—————— 1992 ——————

[Ed note: While EO#12803 does not mention “superhighways,”

a brief description is included because this

Order encourages the privatization of taxpayer-funded

U.S. assets, including roads designated as a part of

the international superhighway/supercorridor system.]

Executive Order #12803:

“Infrastructure Privatization”

Signed by President George H.W. Bush on

April 30, 1992, EO#12803 encourages

privatization of U.S. infrastructure assets that are

to mean “disposition or transfer of an infrastructure

asset, such as by sale or by long-term lease,

from a State or local government to a private

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=23625&st=&st1=

—————— 1995 ——————

Legislation to Approve the National

Highway System (NHS) and Ancillary

Issues Relating to Highway and Transit

Programs (H.R. 842 Trust Funds Off-budget)

U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Surface

Transportation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,

Washington, DC., March 10, 1995

Excerpt from remarks by Mr. GEREN:

important step in the right direction.

If you look at the map over there, I think it is

self-evident what it means to the whole country,

up Mexico and all those markets down there with

the industrial heartland of our country, as well as

the most important economic centers in Canada.

I urge this committee to give careful consideration

to this concept. As this trade grows, the

current I–35 won't be able to handle it. It will deteriorate.

We won't take advantage of all the

under NAFTA is extraordinarily important

to the successful implementation of that

Excerpt from remarks by Mr. CORNELIUS:

I really believe that the intelligent vehicle highway

system, the IVHS program, represents our

best opportunity to accomplish those goals, and

IH-35 represents not only the State's, but I believe

the Nation's most viable candidate for becoming

(p.699)

http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/Trans/hpw104-15.000/hpw104-15_5.HTM

“NAFTA Super-highway Promoted"

NAFTA & Inter-American Trade Monitor,

Vol. 2, No. 13, April 28,1995

35 Corridor Coalition, is lobbying to get I-35,

which runs from Minneapolis, MN to Laredo, TX

. .

The group calls for major road improvements

David Dean, head

of the Coalition, describes

the plan:

"The idea is that

a truck in Monterrey,

bound for Chicago

or Winnipeg or

wherever, goes into

Monterrey. Customs

officials from all

three countries

could inspect the

A review of NAFTA Superhighway history

reveals that the marketing of this concept

began well over a decade ago. In that time,

a growing number of highways have been

designated as “high priority corridors”— a

rating that allows easier access to federal funds.

Lobbyist seeking to create an

international infrastructure have referred

to the U.S. National Highway System of

“high priority corridors” as an international

The “NAFTA Superhighway” label

surfaced shortly after the signing of the

North American Free Trade Agreement

(NAFTA). Concepts and activity connected to

1) establishing an international highway/

corridor that incorporates an Information

Technology System (ITS)

2) privatizing U.S. infrastructure assets (which

opens the door to foreign ownership/management

of U.S. roads, bridges, ports. . .)

3) charging for use — taxes, tolls, and fees

4) increasing use of eminent domain to build

or widen corridors to accommodate toll

highways, rail, and/or utility corridors, etc.

5) promoting intermodal/multimodal concepts

6) using public-private partnerships

(government + business partnering helps

overcome obstacles like public dissent)

7) promoting “smart highways/corridors” —

which coincidentally requires the same

technologies as a continent-wide surveillance/

monitoring system would use:

readers, sensors, scanners, cameras...)

(fiber optic cable networks, wireless

communications, etc.)

corridors to collect, process, and share data

References to the above and other issues

are contained in excerpts herein.

Entries are arranged in chronological order,

generally according to publishing dates.

Most entries cite the NAFTA superhighway

by name, but a few that do not are included for

their relevance to the topic.

Note that all emphasis has been added.

© D. K. Niwa, Sept. 2007. All rights reserved. Permission

granted to photocopy, as well as post to web sites, if used in

its entirety and without charge.

Acknowledgements:

Thank you to Vicky Davis, Amanda Teegarden,

and Joan Masters for your invaluable help!

(Continues next page)

NAFTA

Superhighway

Memory Hole

in 1997.* Around 2005, the organization began using “SuperCorridor” in place of “Superhighway.”

