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Aerial view of vehicles waiting to cross the U.S./Mexico border.

Vehicles queued up at a U.S./Mexico border crossing.

Texas led all states in surface trade with Mexico in 2006 with $76.1 billion.  With more than 85 percent of surface trade into Texas from Mexico moved by truck, research efforts are underway to:

  • measure and improve the performance of the overall supply chain at the border,
  • expedite border crossing times,
  • enhance border security, and
  • develop a Multimodal Corridor Master Plan to increase Mexico’s competitiveness in the global marketplace.

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) established an international office in Mexico City, Mexico. TTI Program Manager Juan Carlos Villa moved to Mexico City at the beginning of August, 2010. Villa, along with other TTI researchers, are working with officials in Cuidad Juárez and El Paso, as well as Mexican Customs and the Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transport to solve the most pressing transportation problems between the two countries.

Map to Mexico City Office.

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TTI Researchers, Staff Members Appointed TRB Committee Chairs

Featured image for postThe Transportation Research Board (TRB) recently appointed Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers and staff members as chairs and co-chairs on TRB committees and groups. These newly appointed chairs and co-chairs started their term April 15. Committee chairs may serve two consecutive three-year terms, and group chairs a three-year term. TRB staff make recommendations for […]

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