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Title:

Borders, Barriers, and Benefits: Realities of Congestion Pricing at El Paso Commercial Border Crossings

Accession Number:

01091581

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Congestion at commercial border crossings between the United States and Mexico adversely affects plant operators, shippers, drivers, and receivers. Drivers at El Paso border crossings, for example, often report delays in excess of four hours. These effects extend well beyond those within the supply chain as severe congestion reduces air quality, increases wait times for non-commercial traffic, and increases congestion on roadways surrounding these busy border crossings. Pricing is fast becoming the preferred policy for transportation officials seeking to mitigate congestion. However, the border region suffers from an assortment of inefficiencies, with the regards to the border crossing process, which will ultimately limit the effectiveness of any mitigation program. Limited infrastructure, rigid staffing practices, antiquated technology, numerous information processing systems, and the lack of coordinated planning between U.S. and Mexican officials have all worked to create an environment that severely hinders the best efforts of officials to mitigate border crossing suggestion. This paper serves as a case study for the potential implementation of congestion pricing at border crossings along the U.S./Mexico border. It looks specifically at the El Paso region and evaluates the potential of three pricing mechanisms, dynamic, variable and freight value, to be implemented given the well documented inefficiencies plaguing the commercial border crossing process. The paper goes on to evaluate the potential for each pricing mechanism to generate benefits and impose costs on the area’s various stakeholders given the unique economy of the region.

Monograph Accession #:

01084478

Report/Paper Numbers:

08-2430

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Baker, Richard Tremain
Ungemah, David H
Boyd, Martha

Pagination:

20p

Publication Date:

2008

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2008-1-13 to 2008-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures (1) ; References (12) ; Tables (2)

Geographic Terms:

El Paso (Texas); Mexico

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2008 Paper #08-2430

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 29 2008 4:51PM