United States-Mexico land ports of entry emissions and border wait-time white paper and analysis template.

Details

• Creators:
  Kear, Thomas P. ; Wilson, James H. ; Corbett, James J.
• Corporate Creators:
  Cambridge Systematics ; TranSystems Corporation ; Energy and Environmental Research Associates
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Ports of entry
  • Traffic delays
  • Pollutants
  • Traffic queuing
  • Case studies
  • Analysis
  • Microsimulation
  • Best practices
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;Mexico
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  This report summarizes background research and presents an analysis template for analyzing the ; emissions from vehicle delay at land ports of entry along the United States-Mexico border. The analyses ; template is presented along with two case studies. Results from the case studies identify candidate best ; practices and performance measures for use as an input during the initial phases of development for ; projects that alter the border infrastructure or the operational characteristics of the ports of entry. A set of ; operating mode distributions and average speed data for use with emission factor modes such as MOVES, ; EMFAC, or MOBILE is developed based on a detailed microsimulation analysis of the Bridge of the ; Americas and the Ysleta-Zaragoza port of entry. Vehicle activity is assigned to either uncongested ; movements or queues, with queues further broken down to stop-and-go queues or creeping queues. This ; breakout of the emissions and vehicle activity is then used to analysis specific case studies to add users in ; extending the analysis template to their own analysis needs. Background research is available separately.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-11-D-00030-T11-002
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23180/dot_23180_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.04 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection ; Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:55b556126f44c5d0cb6817fadff2b02dcfff60ef308cf84774ee99ad88169d6003ff92db6525bc9a2547f8072c5a831766fdb8ab07c66ff6c12ec1f1688eee29