* Articles of Incorporation for North America’s Superhighway Coalition were filed June 30, 1997 with the Office of the

Secretary of State of Texas. (See entry on page 3 of this document).

cargo, seal the container, weigh the truck, check

emissions controls, immigration papers, insurance,

safety standards. The truck files a route

duties, overweight charges of every description

encountered along that route are pre-paid by the

Mexico." . . .

http://www.etext.org/Politics/NAFTA.Monitor/Volume.3/nm-03.013

Congressional Record -- House

September 20, 1995

Re: National Highway System Designation Act of 1995

Excerpt from remarks by Mr. FROST:

. . .Running through the Nation's midsection,

It is the hope of the multistate I-35 Corridor

Coalition that the designation of I-35 as a high

priority corridor is just a first step toward the eventual

designation of this vital transportation link

.I-35 is currently the only fully constructed northsouth

Interstate link between Mexico and Canada

and its high priority designation will enhance efforts

to improve the road to accommodate the

increase in commercial traffic that has begun and

Excerpt from remarks by Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas:

In 1993, our country ratified the North American

Free Trade Agreement. . . . The responsibility

of the Congress did not end with that historic vote.

We must now act collectively to make the most

maximizes the benefits of this agreement.

One of the ways that we can accomplish this

The system that I and a number of my colleagues

envision as providing the greatest economic

benefit is one that uses I-35, from Laredo,

system will reach out like branches to the North

and South, East and West. This option would tie

together the major economic centers of our Nation

Excerpt from remarks by Mr. DeLAY:

As cochairman of the I-69 caucus, I believe

that the development of the I-69 corridor will induce

Excerpt from remarks by Ms. JACKSON-LEE:

. . . I am very pleased that this bill begins the

process of funding Interstate Route 69, the Mid-

run from Mexico to Michigan . . . . With the increasing

levels of commerce in North America

due to the North American Free-Trade Agreement,

would be essential to helping the agreement

reach its full potential. . . . (p.H9273)

Excerpt from remarks by Ms. McCARTHY:

The National Highway System [NHS] bill we

consider today . . . builds on the 90,000-mile Interstate

connect the interstate system and other roads

. . . The measure includes the important designation

trade connecting Canada, the United States, and

Mexico. In addition, the NHS bill includes such

roads as Jackson County Roadway, U.S. 50 and

“High-Tech Highways”

Fiscal Notes, October 1995; Contributing to this article: Sandra

Martinez; Window on State Government, Susan Combs, Texas

Comptroller of Public Accounts

transportation guidance systems . . . .

The new TransGuide system in San Antonio

Electronic equipment detects any highway incident

paid about 80 percent of TransGuide's $32 million

price tag; the state paid the remaining 20

percent. The first phase, covering 26 highway

miles in downtown San Antonio, began operating

July 26. Eventually the system will cover 191

miles of local freeways on Interstate Highways

10, 35 and 37 and on U.S. Highways 90 and 281.

TransGuide technology will be capable of supporting

come on line over the next decade, including invehicle

computers and map displays.

to Canada. Efforts to fund high-tech improvements

to the highway are under way in Congress.

Supporters in Texas propose that a fiber optic

spine be installed along I-35 to track cargo from

include international signs and would allow cargos

to be precleared by U.S. Customs at inland

and transferred to appropriate states. Border inspections

could be cut to a minimum.

In May 1995, U.S. Transportation Secretary

Federico Pena announced two pilot projects . . .

The projects in Arizona and California are expected

to electronically identify the vehicle and

check the pertinent safety, customs and immigration

data before the shipment's arrival. Tests

on the project began in the spring of 1995 and

are expected to end in early 1997.

