Thesis
Projections of Washington-British Columbia trade and traffic, by commodity, route and border crossings
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2007
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/102146
Abstract
As the United States and Canada move forward in interactive trade, continuing adaptation to the changing transportation needs is critical in maintaining efficiency and reducing costs of raw and manufactured goods. This project identifies key commodity groups in order to create a profile and project future traffic at major and minor Washington State border port crossings. A central resource used to create the port profiles is the Strategic Freight Transportation Analysis (SFTA) database, which is a compilation of freight origin-destination survey results conducted by the Transportation Research Group at Washington State University. The survey, allows for the examination of freight flow routes by commodity, both northbound and southbound, thus allowing profiles to be created for seven border ports in Washington, many not known to be evaluated before this research effort. Once the profiles were created, projections of northbound and southbound truck crossings to the year 2015 were estimated for each border port. Linear regression analysis was used to determine the potential growth of crossings by border port, based on the growth of trade between Washington and Canada and the commodity profile of each border crossing. Particular attention was paid to the effect of empty trucks on traffic growth. Fifteen commodity categories crossing the various Washington-British Columbia border ports were identified and forecasted to 2015. Based on the growth of trade in these commodities, there is an expected ten year growth in the number of annual truck crossings ranging from 3,000 trucks at Laurier to 162,000 trucks at the Blaine border port. An additional analysis of the Washington State highway routes utilized is also included in the report, to increase the understanding of highway arterials used in specific border crossings. The methodology used is unique and was successful. Furthermore, these projections on the future composition of commodities crossing between Washington and British Columbia serve as a guideline for future transportation of traded goods and the infrastructure investments necessary to support those flows.
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- Title
- Projections of Washington-British Columbia trade and traffic, by commodity, route and border crossings
- Creators
- Hamilton Douglas Galloway
- Contributors
- Eric L. Jessup (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Economic Sciences, School of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525135701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis