{"coverage":"85 US ports of entry (30 Canadian border, 55 Mexican border)","disclaimer":"Wait times are US Customs and Border Protection's own published figures and can change sharply within minutes; CBP reports nothing at all for some lanes, and those are shown as unreported rather than as zero. Drive times are straight-line estimates at an assumed average speed, not routed directions. Confirm at the crossing.","example":"https://borderscout.scalpstream.com/crossings?lat=32.7157\u0026lon=-117.1611\u0026vehicle=passenger\u0026lanes=standard,SENTRI/NEXUS","parameters":{"lanes":"comma-separated lanes you may use, e.g. standard,SENTRI/NEXUS,Ready,FAST (default: standard only)","lat":"required, decimal degrees","limit":"how many crossings to return (default 5)","lon":"required, decimal degrees","place":"optional label used in the summary text","radius":"km limit on how far to look (0 = no limit)","speed":"assumed average road speed in km/h for the drive estimate (default 70)","vehicle":"passenger (default), commercial, or pedestrian"},"payment":"x402 (HTTP 402): XRP or RLUSD on the XRP Ledger, or USDC on Base, Arbitrum, or Polygon. Custody-free.","price_usd":"0.01","service":"BorderScout","source":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection border wait times (bwt.cbp.gov), public domain","what":"Machine-payable US border-crossing queries: crossings ranked by ALL-IN time — the drive there plus the wait once there — per lane type, for passenger, commercial or pedestrian traffic.","why":"The nearest crossing is frequently not the fastest. A crossing 50 km further out with a 10-minute wait beats the one next door at 125 minutes, and only an all-in number shows it."}
