Peace Bridge Crossing Summary Peace Bridge Crossings 180 170 Outbound 160 150 Inbound 140 Overview 130 120 110 The Peace Bridge connects Buffalo, New York with Fort Erie, Ontario and 100 crosses the Niagra River. The bridge links the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) in 90 80 Canada and provides with I-190 and other major roadways in the U.S. The QEW 70 60 extends to Toronto, Ontario and also links with Highway 401, one of the major 50 East-West Canadian expressways. I-190 provides a link to I-90, the main artery 40 Volume Per Hour Per Hour 30 of the New York State Thruway, connecting the area to the major population 20 centers on the East Coast. 10 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 The Peace Bridge contains only a single, three-lane span. The center lane is Time in Minutes reversible and can be used to ease congestion during peak travel conditions. The bridge was built in 1927 and is 5,800 feet long. The bridge is governed by a ten- member board consisting of five members from New York State and five Typical Inbound Traffic members from Canada. All capital improvements and operating expenses are No Delay Travel Time = 7.32 minutes funded by tolls and rentals of Peace Bridge-owned property and buildings, not Travel Time Volume per Booth Open Booths public funds. While a single organization, the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public 120 4 Bridge Authority manages two tightly linked groups of bridge operators and 110 100 maintenance workers. 90 3 80 70 60 2 50 40 30 1 20 Average Hourly Volume Number of Open Booths Crossing Times and Average Travel Time 10 0 0 Average 95th Baseline Crossing Percentile Buffer Buffer 6AM - 7AM7AM - 8AM8AM - 9AM 1PM - 2PM2PM - 3PM3PM - 4PM4PM - 5PM5PM - 6PM 1 2 3 4 5 9AM - 10AM 12PM - 1PM Time Time Time Time Index 10AM - 11AM11AM - 12PM Outbound 9.0 21.7 38.0 16.2 74.7 Inbound 8.3 21.5 83.4 61.9 265.7 1 Typical Outbound Traffic Notes: Baseline time (in minutes) to travel the study distance (between the starting point in the No Delay Travel Time = 9.73 minutes exporting country and the initial inspection point in the importing country) in free-flow traffic conditions. Travel Time Volume per Booth Open Booths 2 Average crossing time (in minutes) to travel the study distance. 120 4 3 110 Time (in minutes) for 95 percent of trucks to travel the study distance. 100 4Time (in minutes) between the average time and the 95th percentile time for trucks to 90 3 80 travel the study distance. This is the "extra time" that must be budgeted to cross the 70 border relative to the average time. 60 2 50 5Buffer time necessary expressed as a percentage of average time. This is the extra 40 30 1 percentage of average time that must be budgeted to cross the border. 20 Average Hourly Volume Number of Open Booths and Average Travel Time 10 0 0 1PM - 2PM2PM - 3PM3PM - 4PM4PM - 5PM5PM - 6PM6PM - 7PM7PM - 8PM8PM - 9PM 12PM - 1PM 9PM - 10PM 10AM - 11AM11AM - 12PM FY 2001 Border Crossing Site Overview April 2002 .