Pena also has announced a trinational transportation

science and technology agreement under

which the U.S., Canada and Mexico will collaborate

in advancing safe, economical, efficient

and environmentally sound transportation systems.

cross-border clearance of commercial and

private traffic.

http://www.window.state.tx.us/comptrol/fnotes/oct95fn.html

—————— 1996 ——————

“Smart Highway”

NAFTA & Inter-American Trade Monitor,

Vol. 3, No. 6, March 22,1996

eliminate the need for most truck inspections at

the border....

existing technology to speed traffic between

Mexico City, Dallas, and Toronto. Railroads already

to rail cars and read by trackside readers that

to trucks. Inspections, including weighing and

http://www.newsbulletin.org/getbulletin.CFM?SID=

“Cross-border Transportation Promoted, Delayed”

NAFTA & Inter-American Trade Monitor,

Vol. 3, No. 1, Sept. 6, 1996

met in Monterrey, Mexico, in early August

to promote designation of Interstate 35, which

runs 1,500 miles from Duluth, Minnesota to

Laredo, Texas, as the North American Free Trade

Agreement's principal trade corridor. Texas, Kansas,

Missouri, Oklahoma and Iowa back the designation,

expected. Craig Schoenfeld, a research analyst

for Iowa House Republicans, called the coalition

"a marketing tool for industry and business" . . .

U.S. Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Treasury

John Simpson. . . urged Mexico to make full

pre-clearance for cargo, drivers, payment of duties

and verification of transport requirements,

beginning on a trial basis in September.

The Northern Plains I-29 Coalition is pushing for

to track trucks and clear up congestion at

U.S. borders with both Canada and Mexico. . . .

http://www.newsbulletin.org/getbulletin.CFM?SID=

“Need for Speed:

US-Mexico Trade Highway Sought”

James L. Tyson,

The Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 4, 1996

the North American Free Trade Agreement,

enacted in 1994 by Canada, Mexico, and the US.

checkpoints.

http://www.csmonitor.com/1996/1204/120496.econ.econ.2.html

—————— 1997 ——————

About the NAFTA Superhighway Coalition

corporation. Its mission is to team Federal

and Provincial authorities with private business

to promote a National Transportation Policy that

will include improvements to Highway 401 and

associated corridors for facilitating the movement

of people and goods to and from Canada, the

U.S. and Mexico under [NAFTA]. . . .

. . . between Canada and the U.S. . . .

• Bring together - as stakeholders - the cities and

communities along the 401 and associated corridors...

• Present a focused, persuasive, and compelling

case to governments at all levels so that

the proper legislation may be enacted and adequate

concept.

counterparts and allies in the U.S. and Mexico.

work together as partners to enable communities

along the 401 and associated corridors to

impress upon the Federal and Provincial governments

http://www.ambassadorbridge.com/nafta_case.html

North America's Superhighway Coalition

To Meet In Tulsa

For Immediate Release: Feb. 4, 1997

Oklahoma State Senate, Communications Division

Coalition officials in Tulsa later this week as they

prepare for the 1997 legislative sessions, both in

Oklahoma and Washington D.C.

The Coalition was formed in 1994 to work for

the designation of I-35 as a High Priority Corridor

and make the states through which it runs

eligible for a share of federal funding set aside

under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency

Act of 1991.

http://www.oklahomacorridorwatch.com/documentation/Senate%20Press%20Releases%201997%20NASCO%20Hearing.pdf

“The NAFTA Superhighway System Seen on

Track to Gain Support from Congress”

The Conde Report on U.S.-Mexico Relations, Vol. 1, Issue 15,

May 2, 1997, Editor: Francisco J. Conde

is moving briskly toward action on the legislation

to determine the spending of the $175

billion in U.S. surface transportation spending for

1998-2004 and is paying increasing attention to

The Dallas-based

NASCO, founded in early

1994 and comprised of officials

and citizens of cities,

counties, states and

private-sector backers

along I.H. 35, is seeking to

obtain up to $3.5 billion in

dedicated congressional funding for the I.H. 35

trade corridor project. The roadway plays a critical

role in supporting growing bilateral U.S.-

Mexico trade, the overwhelming majority of which

is moved by truck over highway, approximately

40 percent over I.H. 35 at Laredo, Texas.

the process of complying with local, state, federal

and international administrative and safety

regulations . . .

