Texas-Mexico ITS Border Assessment
Author: Eric Lindquist
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 140
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Author: Eric Lindquist
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 140
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 206
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKEffective transportation planning for the 1,230-mile (1,980-km) long Texas-Mexico border must take into account not only the unique characteristics of a binational environment, but also the possible impacts of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Accordingly, this study developed two complementary concepts useful in such binational transportation planning: sector analysis and super-crossing. Sector analysis--a concept based on major traffic diversion areas--provides aggregated revenue and/or demand estimates that address regional (as against site-specific) transportation planning issues. The super-crossing concept, developed to address post-NAFTA commercial traffic, is based on Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) guidelines intended to foster multi- and intermodal facilities. Both concepts are fully described in this report. Additionally, border transportation planning and the implementation of sector analysis methodology require, in turn, assessments of traffic flow patterns and of post-NAFTA socioeconomic indicators. Thus, NAFTA socioeconomic impacts and origin and destination patterns are included as study objectives, both of which are fully documented in this report.
Author: Fortunato Guadalupe Paredes
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 292
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Harriett D. Romo
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2021-08-16
Total Pages: 439
ISBN-13: 1623499763
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBorderlands: they stretch across national boundaries, and they create a unique space that extends beyond the international boundary. They extend north and south of what we think of as the actual “border,” encompassing even the urban areas of San Antonio, Texas, and Monterrey, Nueva León, Mexico, affirming shared identities and a sense of belonging far away from the geographical boundary. In Bridging Cultures: Reflections on the Heritage Identity of the Texas-Mexico Borderlands, editors Harriett Romo and William Dupont focus specifically on the lower reaches of the Rio Grande/Río Bravo as it exits the mountains and meanders across a coastal plain. Bringing together perspectives of architects, historians, anthropologists, sociologists, educators, political scientists, geographers, and creative writers who span and encompass the border, its four sections explore the historical and cultural background of the region; the built environment of the transnational border region and how border towns came to look as they do; shared systems of ideas, beliefs, values, knowledge, norms of behavior, and customs—the way of life we think of as Borderlands culture; and how border security, trade and militarization, and media depictions impact the inhabitants of the Borderlands. Romo and Dupont present the complexity of the Texas-Mexico Borderlands culture and historical heritage, exploring the tangible and intangible aspects of border culture, the meaning and legacy of the Borderlands, its influence on relationships and connections, and how to manage change in a region evolving dramatically over the past five centuries and into the future.
Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 64
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Barry R. McCaffrey
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Published: 2011
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the past two years the state of Texas has become increasingly threatened by the spread of Mexican cartel organized crime. The threat reflects a change in the strategic intent of the cartels to move their operations into the United States. In effect, the cartels seek to create a 'sanitary zone' inside the Texas border, one county deep, that will provide sanctuary from Mexican law enforcement and, at the same time, enable the cartels to transform Texas' border counties into narcotics transshipment points for continued transport and distribution into the continental United States. To achieve their objectives the cartels are relying increasingly on organized gangs to provide expendable and unaccountable manpower to do their dirty work. These gangs are recruited on the streets of Texas cities and inside Texas prisons by top-tier gangs who work in conjunction with the cartels.
Author: V. Howard Savage
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 36
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 264
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: B. Frank McCullough
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 34
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe final objective was to provide estimates of the potential demand for and revenue from additional bridges along the Texas-Mexico Border, with such estimates complemented by an assessment of current capacity utilization of the available infrastructure. These results are documented in Reports 1976-4 and 1976-5.
Author: David J. Danelo
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2008-07-17
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 0811740226
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThoughtful investigative report about a central issue of the 2008 presidential race that examines the border in human terms through a cast of colorful characters. Asks and answers the core questions: Should we close the border? Is a fence or wall the answer? Is the U.S. government capable of fully securing the border? Reviews the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects and discusses NAFTA, immigration policy, border security, and other local, regional, national, and international issues.