Patrick DeCorla-Souza, Tolling and Pricing Program Manager, FHWA
Lee Munnich, Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota
Kenneth Buckeye, Minnesota Department of Transportation
John Doan, SRF Consulting
Center for Innovative Finance Support
Federal Highway Administration
Third Part of a Webinar Series on Overcoming the Challenges of Congestion Pricing.
Session 3: Institutional Issues in Congestion Pricing- Webinar
Presenters:
- Donald Samdahl, Fehr & Peers
- Patrick Vu, P.E.
- Stephanie Wiggins
- Jeff Weidner
- DeCorla-Souza
Audience Q&A:
- Addressed after each presentation, please type your questions into the chat area on the right side of the screen
Upcoming Webinars:
- Congestion Pricing Equity Impacts on May 26, 2011
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Part 1: Congestion Pricing Institutional Issues
FHWA Webinar Series: Overcoming the Challenges of Congestion Pricing
Donald Samdahl, Fehr & Peers
April 2011
Background
Institutional Topics
| Topic |
Examples |
| Intra-agency |
- Roles and responsibilities
- Project champions
- Resources
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| Inter-agency |
- Project Management
- Revenue sharing
- Agreements
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| Legislative |
- Enabling legislation
- Political support
- Public consensus
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| Implementation |
- Project delivery
- Daily operations
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Webinar Purpose
- Identify institutional lessons learned from Congestion Pricing Projects
- Presentations:
- Atlanta - I-85 - Patrick Vu
- Los Angeles - Stephanie Wiggins
- Miami - I-95 - Jeff Weidner and Jim Udvardy
- Federal Perspective - Patrick DeCorla-Souza
Part 2: Partnership for Progress - HOV to HOT
UPA/CRD Atlanta Institutional
Lessons Learned to Date
Presented by: Patrick Vu, P.E. Georgia State Road and Tollway Authority
April 19, 2011
Overview
- Atlanta I-85 CRD Background
- Determining Needs and Solution
- Roles and Responsibility
- Interagency Relationship
- Project Delivery
- Financial Issues
USDOT CRD Grant for I-85
- $110 million USDOT Congestion Reduction Demonstration (CRD) grant awarded on November 21, 2008
- I-85 Express Lanes, $60 million
- ~16 miles long, from Chamblee Tucker near I-285 to Old Peachtree Road
- Existing HOV2+ lane conversion to HOT3+
- GDOT civil construction, SRTA tolling system implementation and operations
- Open August 2011
- Regional transit improvements, $122 million
- New Xpress Park and Ride Lots including 3 along I-85
- New Xpress commuter coaches
- Georgia Regional Transportation Authority construction and operations of Xpress
- Transit completion in 2012
- Total cost $182 million
Determining Needs and Solution
- Finding the common ground, "Transportation Choice" to address regional congestion
- "Can't build your way out of it"
- Holistic transportation solution approach
- Tolling, transit, technology, not mode transportation biased
- UPA/CRD program galvanized local partners
- "New" money, not taking away from existing transportation initiatives
- Opportunity from the Federal level, demonstration with Federal funding
- Ultimately had to make commitment to implement instead of doing another study
- Tight time schedule - need to make decision quickly, visible results wanted quickly
Roles and Responsibilities
- "Who is in charge of the project?" is an important question to answer early on
- Agency/authority lead roles
- Operators/designers (DOT, Toll Authority, Transit Authority, Dept. of Public Safety)
- Regulators (MPO, Dept. Natural Resources, EPA, FHWA, FTA)
- Project champions at all levels, elected officials to staff levels
- Teams were created based on essential disciplines
- Policy
- Finance
- Public Outreach
- Environmental
- Civil design
- Tolling design/Traffic Management Center
- Enforcement
- Transit
Interagency Relationships
- 3 lead agencies proposed on the grant together (DOT, Tolling, Transit), but engaged partners from the beginning during grant writing
- Strong support from elected officials, particularly the Governor
- Educating agency leaders, boards, elected officials, and staff on pricing
- One-on-one briefings
- Workshops, as part of transportation retreat
- Expert panels/Peer-exchanges
- Many listening sessions to hear concerns
- Coordination of project messaging, staying on message
- Press releases, public outreach, environmental outreach, marketing
- Same people have been actively involved from grant writing, project development, procurements, through to implementation. Thus preserves institutional knowledge and provides project continuity.
Project Delivery
- With the accelerated time schedule, the agency partners needed to figure out how to do some things differently
- Procurements
- Design-build, design-bid build, potential outsourcing of operations
- Reducing technology procurement risks by partnering with vendors during RFP proposal submittal process
- Open protocols/standards and multi award contracting for technology
- Permitting
- Projects in the TIP and STIP
- Air quality permitting (PM 2.5/NOx, Transportation Control Measures, Non-attainment area)
- NEPA Environmental Assessment
Financial Issues
- "Who is in charge of keeping track of fund?" Need official budget keeper
- Managing multi-agency financial committed and funding sources
- Multiple funding sources: General Obligation Bonds, Motor Fuel Tax, RITA grant, FTA toll revenues, etc
- Multiple MOUs and procurements
- Complex flows of funds and expenses
- Toll revenue policy considerations
- Anticipated revenue based on Traffic and Revenue study
- Address potential revenue shortfalls during ramp up
- Long term operational costs
- Existing formula funding and original fund sources for the facility
- Regional vs corridor policy
- FHWA vs FTA vs regional policies and statues
- Funding for system build out, transit, etc
Financial Issues
- Flow of revenue funds considerations
Questions?
Contact Information:
Patrick Vu, P.E.
Georgia State Road and Tollway Authority
patrickvu@georgiatolls.com
(404) 893-6130
Part 3: Metro ExpressLanes
Institutional Lessons Learned, April 19, 2011
Presented by: Stephanie Wiggins
Program Overview
- Conversion of HOV lanes to HOT lanes on I-10 and I-110
- Multi-modal Integrated Corridor Emphasis (15 individual projects)
- 1 of 6 Nationwide Federal Demonstration Projects for Congestion Pricing
- Tolling Begins Fall 2012
Project Goals
- Move More People, Not More Vehicles
- Increase Throughput of HOT Lanes
- Effectiveness (Mode Shift)
- Efficiency (Cost of Project Relative to Benefits)
- Equity (Address Impact on Low Income Commuters)
- Educate Community (Extensive Community Outreach)
- Execute as a 1-Year Demonstration Project
20+ Intra-Agency Partners
- Funding & Program/Project Oversight
- Project Partners
- Mobility Partners
- Foothill Transit, Gardena Transit, Los Angeles Department of Transportation, Metrolink, Torrance Transit
- Interoperability (California Toll Operators Committee)
- SBX, TCA, OCTA, BATA, SANDAG, RCTC, ACCMA
- Regulatory (Enforcement, Design-Build, RTP, Utilities)
- CHP, CTC, SCAG, SCE, DWP, County of Los Angeles, Caltrans
Overcoming Intra-Agency Hurdles
- Identify Subject Matter Experts (SME) within all partner agencies EARLY in the process and obtain buy-in to the project at both the Executive and SME level to avoid delays in the schedule.
- Establish an Executive Committee of Project Partners to address time sensitive issues.
- Hold Lessons Learned Workshops at key project milestones rather than waiting until the completion of the entire project.
- Formal Partnering Sessions also help build team cohesiveness.
Overcoming Project Management Hurdles
- CEO as Internal Champion is a Must.
- Integrated Project Status Reporting is Key.
- Ensure Adequate Staffing Resources.
