Pilot information system for cross-border hazmat transportation.

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• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Center for International Intelligent Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Hazardous materials
  • Border regions
  • Vehicle to infrastructure communications
  • Hazardous substances--Transportation--Mexican-American Border Region
  • Intelligent transportation systems--Mexican-American Border Region
• 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.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT07-G-0006
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17455/dot_17455_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.89 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:68127051111258579f319531148c31be63dc0a601db65ef873d57703dc1193e1