# Presentation: 440111

## Border Efficiency Research Initiatives

**Border Efficiency Research Initiatives**

**American Transportation Research Institute  **

**August 16, 2006**

## ATRI

**Research arm of the trucking industry, an independent affiliate of the American Trucking Associations Federation**
**501(c)(3) charitable research trust**
**Governed by 15 member Board**
**Research agenda developed by Research Advisory Committee (RAC)**

## Industry Realities

**Truck Tonnage/VMTs up 70% from 2002 – 2020**
**82% of Freight Movement & Growing**
**Average Operating Margin: 3.7% (Q1 2006)**
**3.2 Million Class 8 CDL Drivers / Massive Shortage**
**Border Security Concerns Documented**
**Border Delays Real & Costly**

## Industry Realities

**Fuel Costly: $3.00 +/gallon**
**Idling Emissions Concerns Growing**
**New Issue with HOS/Parking Availability at Borders**

## Three Border Research Projects

**FHWA Freight Performance Measures Initiative**
**CBP Border Efficiency Assessment**
**FMCSA Canadian Border Issues**

## Freight Performance Measures 

***Aka: Travel Time in Freight Significant Corridors***
**Determination of truck travel time and reliability of truck movements on the national transportation system using communications technology**

## Freight Performance Measures

## Freight Performance Measures

## Slide 12

## Border Activities 

**FPM monitoring at 5 northern border crossings**
- Blaine (Pacific Highway): Blaine, WA
- Pembina: Pembina, ND
- Ambassador Bridge: Detroit, MI
- Peace Bridge: Buffalo, NY
- Champlain: Champlain, NY
**Development of southern border crossing monitoring system**
**Non-tractor electronic truck data**
**Development of truck parking mapping**
**Eight Case Studies including WA & TX**

## CBP Border Efficiency Assessment Task 1

**Lit Review and Synthesis**

**CBP Border Efficiency Assessment**** Task 1**

**Task 1**
**Lit Review and Synthesis**

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**Lit Review and Synthesis**

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**Lit Review and Synthesis**

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**Lit Review and Synthesis**

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**Lit Review and Synthesis**

**Literature Review and Synthesis**
** ****Annotated Bibliography**
** ****Comp. Literature Review**
** ****Synthesis & Analysis**

- OBJECTIVE: Understand Trends and Control for Effects

## CBP Border Efficiency Assessment Task 2

**CBP Border Efficiency Assessment**** ****Task 2**

**Task 1**
**Lit Review and Synthesis**

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**Lit Review and Synthesis**

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**Lit Review and Synthesis**

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**Lit Review and Synthesis**

**Task 2**
**Industry Review Committee**

**Industry Review Committee**
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**Provision of real-time cost data**
** ****Representative: TL, LTL, Spec. / Commodities / Staff Resp.**
** ****Review, Comment & Calibration**

- OBJECTIVE: Industry Data Development & Consensus

## CBP Border Efficiency Assessment Task 3

**CBP Border Efficiency Assessment**** ****Task 3**

**Task 1**
**Lit Review and Synthesis**

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**Lit Review and Synthesis**

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**Lit Review and Synthesis**

**Task 3**
**Baseline Indicators and MOE Mapping**

**Baseline Indicators and MOE Mapping**
** ****Targeted Industry Survey**
** ****Identify & Quantify Indices**
** ****Truck E-Manifest Mapping to  Indices**

- OBJECTIVE: Document & Quantify TE-M Impacts on Industry Indices

## CBP Border Efficiency Assessment Task 4

**CBP Border Efficiency Assessment**** ****Task 4**

**Task 1**
**Lit Review and Synthesis**

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**Lit Review and Synthesis**

**Task 4**
**Truck E-Manifest Conops and Opps**

**Truck E-Manifest Conops and Costs**
** ****Document & Analyze Industry Tech/Apps/Trends**
** ****Map ACE/TE-M to Processes & Systems**
** ****Recommend Long-Term Opportunities**

- OBJECTIVE: Long-Term Utility & Applicability

## CBP Border Efficiency Assessment Task 5

**CBP Border Efficiency Assessment**** ****Task 5**

**Task 1**
**Lit Review and Synthesis**

**Task 5**
**Field Validation**

**Field Testing of MOEs and C-Bs**
** ****Identify Appropriate/Rep Carriers**
** ****Develop Baseline/ACE Indicators**
**Collect/Document Field Data**

- OBJECTIVE: Field Validation of Task 3 Findings

## CBP Border Efficiency Assessment Task 6

**CBP Border Efficiency Assessment**** ****Task 6**

**Task 6**
**Economic/Capacity Issues and Truck E-Manifest**

**Economic/Capacity Issues and Truck E-Manifest**
** ****Incorporation of Industry Trends**
** ****Documentation of Non-ACE Capacity Issues**
** ****Management of ACE vs. Non-ACE Issues**

- OBJECTIVE: Macro-Analysis of Border Capacity, Trends
- & Recommendations

## Preliminary Findings  

**Border crossing conops are extremely complex!**
**Northern border operations differ substantially from southern border; essentially different performance measures/inputs.**
**POE/Crossing requirements differ by [same] border location.**
**ACE likely improves backroom efficiencies; additional SCM opportunities not yet realized.  ACE efficiency value may be marginalized by infrastructure/labor delays, while security benefits are likely.**
**ACE connectivity options may favor larger carriers**

## FMCSA Canadian Issues Study  

**Beyond Security...**
**Carrier safety compliance and enforcement continues**
**U.S. / Canadian Programs differ...**
**Industry awareness lacking**
**Consolidation/harmonization opportunities exist**

## FMCSA Canadian Issues Study  Research Team

**FMCSA**
**SAIC**
**ATRI**
**CVSA**
**North American Driver Safety Foundation**

## Project Objectives

- Ensure motor carriers with cross-border operations have access to information on the operating requirements of both countries. including CMV safety regulatory variances.
- Comprehensive report of historical, current and future planned FMCSA-Canada activities and initiatives.
- Identify significant issues that could impact harmonization and reciprocal recognition of programs, policies, regulations and standards between FMCSA and  Transport Canada and other Canadian governmental agencies relating to CMV safety.
- Assist in evaluating the effect of FMCSA regulatory proposals/policies on Canadian motor carriers operating in the U.S.; understand how regulatory proposals and policy changes effect current FMCSA initiatives and bi-lateral agreements with Transport Canada and other Canadian government organizations (including Departmental agreements).

## Border Crossing Initiatives  

**EFM**

**CCMTA**

**ACE**

**FMCSA**

**EFM**

**FPM**

## Additionally...

**MC Efficiency Study (FMCSA)**
**Industry Standards Initiatives (Industry/TMC)**
**WCO Initiatives**
**State Programs & Intra-State Regs**
**CBP Programs & Plans?**

## Contact Information

**Dan Murray:**
**651-641-6162**
- _[Dmurray@trucking.org](mailto:Dmurray@trucking.org)_

- www.atri-online.org