Addressing Legislative Hurdles
- A Political Champion is a Must
- Net Revenues to Be Reinvested in the Corridor Where Generated for Transit & Carpool lane improvements
- Address Equity Issues Early in the Planning Process
- Identify Performance Measurements Early in the Planning Process
- Substantial Federal Grant Funding
Project Schedule
| Description |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
| Toll Policy |
X |
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| Low Income Commuter Assessment |
|
X |
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| Environmental Documents Approved |
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X |
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| Preliminary Engineering |
|
X |
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| Privacy Policy |
|
X |
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| Award Design-Build-Operate-Maintain Contract |
|
X |
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| TO BE COMPLETED |
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| Launch Marketing Campaign |
|
|
X |
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| Begin Construction |
|
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X |
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| ExpressLanes Open to Traffic |
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X |
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Part 4: Miami Urban Partnership Agreement
FDOT Institutional Issues/Lessons Learned
Florida Department of Transportation
FHWA Webinar April 19, 2011
Presented by:
Jeff Weidner
Presentation Outline
- Background
- Institutional Issues
- Tolling Statute
- Multi-modal O&M
- Lessons Learned
- What we did right
- What we still need to improve
95 Express Project Scope
- 21 miles from Miami to Ft. Lauderdale
- HOT Conversion of 2 HOV Lanes plus 2 New Express Lanes
- Registered 3+ Carpools, Vanpools
- Dynamically Priced Tolls
- Express Bus/Bus Rapid Transit
- Increased Effective Capacity with Minimal Construction Disruption
Institutional Issues -Opportunities
- Major Congestion, No benefit for HOV and Transit
- Cost Intensive Improvements Planned
- Aggressive Multi-Modal Element
- Transit
- Carpool, Vanpool
- Transit Signal Priority and Branding
Florida Statutes: 338.166 High-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes.
- The department may continue to collect the toll on the high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes after the discharge of any bond indebtedness related to such project. All tolls so collected shall first be used to pay the annual cost of the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the high-occupancy toll lanes or express lanes project or associated transportation system.
Contract Budget
| Contract Budget |
| Operator |
1 Full Time operator 24/7 |
| Engineering Support |
900 Hrs for engineering support |
| software |
900 Hrs for software support |
| PM |
900 Hrs for Proj. mngmt/sr egnr. support |
| Clerical |
900 Hrs for clerical support |
| IT support |
450 Hrs for IT support |
| public information |
Lump Sum |
| Toll & Revenue Updates |
Lump Sum |
| Survey/Reports UPA etc |
Lump Sum |
| Computer Services |
2 Full time employees |
| Road Ranger Support |
|
| Road Ranger Tow Truck |
24/7 @ $45 per hour (8760 hours) |
| Road Ranger Flatbed Tow Truck |
24/7 @ $50 per hour (8760 hours) |
| Incident Response, FHP |
|
| Incident Response Vehicle |
@ $350k/each/year |
| FHP - Enforcement |
@ $16000/mile/year |
| Equip Maint & Repair |
|
| Detector |
@ $300/year |
| Cameras |
@ $750/year |
| Variable Message Signs (VMS) |
@ $1800/year |
| Toll Buildings |
@ $9000/year |
| Sunguide & Misc Software Development |
|
| Sunguide Software Support/enhance |
@ 150K/district/year |
| Utility Locates |
@ $2500/mile/year |
Operating Budget
| Operating Budget |
| Expense |
| Communication |
absorbed |
| Staff supplies |
absorbed |
| TME |
| Electricity |
| Tolling Gantries |
@ $2300/Yr |
| Variable Message Signs (VMS) |
@ $2300/Yr * .75 factor |
| Toll Buildings |
@ $4000/Yr |
| Communication Hubs |
@ $2300/Yr |
| Equipment Replacement/Upgrades/parts - (devices inventory)(device cost)(15%)/Yr |
| Detectors |
@ ($5000/device)(15%)/Yr |
| Cameras |
@ ($5000/device)(15%)/Yr |
