Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program
Corridor & Border Flagship Strategic Plan
Strategic Goal:
Economic Growth and Trade
Flagship Goal:
Improve economic growth & trade and competitiveness through efficient and flexible transportation through the trade corridors and borders.
Mission Statement
Improve the safety and efficiency of the movement of people and goods through US international Ports of Entry (POE) and along multi-modal trade corridors
Near Term Objective:
Outreach Objective 1
Increase education and public awareness of transportation issues regarding corridors & borders.
Near Term Activities, Time Frame and Responsible Party:
- Update inventory of activities affecting borders related to US DOT/ February 2000 / Sylvia Grijalva & Mark Sullivan
- Develop informational package that will depict the "Big Picture" of US, Canadian, and Mexican efforts and others affecting the borders and trade corridors/ April 2000/ Rita Freeman-Kelly & Richard Walker
- Develop a web page for distribution of information / March 2000/ Jill Hochman
- Conduct workshops on Corridors and Borders initiative timed with the solicitation notice of TEA21 sections 1118 & 1119. / Workshop(s) for every notice for FY 00,FY 01 and possibly FY 02 - Time frame TBD/ Jill Hochman
- Educate Public Sector on available border technology / September 2001/ Gary Maring & King Gee
Outputs and Indicators
Objective 1
Output:
- Updated inventory of activities on the Border/ Sylvia Grijalva & Mark Sullivan
- Informational package to document what has been accomplished to date. This package will be used to educate and increase public awareness./ Rita Freeman Kelly & Richard Walker
- Workshops on Corridors and Borders/ Jill Hochman
- Border technology Seminar(s) / Gary Maring & King Gee
- Web page on Corridors and Borders flagship / Jill Hochman
Performance Measures:
- Number persons attending workshops
- Number of people attending Border Technology Seminars
- Numbers of proposals submitted for Sections 1118 & 1119
- Number of hits on Web Page
Longer Term Objective:
Investment Objective 2
Increase the nation's economic growth and trade through cooperative and cost effective transportation investments on corridors and borders.
Activities, Time Frame and Responsible Party
Objective 2
- Identification of impacts of technology R&D and future direction / September 2000/ Bahar Barami and Richard Walker
- Propose changes to sections 1118 & 1119 to meet the needs / September 2000/ Jill Hochman
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics data activity /February 2000/ Russell Capelle
- Development of the freight analysis framework to evaluate current conditions, address future scenarios and analysis public policies and investments to improve freight productivity, including at borders and corridors./ Sept 2001 / Gary Maring
Outputs and Indicators:
Objective 2
Outputs
- List of data programs and projects related to corridors and borders/Russell Capelle
- List of proposed changes for guidance implementation of sections 1118 & 1119/ Jill Hochman
- Think piece on R& D / Bahar Barami & Richard Walker
- Phase I of freight analysis framework / Gary Maring
Performance Measures
- Increased number of investments on corridors and border projects
- Number of projects submitted for sections 1118 & 1119
- Number of projects funded and supported by other DOT programs
Longer Term Objective:
Linkage Objective 3
Facilitate efficient, multi-modal movement of people and goods through linkage of infrastructure and information technology investments on corridors and at borders.
Activities, Time Frame and Responsible Party
Objective 3
- Increase awareness the border/port technology improvements for freight movements/ September 2001/ Gary Maring
- Increase international coordination between transit agencies at the borders/ September 2001/ Bruce Robinson
- Review existing ITS evaluation framework for borders projects/September 2001/ Bahar Barami
- Support the linkage of DOT and Treasury trade/transportation data systems within the US. /September 2001/ Gary Maring
- Encourage the development of North American standards for information technology interoperability at border crossings /September 2001/Gary Maring
- Support the initiation of pilot information technology and multimodal /intermodal, freight efficiency projects at the borders and along corridors/ September 2001/ Gary Maring & Jill Hochman
- Create framework for financial assessment of the Corridors and Borders Programs ( Sections 1118 & 1119 in TEA 21)/April 2000/ Jill Hochman
- Participate in binational and /or interagency forums and groups promoting communication, cooperation and coordination cooperation at the state, local, and Fderal level in cross border and national corridor / Sept 2001 /Jim Bjostad , Sylvia Grijalva & Roger Petzold
Outputs and Indicators:
Objective 3
Outputs
- Financial assessment framework/ Jill Hochman
- Border technology seminars / Gary Maring
- Forums for encouraging linking trade/transportation data systems/ Gary Maring
- U.S. links with Canadian and Mexican transit agencies/ Bruce Robinson
- ITS evaluation framework and findings / Bahar Barami
- Meetings with interagency partners in the Counter drug arena to insure transportation facilities and drug interdiction programs are coordinated throughout the federal government./ James Bjostad
- Forums for encouraging binational and/or interagency cooperation at the state, local, and federal level in cross border and national corridor activities/Sylvia Grijalva & Roger Petzold
- Binational MOU between US& Mexico on Joint Working Committee future direction/ Sylvia Grijalva & Jill Hochman
- US/Mexico Joint Working Committee 2000/2001 work plan / Sylvia Grijalva
Performance Measures
- Number of programmed/deployed IT systems along corridors and at borders
- Number of transit groups communicating/ coordinating binationally
- North American IT border architecture
- Number of programmed /implemented DOT/Treasury IT systems for freight facilitation
- Number forums encouraging binational and/or interagency cooperation
- MOU executed
- JWC FY 2000 work plan approved and implemented
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