collection
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Northbound Commercial Vehicle Classification
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Northbound Fleet Load Characteristics
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Northbound Average Travel Time (8 AM to 5 PM)
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Northbound Queue Length and Operating Booths
Avg30 min
Avg24 min
Avg22 min
Avg26 min
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Northbound Average Number of Operating Booths
During Survey Period
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Next Steps - CMVO Development and Application of
SLM49
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Next Steps Cost-Benefit Analysis and Modelling

• Further data collection
• Interviews
• Focus groups
• Etc.
• Benefit/Cost Analysis
• Develop SLM49
• Estimate Benefits and Costs for all stakeholders
• B/C Analysis
• Implementation Issues
• Institutional
• Customer Satisfaction

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Data Comparison Pre- and Post- September 11,
2001 Southbound
Data Courtesy TSi and Battelle