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Title:

Deployment of Radio Frequency Identification System on U.S.-Mexico Border to Measure Crossing Times of Commercial Vehicles

Accession Number:

01338275

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

State and federal agencies have increasingly started to implement systems to measure international border crossing times as a gauge to evaluate performance of border-crossings for long-term planning and operations purposes. By definition, crossing times of commercial vehicles is the combination of wait time in queue and the time spent for subsequent inspections performed by the federal and state agencies. Especially on the U.S.-Mexico border, crossing time is often the most significant portion of travel time, because of the presence of large maquila industries (twin plants) within few miles of the international border and complex border inspections. For short haul drayage operation between the twin plants in Mexico and warehouses and distribution centers in the U.S., crossing times at the border may constitute the biggest portion of the travel time. The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently deployed Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) based system at one of the major land border-crossings, in El Paso, Texas. Subsequent to the success of the project, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) deployed similar system in Pharr, Texas and is planning to deploy a similar system in Laredo, Texas. The overall goal of these deployments is to implement systems that would automatically and accurately collect, archive and disseminate crossing times for northbound commercial vehicles. The paper describes the benefits achieved by deploying Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system at the border-crossings. The paper also analyzes crossing times of commercial vehicles, mostly in terms of variability and correlations with other influencing factors. Finally the paper provides recommendations to reduce the variability of the crossing times at the land border-crossings.

Monograph Accession #:

01329018

Report/Paper Numbers:

11-1271

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Rajbhandari, Rajat
Villa, Juan Carlos

Pagination:

19p

Publication Date:

2011

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2011-1-23 to 2011-1-27
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures (8) ; References (13) ; Tables (1)

Subject Areas:

Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2011 Paper #11-1271

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 17 2011 5:44PM