README for Cascade Gateway Advanced Border Information System (ABIS) Design Project dataset. Whatcom Council of Governments 2025-04-11 ---------------------------------------------------------------- LINKS TO DATASET ---------------------------------------------------------------- A. Dataset archive link: https://doi.org/10.21949/mjxe-8f28 ---------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY OF DATASET ---------------------------------------------------------------- This collection of reports represents the deliverable outputs from the Cascade Gateway Advanced Border Information System (ABIS) Design Project. ---------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------- A. General Information B. Sharing/Access & Policies Information C. Data and Related File Overview D. Methodological Information E. Update Log ---------------------------------------------------------------- A. GENERAL INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------------------------- 0. Title of Dataset: Cascade Gateway Advanced Border Information System (ABIS) Design Project Files 1. Description of Dataset: This collection of reports represents the deliverable outputs from the Cascade Gateway Advanced Border Information System (ABIS) Design Project. The collection includes the following documentation: 1. Current State Assessment & Existing Technology Review Report 2. Concept Exploration & Recommendations Report 3. Concept of Operations 4. Benefit Cost Analysis Technical Memo 5. Project Implementation Report 6. High Level Design 7. Data Management Plan 2. Dataset archive link: https://doi.org/10.21949/mjxe-8f28 Data Management Plan archive link: https://doi.org/10.48321/D17D4S 3. Authorship Information: Principal Data Creator or Data Manager Contact Information Contact Name: Melissa Fanucci ORCID ID: 0009-0004-6844-9370 Institution: Whatcom Council of Governments Address: 314 E. Champion Street, Bellingham, WA 98225 Email: melissa@wcog.org 4. Date of data collection and update interval: Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 26, 2024 5. Geographic location of data collection: United States of America 6. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: This project was funded through the US Department of Transportation's "Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Program." The Grant Number is: 69A3552341034. ---------------------------------------------------------------- B. SHARING/ACCESS & POLICIES INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------------------------- 0. Recommended citation for the data: Whatcom Council of Governments. "Cascade Gateway Advanced Border Information System (ABIS) Design Project Files [datasets]." Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Program. https://doi.org/10.21949/mjxe-8f28 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: This dataset has been released to the public domain through the Creative Commons 4.0 (CC-BY) License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 2. Was data derived from another source?: No. 3. This dataset and its documentation was created and shared to meet the requirements enumerated in the U.S. Department of Transportation's "Plan to Increase Public Access to the Results of Federally-Funded Scientific Research" Version 1.1 << https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/Official%20DOT%20Public%20Access%20Plan%20ver%201.1.pdf >> and guidelines suggested by the DOT Public Access website << https://ntl.bts.gov/publicaccess/ >>, in effect and current as of April 10, 2019. ---------------------------------------------------------------- C. DATA & RELATED FILE OVERVIEW ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. File List for the Cascade_Gateway_Advanced_Border_Information_System_DATASET.zip collection A. Filename: 1- Current State Assessment & Existing Technology Review Report Short description: This document, prepared as part of the Cascade Gateway ABIS Design Project, is divided into two parts: the Current State Assessment (including the existing ATIS and Cascade Gateway Border Data Warehouse), including a summary of the user needs that have been preliminarily collected to date; and an overview of existing Border Wait Time (BWT) measurement technologies deployed along the U.S. � Canada and U.S. � Mexico borders. B. Filename: 2 - Concept Exploration & Recommendations Report Short description: This report expands on technology options available as well as feasible hybrid technology concepts that meet the user needs of the stakeholders. C. Filename: 3 - Concept of Operations Short description: This report serves as the Concept of Operations (ConOps) document that conceptualizes the ABIS system and serves as the foundation for the development of the final ABIS. D. Filename: 4 - Benefit Cost Analysis Technical Memo Short description: The benefit-cost analysis (BCA) was conducted for the project using best practices for transportation planning and reflecting the US DOT 2024 benefit-cost analysis guidance. E. Filename: 5 - Project Implementation Report Short description: This Implementation Report provides a summary of the project, an overview of the Stage 1 activities and accomplishments; an assessment of the goals, objectives, and expectations met; performance data and results, a benefit-cost assessment; requirements for at-scale implementation (including operations and maintenance); lessons learned; and recommendations. F. Filename: 6 - High Level Design Short description: This High-Level Design (HLD) document serves as a critical bridge between the conceptual understanding of the system and its detailed implementation. A high-level design sets the foundation and overall structure of the implementation phase of the project. F. Filename: 7 - Data Management Plan Short description: As part of the requirements for the SMART Stage I project, a Data Management Plan was developed using the online Data Management Plan tool. This is a printed version of that DMP. ---------------------------------------------------------------- D. METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Outreach, interviews, field surveys, technology spec comparisons, interviews with vendors as to technology capabilities, reviews with stakeholders, analysis of existing data. 2. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: Files in this zip are preserved in the .PDF format. The Portable Document Format (PDF) file format was developed by Adobe Systems and represents two-dimensional documents in a device-independent and resolution-independent format. There are PDF readers available on many platforms, such as Xpdf, Foxit, and Adobe's own Adobe Acrobat Reader. PDF readers/viewers or online services for basic functions are generally free (for more information on .pdf files and software, please visit https://www.file-extensions.org/pdf-file-extension). ---------------------------------------------------------------- E. UPDATE LOG ---------------------------------------------------------------- This README file was originally created on 2025-04-10 by Melissa Fanucci, ORCID ID: 0009-0004-6844-9370, Principal Planner, melissa@wcog.org 2025-04-10: Original file created