April 8, 2014

Ontario Ministry of TransportationRob Tardif

Ontario Update on Border Traffic for FHWA Planning Initiative

TBWG - Trade and Traffic Data Session

FHWA partnership with Ontario to develop O-D database to support infrastructure planning

Ontario Ministry of Transportation products under development (2013 to 2015):

Commercial and Passenger intercept surveys at Ontario’s 14 border crossings with NY, MI, MN

Document time series travel trends (2000, 2006, 2013/2014)

Prepare “User Guide” to effectively maximize OD survey results

Prepare “How To Guide” to replicate best practices for U.S. deployment of OD survey

Provide case studies to demonstrate the range of analysis potential and support model development

Project Scope

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Commercial Vehicle Survey Sites Completed commercial vehicle

intercept surveys between 2011 and 2013

166 sites, 50,000 surveys Surveys at 13 border

crossings 8,200 surveys with U.S. travel

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Survey is being conducted in three phases:

• 2011/2012 – Northern Ontario (4 crossings, 8900 surveys)

• 2012/2013 – Niagara (4 crossings, 33,000 surveys)

• 2014 – St Lawrence & Detroit/Port Huron (6 crossings, 30,000 surveys (est.))

• Fall 2014/Spring 2015 integrate data, prepare for model traffic assignments

Collect information on:

• Where (trip origin/destination, intermediate stops)

• What (type of vehicle)

• Who (how many travellers per vehicle)

• Why (purpose of travel and crossing preferences)

• When (time/date of travel and how often)

Border Passenger Surveys

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2011

2012/13

2014

2014

Border Passenger Surveys

• Completed 42,000 passenger vehicle intercept surveys from 8 crossings

• In 2014, anticipate 30,000 from 6 crossings

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2014 Passenger Survey Site Plans

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Vehicle Registration – 2011/12 Northern Ontario

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Expand Commercial Vehicle Survey – May 2014

Support FHWA corridor studies – Ongoing

Develop Workshop Outline – June to Dec 2014

Conduct Passenger Surveys – Summer 2014

Process and integrate Passenger Surveys – Winter 14/15

Administer Workshops - Summer/Fall 2015

Integrate Ontario truck OD data into Bi-national models

Evaluate/Integrate forecasting methodologies

Advance Multi-Modal Freight Models – integrate GPS OD data

Next Steps: