Title: Florida's Turnpike Enterprise/All Electronic Toll Collection: The Vision - The Challenges
Abstract:As part of the Florida’s Department of Transportation, Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) oversees 454 miles of limited access toll highways. Original design and construction began in South Florida i...As part of the Florida’s Department of Transportation, Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) oversees 454 miles of limited access toll highways. Original design and construction began in South Florida in the late 1950’s and has continued to expand, presently crossing through 16 counties comprising nearly 60 percent of the State’s population. Toll collection methods on the system have evolved through the years from stop and go cash-based collection; to slow speed dedicated electronic lanes with cash, to high speed lanes with cash, with the ultimate goal of providing all electronic tolling at open road speeds without cash. Through this evolution, the limiting effect of the original low speed plaza geometry and the physical constraints associated with the old plaza designs has become apparent. The Vision of FTE is to convert forty seven miles of a high volume urban freeway to a cash-free, high speed, all electronic toll collection facility. Within the project limits there are four (4) mainline plazas and forty two (42) ramp plazas, all located in a densely populated urbanized section of South Florida. Simultaneous construction phases include; geometric alignments; new tolling point structures; demolition of the existing plazas; deactivation and removal of the old collection system; installation and testing of the new electronic system all being performed without disruption to toll collection or impact to the customers. This report presents the challenges faced when removing existing stop and go cash toll plazas, and installing a cashless all electronic toll collection system at open road speeds.Read More
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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