the international mobility & trade corridor project – imtc
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The International Mobility & Trade Corridor Project – IMTC
Peace Arch-DouglasPeace Arch-Douglas
Pacific HighwayPacific Highway
Lynden-AldergroveLynden-Aldergrove
Huntingdon-SumasHuntingdon-Sumas
• B.C. Ministry of Transportation• Washington Department of Transportation• U.S. Customs & Border Protection• Canada Border Services Agency• U.S. Federal Highway Administration• Transport Canada• Whatcom Council of Governments• Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority• U.S. Consulate General, Vancouver• Canadian Consulate General, Seattle• U.S. General Services Administration• WA & BC border municipalities• Regional NGOs
IMTC Steering Committee ParticipantsIMTC Steering Committee Participants
Steering committee participants, plus:• Industry associations
– B.C. Trucking Association– WA Trucking Association
• Legislators’ offices (state, provincial, federal)• Customs brokers• Area chambers of commerce• Other state & provincial agency offices• Duty free stores
IMTC Core Group ParticipantsIMTC Core Group Participants
IMTC – A binational coalition of agencies and industries.
Peace Arch-DouglasPeace Arch-Douglas
Pacific HighwayPacific Highway
Lynden-AldergroveLynden-Aldergrove
Huntingdon-SumasHuntingdon-Sumas
Pacific Highway Port-of-EntryPhoto: WCOG
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Canada Border Services AgencyCanada Border Services Agency
US Customs & Border ProtectionUS Customs & Border Protection Duty Free StoresDuty Free Stores
BrokeragesBrokerages
BrokeragesBrokerages
BrokeragesBrokerages
Duty Free StoresDuty Free Stores
TrucksTrucks
BusesBusesCarsCars
CarsCarsTrucksTrucks
BusesBuses
TravelersTravelers DriversDriversCargoCargo
TravelersTravelersDriversDriversCargoCargo
WA
DOT
WA
DOT
BC
MOT
BC
MOT
Agencies & Agencies & BusinessesBusinesses
ConveyancesConveyancesPeople & goodsPeople & goods
Agencies & Agencies & BusinessesBusinesses
ConveyancesConveyancesPeople & goodsPeople & goods
U.S. FHWA $7,237,490
53%
Local BC & WA $173,233
1%
Other $225,000
2%WA State
$1,449,964 10%
BC Province $2,366,170
17%
Transport Canada
$2,401,500 17%
IMTC Project Funding Sources1999-2006
Pacific Highway Port-of-EntryPhoto: WCOG
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Year Type BoothsProcessing
RateCapacity (Veh/h)
2002 All 2 57 126
General 2
FAST 1
Total 3
50%
2006
Change
120
87
109
91%
60
41
101
-20%
June 2006 CVO Survey @ Pacific Highway – U.S. Port of Entry
2007 Residence
Point Roberts, 1%
East Washington, 1%
Alberta, 1%
West Washington, 2%
Rest of BC, 3%
Rest USA, 6%
West USA, 4%
Whatcom, 11% Puget Sound, 15%
East Lower Mainland, 16%
West Lower Mainland, 40%
Summer
Response catagories Percent
Have passport 82.4%Will get passport 12.6%Use NEXUS 2.6%Other 1.0%Stop crossing 0.7%Don't know what you speak of 0.6%Delayed/cancelled? 0.1%Enhanced D.L. 0.1%
100.0%
Q: How do you plan on complying with the upcoming U.S. requirement for a passport to enter the United States?
WCOG
YVCOG
WVTC
TRPC
SRTC
SW WA RTC
SCOG
PSRC
LCV MPOCWCOG
YVCOG
BFCG
Washington’s 11 metropolitanplanning organizations (MPOs)
Variable Unit ValuesTotal tickets sold tickets 1,600,000Est tickets not reserved by VANOC tickets 1,120,000Avg tickets per person tickets 4.0Ticketed attendees people 280,000Non-ticketed attendees people 73,150Attendees (total) people 353,150
Length of Games days 17.0Average stay of attendees days 3.5Days of distributed, one-way travel days 14.5
1 2 3
Percent of attendees arriving/departing via I-5 (SCENARIOS) percent 26.25% 21.00% 15.00%
Est. total number of attendees on I-5 Whatcom people 92,702 74,162 52,973Daily average additional travelers (one direction) people 6,393.2 5,114.6 3,653.3Average vehicle occupancy people 2.25 2.25 2.25Daily average additional automobiles (one direction) cars 2,841 2,273 1,624North and South combined - avg. additional autos cars 5,683 4,546 3,247
Scenarios
Estimate of 2010 Olympics Cross-border Auto Traffic
Estimated Relative Additional Cross-border TrafficGenerated by the 2009 World Police & Fire Games in British Columbia
Peace Arch, Southbound
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
Tue 7/24
Wed7/25
Thu7/26
Fri 7/27 Sat7/28
Sun7/29
Mon7/30
Tue7/31
Wed8/1
Thu 8/2 Fri 8/3 Sat 8/4 Sun8/5
Mon8/6
Travel & Event Days Profile - Based on 2007 Calendar
24
-hr
Ca
r V
olu
me
Estimated Additional WP&FG CarsTotal Cars
+11%
+15%
+26%
+17%
+9%
Estimated Relative Additional Cross-border TrafficGenerated by the 2009 World Police & Fire Games in British Columbia
Peace Arch & Pacific Highway Combined, Southbound
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
Tue 7/24 Wed7/25
Thu 7/26 Fri 7/27 Sat 7/28 Sun 7/29 Mon 7/30 Tue 7/31 Wed 8/1 Thu 8/2 Fri 8/3 Sat 8/4 Sun 8/5 Mon 8/6
Travel & Event Days Profile - Based on 2007 Calendar
24-
hr
Car
Vo
lum
e
Estimated Additional WP&FG Cars
Peace Arch & Pacific Highway Combined
+7%
+15%
+15%
+9%
The Whatcom Council of Governments
Whatcom County, WA