In 1995, Congress designated the 1,500

miles of I.H. 35 from Laredo, Texas to Duluth,

Minnesota as a "High Priority Corridor" in the

National Highways System (NHS) law, making

I.H. 35 one of 29 such corridors in the U.S.. The

. . . NASCO officials are preparing to receive

a visit from U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure

Committee Chairman Thomas Shuster,

. . . who is playing a critical role in shaping the

debate and legislation on the reauthorization of

U.S. main federal highway funding law set to expire

on September 30, 1997. The Clinton Administration,

. . . appears to be leaning favorably toward

recognition of a need for dedicated funding

. . . More than 80 mayors of cities and towns

along I.H. 35 and its sister branch of Interstate

Highway 29 from Kansas City to Winnipeg,

In recent weeks, the Coalition has received

financial support and contributions from CB Commercial.

. . The Laredo National Bank. . . Enserch;

Frozen Food Express ... Detroit Bridge Co. ... and

Love's Country Stores, Inc. ... The Coalition is

actively courting other potential financial supporters

http://web.archive.org/web/20060831194502/http://listserv.business.unisa.edu.au/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind9705&L=iern-l&F=l&P=62

Articles of Incorporation of

North America’s Superhighway Coalition

Filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of Texas

June 30, 1997

Excerpts:

ARTICLE I The name of the corporation is North America’s

Superhighway Coalition (“the Corporation”)

ARTICLE II The Corporation is a non-profit corporation.

ARTICLE III The period of the corporation is perpetual.

ARTICLE IV The Corporation is organized as a business

league within the meaning of section 501(c)(6) of the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) for

the purpose of preserving, protecting, enhancing, expanding,

and improving Interstate Highway 35 (“I-35”) as a national

1. engaging in civic activities that enhance the economic

development of the states and provinces through which

I-35, or any Canadian or Mexican highway connecting

directly or indirectly to I-35, passes (the “Corridor States”)

by promoting the development of I-35 and other strategic

roadways that are essential to establishing a network capable

of supporting increased trade. . .;

2. engaging in activities that promote the common interest

of the Corporation’s members in assuring the development

of I-35 to enhance the development of interstate

and international trade within the Corridor States;

3. disseminating educational information to the public . . .;

4. serving as the communication link for I-35 development

among federal, state governments and local governments

and the private sector;

5. providing information and comments on the development

of I-35 to the executive branches of federal and state government,

federal and state legislative bodies and committees,

and administrative agencies;

6. creating a central repository of data regarding I-35;

7. improving communications with Mexican and Canadian

transportation officials;

8. studying and recommending specific actions; and

Subject to the foregoing, the Corporation is organized

for all lawful purposes within the meaning of, and as permitted

by, Article 1396-2.01 of the Texas Non-Profit Corporation

Act, as amended. The assets of the Corporation are

pledged to performing the functions and purposes of the

Corporation set forth above.

Information obtained through public record request by OK-SAFE

http://www.ok-safe.com/NASCO.html

“Tour promotes Interstate 35

as `freight-friendly' corridor”

Margaret Allen, Dallas Business Journal. Aug. 22, 1997

in the Metroplex this week to drum up support

for dubbing U.S. Interstate 35 an official "river of

trade."

to promote federal funding for I-35...

http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/1997/08/25/newscolumn5.html

Trade and Transportation Corridor

Receives Assistance from WDA

COMMUNIQUE, Dec. 12, 1997

Information Services, Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada

south to Mexico will be developed and

implemented with $600,000 in assistance from

the Winnipeg Development Agreement (WDA).

75-Interstate 29-Interstate 35 link, beginning in

strategy, the City of Winnipeg and the Province

http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/press/top/1997/12/1997-12-12-01.html

—————— 1998 ——————

“I-35: An Interstate

Becomes a Global Corridor”

Renee Haines Site Selection Magazine, Feb./Mar. 1998

which aims to ease trade flows and attract more

. . . NASCO wants I-35 and connecting trade

highways designated as an "International Trade

cities, says Tiffany Newsom, coalition executive

director. . . .

http://www.conway.com/i35/9802/

NASCO Coalition founded in Texas

By The Associated Press

The Shawnee News-Star, Web posted Sunday, Sept. 13, 1998

was founded in 1994 by Judge Jeff Moseley, the

top official in Denton County, just north of Dallas.

