Publications

The BPRI publishes several categories of documents, accessible via the links shown above. In general, the BPRI intends that its publications be widely and freely distributed within the policy community. Unless otherwise noted for a specific document, any publication may be duplicated and distributed in its entirety, with proper acknowledgment.

Most Recent Publications

• February 2012, Border Policy Brief Vol. 7, No. 1. Download
  "Is RFID the Answer to Resurgent Border Traffic," by David Davidson


• November 2011, Research Report No. 15. Download
  "Borders, Barriers and Breakthroughs in the Cascadia Corridor," by Troy Abel, Jenni Pelc, Lauren Miller, Jacqueline Quarre, and Kathryn Mork


• October 2011, Research Report No. 14. Download
  "Field Observations of Northbound Truck Traffic at Pacific Highway," by David Davidson, Susannah Edwards, and Yijun Zhang


• October 2011, Border Policy Brief Vol. 6, No. 4. Download
  "Advancing Program Symmetry for U.S.-Canada Investment in Cross-border Transportation" by Hugh Conroy


• October 2011, Research Report No. 13. Download
  "Advancing U.S.-Canada Border Transportation Planning and Programming," by Hugh Conroy, Program Manager, Whatcom Council of Governments


• September 2011, Research Report No. 12. Download
  "Comparing a Year of Legal Inbound Travel: The United States and Canada-2009," by Dylan Medina, Yijun Zhang, Susannah Edwards, Austin Rose, Christopher Miller, & David Davidson, Western Washington University.


• September 2011, Special Report. Download
  "Regional Freight Capacity Management: Free and Secure Trade (FAST) Program Optimization at the Pacific Highway, Southbound Crossing," by Mark Springer, Ph.D.


• July 2011, Special Report. Download
  "Seminar Proceedings. Perimeter Security and the Beyond the Border Dialogue: Perspectives from the PNW-Western Canada Region"


• June 2011, Special Report. Download
  "Eliminating the FAST Lane at the Pacific Highway Crossing: A Simulation Analysis," by Mark Springer, Ph.D.


• June 2011, Master's Thesis. Download
  "Wildlife Governance and the Politics of Transborder Commons: the Gray Wolf Case," by Jennilee Pelc


• June 2011, Border Policy Brief Vol. 6, No. 3. Download
  "Scholars' Views on Improving Border Policy," by Donald Alper


• June 2011, Special Report. Download
  "2011 Pacific Highway Southbound FAST Lane Study," by the BPRI and the Whatcom Council of Governments


• May 2011, Special Report. Download
  "Eliminating the FAST Lane at the Pacific Highway Crossing: Results of a Pilot Project," by Mark Springer, Ph.D.


• April 2011, Border Policy Brief Vol. 6, No. 2. Download
  "Testing a Reconfiguration of FAST at the Blaine POE" by David Davidson


• February 2011, Border Policy Brief Vol. 6, No. 1. Download
  "Cross-Border Freight Flows at the Two Land Borders" by David Davidson & Austin Rose