CV Border Wait-Time Measurement Project Presentation to: TBWG Data Workshop Romulus, Michigan

TC/Ontario: CV Border Wait Time Measurement Project

CV Border Wait-Time Measurement Project

Presentation to:

TBWG Data WorkshopRomulus, Michigan

(June3, 2008)

Coordination and Policy BranchTransport Canada

Ontario Region


Project Research & Development Process

Phase 1: Initial Research and Facilitation review/assessment of technology options, secure endorsement & support of related interests, including OTA & partner carriersConclusions:

tractor logs are a rich/abundant source of empirical data on wait-times & delays throughout the entire O/D trip, be it at border crossings, or shippers/receivers yards,

such wait-time data can be accessed, processed and compiled in readily useable form. the capability to vary the frequency of the polling interval makes truck-mounted GPS units the technology

option best suited for measuring narrowly-defined border crossing intervalsCompleted: May, 2003

Phase 2: Formal Proof of Concept demonstrate practical ways and means to exploit the inherent, technical functionality of GPS-

based, E-data recorders (i.e. hindcast simulations on archival data logs) assess the costs, and overall cost effectiveness, of advancing the project from concept to “live-

time” implementation, with a broad-based and expanded sample sizeCompleted: October, 2004

Phase 3: Implementation …… Operation RDG approval to proceed with implementation granted October, 2005 project conceived as a two (2) year, or 26-month, research & demonstration effort. Project TEC,

$240,948.00, including acquisition and deployment of 86 GPS probe-units, plus data management/service fees, to the end of ‘07/08 fiscal year

contract formally awarded to Turnpike Global Technologies (TGT) Ltd. on January 20, 2006


CV BWT Measurement Project: Technology Mix

Data Logging Data Transmission Data Processing

[download logs]

INTERNETINTERNET

[broadcast signal]

[transmit logs]

[progrm’ng instructions] [progrm’ng instructions]

On-board GPS unitOn-board GPS unit[geo-coordinates & time stamps][geo-coordinates & time stamps]

detaileddetailed digital fingerprint digital fingerprint preciseprecise interval measure interval measure

Bluetooth ReaderBluetooth Reader[data access point][data access point]

alsoalso reads reads Bluetooth ID’sBluetooth ID’s instant transmissioninstant transmission

at $0 costat $0 cost

TGT Ltd.TGT Ltd.[data m’gmt service provider][data m’gmt service provider]

purpose-built algorithmspurpose-built algorithms 24/7 BWT data stream24/7 BWT data stream Web-based accessWeb-based access


Plaza EntryDuty Free

OverflowOverflow Base Stn. Reader

Peace Bridge Canadian Plaza

Inset: U.S. Plaza

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Site Layout: Data Access Points and Interior GeofencesSite Layout: Data Access Points and Interior Geofences


BWT Web Display FeaturesBWT Web Display Features


CV BWT Web Displaywww.borderinformation.com

userID: peaceb password: peaceb123


Partner Carriers’ “One View” Web Display


Growth & Distribution of the Data SetGrowth & Distribution of the Data Set


The Distribution ……. and limits ……. of the BWT Crossings Data

# of Participant Carriers: 15 at outset, currently > 50 Crossing observations to date: FY 2006/07 (97,000), FY 2007/08 (124,260) Probe Unit leverage …..30 test units prompted installation of > 1300 units by 3 “host” carriers

Re: ……the Volume & Distribution of Crossings the data set will , , as Service Provider’s client base, or market share, ’s, ’s. the number & location of crossings ……. vary independently, as determined by carrier

operations the composition, or commodity mix, of carriers includes, food, auto-parts, automotive, TL

& LTL freight, but varies independently as determined by the fleet size and/or service lines of (TGT) client carriers.

sample carriers are predominantly CTPAT/FAST certified; however, the BWT crossing observations are not fully differentiated by custom classification ….as yet !!!

