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Border Information Flow ArchitecturePilot Project Funding ProgramTransportation Border Working Group, QuébecOctober 27, 2010
A Quick Introduction
• What is BIFA again?• There’s a BIFA Pilot Project Funding Program…
• The First Round of projects…– A New Brunswick/Maine Regional Border Architecture– A Manitoba Border Crossing Traveller Information System– Weigh2GoBC Out-of Province Component– Cascade Gateway Border Data Warehouse Upgrade and BIFA Integration
• What’s next….– The future of the Pilot Project Program
What is BIFA again?
• The Border Information Flow Architecture
– Developed by:• Transport Canada;• U.S. Federal Highway Administration;• Canada & US Customs agencies; and• State and provincial transportation agencies.
An ITS Architecture specific to border crossings
– Supports efficient interaction of technologies deployed at border crossings
There’s aBIFA Pilot Project Funding Program…
• Provides funding to undertake pilot projects demonstrating the use of BIFA…– Eligible Recipients: …the list is long…
Canadian provinces, territories, municipalities, aboriginal groups, private enterprises, academic institutions, public or private transportation authorities/agencies, and not-for-profit organizations, as well as foreign recipients, including the U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and states that have an international border crossing with Canada.
– Maximum Contribution: …50% up to $500,000…($100,000 for private enterprise)
– Numerous Service Areas:
•Traffic Management•Traveller Information•Commercial Vehicle Operations•Incident Management•Emergency Management
•Archive Data Management•Maintenance Management•Electronic Payment•Border Inspection
BIFA Pilot Projects: Examples…
• Communications linkages across the border• Linking traveller information systems• Commercial Vehicle Operations• Wireless communications (IntelliDrive)• Develop or update ITS Architecture• Tools, templates, educational products• Other projects that facilitate the exchange of
transportation information across the border
The First Round of Projects
• New Brunswick/Maine:A Regional Border Architecture
• Manitoba:A Border Crossing Traveller Information System
• Weigh2GoBC:Out-of Province Component
• Cascade Gateway:Border Data Warehouse Upgrade and BIFA Integration
(Agreements for project proposals in Ontario and Québec pending)
New Brunswick/Maine:A Regional Border Architecture
Purpose: • To develop a Regional ITS Architecture for the
New Brunswick/Maine border to improve stakeholder relationships and communication and develop tools to improve planning, coordination, implementation and interoperability of systems along the Canada/U.S. border.
Transport Canada Contribution: $75,000
Manitoba:A Border Crossing Traveller Information System
Purpose:• To install a Border Crossing Traveller Information
System to indicate road and weather conditions and lane assignment strategies for U.S. customs clearance.
Location:• Pembina-Emerson Border Crossing
Transport Canada Contribution: $375,000
Weigh2GoBC:Out-of-Province Component
Purpose:• To develop and implement Out-of-Province
functionality to allow carriers from other jurisdictions that operate in British Columbia to enroll in the Weigh2Go commercial vehicle inspection bypass program.
Transport Canada Contribution: $200,000
Cascade Gateway:Border Data Warehouse Upgrade and BIFA Integration
Purpose:• To improve functionality and user access to the
existing online Cascade Gateway data archive and increase the amount and types of data available to all users.
Recipient: • Whatcom Council of Governments (Washington)
Transport Canada Contribution: $245,000
What’s Next…The Future of the Pilot Project Program
• Application has been made to extend funding for the BIFA Pilot Project Program
• Decision is expected in early December…
• As a proactive measure…
We are soliciting further Project Proposals!!
Contact
For more information contact:
Scott Crombie
Policy Advisor, Transport Canada
613-949-4902
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