Moseley and the judges of neighboring Texas

counties were looking at how to plan for an expected

NAFTA-spawned increase in traffic on I-

35 through Texas.

when it grew to embrace other jurisdictions along

both I-35 and Interstate 29, which runs from Kansas

City to Winnipeg, Canada.

businesses have also joined the effort,

sending representatives to three summits so far

of the mayors of NASCO member cities.

http://www.news-star.com/stories/091398/bus_%20asck.html

“NAFTA Transportation Update”

NAFTA & Inter-American Trade Monitor, Vol. 5, No. 19, Oct. 9,1998

step in its trucking dispute with the United States,

requesting appointment of a dispute resolution

panel under the provisions of NAFTA. The request

came after expiration of the 30-day period for consultations

among senior NAFTA officials.

refused to open its border, citing truck safety concerns,

and still has not agreed to comply with

the NAFTA provision, despite a lengthy series of

government to government meetings.

Phil Gramm and Kay Bailey Hutchinson from

Texas have succeeded in including a $700 million

appropriation for states along the Mexican

21st century. The appropriation, spread over five

years, will not compensate for all the increased

traffic, since the Act would distribute $140 million

http://www.newsbulletin.org/getbulletin.cfm?bulletin_ID=8&issue_ID=1157&browse=1&SID=

NASCO Email Correspondence

Subj: TEA-21 Highway $200 Billion

Transportation Bill Signed Into Law

Date: 6/10/98 3:53:05 PM Central Daylight Time

[. . .]

Dear Fellow Former Colleagues at David A.

Dean & Associates/Dean International, Inc.

[List of names has been removed.--Ed]

...am writing to Club David A. Dean & Associates

Alumni to give you some exciting news...

This bill contains FOR THE FIRST TIME IN

HISTORY a category and funding for trade corridors

and border programs.

Specifically, the trade corridor program was

funded with $700 million in Contract Authority

(these are "real dollars" as opposed to a simple

authorization which must go through the appropriations

process).

The I-35 corridor is the strongest and most

In addition to the $700 million, $350 million

was authorized for "special projects" along the I-

35 corridor.

None of this would have been possible without

the "team " we had assembled at David A.

Dean & Associates, P.C./Dean International, Inc.

I want you to know that while North America's

Superhighway Coalition, Inc. (NASCO) celebrates

our victory, you are not forgotten.

[. . .]

. . . on behalf of the NASCO Board of Directors

. . . and myself, thank you all for making this

Due to the great amount of support and success

goals, and in response to our northern states

members' requests for a more centrally located

headquarters, I am moving to Kansas City, MO,

at the end of this month.

[. . .]

Ms. Tiffany Newsom

Executive Director

North America’s Superhighway Coalition

http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9806&L=cmplaw-l&P=3099

—————— 1999 ——————

“Trucking Under NAFTA”

NAFTA & Inter-American Trade Monitor,

Vol. 6, No. 6, June 11,1999

that the cross-border truck and bus dispute between

the United States and Mexico could soon

come before a panel. . . .

U.S. House Representatives Merrill Cook (RUT)

and Collin Peterson (D-MN) recently introduced

by weight, within the United States has increased

45 percent since 1990.

http://www.newsbulletin.org/getbulletin.cfm?bulletin_ID=8&issue_ID=1495&browse=1&SID=

—————— 2001 ——————

North American International Trade Corridor

DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Comprehensive and Coordinated ITS/CVO Plan

for the North American International Trade Corridor

PHASE 3 REPORT [DECEMBER 2001]

