From: johnl@iecc.com   
      
   >>Huh? States with international borders have these; other states don't.   
   >>Why would other states go to the extraordinary expense of offering them   
   >>to their own residents who wouldn't have need for them?   
   >   
   >According to your own Homeland Security people, only FOUR states issue   
   >a version that complies with the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative:   
      
   Yeah, New York, Michigan, Washington, and Vermont, and Quebec,   
   Ontario, and B.C.  Those first three include the busiest land US-CA   
   crossings.  As noted, even in those those places EDLs haven't caught   
   on.   
      
   >NEXUS has never really been a huge factor at land crossings, even here   
   >on the Lower Mainland.  Visit the Pac NW... sit in Peace Arch Park..   
   >and observe the lack of movement down the NEXUS lane into Blaine, WA.   
      
   I dunno, the one time I drove from Vancouver to Seattle, the NEXUS   
   lane seemed plenty busy, without the huge backup for the other lanes.   
   Here in NY the Whirlpool Bridge is NEXUS only, and while it doesn't   
   have the huge queues of Rainbow or Lewiston, it has a steady stream of   
   traffic.   
      
   >Frequent business travellers by air could likely be a different matter   
   >-- CBSA say a milion cards are in existence, though that number would   
   >be a combination of Canadian and American holders.   
      
   I travel through YYZ and YUL a lot, and the NEXUS machines are quite   
   busy.  That is, when they work.  They're apparently wearing out and   
   there is some issue about spec'ing and buying a new generation.   
      
   For US bound travel, if you've been fingerprinted you can use your   
   NEXUS card in the Global Entry machine and skip filling out the blue   
   form.  Well, execept that the clueless bureaucrats at the door always   
   insist on seeing a filled out blue form, even though you're going to   
   throw it away.   
      
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