Transportation and Infrastructure Planning in the Monterrey, Mexico to San Antonio, Texas Corridor
Thomas M. Woodfin, Texas A&M University, March 1997, 218 pp. (721918-1)
The challenges posed by the first international trade corridor in North America requires that transportation planners in Mexico and the U.S. have the ability to access and share strategic information. This study developed a geographic information system (GIS) data base along the North – South corridor between San Antonio, Texas and Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The data set was developed from existing information available on both sides of the border. This was a first attempt to place information resources from both countries in a single GIS data set.
The effort served as a vehicle for exploring a means to overcome the problems of international coordination of planning efforts in transportation and transboundry environmental management. The viability of the data set was tested in a series of three workshops held in San Antonio, Laredo/Nuevo Laredo, and Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. The report discusses the values of the information exchange and addresses the problems of communication in a bilingual environment.
Keywords: GIS, Transportation, Infrastructure Planning
REPORT (Adobe Acrobat File – 3 MB)
Appendix A (Adobe Acrobat File – 1 MB)
Appendix C (Adobe Acrobat File – 3 MB)