In Association With ATA Foundation, TransCore, CTRE, Iowa

State University, C.J. Petersen & Associates. Kentucky

Transportation Center, University of Kentucky

to the regional and national economies,

the eight corridor states..., the Province of

have established a formal agreement to support

the integration of freight services to reduce regulatory

and administrative burdens and support

Development of the NAITC Comprehensive

(ITS/CVO) Plan is a critical step toward achieving

based on operations improvements rather than

on traditional capital investments in road infrastructure,

allowing for rapid implementation and

results. Instead of depending on a road infrastructure,

these services and applications depend on

The challenge is in harnessing the information

collected to create valuable user services. At

present, data is collected through a series of disparate

systems and processes. The NAITC strategy

is to connect these systems and processes

integrated corridor user services and business

data collection sources include credentialing,

special permitting, international border screening,

roadside screening, and other enforcement

they represent an information architecture

for corridor user services. This architecture

the architecture will be implemented over time

as governance and technology decisions are

made and concepts are proven per the project plans

http://www.channelingreality.com/Documents/NAITC_ITS-CVO_PlanPhase-3-Final.pdf

as DNI, McConnell served as Senior Vice President and Director

“McConnell advises commercial and government clients on global

strategic security, cyber security, critical infrastructure assurance,

information operations and information assurance.” – V.L.D.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,241844,00.html

Below: From page 1 of the Total Information Awareness Program

(TIA) System Description Document (SDD), Version 1.1, July 19, 2002

☛

December 2001

“NAFTA highway on hold”

By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press Writer,

Dec. 1, 2002 | Laredo Morning Times

a new interstate that would span the

Yet five years after Congress authorized Interstate

69, little pavement has been laid on the

project expected to cost at least $8.5 billion.

http://lmtonline.com/news/archive/120102/pagea1.pdf

—————— 2003 ——————

“Indiana officials pick

‘NAFTA Superhighway’ route”

By Kimberly Hefling - Associated Press Writer,

Jan. 10, 2003 | The Lawrence Journal-World

approved by Congress five years ago to transform

Interstate 69 into a link between Canada

and Mexico may finally be on its way south.

After years of studies and debate, Gov. Frank

O'Bannon announced Thursday plans to build a

140-mile route through southwest Indiana's farming

— where I-69's last leg was completed more than

two decades ago.

The highway would go through Michigan, Indiana,

Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi,

Louisiana and Texas. . . .

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2003/jan/10/indiana_officials_pick/

—————— 2004 ——————

Nasco gears up for growth in 2004

Ken Miller, Executive Director of

Logistics Today, January 2004

Economic Significance” proposal would redirect

NASCO was instrumental in forming) to three to

five key corridors with heavy domestic and international

freight movement. NASCO is working

with a newly created Congressional group — the

focus attention on this proposal as well as I-35,

I-29, I-80 and I-94.

a top NASCO priority. . . .

NASCO also played an integral role in securing

more than $400,000 from the U.S. Trade and

Development Agency to study ITS applications

in Mexico. Partnering with the Mexican Secretariat

of Communications and Transportation as

well as other non-profit organizations, NASCO

provided a blueprint for this study through its 2001

of Transportation and paid for, in part, by NASCO.

http://www.logisticstoday.com/displayStory.asp?sNO=6310

Remarks for The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta

U.S. Secretary of Transportation

North America's Superhighway Coalition

Transportation Forum,

Fort Worth, Texas, April 30, 2004, 8:20 am

need to do in the United States to fulfill our obligations

under the NAFTA treaty. One of them is

to finally open the market between Mexico and

the United States for trucking and busing.

A lawsuit has blocked implementation of this

country’s commitment to allow truck travel across

our borders, despite our commitment to safety

and a level playing field.

here today, I say, “Welcome, and get ready.” Opening

the border is of mutual benefit. . . .

Sandy Jacobs and the Superhighway Coalition

for your leadership. You recognized . . . that

We have strategic initiatives to develop and

to improve freight flow, especially at international

gateways and along multi-state trade

transport corridors.

We split the Federal Highway Administration’s

intermodal connections between our roads, ports,

railways, and airports – critically important links

in the international trade network.

Our bill will allow you to better leverage your

transportation dollars by taking advantage of innovative

options.

http://www.dot.gov/affairs/minetasp043004.htm

Annual Report to the President

Submitted by: Interagency Transportation Infrastructure

Streamlining Task Force, December 2004

streamlining and environmental stewardship efforts

for other critical transportation projects. State

DOTs . . . [provided] funding for 10 positions . . .

to supplement EPA's small NEPA review program.

