The Bureau of Transportation statistics that belongs to the
department of transportation of the United States publishes a
report based on a study conducted for tracking the number of
people to cross borders from Canada and Mexico into USA in the
first decade of the 21st century. The statistical figures
produced by the report states a drop of 37 periods during the
period of 200 and 2009. The number of people who crossed borders
in 2000 was close to the figures of 400 million which
significantly dropped to 252 million in 2009 of which more the
75 percent were contributed by the people passing through the
borders of Mexico. The crossing of border from Canada went down
by 40 percent and 36 percent down on crossings from Mexico. On
examining the trends with the usage of different transportation
modes by the people, it was reported that 77 percent of the
people used personal vehicles to enter the borders of United
States and 17 percent people came by foot. It has recorded the
historical decline of 41 percent reduct