United States Department of Transportation
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Estimates of Commercial Motor Vehicles Using the Southwest Border Crossings
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2000-09-20
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Abstract:The United States has experienced almost a five-fold increase in commercial motor vehicle traffic to and from Mexico during the past sixteen years. There were more than 4< million commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crossings from Mexico into the United States recorded by the U.S. Customs Service (Customs) in federal fiscal year 1999. The purpose of this research effort is to estimate the size of the population of commercial motor vehicles operating in cross-border movements of cargo at the United States/Mexico border. Several methods have been employed to derive estimates of the CMVs operating in the border region. The most prominent data collection efforts related to motor carrier activities in the border zone are being undertaken by the U.S. Customs Service. This summary report discusses three different approaches that have been used to estimate the size of the commercial vehicle fleet at the Southwest Border. Estimates of the size of this population will assist the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the states as they work to allocate and place safety inspection and enforcement resources optimally in the border region. Development of factors which relate trade growth or Customs crossing counts to the number of different power units in use within the region will allow FMCSA and the states to adjust the allocation of their resources as the trade flows change over time. Tables, 18 p.
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