Bi-national Collaboration in Delivering Port-of-Entry Highway Infrastructure Improvements

Case Study: Pembina-Emerson Port-of-Entry and Innovations in Performance Measurement

Presenter: David E. Lettner, BA, MPA, MCIP

Senior Transportation Planning ConsultantManitoba Infrastructure and Transportation

2015 International Legislators Forum Deadwood, SD

Friday June 26, 2015 | Highway Infrastructure Session

POE Trade Data | Top 20 POE’s Canada-USA-Mexico

POE Efficiency has Supply Chain Implications

Top 20 POE’s in North America (164: 120 CDN-USA / 44 MEX-USA)

$930 B (96%) of all NAFTA two-way truck based trade

System wide delay adds billions to supply chain costs 2013 US-Mexico border delays estimated to add @ $8B to costs

Auto Industry production line delays @ $13,000.00 / minute

Costs for average truck: @ $200 / hour

Connecting a Vision to Infrastructure Solutions

The Planning Process Building the right infrastructure in the right place at the right time

The Vision CoordinatedInfrastructure Solutions

The Planning Process“Connecting the Vision to the built environment”

“The Devil is in the Details”

POE Infrastructure Delivery Challenges

POE project delivery requires 6-10 years to complete a number of sequential planning and implementation steps Conceptual Planning > Functional Design > Final Design

Tendering > Construction

Coordination required for a number of interrelated activities Environmental approvals and Land Acquisition

Presidential Permit and International Boundary Commission approval process

Federal cost-sharing and agency capital programming considerations

POE Infrastructure Delivery Challenges

The bi-national Pembina-Emerson POE context requires input from 8 agencies to deliver an integrated infrastructure solution

Foundations for Success | Early Collaborations

Pembina-Emerson POE partnerships

2010: MIT initiates P-E POE Conceptual Planning Study ($200K)

Transport Canada provides funding to MIT under GBCF

NDDOT co-funds conceptual planning study with MIT

2012: Phase 1 conceptual planning study completed

Agreement on recommended port improvement concept by all participating bi-national agencies:

POE Infrastructure Planning Principles

P-E POE: Recommended Port Improvement Concept

POE Improvements Benefit Transportation Users

Pembina-Emerson Conceptual Planning Study (2012) by 2020: (Proposed Investments)

$30M in Pembina-Emerson POE improvements

2020-2035: (Return on Investment)$500M in benefits to transportation users (16:1 benefit ratio)

Reduced delay and congestion (wait times)

Reduced fuel consumption

Reduced GHG emissions

Foundations for Success | Ongoing Collaborations

Pembina-Emerson: Project Planning and Implementation 2013: GOC commitment $10M for CBSA improvements

2011-2013: MIT ($2M) + NDDOT ($3M) in POE improvements

2013-2014: MIT, GSA, NDDOT, CBSA initiate secondary planning

2014: NDDOT applies for FHWA / TIGER grants ($12M in 2015)

2015: NDDOT has programmed $9.3M for NB improvements

2015: CBSA budget increased to $11.2 M

2015: MIT to complete functional design (obtain project costs)

POE Performance Measurement Innovations

What planning tools will better assist us in making the best investment at POE’s?

Introducing a Level-of-Service (LOS) framework for POE’s Developed during the Pembina-Emerson POE study (2012)

Evaluation tool for assessing port improvement concept trade-offs between: Infrastructure (ie: highways and border service agency facilities)

Technology deployment (ie: how can processing rates be increased)

Staffing levels (ie: staff available to process vehicles)

What is the Innovation? | LOS Methodology for POE’s

LOS Criteria

A-F Service Level Categories

Service Policy Settings

How it Works | Generating Performance Measurement

Algorithms convert hourly arrival data into LOS

categoriesLOS Framework: Policy Settings LOS Output: Trade-Off Analysis

How it Works | Trade-Off Analysis

How it Works | Pre to Post Improvement Analysis

LOS Decay (Pre and Post Investment)

pre-investmenttrigger pointLOS “D”

LOS gain post-investment

LOS would continue to decay without POE improvements

Benefits

Costs

Who benefits from LOS Information

Federal, State and Provincial agencies Trade-off analysis for various port improvement scenarios

Inland Ports | Logistics Interests Supports business case analysis to assess fluidity at POE’s

Other Key Stakeholders (elected officials, public)

Provides consistent, meaningful, understandable and accurate data on future port performance

What are the benefits | LOS applications (micro)

The LOS output provides: A snapshot for any or all 8,760 hours in a year

Longitudinal analysis over a 20+ year planning horizon

Capability to set service level standards and assess LOS policy

Capability to evaluate PIL infrastructure or staffing levels

Capability to evaluate various processing time scenarios

Output generated by direction of travel

Output generated by vehicle type

What are the benefits | LOS applications (macro)

Provides a new paradigm for evaluating POE

performance by providing a standardized approach to:

Evaluating pre-to-post POE improvements Standardized port-to-port comparisons Standardized border-to-border comparisons

What are the benefits | Summary of LOS

A standardized approach for system-wide POE planning A concept that is user-friendly & easy to understand Predictive capabilities (20+ years) Ability to express positive measures of POE performance Ability to conduct multi-variant trade-off analysisAn efficient & cost effective tool for scenario testing Multiple beneficiaries and applications

A Final Word: POE Planning & Infrastructure Delivery

POE infrastructure projects typically require 6-10 years to complete (concept planning, functional design, final design, tender, construction)

The bi-national agency context typically involves coordination from as many as 8 agencies to deliver an integrated infrastructure solution

The LOS concept is a new tool for evaluating trade-offs between various POE improvement scenarios to optimize transportation system benefits and improve supply chain performance

Presenter Contact Information

David E. Lettner, BA, MPA, MCIP

Senior Transportation Planning ConsultantTransportation Systems Planning Branch

Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation

CONTACTT: 204.945.5270E: david.lettner@gov.mb.ca