| TBWG COORDINATION OBJECTIVES |
MECHANISM |
PURPOSE |
PRODUCT |
CHAMPIONS |
EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE |
STATUS |
Planning & Programming
Coordinate national-level planning of cross-border infrastructure and travel systems and support
regional, binational coordination efforts |
The full TBWG |
Facilitate deeper understanding of, and possibly coordinate, the objectives of each country’s federal programs that focus on facilitation and management of cross-border trade and travel |
Documented understanding of the array of federal, border-related programs (SAFETEA-LU, CBI, BIF, SBD, etc.)
Development of a TBWG Border Glossary website section
and an updated "Links" website section. |
Steering Committee - papers to be done by various members |
Ongoing |
To be discussed at Plenary meetings |
| Border Infrastructure Coordination Subcommittee
(BICSC) |
Standardized information used to inform, planning and investment |
Delivery of an updated Border Infrastructure Compendium –
which will include all the Canada/U.S. border crossings |
Transport Canada Federal Highway
Administration |
Ongoing |
Compendium of the 120 border
crossings is now available online - see:
www.thetbwg.org |
| Conduct regional border infrastructure
coordination workshops |
Host of the regional workshops |
December 2008 |
QC - NY State Workshop completed -
August 29th, 2007. Completion of another workshop. |
| Border Trade and Traffic Data Subcommittee
(BTTDCS) |
Coordinate border trade, traffic, and corridor data products among TBWG partners |
Completion of the NRS including border
component |
Transport Canada Federal Highway
Administration
States/Provinces |
Winter 2008 |
|
| Border Trade and Traffic Data
Subcommittee data workshop |
Late fall 2007 |
Hold data workshop in fall 2007 to
provide future direction for the SC Follow up on
actives discussed during the fall workshop & potential
new sources of data collection / sharing (e.g., ITDS)
Support North America initiatives that focus on
cross-border data and freight movement (e.g., proposed
TRB summer 2008 workshop) |
Policy:
Because the TBWG mission
is binational
and multi-agency, there follows a need
to acknowledge
and respond to existing and anticipated policy differences as they affect our progress on
this Action Plan. General
attention to
this is a focus
of the full
TBWG |
Policy & Research Subcommittee (PRSC) |
Assess existing policies, when needed, to further realization of the TBWG
Action Plan |
Issues and Status document:
Passenger rail pre-clearance status report
Public-private partnerships in the cross-border
context
Cross-border Arrangements Toolbox (coming soon)
Evaluation of cross-border ITS maintenance (available
upon request)
Evaluation of cross-border communications protocol
(available upon request)
Recommended additions to the TBWG virtual library |
Hugh Conroy Ted Mackay |
Ongoing |
Summaries of periodic
conference calls are online – see:
www.thetbwg.org
Issues and Status list as noted in previous column
|
| Assess new and proposed policies, when needed, to further realization of the TBWG Action Plan |
| TBWG will interface with
various border-related research bodies |
Summarize research by a variety of
entities for inclusion, as appropriate, in the TBWG
dialog |
Summaries of various reports |
Transport Canada Federal Highway
Administration
|
Ongoing |
To be discussed at Plenary meetings |
| Suggest research topics for possible undertaking by research bodies associated with the TBWG |
List of research topics, published on
the TBWG website |
TBWG Members |
Ongoing |
To be discussed at Plenary meetings |
| Deployment of Technology |
Border Information-Flow Architecture (BIFA) Subcommittee |
Identify opportunities to maximize efficiency of data gathering and information sharing by mapping data collectors, users at the border thereby identifying and addressing redundancies and gaps. |
Workshops to increase usage of the
architecture See: BIFA |
|
November 13th - 15th, 2007 |
Workshop held in
Buffalo - Report posted on TBWG website. |
| Communication & Facilitation |
TBWG Steering Committee |
Facilitate effective
communications among and between TBWG members and other
interested parties involved with border issues |
Plans for two (2) Annual Plenary
meetings |
Steering Committee TBWG Members |
Ongoing |
To be discussed at Plenary meetings |
| Facilitation of other workshops, BIFA,
Data, and Regional Border Infrastructure |
| TBWG Website |
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