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https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27432/critical-issues-in-transportation-for-2024-and-beyond

California Integrated Border Approach Study (CA-IBAS), Phase 2

The State of California, represented by Caltrans District 11, is seeking advice to address solutions related to multi-agency planning and innovative project delivery to overcome funding shortages and individual agency limitations to improve multimodal regional mobility at communities abutting the State’s international border with Mexico. While there are a number of federal, State, and local agencies that work in border communities, there are no formalized, collaborative strategies to implement projects that go “beyond the mandate” of individual agencies. The California border region needs a multi-institutional border mechanism capable to serve as the lead coordinating entity for strategic planning, project delivery, and funding partnerships to address regional mobility needs at California’s border communities. The California Integrated Border Approach Strategy (CA-IBAS) seeks to propose this mechanism. The CA-IBAS has been divided in two phases. Phase 2 of this Study builds upon the outcomes and findings from Phase 1. Phase 2 is the subject of this Task Order. Phase 2 of the CA-IBAS Study will: (1) Describe the existing mobility conditions and challenges at each of California’s border communities abutting international land Ports of Entry (POEs). (2) Propose to the State of California different alternatives of intra-agency collaboration to serve California’s international border with Mexico. (3) Propose the required legal operating frameworks for a future intra-agency structure. (4) Develop innovative joint mechanisms for planning, funding, financing, and project delivery at California’s border communities. (5) Provide a 5 year Work Plan for a new intra-agency Border Coordination Mechanism. Recitals (1) The State of California is represented by California Department of Transportation District 11, referred to herein as Caltrans. (2) The University of California Center on Economic Competitiveness in Transportation (UCCONNECT) University Transportation Center (UTC) is referred to herein as the CONSULTANT. (3) The Study refers to the California Integrated Border Approach Study (CA-IBAS). (4) The Study seeks to propose a multi-institutional integrated border mechanism approach capable to serve as the lead coordinating entity for multi-agency strategic planning, project delivery, and funding partnerships to address regional mobility needs of California’s border communities, referred herein as the Coordination Mechanism. (5) A California border community is a community abutting an international land Port of Entry (POEs), such as San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Tecate, Calexico West, Calexico East, and Andrade.