BWT data as % of Total Traffic Volume 60-90 observations per weekday at P.Bridge and A.Bridge, >1% of annual CV traffic volume

at each respective crossing. daily observations at Q/L and BWB are appreciably less, 15-20/peak weekday the BlueTooth externality: 320-340 observations/day at DWT, equals 2%+ of total (’07)

traffic volume (i.e., cars/trucks/bus)


Mean Crossing Time (minutes)

Can Bound US Bound Can Bound US Bound Can Bound US Bound Can Bound US Bound Can Bound US BoundJul-06 8.03 7.17 17.53 8.54 14.17 13.47 20.50

Aug-06 8.92 20.40 9.04 6.63 18.78 10.22 21.11 16.51 18.82Sep-06 10.72 20.65 9.48 6.39 18.96 14.20 21.07 18.33 15.60Oct-06 11.57 19.80 9.86 5.71 14.99 15.81 23.68 23.06 23.00Nov-06 13.82 18.05 19.70 7.12 15.15 na 19.70 20.08 20.52Dec-06 14.87 20.52 11.36 7.27 17.82 15.09 20.00 24.72 19.18Jan-07 10.48 17.10 7.75 6.94 15.61 20.59 14.21 15.06 14.38Feb-07 12.39 18.42 7.01 6.65 16.27 16.49 14.72 15.62 15.71Mar-07 15.66 17.56 12.08 9.50 16.27 13.04 19.07 23.75 19.69Apr-07 10.43 14.20 10.35 9.85 14.12 14.26 14.54 15.13 16.21May-07 13.09 17.36 11.26 34.15 9.25 13.68 14.90 16.25 15.89 18.03Jun-07 14.35 16.69 11.96 35.64 9.17 16.60 13.98 17.41 19.99 11.60Jul-07 13.35 15.09 11.26 36.17 9.15 18.31 12.30 14.63 20.38 13.61

Aug-07 13.28 15.77 9.16 38.98 8.80 23.84 9.46 17.40 17.64 14.37Sep-07 13.26 14.35 12.45 33.58 7.20 20.32 10.90 11.47 20.94 9.85Oct-07 13.00 15.50 14.90 nil 8.10 21.30 14.53 13.40 19.70 9.84Nov-07 14.33 16.24 12.80 36.70 7.71 22.20 14.60 13.60 nil 8.80Dec-07 15.47 17.60 14.10 27.10 8.50 26.80 15.20 12.90 15.00 11.60Jan-08 15.90 14.96 14.34 25.14 7.24 15.65 22.40 12.57 11.52 8.90Feb-08 14.29 15.82 12.32 13.38 7.29 17.75 20.71 13.07 11.02 4.41Mar-08 11.52 13.22 11.66 15.22 8.77 25.87 nil 10.44 11.24 3.62

Q/L BridgeA. Bridge Bluewater DWT Peace B

# of Crossings

Can Bound US Bound Can Bound US Bound Can Bound US Bound Can Bound US Bound Can Bound US BoundJul-06 237 1990 984 1069 1550 474 103

Aug-06 375 554 356 2106 1080 1412 1375 475 289Sep-06 553 781 357 1531 780 1412 1288 388 272Oct-06 786 1160 384 2432 1465 962 1480 401 396Nov-06 1025 1515 415 2206 1219 na 1435 401 411Dec-06 874 1272 376 3039 1625 14 1435 336 333Jan-07 812 1353 423 3350 1897 27 1705 332 351Feb-07 805 1498 430 3014 1783 14 1722 296 302Mar-07 971 1544 476 3923 2156 218 1675 329 307Apr-07 848 1685 462 3870 2242 850 1642 370 356May-07 755 1517 529 172 4224 2404 1128 1682 421 384Jun-07 918 1151 379 322 4019 2101 1018 1434 309 359Jul-07 592 808 316 257 4666 2210 667 1109 309 275

