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
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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.
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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
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A healthy, multimodal transportation system is a
critical element to the region’s economic vitality and
quality of life
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Key challenges
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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
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Over 90% satisfaction rate among customers
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Transit users and operators strongly support system
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User demographics representative of corridor population
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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
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Faster, safer more reliable travel options
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Regional transit system improvement
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More efficient, cost-effective congestion
management
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MnPASS is a market based approach that better
aligns user cost and benefit
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Highway performance and people throughput
maximization for future generations
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Reliability – Travel time reliability is critical to the region’s
economy, transit system and quality of life
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Sustainability –
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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