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History of tolling in Washington
• Revenue generation (1940s – 1970s)
– Construction of new facilities
• Tacoma Narrows Bridge, I-90, Hood Canal
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• Dual purposes (2007 – present)
– Congestion
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• SR 167 HOT lanes, New Tacoma Narrows Bridge
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HOT lanes key features
Renton
• Free flow operations goal for HOT
lanes: at least 45 mph - 90% of the
time during peak period.
• More than nine miles of HOT lanes
southbound and 11 miles
northbound.
• 10 access points.
• HOV 2+ and motorcycles toll-free. Kent
HOT lane
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How it works: Lane discrimination
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How it works: System design
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How it works: Roadside Equipment
Antenna
Enforcement
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How it works: roadside cabinet
Readers
Lane controllers
UPS
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Tolling Engineer - HOT lanes
• Project management
• Design and testing
• P bli outreach
Public t h
• Operations, including system opening
• Initial data review and system
modifications
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Project Management
• Vendor contract negotiations
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• Budget and schedule monitoring
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• Vendor contract management, , including
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requirements monitoring and change
management
• Weekly
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• FHWA tolling agreement
• Coordination with many groups inside and
outside of WSDOT
• Toll rate setting
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Design and testing
• Civil design (signs, access locations)
• Design process monitoring
• System development workshop
• System design review
• I iti l system
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• Field testing, before and after operations
• Computer network design and
implementation
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Public outreach
• Educating the public
• Attending public meetings
• Answering
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the public
• Giving presentations to civic groups and
other organizations
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Operations
• Final preparation for initial operations
• Training WSDOT staff on new system
• Th
Throwing
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• First week operations monitoring
• Coordinating system modifications
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Important Skills
• Communications
– formal and informal, written and verbal
• Critical thinking and problem-solving
problem solving
• Project management
• Flexibility
• Traffic operations, flow theory, and modeling
• Civil infrastructure design
• Tolling equipment and system understanding
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Highlights: year one
May 2008 – April 2009
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Speed and volume
Southbound SR 167 - April 2009
SR 167 April 2009
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90 SB Outside Lane
SB Middle Lane
80 SB HOT lane
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Speeed (mph)
50
40
30
20
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0 50 100 150 200 250
Volume (5 min)
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Type of vehicles using the lanes
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Geographic pattern
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Active Traffic Management
• Technology
• Dual Purpose
– Reduce secondary collisions
– Decrease congestion
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For more information
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