Aug-07 824 1279 564 206 4599 2396 1003 1439 427 374Sep-07 654 1173 453 137 863 287 645 1108 452 379Oct-07 562 1407 391 nil 2511 1103 491 1390 156 353Nov-07 598 1494 389 197 2340 1008 683 1296 nil 329Dec-07 544 1069 318 274 2028 1143 621 1112 111 269Jan-08 521 834 556 67 5844 3165 444 1429 366 178Feb-08 455 33 600 21 5557 2772 108 1061 371 323Mar-08 387 1112 791 144 596 315 nil 1111 358 281Total 13859 23239 9202 1797 64708 34135 12786 29478 7082 6624

Q/L BridgeA. Bridge Bluewater DWT Peace B




PAX Vehicle BWT Measurement : Exploiting Bluetooth Functionality

Data Logging Data Transmission Data Processing

“ …….. here I am”.. here I am”

INTERNET CONNECTIONINTERNET CONNECTION

“ ……. who’s out there. who’s out there”

[ sends outbound message]

[programming instructions] [programming instructions]

Bluetooth enabled deviceBluetooth enabled device[handheld, or embedded][handheld, or embedded]

emits emits uniqueunique Bluetooth ID Bluetooth ID variable range (300/30/3)variable range (300/30/3)

depending on device depending on device

Bluetooth TransceiverBluetooth Transceiver[data access point][data access point]

operates in operates in discoverydiscovery mode mode sends sends outbound messages onlyoutbound messages only

microprocessor assigns microprocessor assigns coordinates & timestampscoordinates & timestamps

TGT Ltd.TGT Ltd.[data m’gmt service provider][data m’gmt service provider]

purpose-built algorithmspurpose-built algorithms 24/7 BWT data stream24/7 BWT data stream Web-based accessWeb-based access

DIGITAL HANDSHAKEDIGITAL HANDSHAKE


Special Events, DiagnosticsSpecial Events, Diagnostics


Peace Bridge (US Bound): ACE Roll-OUT Daily Diagnostic (Sept 21’06 – Oct 5’06)Peace Bridge (US Bound): ACE Roll-OUT Daily Diagnostic (Sept 21’06 – Oct 5’06)

Peace Bridge U.S. Bound Average Crossing Time by Time of Day

ACE Roll Out (Week 2)Day 9 (Friday, 29/09/06) - Day 16 (Friday 05/10/06)

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Peace Bridge (US Bound): CV Wait Time Data 3rd Quarter ‘07

Peace Bridge (US Bound)Mean Crossing Time by Time of Day

Monthly Comparison (2007/08) - Third Quarter

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Baseline (17975 - Mar'07) 19.112.513.0 13.312.915.813.912.9 13.012.211.913.7 15.617.519.423.524.6 22.019.817.816.115.1 16.514.4

Oct '07 (1390) 25.18.578.75 9.1010.913.38.2213.6 14.08.3612.816.0 16.017.912.615.614.1 16.312.810.48.4211.0 8.089.41

Nov '07 (1296) 11.313.611.2 6.8419.115.810.612.0 11.612.813.314.5 15.214.216.013.216.6 13.111.712.514.013.9 8.7712.2

Dec '07 (1112) 8.9011.610.1 12.210.410.410.212.6 11.710.611.712.9 12.813.614.316.914.4 14.812.014.812.79.04 13.69.10

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Bluewater Bridge (US Bound)Mean Crossing Time by Time of Day

FY 2007/08 v. April/May/June 2008

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Q1 (494) 56.9 32.6 34.8 24.4 26.8 34.1 25.0 32.1 27.2 25.6 43.6 41.9 35.2 37.3 45.4 39.1 35.3 29.8 41.6 33.9 29.7 33.3 32.1 18.2

Q2 (600) 27.9 34.6 28.0 26.5 26.3 27.7 21.9 32.4 51.0 40.5 35.5 39.2 45.8 45.2 50.3 48.9 36.8 43.0 44.3 37.3 36.4 26.2 18.3 23.1

