BOTTLENECK STUDY UPDATE

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BOTTLENECK STUDY UPDATE
Pedro Orso-DelgadoDistrict DirectorDistrict 11
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Presentation Outline
? Review Completed Bottleneck Study and
Findings ? Provide Update of Improvements
Completed and Underway at ? Otay Mesa/Mesa de
Otay Port of Entry ? San Ysidro/Puerta Mexico
Port of Entry ? Future Activities
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Background

• 12/02 Caltrans Tasked by JWC to Address
  Transportation Infrastructure Supporting POEs
• Develop Border-wide Multimodal Bottleneck
  Methodology for U.S.-Mexico
• 11/04 JWC approved the Final Report of Bottleneck
  Study - Phase I Case Study San Diego-Tijuana
  Gateway

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Study Objectives Accomplishments

• ? The San Diego-Tijuana gateway was used as a
  test-bed
• ? Documented results of methodology including
  challenges and recommendations
• The study can be used as a common U.S.-Mexico
  border-wide framework
• ? Successfully developed a methodology to
  identify low-cost/high result recommendations

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Methodology
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Otay MesaCase Example
MEXICO EXPORT
U.S. IMPORT
MEXICO
U.S.A.
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Identify Bottlenecks and Proposed Improvements

• Otay Mesa/Mesa de Otay
• ? Operational, Minor Infrastructure and Safety
  Improvements at Northbound Southbound Truck
  Routes
• Improve turning radii at various locations
• Pave emergency lane
• ? Re-route empty lane
• Add traffic signal
• ? Increase capacity via additional lanes
• ? Install concrete barriers

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Otay Mesa/Mesa de Otay
U.S.A. MEXICO
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Otay Mesa/Mesa de Otay Northbound Key
Improvements
Ultimate Expansion 8 lanes
4 Lanes completed
600,000 to expand from 3 to 4 lanes
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Otay Mesa/Mesa de Otay Southbound Key
Improvements
Increase Turning Radius and Re-route Empty
Trucks
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Otay Mesa Southbound Truck Route Major
Improvements
SOUTHBOUND PORT OF OTAY MESA CARGO
SIEMPRE VIVA RD.
DRUCKER LANE
16.9 Million - Major Expand from 2 to 9
Lanes Plus other Southbound Roadway Improvements
Status City working on Environmental Document
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OTAY MESA POE NORTHBOUND INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENTS
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Otay Mesa/Mesa de Otay Southbound Key
Improvements
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Otay Mesa Northbound Truck Improvements
Mexico Export
1.0 million Expand from 3 to 8 Lanes
U.S. Import
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Otay Mesa Northbound Truck Improvements
Mexico Export
1.0 million Expand from 3 to 8 Lanes
U.S. Import
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Identify Bottlenecks and Proposed Improvements

• San Ysidro/Puerta Mexico
• ? Operational, Minor Infrastructure and Safety
  Improvements for cars and pedestrians
• ? Increase number of SENTRI lanes
• ? Expand access to SENTRI lanes
• ? Extend Pedestrian Bridge
• Better utilization of all through lanes
• Create secondary turn pocket
• ? Enforce No Parking zones

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San Ysidro/Puerta Mexico Northbound Key
Improvements
? Proposed Expansion of SENTRI? Realignment of
HOV
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San Ysidro/Puerta MexicoNorthbound Key
Improvements

• SENTRI Lanes

USA
Mexico
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Existing Exit Lanes
U.S. SENTRI Exit Lanes Pre Expansion
Caltrans Share 300 k CBP Share 200
k Total Cost 500 k
Proposed Exit Lanes
Lane 1
Lane 2
Lane 3
Bus Lane
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San Ysidro/Puerta Mexico Southbound Key
Improvements

• Improvements to relieve bottleneck at inspection
  area have been implemented in Mexico
• Mayor of Tijuana is interested in improving
  border crossing time into Tijuana

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Next Steps

• Continue to work with local and federal agencies
  to complete improvements identified in Bottleneck
  Study
• ? Phase II
• Other Border Gateways (Unfunded)
• ? Phase III
• U.S./Mexico Border-wide Bottleneck Report
  (Unfunded)

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Methodology

• ? System definition and data collection
• ? System capacity analysis
• ? Identify bottlenecks and proposed improvements

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Methodology
Data Collection ? Turn Move Counts ? Commercial
Vehicle Classification ? Queuing ? Volumes
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Methodology

• Identify Bottlenecks and Proposed Improvements
• ? Identify Bottleneck Solution
• ? Solution Implementation and Calibration

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Challenges
? Methodology Focused on Transportation Outside
of the POE ? Data Collection Schedule ?
Construction Eliminated Pedestrian and Bicycle
Data Collection
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Conclusions
? Successfully developed a methodology to
identify low-cost/high result recommendations