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Expect shorter waits at San Ysidro this weekend
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/apr/04/expect-shorter-wa...
By Sandra Dibble
APRIL 4, 2013
SAN YSIDRO — All booths and lanes at the San Ysidro port of entry will be staffed from noon Friday until 8 a.m. Monday — and travelers can expect
“significantly decreased” wait times, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The agency announced Thursday that inspectors will be posted continuously at all 23 vehicle lanes and stacked booths at the port of entry as the
agency takes advantage of a pause in construction at the port.
This marks the third such period in less than a year that the agency has fully staffed the port during a construction pause.
Similar pauses in July and November resulted in a significant reduction of wait times, said Pete Flores, CBP’s director of field operations for San
Diego.
“Although having these additional inspection booths is not a perfect comparison to what we can expect when construction is completed, it is an
opportunity to assess our capabilities and give a benefit to the traveling public today.”
The government in the past has cited a lack of funding to keep all lanes open.
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April Fools Day was earlier this week....
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaNews
By Sandra Dibble
APRIL 4, 2013
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If Ms. Dibble says so, it's gotta be true. Maybe she'll follow up with a first hand report. 
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Heard of some folks coming back last Tues.,
the previous nt they were told if they had
dinner at a particular Rosarito Beach Rest, they could get
a Fast Pass, after dinner, Lo Siento, ran out
of Fast Pass's, looks like ask first
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sancho
Heard of some folks coming back last Tues.,
the previous nt they were told if they had
dinner at a particular Rosarito Beach Rest, they could get
a Fast Pass, after dinner, Lo Siento, ran out
of Fast Pass's, looks like ask first |
You have to know these guys are selling the passes. 
I wonder how, or if, the passes are regulated?
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My understanding is that no restaurants have the Fast Pass at the moment because a restaurant allegedly sold one for $50. They made all the
participating restaurants give them up after that incident.
Only the participating hotels still have them....but that list changes like the weather. Good luck!
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Yep 51 minutes at SY this afternoon at about 3:30. Our friends crossing at Tecate had a much longer wait
No worries
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Curt63
Yep 51 minutes at SY this afternoon at about 3:30. Our friends crossing at Tecate had a much longer wait |
For Friday PM, that is amazing.
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It took us close to three hours at SY on Wednesday, 4-3. The problem was not the US side but rather getting to the US lanes from Mexico. There is
ZERO signage as to how to get to the Ready Lanes coming from Mexico. We ended up in the regular lanes, although we all had gone through great lengths
to get our passport cards. The only way to know how to get to the ready lanes from the Mexican side was to just know our way there. AGAIN...NO
SIGNS.
It's a shame, really. We boys had a terrific time in San Quintin for five days and would have liked to go back with our wives, but there is no way
they would put up with the three hour wait and no bathrooms. The 8 peso bathrooms we used below the electronic billboard were disgusting at best.
Mexico (Tijuana) is really losing out by not providing adequate signs at a time when they sorely need the tourist $$$ which had gone away.
Next time, it will be Otay for us, just for the signeage.
I am going to write some letters to the Mexican consulate and other authorities letting them know of our dissapointment, as I speak/write fluent
Spanish. I'll probably have to email them, as I am told mail does not work in Mexico. What a mess!
Still loving Baja!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Curt63
Yep 51 minutes at SY this afternoon at about 3:30. Our friends crossing at Tecate had a much longer wait |
Curt, did they have all lanes open like the article said?
If so I may head down for a taco mañana.
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If this shorter time at SY becomes a trend, it will also take some of the pressure off the other gates.
We can hope.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mirko
It took us close to three hours at SY on Wednesday, 4-3. The problem was not the US side but rather getting to the US lanes from Mexico. There is
ZERO signage as to how to get to the Ready Lanes coming from Mexico. We ended up in the regular lanes, although we all had gone through great lengths
to get our passport cards. The only way to know how to get to the ready lanes from the Mexican side was to just know our way there. AGAIN...NO
SIGNS.
It's a shame, really. We boys had a terrific time in San Quintin for five days and would have liked to go back with our wives, but there is no way
they would put up with the three hour wait and no bathrooms. The 8 peso bathrooms we used below the electronic billboard were disgusting at best.
Mexico (Tijuana) is really losing out by not providing adequate signs at a time when they sorely need the tourist $$$ which had gone away.