These personnel and their EPA-funded counterparts

are streamlining projects that range from

Merced County, California regional transportation

plan.

http://www.dot.gov/execorder/13274/annualreport04/index.htm

—————— 2007 ——————

Statement of Michael Replogle,

Transportation Director for Environmental Defense

Before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,

Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, May 24, 2007

(HB 3588) authorizing the Trans-Texas Corridor

(TTC) project, The TTC project is slated to be

the largest public works project in Texas history,

are advancing through the environmental

review process, the 560-mile TTC-35 running

authorizing the preparation of a master plan, nonbinding

master financial plan, project management

plan and quality management plan for TTC-

35. Under the Special Experimental Program

(SEP)-14 and the SEP-15 programs (under which

U.S. DOT has asserted authority to waive provisions

of federal transportation law), TxDOT selected

a private partner prior to completing the

NEPA review process and made this selection

earlier in the planning process than is typically

Texas Attorney General that was blocked by a lawsuit

http://Republicans.transportation.house.gov/Media/File/Testimony/Highways/5-24-07-Replogle.pdf

http://www.channelingreality.com/NWO_WTO/total_bs_awareness.htm

What do superhighways and

supercorridors share in common?:

surveillance, tracking, and

information technology systems.

These elements are a part of “total

domain awareness” which

has been described as “an umbrella

spread over all government

What’s the problem? The

litany of high-tech gadgetry that surfaces will be

part of an international information superhighway

that is being built corridor by corridor — this grid

will support the best Big Brother surveillance,

data-mining, and information processing system

that public dollars can buy. We help fund planning,

construction, maintenance, and management

of the system through taxes, fees, and tolls.

Those who do not value freedom will feel at

home in this electronic police state. But for those

who appreciate and cherish liberty, read on.

Total domain awareness is linked to the publicly

scorned data-mining ideas that were in the

“Total Information Awareness (TIA) System” program

— a project overseen by the Pentagon’s

Defense Advanced Research Project Agency

(DARPA) (see inset by Vicky L. Davis).

“It is no secret that some parts of TIA lived on behind

the veil of the classified intelligence budget,”

In a 2007 article, “NASCO, Lockheed Martin,

& 'Total Domain Awareness': Lockheed

Martin's plan to tax and track all modes of transportation

in North America,” the author Nathan

M. Hansen answers the question: What is total

domain awareness?:

“It is an Orwellian nightmare involving: the

ability to ‘[a]utomatically gather, correlate, and interpret

fragments of multi-source (Radar, AIS, &

GPS tracks, Open Source, Intelligence, Watch

list & Law Enforcement Report, CCTV,

Bioterrorism sensors) data together into one collaborative

Superhighways & Supercorridors:

Supersurveillance

The technology of sensors

(including biometric), surveillance

cameras, fiber optic cable

networks, electronic readers,

scanners, and more, will allow

electronically tagged/detectable/

readable items — goods,

vehicles, student IDs, driver’s licenses,

passports, animals,

people — to be identified in the

detection vicinity of high-tech corridors and similarly

equipped areas. But that’s not all. . .

There is a technology integration and implementation

component — a global transportation

network — that includes command and control

centers. According to NASCO representative

Rachel Connell who spoke to the Travis County

Commissioners Court (Texas) on August 28,

are hoping to have command and control centers

The NAFTA Superhighway (aka NASCO

SuperCorridor) system will enable continent-wide

surveillance that—in addition to invading privacy

— defies country borders and national security

by establishing a North American transportation

infrastructure and security regulations. The United

States, Canada, and Mexico would merely exist

as pieces of a conglomerate that monitors all of

its “resources,” including the human variety.

So-called free trade, security, and sustainable

development are excuses for having a system

that tracks, regulates, and collects data on the

“flow of goods, people, services, and information.”

Questions that must be asked: Do we continue

allowing construction of this Big Brother

system? Do we continue to give tax dollars to

build it? Do we elect official who support it?

We must decide sooner than later. Once the

boot is stomping on our faces, it will be more difficult

to stop the machinery that blocks our ability

to live and thrive as free people.

