Nick Thompson Minnesota Department of Transportation June 2012 General Tolling primarily used to raise revenue for facility development and management.
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Transcript Nick Thompson Minnesota Department of Transportation June 2012 General Tolling primarily used to raise revenue for facility development and management.
Nick Thompson
Minnesota Department of Transportation
June 2012
General Tolling primarily used to raise revenue
for facility development and management. Every
vehicle pays.
Cordon Tolling manages access to defined urban
zone to reduce urban congestion; revenues are
used to cover operational costs, excess revenues
may be used to enhance transit service
Express Lanes Congestion Pricing primarily used
to manage demand and ensure facility
performance; may or may not raise excess
revenue. Users have choice not to pay.
SR 91, California
◦ Privately financed facility built in the median of the
existing SR 91 corridor
◦ Four lanes, 10 miles long
◦ Two access points
◦ All users pay, but there is a free alternative
◦ Prices vary by time of day, day of week, day of year
◦ Peak period rate is $8.95
◦ Revenue $35.4 M / year
GENERAL TOLLING
SR 520, Seattle,
Washington
◦ Tolls reinstated on
existing floating bridge
in December 2011.
◦ Change from all free to
all drivers pay
◦ Revenue used to finance
new $2 billion bridge
replacement
◦ Revenue: $60 M /yr
growing to $120M/yr
EXPRESS TOLL
I-95, Miami, Florida
◦ Converted to High
Occupancy Toll Lane in
2009 to tolling.
◦ Time of day pricing
◦ Almost all drivers pay
◦ Revenue covers private
contribution to
construction and profit
◦ Peak rate $8
◦ Revenue generated: $12
million/year
A healthy, multimodal transportation system is a
critical element to the region’s economic vitality and
quality of life
Key challenges
Key strategies in state and regional long range (20
yr.) transportation plans
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Aging infrastructure
Congestion/mobility
Rising costs
Tight fiscal constraints
◦ Low Cost/High Benefit solutions
◦ Multimodal investments
◦ MnPASS System
▸MnPASS – MN’s
congestion pricing
brand name
▸Operates during
peak weekday AM &
PM rush hours – free
and open to all during
non-peak
▸ Buses, carpools (2+)
& motorcycles use for
free – solo drivers can
choose to use for a
fee avg. $1.25-$1.50
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Steady annual growth since opening in 2005
Over 90% satisfaction rate among customers
Transit users and operators strongly support system
User demographics representative of corridor population
2011 Revenue/Expenditures
◦ currently 23,000 transponder holders
◦ reliability and choice valued most
◦ customers stay customers
◦ transit riders & carpoolers represent >80% of MnPASS users
◦ Transit/carpoolers do not pay to use the system
◦ Revenue: Tolls/Fees-$2.64M
◦ Operations & Maintenance Expenses: $2.5M
◦ Purpose is to maintain congestion free speeds (50-55mph) in
MnPASS lanes, not to maximize revenue
Faster, safer more reliable travel options
Regional transit system improvement
More efficient, cost-effective congestion
management
MnPASS is a market based approach that better
aligns user cost and benefit
Highway performance and people throughput
maximization for future generations
Reliability – Travel time reliability is critical to the region’s
economy, transit system and quality of life
Sustainability –
MnPASS is the most efficient and cost-effective way to
ensure such reliability and sustainability
◦ Peak period mobility investments are the highest cost
infrastructure investments we make
◦ Last mobility investment chance for many corridors (including
35E)
◦ Investment benefits must be sustained for the long term (20-30
yrs.)
◦ Contains the pressure for future investments
◦ Traditional general purpose lane expansion cannot provide this
level reliability and sustainability