Texas-Mexico Toll Bridge Study: Summary Report

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• Creators:
  McCullough, B. Frank ; Harrison, Robert ; Weissmann, Angela Jannini
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  (NAFTA) Binational Entry System Binational Environment Bridges Economic Impacts Economic Indicators Environmental Impacts Infrastructure Intermodal Facilities International Borders International Trade North American Free Trade Agreement Sector Analysis Socioeconomic Indicators Super-crossing Concept Texas-Mexico Border Traffic Flow Transportation Planning

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  TX -94-1976-S
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Texas ; Mexico
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Abstract:
  In assessing the infrastructure needs of the 1,230-mile (1,980-km) Texas-Mexico border, state transportation planners must take into account not only the special characteristics of a binational environment, but also the impacts of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). This study has been undertaken to assist the Texas Department of Transportation and the Texas Turnpike Authority - the joint sponsors of this project - achieve a better understanding of the border area's transportation demand and infrastructure needs. Assisting in this effort were the Institute for Manufacturing, Materials and Management (1M3) at The University of Texas at El Paso, and the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. In this study, the project staff pursued three main objectives. The first objective, the subject of Report 1976-1, was to provide a comprehensive overview of the infrastructure on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border. From this overview the study team developed a U.S.-Mexico data base, termed TRANSBORDER, that could prove useful in coordinated transportation planning along the Texas-Mexico border. The data base is described in Report 1976-2. The second objective was to provide macroeconomic and traffic pattern analyses under different post-NAFTA scenarios. These traffic pattern analyses, based on border-wide origin and destination information collected at the bridges, provide a current overview of transborder traffic flows. This information is presented in Report 1976-3. The final objective was to provide estimates of the potential demand for and revenue from additional bridges along the Texas-Mexico border, with such estimates complemented by an assessment of current capacity utilization of the available infrastructure. These results are documented in Reports 1976-4 and 1976-5. According to the findings, even conservative NAFTA trade growth estimates indicate that new bond-financed binational bridge systems pass the prefeasibility requirements in the Central Valley, Laredo, and El Paso sectors. Additional results are summarized in this report. Together, the capacity and potential feasibility analyses provide guidelines for future transportation planning along the border by indicating where and why there is congestion, and whether a new binational entry system is economically justifiable.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  7-1976
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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