1 “The NAFTA Superhighway System Seen on Track to Gain Support from Congress,” The Conde Report on U.S.-

Mexico Relations, Vol. 1, Issue 15, May 2, 1997, Editor: Francisco J. Conde

http://web.archive.org/web/20060831194502/http://listserv.business.unisa.edu.au/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind9705&L=iern-l&F=l&P=62

2 Quote attributed to Adm. James M. Loy, USCG, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard in the article “Warfare Changes

Its Stripes, But not Its Name,” Robert K. Ackerman & Beverly P. Mowery, Signal Magazine, April 2001.

http://www.afcea.org/signal/articles/templates/SIGNAL_Article_Template.asp?articleid=566&zoneid=115

3 Conference Report on H.R. 2658, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004 (House Report 108-283),

Congressional Record: September 24, 2003 (House), H8500-H8550. http://www.fas.org/sgp/congress/2003/tia.html

4 “TIA Lives On,” Shane Harris, National Journal. Feb. 23, 2006

http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2006/0223nj1.htm

5 “NASCO, Lockheed Martin, & 'Total Domain Awareness': Lockheed Martin's plan to tax and track all modes of

transportation in North America,” Nathan M. Hansen, JonesReport, April 19, 2007.

http://www.jonesreport.com/articles/190407_lockheed_total_domain_awareness.html

6 Quote by Rachel Connell, Director of Membership & Events, North America's SuperCorridor Coalition, Inc. (NASCO).

from a closed caption transcript log for the August 28, 2007 Travis County Commissioners Court Meeting. Item 3.

http://www.co.travis.tx.us/commissioners_court/agendas/2007/08/text/vs070828_03.asp

Total BS

Awareness

By Vicky L. Davis

10 September 2007

The DOD – Defense Advanced Research

Project Agency (DARPA), Total Information

Awareness (TIA) project came

into public view about a year after 9-11.

The idea was as the title suggests, to have

full situational awareness of the battlefield.

It wasn’t until around 2002 that people began

to realize that the DOD battlefield was

the continental United States including everyone

and everything in it. In concept, ‘Total

Information Awareness’ is the ultimate

‘Big Brother’ Surveillance system for a Police

State.

In 2003, the Congress eliminated funding

for the TIA project but that didn’t stop

anything. DARPA’s project just metastasized.

Part of the project moved deeper into

the Intelligence agencies, part of it moved

to the Homescam Security Department

(DHS) under the name of ‘Homeland Security

Advanced Research Project Agency

(HSARPA). Part of it was already in the

Transportation Department and was funded

as “Smart Highways and Vehicles” with related

systems in legislation as early as 1991.

It’s almost amusing to watch Congressional

hearings with the professional Confidence

Men of the IT industry embedded

into our national security agencies discuss

integrating computer systems to fight ‘terrorism’

and the poodles in Congress praise

them for their efforts.

What Congress didn’t understand – and

apparently still doesn’t understand – is that

‘Total Information Awareness’ is just a concept

for the aggregation of access information

for networked systems. More simply,

it’s the component systems of TIA that comprise

the Big Brother surveillance systems

and they are still being funded, developed,

implemented and networked.

The IT Confidence Men just aren’t calling

it ‘Total Information Awareness’

anymore. Instead, they talk about breaking

down barriers and stovepipes so that information

can be shared.

Sharing and caring . . .makes you feel

all warm and fuzzy doesn't it?

http://www.channelingreality.com/NWO_WTO/total_bs_awareness.htm

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Vicky L. Davis was a Computer Systems Analyst/Programmer

who spent 20 years designing and writing computer

systems for large corporations and state and local

governments. For 15 of those years, she worked as a

Contractor, which gave her exposure to a wide variety of

different businesses and their internal applications and

operations. She has traveled extensively and has lived

in nine states in the course of her life’s adventure.

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“NASCO has developed a plan

to create the first international,

integrated, intermodal and

electronically 'intelligent'

superhighway system designed

to employ advanced information

technology systems . . .”

-- From “The NAFTA Superhighway System Seen on

Track to Gain Support from Congress,” May 2, 1997 1