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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by baja43
When I'm driving north from Ensenada on the toll road, what route do I take (after the stretch along the border fence) to access the Ready Lanes? I
see that they are on the east side of the vendors, but how the heck do I get there? |
Much easier/ quicker to use ready lanes at Otay than SY IMO. Just exit the toll road onto Blvd 2000 just about the time that Baja Studios come into
sight on your left. Blvd 2000 is 4 lane divided highway all the way to Otay (just don't get off at the Tecate/ Mexicalli toll road). After you get
into civilization and cross over the elevated section just continue on until you see the Aeropuerte exit (right) that you take to the next signal
light (marked San Dirgo), turn right and you are in the ready lanes. Starts out as 2 lanes then becomes 3 and finally 7 lanes at the US border. Last
week at 10:30 on a Tuesday the crossing time from end of lineup was 12 minutes (same as SENTRI).
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by danaeb
It has more to do with technology than ethnicity
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Ethnicity, heck no. I was thinking more in the line of,
why does Foreign National, non US perm resident,
have quicker access to the US than a US born citizen with
US Passport |
At US Customs inspection areas in airports the US citizen lines are always shorter/ faster then for non-citizens.
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Terry28
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Crossed yesterday (tuesday) around noon..wait time was one hour.
Friends crossed sunday at T.J. In the regular line, got in line at 10:30 am and waited 3 hours and 50 minutes...they were not happy
Mexico!! Where two can live as cheaply as one.....but it costs twice as much.....
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Would be nice if the CBP had a ready-lane in Tecate.
Last year, CBP were using the RFID on weekends only for a while. Then that stopped for some unknown reason.
Now there is a large sign that splains that the CBP is working on opening the Ready-Lane soon...but that sign has been up for 18 months!
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elgatoloco
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Crossed Sentri yesterday at SY. 6:00 PM 12 minutes.
There were several sign trucks putting up updated signs on the roads approaching the Ready / Sentri lanes along Padre Kino and streets that one would
use en route to the area.
YMMV
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SFandH
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| Quote: | Originally posted by elgatoloco
Crossed Sentri yesterday at SY. 6:00 PM 12 minutes.
There were several sign trucks putting up updated signs on the roads approaching the Ready / Sentri lanes along Padre Kino and streets that one would
use en route to the area.
YMMV |
Access to Ready Lanes from Padre Kino, or just Sentri?
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tjsue
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Sentri only.
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elgatoloco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
| Quote: | Originally posted by elgatoloco
Crossed Sentri yesterday at SY. 6:00 PM 12 minutes.
There were several sign trucks putting up updated signs on the roads approaching the Ready / Sentri lanes along Padre Kino and streets that one would
use en route to the area.
YMMV |
Access to Ready Lanes from Padre Kino, or just Sentri? |
Good question. Not sure. They had most of the signs down and new ones were on the ground waiting to be put up. The only new one up was the far right
lane - saying Col Libertad. Two middle lanes at intersection were obviously Sentri. Two on the left of that must go up over the bridge to regular
lanes? If surf comes up I will check it out again and see whats up, or I could take wifey down to Mision 19 for dinner for her birthday! 
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SFandH
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Thanks, check it out. They frequently change things around.
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susaninlapaz
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
Thanks dasubergeek, that all makes sense. |
well, the technology may make sense, but the political situation that results in ANYONE being hassled about getting into the USA from Mexico is
ludicrous.
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dasubergeek
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| Quote: | Originally posted by elgatoloco
| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
| Quote: | Originally posted by elgatoloco
Crossed Sentri yesterday at SY. 6:00 PM 12 minutes.
There were several sign trucks putting up updated signs on the roads approaching the Ready / Sentri lanes along Padre Kino and streets that one would
use en route to the area.
YMMV |
Access to Ready Lanes from Padre Kino, or just Sentri? |
Good question. Not sure. They had most of the signs down and new ones were on the ground waiting to be put up. The only new one up was the far right
lane - saying Col Libertad. Two middle lanes at intersection were obviously Sentri. Two on the left of that must go up over the bridge to regular
lanes? If surf comes up I will check it out again and see whats up, or I could take wifey down to Mision 19 for dinner for her birthday! |
The right lane is Col. Libertad (takes you up to Av. Ferrocarril where the cross-border vans wait and the pedestrian line starts on bad days). The
middle two are SENTRI only—the old way onto the Ready Lanes was closed the last I checked.
The left lane (or two?) is to take you up and over the bridge into Col. Federal. If you do that, U-turn when you get to the glorieta and you'll go
back toward Paseo Centenario de Tijuana.
Last I checked—which was two weeks ago but things change quickly—access to the Ready Lanes was strictly from the Vía Rápida Oriente, the road that
parallels the river on the east side.
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elgatoloco
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Cool. There you have it. I am sure that was what the signs that they were putting up say. We only use ready lane when we have our camper and have
steered toward Otay for that since border rebuild started. I am still going to take the wifey down for her birthday.  I will post a reply confirming what you say, or not. 
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Bob53
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| Quote: | Originally posted by baja43
When I'm driving north from Ensenada on the toll road, what route do I take (after the stretch along the border fence) to access the Ready Lanes? I
see that they are on the east side of the vendors, but how the heck do I get there? |
Here is a link with directions I found on the Discover Baja site. Looks complicated.
http://www.discoverbaja.com/wp-content/uploads/San-Ysidro-Re...
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baconjr
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Go to Otay.
| Quote: | Originally posted by baja43
When I'm driving north from Ensenada on the toll road, what route do I take (after the stretch along the border fence) to access the Ready Lanes? I
see that they are on the east side of the vendors, but how the heck do I get there? |
If you are coming from Ensenada, forget SY and go to Otay. By taking Calle 2000 from south of Rosarito to Otay it takes 30-40 minutes to get the Ready
Pass line. Much quicker than going through TJ.
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dasubergeek
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It's about the same length of time and almost exactly the same distance from the toll road/Blvd 2000 split to the two crossings... but you wait a lot
less at Otay and if you're looking for the ready lane it's one exit and two right turns, easy as falling off a collapsing freeway.
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
So many options, I had no idea. |
...and the new Border Crossing Cards for MX national has doubled the number of vehicles in the ready lanes at Otay. Still quicker then regular lanes
and slower than SENTRI.
Bob Durrell
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willardguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
So many options, I had no idea. |
...and the new Border Crossing Cards for MX national has doubled the number of vehicles in the ready lanes at Otay. Still quicker then regular lanes
and slower than SENTRI. |
yesterday morning 9am the SY ready lane was waaay longer than the regular lanes,
backed up to the nissan dealer with accesses at constitution and CFE both blocked. don't ever hit it at rush hour!
[Edited on 6-17-2014 by willardguy]
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susaninlapaz
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collapsing freeways
| Quote: | Originally posted by dasubergeek
It's about the same length of time and almost exactly the same distance from the toll road/Blvd 2000 split to the two crossings... but you wait a lot
less at Otay and if you're looking for the ready lane it's one exit and two right turns, easy as falling off a collapsing freeway.
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Jajajajaja, and thanks for the info...I came THISCLOSE to falling off a collapsing freeway in Oakland in 1989. Guess a compassionate God wanted me to
retire to the Baja instead.
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