Next time, it will be Otay for us, just for the signeage.
I am going to write some letters to the Mexican consulate and other authorities letting them know of our dissapointment, as I speak/write fluent
Spanish. I'll probably have to email them, as I am told mail does not work in Mexico. What a mess!
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I hear ya!!!!
You would think that in the age we live in that our governments could get this border crossing thing figured out. It's in our best interests. Signs
are cheap. How about a few more of them??
If Steve Jobs was in charge of the border, you wouldn't even know you were crossing.
How about signs, free wifi, and good food?
But back to my first statement, we are a high technology society, there is no excuse for these types of delays. I bet the mayor of TJ and SD can
communicate for free via Twitter or their iPhones.
But the real reason the border sucks? No money in fixing it up?
And that's why I'm going Sentri.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mirko
I am going to write some letters to the Mexican consulate and other authorities letting them know of our dissapointment, as I speak/write fluent
Spanish. I'll probably have to email them, as I am told mail does not work in Mexico. What a mess!
Still loving Baja! |
Good luck with that letter writing campaigne, but maybe you should send them to North Korea instead. You'll stand a better chance of having them
read.
The Mexican Consulate isn't interested in dirty bathrooms....or signs....or anything else that has you upset. Any adjustments will have to be yours.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaNews
The government in the past has cited a lack of funding to keep all lanes open. |
And yet the US Government continues to fund robot squirrels, mating habits of c-ckroaches and other shameful waste.
Yeah buddy!!!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DaliDali
And yet the US Government continues to fund robot squirrels, mating habits of c-ckroaches and other shameful waste.
Yeah buddy!!! |
We're still waiting for the promised entrance road into the new Chaparral crossing.
I'm not holding my breath.
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yeah, a 90 degree turn at the end of an international freeway where 6 lanes squeezt to 3? only in Mexico.....
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this just proves the point that the normal daily mess is planed buy the U.S. gov.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ateo
| Quote: | Originally posted by Curt63
Yep 51 minutes at SY this afternoon at about 3:30. Our friends crossing at Tecate had a much longer wait |
Curt, did they have all lanes open like the article said?
If so I may head down for a taco mañana. |
There were 11 lanes open.....
"Plan your life as if you are going to live forever. Live your life as if you are going to die tomorrow." - Carlos Fiesta
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ateo
| Quote: | Originally posted by mirko
It took us close to three hours at SY on Wednesday, 4-3. The problem was not the US side but rather getting to the US lanes from Mexico. There is
ZERO signage as to how to get to the Ready Lanes coming from Mexico. We ended up in the regular lanes, although we all had gone through great lengths
to get our passport cards. The only way to know how to get to the ready lanes from the Mexican side was to just know our way there. AGAIN...NO
SIGNS.
It's a shame, really. We boys had a terrific time in San Quintin for five days and would have liked to go back with our wives, but there is no way
they would put up with the three hour wait and no bathrooms. The 8 peso bathrooms we used below the electronic billboard were disgusting at best.
Mexico (Tijuana) is really losing out by not providing adequate signs at a time when they sorely need the tourist $$$ which had gone away.
Next time, it will be Otay for us, just for the signeage.
I am going to write some letters to the Mexican consulate and other authorities letting them know of our dissapointment, as I speak/write fluent
Spanish. I'll probably have to email them, as I am told mail does not work in Mexico. What a mess!
Still loving Baja! |
I hear ya!!!!
You would think that in the age we live in that our governments could get this border crossing thing figured out. It's in our best interests. Signs
are cheap. How about a few more of them??
If Steve Jobs was in charge of the border, you wouldn't even know you were crossing.
How about signs, free wifi, and good food?
But back to my first statement, we are a high technology society, there is no excuse for these types of delays. I bet the mayor of TJ and SD can
communicate for free via Twitter or their iPhones.
But the real reason the border sucks? No money in fixing it up?
And that's why I'm going Sentri. |
I'm not sure Sentri would help. the problem we had was finding the ready/sentri lanes to begin with, on the Mexican side.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
You have to know these guys are selling the passes
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A guy posted last month about getting and using a fast
pass, aquired at Estero Beach after spending the nt.,
sounds totally legitimate,
I thought the fast pass was a bit of a thing in the past,
but this post gives precise directions to the fast pass
lane crossing at SY, sounds as if the program is back, as
to selling the pass, regulating them?http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=66095#pid800056
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