TRANSPORTATION

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TRANSPORTATION THE CANADA / U.S.
BORDER June 15, 2005 AASHTO, Burlington,
Vermont

• WALTER W. STEEVES
• EBTC MANAGING CONSULTANT

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What is the Eastern Border Transportation
Coalition (EBTC)?Why is the Canada/U.S. Border
so important from a transportation
perspective?What are the major border
issues?What has EBTC been doing about them?
Consultation, Cooperation, Coordination


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WHAT IS EBTC? EBTC MEMBERS
TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES OF Michigan, New York,
Vermont, MaineOntario, Quebec, New Brunswick,
Nova Scotia, Newfoundland LabradorAssociate
Members BUFFALO AND
DETROIT MPOS REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY
OF NIAGARA

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EBTC OBJECTIVESafe, secure,
efficient and economical transportation of goods
and people between the U.S. and
Canada

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Canada-U.S. trade

• Largest bilateral trade relationship in the world
• Canada is larger market for U.S. goods than
  entire European Union
• 13 million truck crossings per year
• Canada is 1 market for exports from 39 states
• 29 states sent more than one quarter of their
  exports to Canada in 2002
• Total trade of over 1 billion per day

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Major Border Issues

• Security is job1
• Identify and expedite low risk movements
• Implement new technology, programs
• New Updated Infrastructure
• Passport Requirement

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EBTC Role

• New Infrastructure Planning Construction
• Coordination of all the border requirements by
  all of the agencies
• Obtain and share reliable traffic data to assist
  in planning and implementation

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EBTC Activities

• Share best practices infrastructure
  construction issues
• Cross Border Truck Study
• Cross Border Rail Study
• Document on the importance of efficient borders
• Common position on the passport issue
• Consultation with Border Agencies

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NRS The EBTC Truck Study

• The Canadian National Roadside Study
• The cross border component

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FINDINGS
CROSSING THE U.S.-CANADA BORDER
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Weekly 1999 NRS truck trips crossing the
Canada-U.S. Border
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TOP 23 U.S.-CANADA TRADING STATES
INTERIOR STATES MOSTLY NET EXPORTERS
NEXT TIER STATES NET EXPORTERS
BORDER STATES NET IMPORTERS
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EBTC Cross Border Rail Study
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Findings of Rail Study

• Over 87.6 million tons of rail freight crossed
  the entire U.S.-Canada border in
  2001,approximately 62.5 percent of which
  originated, terminated, or crossed the border
  within the EBTC region.
• Cross-border rail flows are dominated by the two
  Detroit crossings, the Detroit-Windsor and St.
  Clair River Tunnels

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Findings of Rail Study

• Over 80 percent of both the weight and value of
  cross-border rail trips in the region have
  origins or destinations in non border states

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EBTC Publication
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The 3 Cs

• Consultation, Cooperation, Coordination

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www.ebtc.info