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What Kinds of Toll/PPP Projects Are Being Done?

Robert W. Poole, Jr.Director of Transportation StudiesReason Foundationwww.reason.org/transportation

Overview of Presentation

New toll roads: extensions & missing linksAdding new Managed LanesBridges & tunnels: new & replacementsPossible So. California projects

New Toll Roads: Extensions

South Bay Expressway (SR 125), San Diego (in operation)Dulles Greenway, No. Virginia (in operation)SH 130, Austin to San Antonio (financed)Mon-Fayette Expressway, Pittsburgh (pre-proposal stage)

South Bay Expressway, SR 125

New Toll Roads: Missing Links

Triangle Expressway, Raleigh, NC (pre-RFQ stage)Outer Beltway, Jacksonville, FL (RFQ stage)Southern Beltway, Pittsburgh (pre-RFQ) Grand Parkway, Houston (2 unsolicited proposals)

Managed Lanes, Conventional

I-15 ML expansion, San DiegoKaty I-10 MLs, HoustonI-495 Beltway HOT lanes, No. VirginiaI-95/395 HOT lanes, No. VirginiaI-95 express toll lanes, BaltimoreI-595 express toll lanes, Ft. LauderdaleI-70 toll truck lanes (MO, IL, IN, OH)

Main Lanes

Managed Lanes

Direct TransitAccess Ramps

Direct AccessRoad to Arterial

BRTStation

9

Capitol Beltway HOT Lanes

Managed Lanes, Conventional

I-15 ML expansion, San DiegoKaty I-10 MLs, HoustonI-495 Beltway HOT lanes, No. VirginiaI-95/395 HOT lanes, No. VirginiaI-95 express toll lanes, BaltimoreI-595 express toll lanes, Ft. LauderdaleI-70 toll truck lanes (MO, IL, IN, OH)

Managed Lanes, Elevated

Crosstown Expressway, Tampa (operational)HOT/BRT, Honolulu (proposed)Parkway East, Pittsburgh (pre-RFQ)Schuykill Expressway, Philadelphia (pre-RFQ)

Tampa Express Toll Lanes

Open to TrafficWB - 7/06EB - 8/06

Express LaneTraffic @ ForecastApproximately11,000 ADT(Peak-Hour Only)

Total Traffic+2,000 ADT(Diversions fromLocal parallelNon-tolled roads)

Managed Lanesin Tunnels, I-635, Dallas“Longest, Widest, Mined Auto Tunnels in U.S.”Basic dimensions – 2 mile long - 30’ x 60’ wide

Bridges & Tunnels, Replacements

Tappan Zee Bridge, NY (proposed)Seattle SR 520 Floating Bridge (proposed, federal study grant)Seattle Inland Bypass Tunnel to replace Alaskan Way Viaduct (proposed)

Bridges & Tunnels, New

Miami Port Tunnel (winner selected)Mid-Curritick Bridge, NC (pre-RFQ)Norfolk Tunnel (RFI stage)Third Detroit-Windsor Crossing (pre-RFQ)Long Island Sound Tunnel (unsolicited proposal)

Long Island Sound Tunnel

Possible So. California Applications

New toll roads: High Desert CorridorMissing links: I-710 tunnel, S. PasadenaManaged Lanes: HOT NetworkToll truckway: I-710/SR 60 truckwayReplaced bridge: Gerald Desmond Bridge, Long BeachNew tunnels: Glendale-Palmdale; Riverside-Orange County

What Kinds of Toll/PPP Projects Are Being Done?

Robert W. Poole, Jr.Director of Transportation StudiesReason Foundationwww.reason.org/transportation