Analysis of US-Mexico Traffic Within Texas

Details

• Creators:
  Weissmann, Angela Jannini ; Harrison, Robert
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Transfer Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Analysis
  • Databases
  • Impact studies
  • Infrastructure
  • International borders
  • International trade
  • Railroad transportation
  • Traffic data
  • Trucking
  • Texas-Mexico border
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  TXDOT-96/2932-2
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Mexico ; Texas ; United States
• Edition:
  Interim
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Abstract:
  In providing incentives for increased trade among the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) could considerably liberalize freight carriage across these countries' respective borders. While Texas has a substantial economic interest in this increased trade, transportation planners indicate that the state, because of its strategic geographic location and its 2000-km-long border with Mexico, is destined to sustain a disproportionate share of such negative effects as traffic hazards, pavement consumption, and excessive capacity of its highways and border crossings. Accordingly, this report (1) updates and expands international traffic information in the Transborder database; (2) analyzes transborder traffic growth over the period 1993-94 (which takes into account the effects of NAFTA) and 1994-95 (which takes into account the Mexican peso devaluation); and (3) quantifies the amount of U.S.-Mexico trade that uses Texas' highway and rail infrastructure, but which has origins and destinations outside Texas.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  7-2932
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/83467/dot_83467_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.89 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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