1. U.S./Mexico Joint Working Committee on Transportation Planning Improving Cross-Border Transportation Oct. 22, 2014 Kenneth Petty Director, Office of Planning FHWA

2. Over View Background JWC origins, purpose and goals Biennial Work plan items Greening Transportation @ Border Conclusion

3. FHWA’s Border Role Improve coordinated border related decision-making Ensure transportation investments efficiently move people and goods across the borders Support national security Background

4. Border Significance The value of trade (imports and exports) between the US/Canada and US/Mexico during 2014 was $366,807,000,000. The number of US bound truck crossings between the three countries; the United States, Mexico and Canada, was 10,843,525 in 2013. An average day in 2013, 629,645 incoming travelers cross our through land ports of entry (POEs). Background

5. US – Mexico Border The U.S-Mexico border extends 1,954 miles. There are 45 active land border POEs and 9 international railroad crossings on this border. Background

6. Originated in 1994 via MOU Coordinates transportation planning Chaired by FHWA/SCT and formed of federal and state partners Twin goals of communication and coordination Biennial work plans U.S./ MX Joint Working Committee

7. Biennial Work plans Past Efforts Regional border master plans Traffic forecasting and data coordination Border wait-time studies Greening the border Innovative financing proponent Bottleneck studies

8. 2013-2015 Work Plan Border wait-time studies – Multiple Pilot Projects – Border wait-time integration – Analysis of how to use & disseminate wait-time data – Upcoming US/Mexico Border wait-time peer exchange

9. 2013-2015 Work Plan Six Regional Border Master Plans – Laredo District/Coahuila-Nuevo Leon-Tamaulipas June 2012 – Lower Rio Grande Valley/Tamaulipas Oct. 2013 – El Paso-Santa Teresa/Chihuahua Oct. 2013 – Arizona/Sonora Feb. 2013 – California/Baja California 2008 & July 2014 – New Mexico/Chihuahua – started Oct. 2014 http://www.borderplanning.fhwa.dot.gov/master plans.asp

10. 2013-2015 Work Plan Transportation Modeling & ITS capacity Building – Border Transportation Modeling peer exchange. Border ITS standards coordination Border finance workshop Binational corridor & multimodal freight management strategies

11. 2013-2015 Work Plan California integrated border approach study Douglas, AZ / Agua Prieta POE traffic study Binational San Luis / San Luis Rio Colorado Sonora transportation study Freight Peer Exchange – Data Dictionary – Freight Fluidity – Cross Border Data

12. For more information Sylvia Grijalva US/Mexico Border Planning Coordinator FHWA 602-510 7986 Sylvia.Grijalva@dot.gov Or The JWC website: www.borderplanning.fhwa.dot.gov/mexico.asp

13. THANK YOU ! Kenneth Petty Director, Office Of Planning Federal Highway Administration.