NTL Record

Title Measuring border delay and crossing times at the US–Mexico border : part II. Step-by-step guidelines for implementing a radio frequency identification (RFID) system to measure border crossing and wait times.
Record ID 47831
Personal Name
Creator
Rajbhandari, Rajat; Villa, Juan; Macias, Roberto; Tate, William
Corporate Creator Texas Transportation Institute; Battelle Memorial Institute
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date 20120600
Language English
Abstract The purpose of these step-by-step guidelines is to assist in planning, designing, and deploying a system that uses radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to measure the time needed for commercial vehicles to complete the northbound border crossing process at the U.S.–Mexico border (i.e., crossing time) as well as time needed to reach the primary inspection station of the Customs and Border Protection facility from the end of a typical queue (i.e., wait time). Guidelines described in this document are based on experiences gathered while deploying RFID-based systems to measure crossing times and wait times at various U.S.–Mexico land border crossings in Texas. However, this document provides a step-by-step process that is not port of entry (POE) specific, so similar systems can be deployed at any POE, including those on the U.S.–Canada border.
Rosap ID dot:26034
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26034
TRT Terms Commercial vehicles; Travel time; Radio frequency identification; Data collection; Information dissemination; Border regions; International borders; Waiting time; Handbooks; Intelligent transportation systems; Ports of entry; Traveler information and communication systems
Classification NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION;
NTL - INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS - Traveler Information;
NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - PLANNING AND POLICY;
NTL - REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES - REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Contract Number DTFH61-06-D-00007/Task BA07-040
Report Number FHWA-HOP-12-016
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/47000/47800/47831/fhwahop12016.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository