Policy Overview

Hugh ConroyWhatcom Council of Governments (MPO)Bellingham, WAhugh@wcog.org

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

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Blaine: Import Weight by Commodity

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Spec. Provisions

BTS Transborder Freight Database

Blaine: Import Value by Commodity

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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