Cascade Gateway Border Data
The Whatcom Council of Governments, as the lead organization for the International Mobility & Trade Corridor Project (IMTC), serves as a clearinghouse of resources, data, and statistics for both IMTC participants and the region as a whole.
The following data are available online and specifically reference the Cascade Gateway, the system of four border crossings between Whatcom County, Washington State and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.
For more information, or questions about any of these data, please contact Melissa Miller at (360) 676-6974 or by e-mail.
Note: all of the documents below are available together in the 2007 Cascade Gateway Almanac.
Border Wait Times
Passenger vehicle wait times and volumes are now archived at the website www.CascadeGatewayData.com.
Exchange Rates
U.S. - Canada exchange rate, 1991-2006 (annual averages)
Passenger Vehicles (Autos)
Cross-border volume by nationality, 1992-2006 (northbound only)
Annual cross-border auto volumes, 1996-2006 (by direction and port-of-entry)
Monthly cross-border auto volumes, 2004-2006 (by direction and port-of-entry)
Passenger vehicle border delays, 2007 (January - July, southbound, Peace Arch & Pacific Highway)
Commercial Vehicles (Trucks)
Annual cross-border truck volumes, 1996-2006 (by direction and port-of-entry)
Monthly cross-border truck volumes, 2004-2006 (by direction and port-of-entry)
Hourly distribution of trucks, 2006 (Pacific Highway, southbound)
Truck border delay, 2002 and 2006 (Pacific Highway, southbound)
Freight
Transborder surface freight value. 1996-2006 (by mode, all Cascade Gateway ports-of-entry)
Commodities and origin-destination patterns, 2004 and 2006 (by port-of-entry, southbbound)
Estimates of Cross-Border Olympics Traffic
Visit the project page for more information.
Preliminary Estimate of 2010 Olympics I-5 & Cross-Border Auto Traffic (162kb)
2008 Passenger Intercept Survey
The 2007-2008 Passenger Intercept Survey data are currently being processed. As soon as the database is available, it will be put on this website as a .zip file. Outputs from the database will also be made available here.
For more information, contact Melissa Miller at (360) 676-6974.