Q3 (471) 26.8 11.3 32.8 38.5 17.3 34.6 34.2 30.8 30.2 28.0 46.8 45.0 35.7 43.7 33.9 35.6 30.8 24.4 26.9 26.1 22.0 21.7 20.4 19.4

April '08 (110) 23.0 8.40 6.16 7.19 3.94 13.0 6.73 15.5 19.8 9.39 13.7 10.4 7.04 7.09 20.6 10.6 16.0 5.67 32.8 19.0 12.9

May '08 (98) 12.5 6.50 3.20 4.10 5.66 22.4 5.80 4.20 20.0 9.45 3.33 8.28 18.8 11.4 17.1 4.70 11.2 16.6 10.3 9.10 11.8 13.8 17.9

June '08 (274) 16.8 3.97 3.72 3.57 5.45 9.36 6.28 6.48 8.17 11.6 17.1 23.1 14.3 11.6 19.5 15.1 10.3 17.1 8.10 12.1 12.5 14.7 17.1 11.7

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Bluewater Bridge (US Bound): Mean Crossing Time Q1 08/09 v. FY 07/08


Ambassador Bridge (Canada Bound) Peak Crossing Time v. Peak Traffic Volume

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# X'ngs 06/07 (6181) 170 205 114 98 84 110 119 187 216 307 369 405 478 337 317 287 401 380 390 323 267 241 197 179

MCT 2007-08 11.8 10.1 9.77 10.2 10.4 9.53 11.8 10.8 9.48 13.9 13.8 14.6 13.7 13.8 13.6 15.5 13.7 15.3 14.1 16.0 13.9 12.3 12.8 12.0

MCT 2006-07 12.4 11.5 11.7 9.30 8.69 13.4 15.5 12.8 10.4 12.9 14.5 13.4 11.9 12.4 12.7 16.0 12.1 13.6 12.4 14.4 13.6 11.4 11.2 11.3

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# X'ngs 07/08 (13561) 352 463 317 291 293 680 528 1213 716 792 770 653 751 635 433 421 450 466 513 716 573 673 482 380

# X'ngs 06/07 (9677) 284 316 209 222 359 577 337 869 411 660 519 494 581 409 462 335 290 264 398 461 324 329 284 283

MCT 2007-08 15.0 13.5 12.2 10.4 12.1 18.2 13.6 13.4 14.0 15.0 17.6 19.8 18.4 18.7 18.0 15.9 16.4 17.2 15.1 14.8 13.4 12.6 15.4 16.3

MCT 2006-07 19.9 17.3 16.4 13.9 15.7 18.0 16.3 15.0 17.1 16.7 18.5 22.1 19.7 23.2 21.8 23.6 21.9 21.7 21.9 19.5 20.4 15.7 17.6 18.0

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Peace Bridge (US Bound) Peak Crossing Time v. Peak Traffic Volume

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# X'ngs 2007/08 (15814) 115 105 102 151 279 403 796 800 765 845 902 114210401141115411091030 918 845 707 573 433 256 203

# X'ngs 2006/07 (17975)" 132 91 86 191 342 522 922 936 758 845 10551261133313341413145112181092 884 732 550 382 254 191

MCT 2007-08 14.4 14.9 12.0 10.8 13.2 13.4 10.9 11.7 11.8 9.81 11.6 13.0 13.6 16.9 16.0 18.3 18.6 16.6 15.4 13.7 13.4 13.0 10.6 11.6

MCT 2006-07 19.1 12.5 13.0 13.3 12.9 15.8 13.9 12.9 13.0 12.2 11.9 13.7 15.6 17.5 19.4 23.5 24.6 22.0 19.8 17.8 16.1 15.1 16.5 14.4

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# X'ngs 07-08 (7642) 121 92 71 76 120 104 106 142 222 344 430 474 512 604 608 522 473 479 466 458 385 343 275 215

