The International Mobility & Trade Corridor Project – IMTC

Peace Arch-DouglasPeace Arch-Douglas

Pacific HighwayPacific Highway

Lynden-AldergroveLynden-Aldergrove

Huntingdon-SumasHuntingdon-Sumas

• B.C. Ministry of Transportation• Washington Department of Transportation• U.S. Customs & Border Protection• Canada Border Services Agency• U.S. Federal Highway Administration• Transport Canada• Whatcom Council of Governments• Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority• U.S. Consulate General, Vancouver• Canadian Consulate General, Seattle• U.S. General Services Administration• WA & BC border municipalities• Regional NGOs

IMTC Steering Committee ParticipantsIMTC Steering Committee Participants

Steering committee participants, plus:• Industry associations

– B.C. Trucking Association– WA Trucking Association

• Legislators’ offices (state, provincial, federal)• Customs brokers• Area chambers of commerce• Other state & provincial agency offices• Duty free stores

IMTC Core Group ParticipantsIMTC Core Group Participants

IMTC – A binational coalition of agencies and industries.

Peace Arch-DouglasPeace Arch-Douglas

Pacific HighwayPacific Highway

Lynden-AldergroveLynden-Aldergrove

Huntingdon-SumasHuntingdon-Sumas

Pacific Highway Port-of-EntryPhoto: WCOG

N

Canada Border Services AgencyCanada Border Services Agency

US Customs & Border ProtectionUS Customs & Border Protection Duty Free StoresDuty Free Stores

BrokeragesBrokerages

BrokeragesBrokerages

BrokeragesBrokerages

Duty Free StoresDuty Free Stores

TrucksTrucks

BusesBusesCarsCars

CarsCarsTrucksTrucks

BusesBuses

TravelersTravelers DriversDriversCargoCargo

TravelersTravelersDriversDriversCargoCargo

WA

DOT

WA

DOT

BC

MOT

BC

MOT

Agencies & Agencies & BusinessesBusinesses

ConveyancesConveyancesPeople & goodsPeople & goods

Agencies & Agencies & BusinessesBusinesses

ConveyancesConveyancesPeople & goodsPeople & goods

U.S. FHWA $7,237,490

53%

Local BC & WA $173,233

1%

Other $225,000

2%WA State

$1,449,964 10%

BC Province $2,366,170

17%

Transport Canada

$2,401,500 17%

IMTC Project Funding Sources1999-2006

Pacific Highway Port-of-EntryPhoto: WCOG

N

Year Type BoothsProcessing

RateCapacity (Veh/h)

2002 All 2 57 126

General 2

FAST 1

Total 3

50%

2006

Change

120

87

109

91%

60

41

101

-20%

June 2006 CVO Survey @ Pacific Highway – U.S. Port of Entry

2007 Residence

Point Roberts, 1%

East Washington, 1%

Alberta, 1%

West Washington, 2%

Rest of BC, 3%

Rest USA, 6%

West USA, 4%

Whatcom, 11% Puget Sound, 15%

East Lower Mainland, 16%

West Lower Mainland, 40%

Summer

Response catagories Percent

Have passport 82.4%Will get passport 12.6%Use NEXUS 2.6%Other 1.0%Stop crossing 0.7%Don't know what you speak of 0.6%Delayed/cancelled? 0.1%Enhanced D.L. 0.1%

100.0%

Q: How do you plan on complying with the upcoming U.S. requirement for a passport to enter the United States?

WCOG

YVCOG

WVTC

TRPC

SRTC

SW WA RTC

SCOG

PSRC

LCV MPOCWCOG

YVCOG

BFCG

Washington’s 11 metropolitanplanning organizations (MPOs)

Variable Unit ValuesTotal tickets sold tickets 1,600,000Est tickets not reserved by VANOC tickets 1,120,000Avg tickets per person tickets 4.0Ticketed attendees people 280,000Non-ticketed attendees people 73,150Attendees (total) people 353,150

Length of Games days 17.0Average stay of attendees days 3.5Days of distributed, one-way travel days 14.5

1 2 3

Percent of attendees arriving/departing via I-5 (SCENARIOS) percent 26.25% 21.00% 15.00%

Est. total number of attendees on I-5 Whatcom people 92,702 74,162 52,973Daily average additional travelers (one direction) people 6,393.2 5,114.6 3,653.3Average vehicle occupancy people 2.25 2.25 2.25Daily average additional automobiles (one direction) cars 2,841 2,273 1,624North and South combined - avg. additional autos cars 5,683 4,546 3,247

Scenarios

Estimate of 2010 Olympics Cross-border Auto Traffic

Estimated Relative Additional Cross-border TrafficGenerated by the 2009 World Police & Fire Games in British Columbia

Peace Arch, Southbound

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

Tue 7/24

Wed7/25

Thu7/26

Fri 7/27 Sat7/28

Sun7/29

Mon7/30

Tue7/31

Wed8/1

Thu 8/2 Fri 8/3 Sat 8/4 Sun8/5

Mon8/6

Travel & Event Days Profile - Based on 2007 Calendar

24

-hr

Ca

r V

olu

me

Estimated Additional WP&FG CarsTotal Cars

+11%

+15%

+26%

+17%

+9%

Estimated Relative Additional Cross-border TrafficGenerated by the 2009 World Police & Fire Games in British Columbia

Peace Arch & Pacific Highway Combined, Southbound

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

Tue 7/24 Wed7/25

Thu 7/26 Fri 7/27 Sat 7/28 Sun 7/29 Mon 7/30 Tue 7/31 Wed 8/1 Thu 8/2 Fri 8/3 Sat 8/4 Sun 8/5 Mon 8/6

Travel & Event Days Profile - Based on 2007 Calendar

24-

hr

Car

Vo

lum

e

Estimated Additional WP&FG Cars

Peace Arch & Pacific Highway Combined

+7%

+15%

+15%

+9%

The Whatcom Council of Governments

Whatcom County, WA