Analysis of freight movement between maquiladora industry and ports of entry

The maquiladora industry in Mexico plays an important role in the economy of both U.S. and Mexico but also border cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez. Ciudad Juarez has 29 industrial parks with 350 maquiladoras that ship goods produced in Mexico to warehouses in El Paso, Texas, from where they are transported to retail houses and consumers in other parts of the U.S. The rapid expansion of Ciudad Juarez as a result of the exploding maquiladora industry could not be supported by plans to manage urban mobility (specially the trucks) within the city. Hence, lack of timely transportation planning resulted in overloaded traffic network. This has resulted in trucks having to use local and often congested inner city streets. With this in perspective, the researchers developed a large scale traffic simulation model for Ciudad Juarez and analyzed the mobility of commercial vehicles within the city especially between the industrial parks and international border-crossings. The simulation model will prove to be a valuable tool to improve the mobility of commercial vehicles within the city. Using the simulation model, planners and decision makers can improve the flow of trucks by identifying congested roadway segments and develop infrastructure improvement plans.

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  • Abstract reprinted with permission of the World Road Association – PIARC.
• Corporate Authors:

  World Road Association (PIARC)

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• Authors:
  • Vidana, J
  • Rajbhandari, R
• Conference:
  • 24th World Road Congress
  • Location: Mexico City , Mexico
  • Date: 2011-9-26 to 2011-9-30
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 16p
• Monograph Title: 24th World Road Congress Proceedings: Roads for a Better Life: Mobility, Sustainability and Development

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Border regions; Freight traffic; Industries; Manufacturing; Mobility; Ports of entry; Traffic flow; Traffic simulation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Free trade zones; Industrial parks; Maquiladora sector
• Geographic Terms: Ciudad Juarez (Mexico); El Paso (Texas)
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01502224
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 2840602679
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 23 2013 11:06AM