US-Canada border

The first half of the year saw 3.38m trucks at the eleven toll crossings between the US and Canada v 2.88m in the first half of 2009 (21009H1), a 17.4% rise.  Those are average daily traffic of 18.5k 2010H1 v 15.8k 2009H1.

The Detroit area crossings saw the biggest rise. Ambassador Bridge truck traffic is 2010H1 was 1.35m v 1.07m 2009H1, an average daily 7.37k v 5.87k, a 26% rise half year on half year. (But this 7.37k is still well below 2006H1, which was 9.9k average daily truck traffic.)

Total traffic at US-Canada toll border crossings in the first three months of the year is up a feeble 1.4% to 7.45m vs 7.35m Jan-Mar 2009. Public Border Operators Association (PBOA) statistics issued last Friday - these cover the eleven toll crossings of Ontario with New York and Michigan - showed a March uptick of 4% over March 2009. Back in 2006 Jan-Mar traffic was 9.48m.

September traffic at the US-Canadian toll crossings continued to be weak at 2,947k this year v 3169k in 2008-09  - a 7% drop - and 3473k in 2007-09. This September was down 16.7% on the 3537k of 2006-09.  The high value, high toll trucks are down more than cars this September being 10.3% fewer at 565k v 630k last September. Cars are off 6.2% at 2364k v 2520k last Sept.

Canada-US tolled border crossings saw traffic of 2.69m in March 2009 down 9.8% on the 2.99m of 2008Mar. February was down 12.4%, January 16.2%, Dec 11.0%, November 15.4%, October 11.3%, September 8.7%, August 4.0%... The 9.8% is therefore a slightly lesser decline month-on-same-month a year back than we've seen since September 2008, but certainly no sign of recovery. 

US-Canadian toll crossing traffic was 16.2% lower in January than the previous corresponding period (pcp) or Jan 2008 - 2.31m vs 2.76m. This follows December numbers 11% down. Truck traffic, the highest yielding category, is down the most - 443k trucks Jan 09 vs 636k Jan 08, 30.4% down. 

November traffic at the US-Canadian border around the Great Lakes and St Lawrence is down strongly according to data on eleven major crossings collected by the Public Border Operators Association (PBOA) - from 3.28m 2007-11 to 2.77m 2008-11, a decline of 15.4%. The decline has been gaining in recent months. The month-on-same-month-last year (MOSMLY) declines have been Aug 4.0%, Sept 8.7%, Oct 11.3%, Nov 15.4%.