# X'ngs 06-07 (10100) 191 140 94 80 102 93 107 143 356 373 501 505 587 679 767 756 745 748 758 638 607 498 375 257

MCT 2007-08 16.0 25.5 16.1 11.8 9.14 11.8 14.7 14.0 12.2 16.3 14.8 12.4 13.9 12.2 12.5 12.4 12.0 14.3 15.6 15.9 15.1 15.3 13.8 13.2

MCT 2006-07 12.9 11.7 9.19 9.24 8.45 9.68 9.99 12.3 10.3 10.6 10.8 9.72 8.74 9.47 9.43 9.13 9.40 9.36 11.4 10.3 10.5 10.5 10.8 11.3

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PEACE BRIDGE


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Perimeter Zones, QueuingPerimeter Zones, Queuing


Ambassador Bridge (US Bound) Access & Queuing PatternsAmbassador Bridge (US Bound) Access & Queuing Patterns

Zone 2 + Zone 1: Hwy 401 to A. Bridge Plaza Queue length ………. @ 16 km 43.3% of recorded observations Mean Transit Time

Zone 1 only: ECR Parkway to A. Bridge Plaza (access to Huron Church via ECR) Queue length ……. @ 6km 32.9% of recorded observations Mean Transit Time

NO Zone: access to Plaza via Wyandotte Street Queue length ……0 km 23.8 % of recorded observations Mean Transit Time


Transit Zones Zone 2 Zone1 Zone 1 ONLY PTT/TCT No ZoneMonth ( Hwy 401-plaza) (ECR X'wy-plaza) i.e. Zone1-Zone2 i.e.# of Crossings (via Wyandotte)

June 163 308 145 323 15% of Total 50.46 95.35 44.9 4.65

July 473 733 260 800 67% of Total 59.13 91.53 32.5 8.47

August 558 1052 494 1274 222% of Total 43.8 82.57 38.77 17.43

September 463 790 327 1169 379% of Total 39.61 67.58 27.98 32.42October 608 1040 432 1403 363

% of Total 43.34 74.13 30.79 25.87November 563 1043 480 1494 451% of Total 37.68 69.82 32.14 30.18December 432 772 340 1069 297% of Total 40.42 72.22 31.8 27.78

TOTAL( June-Dec'07) 3260 5738 2478 7532 1794% OF TOTAL 43.28% 76.18 32.90% 100% 23.82%

Ambassador Bridge (US Bound) Transit Zone SPLIT Time Intervals by Time of Day

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Test Data (October 1 - December 31'07)

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ConclusionsConclusions


Apart from the data, remember three (3) fundamental, STRATEGIC, aspects of this seminal R&D effort :

This is not a SOLUTION, simply an analytical TOOL: a PERFORMANCE METRIC, with operational utility for local port & crossing officials, a variety of

government agencies, and those (partner) carriers, who can now routinely track & precisely measure their own day-day

border crossing activity

This is industry-driven, industry-focused data, never previously available, clearly demonstrating: the trucking industry’s willingness to partner with government to explore new, innovative

approaches to problems that affect their mutual interest, that industry itself is taking a direct hand, and now able to provide empirical data in response to

the concerns or “perceptions” of shippers, foreign investors, etc. regarding the Can/US border.

This project, as a R&D initiative, has “opened the door” to further exploitation of an increasingly abundant, and previously untapped, digital data resource: established the technical and economic viability of FARMING digital tractor logs, confirms “Bluetooth” functionality as a proxy for PAX TRAFFIC wait-times at Can/US border

crossings, the BWT application is simply a “special case” of the emerging interest in digital tractor logs as a

planning/analysis tool for trade corridors (MTO, TC/HQ) and urban corridor (MTO, UofT). Already we are seeing the emergence of a data resale, or procurement, market for 3rd-party,

derivative applications.

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CV Border Wait-Time Measurement Project Presentation to: TBWG Data Workshop Romulus, Michigan