Details:

• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Center for International Intelligent Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
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  Border Regions Hazardous Materials Hazardous Substances--Transportation--Mexican-American Border Region Intelligent Transportation Systems--Mexican-American Border Region Vehicle To Infrastructure Communications
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SWUTC/09/476660-00016-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Center for International Intelligent Transportation Research
• Abstract:
  Under NAFTA requirements, all hazardous materials that are shipped into Mexico or generated during the
  
  manufacturing process must be shipped back to its point of origin, typically the United States. Thus, the delivery
  
  and return of hazardous materials have created a hazmat transportation corridor. At present, there is no
  
  automated, real-time method to track hazardous materials shipments crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. As a
  
  result, border agencies (specially the first responders) do not have advanced information about the hazardous
  
  materials being transported through border crossings and other locations within their communities. This lack of
  
  information hinders first responder’s ability to respond to hazardous materials incidences.
  
  The objective of the study was to propose a prototype of an information system by which hazardous materials
  
  movement will be relayed and/or shared with local and regional agencies (mainly the first responders) which will
  
  assist these agencies to respond to major hazardous materials incidents more efficiently. This prototype
  
  information system was designed for first responders as a model for what could be developed for the wide range
  
  of stakeholders from all U.S. and Mexican border states. A large part of the initial research was spent in
  
  identifying the agencies that played minor and major roles in transportation of hazardous materials across the
  
  border. The researchers found that a large number of agencies played various roles in what turned out to be
  
  extremely complicated process of hazardous materials transportation and incident response. Finally, based on
  
  stakeholder needs, the research proposed logical and physical architecture of a prototype system to monitor
  
  movement of hazardous materials in the border area and to provide advanced warning of hazardous materials
  
  related incidents to the first responders.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT07-G-0006
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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  urn:sha256:68127051111258579f319531148c31be63dc0a601db65ef873d57703dc1193e1
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17455/dot_17455_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF-3.89 MB]