Understanding the impact of traffic flow interruption and vehicle mix on congestion and safety for solving cross-border traffic issues

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The governments of Canada and Ontario announced the Windsor Gateway Action Plan in the year 2002 which aims at improving traffic flow at the border crossings between Windsor and Detroit. The plan includes improved border processing, advanced traffic management, and widening of existing roads or construction of new roads. Although the plan suggests important guidelines for future improvement, more detailed assessment of existing traffic conditions and more theoretical and experimental analyses need to be performed to improve congestion and safety on this corridor near the border crossing. In this regard, the study of traffic phenomena under different patterns of traffic flow interruptions and interactions between car and truck movements can help suggest more specific solutions for cross-border traffic on urban streets.