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Expanding the Potential of Tolling: A 21 st Century Look. AASHTO November 18, 2012. Brian Peters Florida DOT, Assistant Secretary of Finance and Administration. Florida Tolling History. 1950’s rural long distance Cash only System Novelty to most drivers. Florida Tolling History.
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Expanding the Potential of Tolling: A 21st Century Look AASHTO November 18, 2012 Brian Peters Florida DOT, Assistant Secretary of Finance and Administration
Florida Tolling History • 1950’s rural long distance • Cash only System • Novelty to most drivers
Florida Tolling History • 2002 Florida Turnpike Enterprise Created • 2008 open road tolling • 2012 toll within a tolled facility
Florida Tolled Facilities GARCON POINTBRIDGE MID-BAY BRIDGE WESTERN BELTWAY, PART C SEMINOLE EXPRESSWAY SUNCOAST PARKWAY 460 miles BEACHLINE EAST EXPRESSWAY VETERANS EXPRESSWAY 139 miles BEACHLINE WEST EXPRESSWAY 7 miles PINELLAS BAYWAY SYSTEM 606miles TURNPIKE MAINLINE SUNSHINE SKYWAY BRIDGE Florida’s Turnpike System SAWGRASSEXPRESSWAY POLK PARKWAY Other FDOT Owned SOUTHERN CONNECTOR EXTENSION Other FDOT Operated I 95 Express HOMESTEAD EXTENSION OF FLORIDA’S TURNPIKE ALLIGATOR ALLEY
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
Value Pricing Pilot Program History • 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
Value Pricing Pilot Project 95 Express Relieve 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
Florida Transportation Vision for 21st Century • 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
Express Lane- Future Tolling NORTHEAST REGION Jacksonville Area 95 295 CENTRAL REGION 4 Orlando Area Tampa Bay Area 4 275 75 SOUTHEAST REGION Broward & Palm Beach Counties 95 Broward & Miami-Dade Counties 75 Palmetto Expressway in Miami-Dade County
Two Tier Tolling • Two Tier Toll System • Veteran’s Expressway 10 miles • Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike (HEFT) 11 miles
I-4 Express Lanes • 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
Florida’s Future • 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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