Policy Overview Hugh Conroy Whatcom Council of Governments (MPO) Bellingham, WA TBWG Data Workshop Detroit 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 & Partnership Interagency and multijurisdictional partnerships depend on objective reference points – data. Shared system responsibilities & interests Security Mobility Economic development Profit Safety Emissions reduction 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 Policy Policy: 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, benefits FASTNEXUS 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 Year Cascade Gateway

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

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