Author: Michael Schofield
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Category : Trucking
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
In June 2004 the U.S Supreme Court ruled that the United States should open its borders to cross-border trucking and so fulfill its treaty obligations under the NAFTA. Opponents of this action included those who believed that Mexican trucks were unable to meet current U.S. trucking safety standards on a consistent basis. This report examines this legitimate concern by evaluating border trucking data collected at border safety inspection facilities (BSIF) operated by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). Safety statistics derived from Mexican trucks crossing the U.S. border are compared with American truck safety data to determine whether there is any warrant for the safety concerns that helped delay the border opening. The results show that out of service rates are now not significantly different between the two countries. While increased border inspections since 2001 have reduced out of service citation rates, 2003 and 2004 seem to mark a plateau for 2005 and 2006, where increased inspections may have had a diminished effect in lowering rates. This, if confirmed by safety data collected for later years, may put into question the benefits of the planned permanent border safety inspection facilities -- still not all in service in 2006 - relative to their substantial operational costs and the possible distortions in state truck safety from having a large percentage of DPS staff allocated to the southern part of Texas.
Evaluating Mexican Truck Safety at the Texas/Mexico Border
Author: Michael Schofield
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ISBN:
Category : Trucking
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
In June 2004 the U.S Supreme Court ruled that the United States should open its borders to cross-border trucking and so fulfill its treaty obligations under the NAFTA. Opponents of this action included those who believed that Mexican trucks were unable to meet current U.S. trucking safety standards on a consistent basis. This report examines this legitimate concern by evaluating border trucking data collected at border safety inspection facilities (BSIF) operated by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). Safety statistics derived from Mexican trucks crossing the U.S. border are compared with American truck safety data to determine whether there is any warrant for the safety concerns that helped delay the border opening. The results show that out of service rates are now not significantly different between the two countries. While increased border inspections since 2001 have reduced out of service citation rates, 2003 and 2004 seem to mark a plateau for 2005 and 2006, where increased inspections may have had a diminished effect in lowering rates. This, if confirmed by safety data collected for later years, may put into question the benefits of the planned permanent border safety inspection facilities -- still not all in service in 2006 - relative to their substantial operational costs and the possible distortions in state truck safety from having a large percentage of DPS staff allocated to the southern part of Texas.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trucking
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
In June 2004 the U.S Supreme Court ruled that the United States should open its borders to cross-border trucking and so fulfill its treaty obligations under the NAFTA. Opponents of this action included those who believed that Mexican trucks were unable to meet current U.S. trucking safety standards on a consistent basis. This report examines this legitimate concern by evaluating border trucking data collected at border safety inspection facilities (BSIF) operated by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). Safety statistics derived from Mexican trucks crossing the U.S. border are compared with American truck safety data to determine whether there is any warrant for the safety concerns that helped delay the border opening. The results show that out of service rates are now not significantly different between the two countries. While increased border inspections since 2001 have reduced out of service citation rates, 2003 and 2004 seem to mark a plateau for 2005 and 2006, where increased inspections may have had a diminished effect in lowering rates. This, if confirmed by safety data collected for later years, may put into question the benefits of the planned permanent border safety inspection facilities -- still not all in service in 2006 - relative to their substantial operational costs and the possible distortions in state truck safety from having a large percentage of DPS staff allocated to the southern part of Texas.
Current Issues Related to Security and Safety Initiatives for Mexican Truck Carriers Along the Texas-Mexico Border
Assessment of Mexican Driver Understanding of Existing Traffic Control Devices Used in Texas
Author: H. Gene Hawkins
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Category : Automobile drivers
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Automobile drivers
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Texas-Mexico ITS Border Assessment
Author: Eric Lindquist
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Category : Commercial vehicles
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
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Category : Commercial vehicles
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Some Implications of the 1984 Tandem Truck Safety Act for the United States-Mexico Border Area
Author: William Francis Hughes
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Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Overview of the Texas-Mexico Border
Author:
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Category : Mexican-American Border Region
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Effective transportation planning for the 1,230-mile (1,980-km) long Texas-Mexico border must take into account not only the unique characteristics of a binational environment, but also the possible impacts of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Accordingly, this study developed two complementary concepts useful in such binational transportation planning: sector analysis and super-crossing. Sector analysis--a concept based on major traffic diversion areas--provides aggregated revenue and/or demand estimates that address regional (as against site-specific) transportation planning issues. The super-crossing concept, developed to address post-NAFTA commercial traffic, is based on Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) guidelines intended to foster multi- and intermodal facilities. Both concepts are fully described in this report. Additionally, border transportation planning and the implementation of sector analysis methodology require, in turn, assessments of traffic flow patterns and of post-NAFTA socioeconomic indicators. Thus, NAFTA socioeconomic impacts and origin and destination patterns are included as study objectives, both of which are fully documented in this report.
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Category : Mexican-American Border Region
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Effective transportation planning for the 1,230-mile (1,980-km) long Texas-Mexico border must take into account not only the unique characteristics of a binational environment, but also the possible impacts of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Accordingly, this study developed two complementary concepts useful in such binational transportation planning: sector analysis and super-crossing. Sector analysis--a concept based on major traffic diversion areas--provides aggregated revenue and/or demand estimates that address regional (as against site-specific) transportation planning issues. The super-crossing concept, developed to address post-NAFTA commercial traffic, is based on Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) guidelines intended to foster multi- and intermodal facilities. Both concepts are fully described in this report. Additionally, border transportation planning and the implementation of sector analysis methodology require, in turn, assessments of traffic flow patterns and of post-NAFTA socioeconomic indicators. Thus, NAFTA socioeconomic impacts and origin and destination patterns are included as study objectives, both of which are fully documented in this report.
Trucking Safety
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Truck Safety: Share the Road Safely Program Needs Better Evaluation of Its Initiatives: Report to Congressional Committees
Measurement and Analysis of Traffic Loads Across the Texas-Mexico Border
Author: Joseph Paul Leidy
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Category : Traffic flow
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Axle load and gross-vehicle weight characteristics of Mexican-origin commercial trucks processed through the U.S. Customs yard in the city of Laredo, Texas, are described in this report. Investigation of these characteristics particular to Mexican-origin trucks is directed by a Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)-sponsored study entitled "Multi-Modal Planning and the U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement" as a prerequisite to evaluating the potential damage to Texas highways posed by international trade traffic. Justifiable concern exists not just with the increasing volume of trade-related truck traffic, but also with the loads carried by Mexican-origin trucks. This study is facilitated by the installation of a weigh-in-motion (WIM) system at the preeminent Southwestern commercial truck port-of-entry (Laredo). Load summaries are presented on five basic truck classes (by axle count) and are based on the original Association of American State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) pavement damage relationships.
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Category : Traffic flow
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Axle load and gross-vehicle weight characteristics of Mexican-origin commercial trucks processed through the U.S. Customs yard in the city of Laredo, Texas, are described in this report. Investigation of these characteristics particular to Mexican-origin trucks is directed by a Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)-sponsored study entitled "Multi-Modal Planning and the U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement" as a prerequisite to evaluating the potential damage to Texas highways posed by international trade traffic. Justifiable concern exists not just with the increasing volume of trade-related truck traffic, but also with the loads carried by Mexican-origin trucks. This study is facilitated by the installation of a weigh-in-motion (WIM) system at the preeminent Southwestern commercial truck port-of-entry (Laredo). Load summaries are presented on five basic truck classes (by axle count) and are based on the original Association of American State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) pavement damage relationships.
Transportation Infrastructure and Safety Impacts of the North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description