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Policy Overview
Hugh ConroyWhatcom Council of Governments (MPO)Bellingham, [email protected]
TBWG Data WorkshopDetroit Metro, Michigan
Crowne Plaza Hotel, June 3-5
What we’re doing here.
• Our agenda over the next three days:– Types of data– Data collection methods & technologies– Enhancing data– Ways to share data
Why we’re here.
• Monitoring system performance
• Identifying & prioritizing investments
• Evaluate policy• Scaling investments• Operating systems
• Forming common terms and expectations
• Forming common terms and expectations… two countries.
Agency functions
Multi agency partnership
International, multi agency partnership
Information
• Traffic volume• Travel time• Congestion measures• Trade characteristics• Travel characteristics• Temporal variations• Economic impact• Benefit & cost• Forecasts• Modeling• Simulation• GIS• Sensitivity analysis• Scenario comparisons• And more
Data
• Count• Weight• Time• Number• Weather• Rate• Distance• Location• Price• Dimensions• And more
Policy & PartnershipInteragency and multijurisdictional partnerships depend on objective reference points – data.
Shared systemShared systemresponsibilitiesresponsibilities
& interests & interests
Security
Mobility
Economicdevelopment
Profit
Safety
Emissionsreduction
•Common definition of need among partners.
•Quantified & defensible business case for the public and affected entities.
•Expected benefits to partner entities.
•Respective investments.•Performance monitoring.•Enhanced visibility of potential operational efficiencies, interoperability, etc.
Enforcement
Land use
Informing PolicyPolicy:• Outcome-based plan of action.• Identification of alternative actions and assessment of expected effects.
U.S.-Canada policies related to the border & TBWG:• Shared Border Accord• Canada U.S. Partnership Agreement• Memorandum of Cooperation (TC & US DOT).• Smart Border Declaration & 31 pt. Action Plan• Security and Prosperity Partnership.
TBWG Policy Subgroup:• Also focused on improving the pursuit of shared federal policy objectives by agencies working under different national authorities.
Examples of Initiatives based on partnership: shared system components,
investments, benefitsFAST NEXUS
Information
• What will the benefits to each system be?
• How many people can be expected to sign up given the price & typical delay avoided?
• What would the impact of traffic flow be at different rates of use?
• Program operation over time.• Enrollment characteristics & program use.
Data
• Wait times / processing times• Trip purposes/commodity / vehicle occupancy
• Origin-destination, etc.• Traffic volumes / arrival rates
• NEXUS/FAST trip frequency by enrollee.
• Enrollment volume changes.
Summer 2007 Reported X-border Trips per YearCascade Gateway
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Daily or More Weekly Monthly Once Every TwoMonths
2-5 Times a Year Once a Year or Less
Blaine: Import Weight by Commodity
0
10000000
20000000
30000000
40000000
50000000
60000000
70000000
80000000
Jan-07 Feb-07 Mar-07 Apr-07 May-07
Jun-07 Jul-07 Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07 Nov-07 Dec-07 Jan-08
Month
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kg Beverages
Fish
Plastics
Wood
Pulpwood
Paper
Vegetables
Iron/Steel
Articles Iron/Steel
Spec. Provisions
BTS Transborder Freight Database
Blaine: Import Value by Commodity
0
10000000
20000000
30000000
40000000
50000000
60000000
70000000
Jan-07 Feb-07 Mar-07 Apr-07 May-07
Jun-07 Jul-07 Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07 Nov-07 Dec-07 Jan-08
Month
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Fish
Plastics
Wood
Paper
Articles Iron/Steel
Machinery
Electrical
Aircraft
Furniture
Spec. Provisions
BTS Transborder Freight Database
Conclusions
• Pertain to the full Canada-U.S. border.
• Binational support for interchangeable and scalable DATA elements and format – common data needs for dynamic information needs.
•National•Regional•Port specific
$200$200 $200$200 $200$200 $200$200 $200$200 $200$200
$400$400 $400$400 $400$400 $400$400 $400$400 $400$400
$600$600 $600$600 $600$600 $600$600 $600$600 $600$600
$800$800 $800$800 $800$800 $800$800 $800$800 $800$800
$1,000$1,000 $1,000$1,000 $1,000$1,000 $1,000$1,000 $1,000$1,000 $1,000$1,000
COUNTING COUNTING THINGSTHINGS
WHERE’S IT WHERE’S IT GOING?GOING?
HOW LONG HOW LONG DOES THIS DOES THIS
TAKE?TAKE?
NEW NEW GADGETSGADGETS
NEEDING & NEEDING & SHARINGSHARING
BREAKING BREAKING OUTOUT
Border Data