CV Border WaitTime

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• CV Border Wait-Time
• Measurement Project
• Presentation to
• TBWG Data Workshop
• Romulus, Michigan
• (June3, 2008)
• Coordination and Policy Branch
• Transport Canada
• Ontario Region

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Project Research Development Process

• Phase 1 Initial Research and Facilitation
• review/assessment of technology options,
• secure endorsement support of related
  interests, including OTA partner carriers
• Conclusions
• tractor logs are a rich/abundant source of
  empirical data on wait-times delays throughout
  the entire O/D trip, be it at border crossings,
  or shippers/receivers yards,
• such wait-time data can be accessed, processed
  and compiled in readily useable form.
• the capability to vary the frequency of the
  polling interval makes truck-mounted GPS units
  the technology option best suited for measuring
  narrowly-defined border crossing intervals
• Completed May, 2003
• Phase 2 Formal Proof of Concept
• demonstrate practical ways and means to exploit
  the inherent, technical functionality of
  GPS-based, E-data recorders (i.e. hindcast
  simulations on archival data logs)
• assess the costs, and overall cost effectiveness,
  of advancing the project from concept to
  live-time implementation, with a broad-based
  and expanded sample size
• Completed October, 2004
• Phase 3 Implementation Operation
• RDG approval to proceed with implementation
  granted October, 2005
• project conceived as a two (2) year, or 26-month,
  research demonstration effort. Project TEC,
  240,948.00, including acquisition and deployment
  of 86 GPS probe-units, plus data
  management/service fees, to the end of 07/08
  fiscal year
• contract formally awarded to Turnpike Global
  Technologies (TGT) Ltd. on January 20, 2006

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CV BWT Measurement Project Technology Mix
Data Logging
Data Transmission
Data Processing
download logs
transmit logs
INTERNET
broadcast signal
progrmng instructions

• On-board GPS unit
• geo-coordinates time stamps
• detailed digital fingerprint
• precise interval measure

• Bluetooth Reader
• data access point
• also reads Bluetooth IDs
• instant transmission
• at 0 cost

• TGT Ltd.
• data mgmt service provider
• purpose-built algorithms
• 24/7 BWT data stream
• Web-based access

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Site Layout Data Access Points and Interior
Geofences
Peace Bridge Canadian Plaza
Plaza Entry
Inset U.S. Plaza
Duty Free
Overflow
Base Stn. Reader
2ndry
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BWT Web Display Features
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CV BWT Web Display www.borderinformation.com userI
D peaceb password peaceb123
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Partner Carriers One View Web Display
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Growth Distribution of the Data Set
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The Distribution . and limits . of the BWT
Crossings Data

• of Participant Carriers
• 15 at outset, currently gt 50
• Crossing observations to date FY 2006/07
  (97,000), FY 2007/08 (124,260)
• Probe Unit leverage ..30 test units prompted
  installation of gt 1300 units by 3 host carriers
• Re the Volume Distribution of Crossings
• the data set will ?, ?, as Service Providers
  client base, or market share, ?s, ?s.
• the number location of crossings . vary
  independently, as determined by carrier
  operations
• the composition, or commodity mix, of carriers
  includes, food, auto-parts, automotive, TL LTL
  freight, but varies independently as determined
  by the fleet size and/or service lines of (TGT)
  client carriers.
• sample carriers are predominantly CTPAT/FAST
  certified however, the BWT crossing observations
  are not fully differentiated by custom
  classification .as yet !!!
• BWT data as of Total Traffic Volume
• 60-90 observations per weekday at P.Bridge and
  A.Bridge, gt1 of annual CV traffic volume at each
  respective crossing.
• daily observations at Q/L and BWB are appreciably
  less, 15-20/peak weekday
• the BlueTooth externality 320-340
  observations/day at DWT, equals 2 of total
  (07) traffic volume (i.e., cars/trucks/bus)

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PAX Vehicle BWT Measurement Exploiting
Bluetooth Functionality
Data Logging
Data Transmission
Data Processing
.. here I am
sends outbound message
INTERNET CONNECTION
DIGITAL HANDSHAKE
. whos out there
programming instructions

• Bluetooth enabled device
• handheld, or embedded
• emits unique Bluetooth ID
• variable range (300/30/3)
• depending on device

• Bluetooth Transceiver
• data access point
• operates in discovery mode
• sends outbound messages only
• microprocessor assigns
• coordinates timestamps

• TGT Ltd.
• data mgmt service provider
• purpose-built algorithms
• 24/7 BWT data stream
• Web-based access

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Special Events, Diagnostics
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Peace Bridge (US Bound) ACE Roll-OUT Daily
Diagnostic (Sept 2106 Oct 506)
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Peace Bridge (US Bound) CV Wait Time Data 3rd
Quarter 07
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Bluewater Bridge (US Bound) Mean Crossing Time
Q1 08/09 v. FY 07/08
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AMBASSADOR BRIDGE Peak Crossing Time v. Peak
Traffic Volume
AMBASSADOR BRIDGE Peak Crossing Time v. Peak
Traffic Volume
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PEACE BRIDGE Peak Crossing Time v. Peak Traffic
Volume
PEACE BRIDGE Peak Crossing Time v. Peak Traffic
Volume
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Perimeter Zones, Queuing
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Ambassador Bridge (US Bound) Access Queuing
Patterns

• Zone 2 Zone 1
• Hwy 401 to A. Bridge Plaza
• Queue length . _at_ 16 km
• 43.3 of recorded observations
• Mean Transit Time
• Zone 1 only
• ECR Parkway to A. Bridge Plaza
• (access to Huron Church via ECR)
• Queue length . _at_ 6km
• 32.9 of recorded observations
• Mean Transit Time
• NO Zone
• access to Plaza via Wyandotte Street
• Queue length 0 km
• 23.8 of recorded observations

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Conclusions
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Apart from the data, remember three (3)
fundamental, STRATEGIC, aspects of this seminal
RD effort

• This is not a SOLUTION, simply an analytical
  TOOL
• a PERFORMANCE METRIC, with operational utility
  for local port crossing officials, a variety of
  government agencies, and
• those (partner) carriers, who can now routinely
  track precisely measure their own day-day
  border crossing activity
• This is industry-driven, industry-focused data,
  never previously available, clearly
  demonstrating
• the trucking industrys willingness to partner
  with government to explore new, innovative
  approaches to problems that affect their mutual
  interest,
• that industry itself is taking a direct hand, and
  now able to provide empirical data in response to
  the concerns or perceptions of shippers,
  foreign investors, etc. regarding the Can/US
  border.
• This project, as a RD initiative, has opened
  the door to further exploitation of an
  increasingly abundant, and previously untapped,
  digital data resource
• established the technical and economic viability
  of FARMING digital tractor logs,
• confirms Bluetooth functionality as a proxy for
  PAX TRAFFIC wait-times at Can/US border
  crossings,
• the BWT application is simply a special case of
  the emerging interest in digital tractor logs as
  a planning/analysis tool for trade corridors
  (MTO, TC/HQ) and urban corridor (MTO, UofT).
• Already we are seeing the emergence of a data
  resale, or procurement, market for 3rd-party,
  derivative applications.