1. October April 13, 2010 – Québec City Travis Black, Co-Chair – U.S. Federal Highway Administration Daniel McGregor, Co-Chair – Transport Canada Border Infrastructure Coordination Subcommittee

2. Presentation Outline  Subcommittee Teleconference  TC Research  FHWA Research  Greening Transportation at Border Workshop  TBWG Peer Exchange on Master Plans  Online Border Infrastructure Compendium  TBWG Website  New U.S. Co-Chair  Comments / Input

3. Subcommittee Teleconference  Teleconference held on October 5, 2010  Good participation by federal agencies and provincial / state DOTs  Discussed TC and FHWA border infrastructure related research  Sought input on TBWG border infrastructure issues and session at Québec City  Cross border rail issues and infrastructure impacts of Alberta oilsands developments raised  Next teleconference – January / February 2011

4. TC Research  Cost-Benefit Analysis of New/Extended FAST/NEXUS Lanes  Cross-Border Bus Transportation Impediments  Applicability of Master Plan Process to Canada – U.S. Border  Costs of Border Compliance for Trucking  Cascade Gateway Commercial Vehicle Transportation Model and Forecasts

5. FHWA Research  Innovative Financing  Gateways / Corridors Linkage  Rail Connections Capacity Adequacy  Performance Measures for Border Infrastructure  Planning Process Integration / Prioritized listings based on capacity issues

6. Greening Transportation at Border Workshop  Greening Transportation at the Border Workshop, San Diego, CA (Feb. 2011)  Green Technology  Performance/Reliability Measures  Livability/Sustainability  Green Financing/Industry  Mexico, U.S.A. and Canada  For more information contact: Sylvia Grijalva, FHWA, (602) 510-7986

7. TBWG Peer Exchange on Master Plans  TBWG Peer Exchange planned for tail end of Spring 2011 TBWG Plenary Meeting in Minneapolis, April 2011  Topics  Baja California/California master plan (SANDAG)  British Columbia/Washington coordination (IMTC)  Applicability of U.S. – Mexico master plan process to Canada – U.S. border and Prairies/Great Plains region  Peer exchange among Prairie provinces & Great Plains states  For more information contact: David Franklin, FHWA, (708) 283- 3540

8. Online Border Infrastructure Compendium  Improvements since Boston plenary  Trade and northbound traffic data uploaded for past ten years  Booth and lane information updated  Improvements Underway  Project information updates pending resolution of coding problems  Usage unchanged from last year  Feedback / Suggestions

9. TBWG Website  Updates since Boston plenary  Additions to library (e.g. Border Policy Research Institute reports)  Regular updates (e.g. Boston presentations, event announcements, revised Action Plan, newsletter)  TBWG Website Usage Statistics  Jan. – June 2009 vs. Jan. - June 2010  29% increase in visits (from 13,622 to 17,520)  Average 116 visits per day  Average duration 5 minutes  Top pages: Home, index, border map, news, about TBWG

10. New U.S. Co-Chair  Chris Dingman  Northern Border Transportation Specialist, FHWA  Mandate:  Working with 11 FHWA Northern Border Division Offices  Border projects and border policy development  Formerly Transportation Planner with FHWA (Michigan Division) and two MPOs in Michigan

11. Border Infrastructure Coordination Subcommittee Contacts christopher.dingman@dot.gov daniel.mcgregor@tc.gc.ca www.thetbwg.org