| VMSs |
@ ($5000/device)(15%)/Yr |
| Fiber Optics 7 Power Repairs |
Recurring Annual Budget
| Recurring Annual Budget |
| Signs, Delineators, Maintenance |
| Cantilever signs (inspection and maintenance) |
| Delineators |
|
| Maintenance Of Traffic (MOT) for Toll Repairs |
| Sound wall maintenance |
|
| Transit Budget@ $2300/Yr |
| Miami-Dade Transit |
15 buses, 13 hours service by 2013 |
| Broward County Transit |
7 buses, 2, 3 hour peak periods service by 2013 |
Operating and Maintenance by Budget Item
| Operating and Maintenance by Budget Item |
| Budget Item |
2009/2010 |
2010/2011 |
201/2012 |
2012/2013 |
2013/2014 |
| Contract Budget |
48% |
42% |
36% |
41% |
41% |
| Operating Budget |
5% |
6% |
6% |
7% |
7% |
| Recurring Annual Budget |
21% |
15% |
12% |
13% |
13% |
| Transit Budget |
26% |
37% |
45% |
39% |
39% |
| Broward County Transit |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
Institutional Challenges: Multiple Jurisdictions
- 2 Counties, 2 MPOs, 3 Transit Agencies, 2 FDOT Districts
- Different levels of congestion
- Different Transit Fare Systems
- Incident Management Protocols
- Limited Vehicle Branding
Lessons Learned, What we did right?: Development of the Toll Rule
- State of Florida Administrative Code 14-100-.004
- Toll Free Users: 3+Carpools
- Hybrid Vehicles
- South Florida Vanpools
- Over the Road Motor Coaches
- 95 Express Transit Vehicles
- Public School Buses
Registered Users of 95 Express
- Register 3+Carpool, Vanpool, and Hybrid Vehicles
- SFCS Web-based data transfer to SunPass
- Receive 95 Express Decal
- Place decal in windshield
- Utilize lanes as "toll-free users"
- All SunPass devices must be shielded to avoid charges
- SunPass verifies registration against the photographed license plate
- User is not charged
- Renewal process
Lessons Learned, What we still need to improve: Enforcement
- Florida Highway Patrol monitors both HOV and managed lanes
- Paid User Violations:
- Using the lanes without a SunPass
- Toll Free User Violations:
- 3+ Carpool with less than 3 people
Violation -$149 + toll amount
- Challenge to enforcement:
- Safety (Narrow shoulder, no monitoring space)
Questions & Discussion
Florida Department of Transportation
Jeremy.mullings@dot.state.fl.us
954-777-4365
jeff.weidner@dot.state.fl.us
954-214-0024
Part 5: Congestion Pricing Institutional Issues
FHWA's Webinar Series on Overcoming the Challenges of Congestion Pricing
April 19, 2011
Federal Highway Administration
Office of Operations & Center for Innovative Finance Support
Federal Requirements to Address
- Long Range Plan (LRP):
- funded tolling and non-tolling projects
- Transportation Improvement Program (STIP and/or TIP)
- NEPA review:
- may not apply to non-toll projects
- Tolling authority (for toll projects only)
Integrating Transit into Tolling Proposals
- UPA/CRD projects presented in this webinar:
- Transit funding came from a one-time program
- Other pricing projects operating/planned:
- Converting existing HOV lanes to HOT - I-394, MN.
- New HOT lanes - Capital Beltway, Northern Virginia
- New express lanes - Northwest Corridor, Atlanta
- Potential options for the future:
- Full-facility pricing --SR 520, Seattle
- Converting existing regular lanes to HOT-3 lanes
- Issue: Ability and willingness to use toll revenue for transit
Federal Tolling Authority
- For construction or reconstruction:
- Section 129 - non-Interstate facilities and Interstate bridges/tunnels only
- Interstate toll pilots
- For demand management:
- Section 166 (HOT lanes) --unlimited projects
- Express Lanes Demonstration - 15 projects
- Value Pricing - 15 slots, each with unlimited projects
- For more information:
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/tolling_and_pricing/
Federal Role
- Technical assistance:
- Selecting the tolling program to use, tolling agreement
- Other - analysis tools, etc.
- Outreach:
Institutional Issues - Next Steps
- Peer Exchange on Institutional Issues
- Bring together pricing experts to discuss strategies used to address challenges in implementing both tolling and non-tolling projects
Prepare a white paper
- Develop Primer
- Based on material gathered from various outreach efforts such as outcomes from the webinar, face-to-face peer exchange and white paper.
