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3-9 U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Passenger Entries: 2011 (thousands)

Thursday, January 31, 2013

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 Entering the U.S.
Total for all U.S.-Canada crossings 
Personal vehicles31,596
Personal vehicle passengers59,192
Buses114
Bus passengers2,452
Train passengers and crew277
Pedestrians407
Personal vehicles—top 3 gateways 
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY5,912
Blaine, WA4,289
Detroit, MI4,174
Personal vehicle passengers—top 3 gateways 
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY12,687
Blaine, WA8,313
Detroit, MI7,203
Buses—top 3 gateways 
Detroit, MI28
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY26
Blaine, WA16
Bus passengers—top 3 gateways 
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY729
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY396
Blaine, WA328
Train passengers and crew—top 3 gateways 
Blaine, WA75
Skagway, AK73
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY48
Pedestrians—top 3 gateways 
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY283
Sumas, WA27
Detroit, MI21


Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Data, available at http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/ accessed August 2012 as reported in U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 1-47, available at https://www.bts.gov/archive/publications/national_transportation_statistics/index accessed August 2012.