Robert W. Poole, Jr.; Director of Transportation Studies Reason Foundation

1. What Kinds of Toll/PPP
Projects Are Being Done?
Robert W. Poole, Jr.
Director of Transportation Studies
Reason Foundation
www.reason.org/transportation

2. Overview of Presentation
New toll roads: extensions &
missing links
Adding new Managed Lanes
Bridges & tunnels: new &
replacements
Possible So. California projects

3. 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)

4. South Bay Expressway, SR 125

5. 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)

7. Managed Lanes, Conventional
I-15 ML expansion, San Diego
Katy I-10 MLs, Houston
I-495 Beltway HOT lanes, No. Virginia
I-95/395 HOT lanes, No. Virginia
I-95 express toll lanes, Baltimore
I-595 express toll lanes, Ft. Lauderdale
I-70 toll truck lanes (MO, IL, IN, OH)

8. Main Lanes
Managed
Lanes
Direct Access
Road to Arterial
Direct Transit BRT
Access Ramps Station

9. Capitol Beltway HOT Lanes
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10. Managed Lanes, Conventional
I-15 ML expansion, San Diego
Katy I-10 MLs, Houston
I-495 Beltway HOT lanes, No. Virginia
I-95/395 HOT lanes, No. Virginia
I-95 express toll lanes, Baltimore
I-595 express toll lanes, Ft. Lauderdale
I-70 toll truck lanes (MO, IL, IN, OH)

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

12. Tampa
Express
Toll Lanes
Open to Traffic
WB - 7/06
EB - 8/06
Express Lane
Traffic @ Forecast
Approximately
11,000 ADT
(Peak-Hour Only)
Total Traffic
+2,000 ADT
(Diversions from
Local parallel
Non-tolled roads)

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

14. 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)

15. 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)

16. Long Island Sound Tunnel

17. Possible So. California Applications
New toll roads: High Desert Corridor
Missing links: I-710 tunnel, S. Pasadena
Managed Lanes: HOT Network
Toll truckway: I-710/SR 60 truckway
Replaced bridge: Gerald Desmond
Bridge, Long Beach
New tunnels: Glendale-Palmdale;
Riverside-Orange County

18. What Kinds of Toll/PPP
Projects Are Being Done?
Robert W. Poole, Jr.
Director of Transportation Studies
Reason Foundation
www.reason.org/transportation