Project status: Completed
IMTC participants have identified the need to periodically evaluate commercial vehicle operations (CVO) at the Cascade Gateway’s three ports-of-entry as a priority for informing regional investment strategies, and to analyze the impacts of changes to road and inspection systems.
Three commercial ports-of-entry in the Cascade Gateway system of border crossings: Pacific Highway, Lynden/Aldergrove, and Sumas/Abbotsford-Huntingdon.
To maintain a series of commercial vehicle data every five years, the Whatcom Council of Governments partnered with U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (BC MoTI), Transport Canada (TC), and the Border Policy Research (BPRI) to complete an update of regional cross-border commercial vehicle data. Data collection in the field took place in June and July 2022.
The study, as with the data studies that preceded it, updated sample datasets of border-crossing commercial vehicles, including:
Trip origins and destinations
Primary commodities being hauled
Shares of empty and loaded vehicles
Commercial vehicle classifications
Trusted-trader program statuses
Identification of frequent carrier companies
Processing durations, such as inspection time and total border wait time
The data collected in the field, along with supporting traffic and trade data from federal agencies, are organized for analysis in the project database along with the report documentation.
A final report is available online, and the database is available upon request.
The cost of the study was $150,000. Funding partners include:
U.S. Federal Highway Administration
Transport Canada
B.C. Ministry of Transportation
Border Policy Research Institute (WWU)
Contact Hugh Conroy, Director, Whatcom Council of Governments by email or phone (360-685-8382).