Expanding the Potential of Tolling: A 21st Century Look

AASHTONovember 18, 2012

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Brian PetersFlorida DOT, Assistant Secretary of Finance and

Administration

1950’s rural long distance

Cash only System

Novelty to most drivers

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Florida Tolling History

Florida Tolling History

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2002 Florida Turnpike Enterprise Created

2008 open road tolling

2012 toll within a tolled facility

Florida Tolled Facilities

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GARCON POINTBRIDGE

MID-BAY BRIDGE

WESTERN BELTWAY, PART C

SUNCOAST PARKWAY

VETERANS EXPRESSWAY

PINELLAS BAYWAY SYSTEM

SUNSHINE SKYWAY BRIDGE

ALLIGATOR ALLEY

POLK PARKWAY

SOUTHERN CONNECTOR EXTENSION

SEMINOLE EXPRESSWAY

BEACHLINE EAST EXPRESSWAY

BEACHLINE WEST EXPRESSWAY

TURNPIKE MAINLINE

SAWGRASSEXPRESSWAY

HOMESTEAD EXTENSION

OF FLORIDA’S TURNPIKE

460 miles139 miles

7 miles

606 miles

Florida’s Turnpike System

Other FDOT Owned

Other FDOT OperatedI 95 Express

Toll Revenues

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SUNPASS TRANSPONDERS

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Value Pricing Pilot Program History

September 2000 Study Value Pricing on the Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike (HEFT)

September 2002 Value Pricing and open road tolling Sawgrass Expressway

September 2003 Value Pricing study on I-95 from I-395 to Golden Glades Interchange

June 2006 I-75 Express Lanes study

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November 2007 Implementation of I-95 Express

September 2010 Comprehensive Plan for Express Lane Network in Miami-Dade and Broward counties

January 2011 cost benefits of Bus Toll Lanes

October 2012 Integrated Congestion Pricing Plan (ICPP) on Turnpike System

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Value Pricing Pilot Program History

Value Pricing Pilot Project95 ExpressRelieve Congestion on I-95 in Miami-Dade County during peak periods of demand:

Phase 1 complete January 2010

Phase 2 underway (Broward County)

Congestion Priced Tolling

Mobility Choices

Improved Trip Reliability

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Florida Transportation Vision for 21st Century

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Advances projects

Creates private sector jobs

Offers transportation choices

Freight/Ports/Aviation/Spaceport investments

Tolling strategies

Authority to Toll

MAP 21

Tolling prohibition on I-4 eliminated

Authority to toll within Federal parameters

New capacity on interstate facility

Florida Statute 338.151

New limited access facilities

Additional lanes on state highway system

New or replacement bridges over waterways

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First Coast Outer Beltway

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I-295 Express Lanes

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Express Lane- Future Tolling

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Jacksonville Area

Orlando Area

Tampa Bay Area

Broward & Palm Beach Counties

Broward & Miami-Dade Counties

Palmetto Expressway inMiami-Dade County

CENTRAL REGION

NORTHEAST REGION

SOUTHEAST REGION

95 295

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95

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Two Tier Tolling

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Two Tier Toll System

Veteran’s Expressway 10 miles

Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike (HEFT) 11 miles

I-4 Express Lanes

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I-4 Ultimate

Looking at Concessionaire agreement

20 miles through downtown Orlando $2 Billion

Financing

Financing Alternatives to get more projects through the production pipeline

GAS TAX is not sustainable. We must diversity our sources of revenue

Tolling a policy that all new capacity on interstates and expressways shall be tolled where feasible or at the very least tolls should complement traditional funding in delivering improvements and new capacity

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Transportation Transformation Group

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Florida’s Future

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Continue to move toward 100% transponder (SUNPASS) use

Back room consolidation

Interoperability

A Few Observations Toward the Future States collectively spend about $10 billion in federal

funds each year on the Interstate System

The current annual shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund is about $10 billion

A toll of about 2¢ per mile for cars and 4¢ per mile for trucks for travel on the Interstate System would generate about $16 billion annually

The toll from Jacksonville, FL to Pittsburg, PA would be about $16 for cars and $32 for trucks – a trip to Seattle, WA would be about $60 for cars and $120 for trucks

So . . . should the future preservation and capacity needs of the Interstate System be funded through tolls?

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QUESTIONS?

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