This document is made available electronically by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library as part of an ongoing digital archiving project. http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/lrl.asp Minnesota Tolling Study Report Modern Tolling Practices and Policy Considerations January 2018 Prepared by: WSB 701 Xenia Avenue South. Suite 300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 HNTB Corporation 5500 Wayzata Blvd. Suite 450 Minneapolis, MN 55416 Prime Strategies, Inc. 1508 S. Lamar Blvd. Austin, TX 78704 Locke Lord LLP 600 Congress Avenue Suite 2200 Austin, Texas 78701 Prepared for: The Minnesota Department of Transportation 395 John Ireland Boulevard Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155-1899 Phone: 651-296-3000 Toll-Free: 1-800-657-3774 TTY, Voice or ASCII: 1-800-627-3529 To request this document in an alternative format, call 651-366-4718 or 1-800-657-3774 (Greater Minnesota). You may also send an email to [email protected] 2018 MnDOT Tolling Study Report i Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................................2 Overview .................................................................................................................................................................2 Feasibility ............................................................................................................................................................4 MODERN TOLLING PRACTICES ........................................................................................................................9 Toll Collection Options ......................................................................................................................................... 11 Electronic Toll Collection ................................................................................................................................. 11 Open Road Tolling ........................................................................................................................................... 11 Tolling Technology ............................................................................................................................................... 12 Enforcement and Reciprocity .............................................................................................................................. 13 Interoperability .................................................................................................................................................... 13 Priced Managed Lanes ......................................................................................................................................... 14 P3 Delivery Models for Toll Projects .................................................................................................................... 15 Impact of Automated Vehicles ............................................................................................................................ 15 Case Studies ......................................................................................................................................................... 16 Washington State Department of Transportation .......................................................................................... 17 Florida Turnpike Enterprise ............................................................................................................................. 18 Illinois State Toll Highway Authority ............................................................................................................... 19 Texas Department of Transportation - North Tarrant Express Mobility Partners .......................................... 20 Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority ...................................................................................................... 21 Texas - Harris County Toll Road Authority....................................................................................................... 22 POLICY AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS .......................................................................................................... 25 Federal Tolling Programs under 23 U.S.C. 129 .................................................................................................... 25 NEPA and MEPA ................................................................................................................................................... 25 Including Toll Projects in Transportation Planning .......................................................................................... 26 Environmental Justice Requirements .............................................................................................................. 26 Determining Environmental Justice Impacts ................................................................................................... 27 Mitigating Environmental Justice Impacts ...................................................................................................... 27 Maintaining Environmental Justice Commitments During Project Delivery ................................................... 28 Overview of Minnesota Tolling Authority............................................................................................................ 28 Policy Considerations ........................................................................................................................................... 29 Use of Revenue ................................................................................................................................................ 29 2018 MnDOT Tolling Study Report ii Project Selection .............................................................................................................................................. 30 Rate Setting ..................................................................................................................................................... 31 Toll Collection / Video Billing ........................................................................................................................... 31 Enforcement of Non-Payment......................................................................................................................... 34 Privacy and Data Retention ............................................................................................................................. 34 Various State Statutes Related to Tolling Authority ............................................................................................ 35 Tolling Revenue Use ........................................................................................................................................ 36 Tolling Project Selection .................................................................................................................................. 36 Toll Rate Setting ............................................................................................................................................... 37 Toll Collection .................................................................................................................................................. 38 Toll Enforcement ............................................................................................................................................. 39 Privacy and Data Retention ............................................................................................................................. 40 TRAFFIC AND REVENUE ANALYSIS................................................................................................................. 41 Corridor Selection and Description ...................................................................................................................... 41 Literature Review ............................................................................................................................................ 41 Corridor Selection Methodology ..................................................................................................................... 42 Selected Corridors for Screening Analysis ....................................................................................................... 48 Traffic Volumes ................................................................................................................................................ 51 Toll Rates ......................................................................................................................................................... 52 Diversion .......................................................................................................................................................... 54 Ramp up ........................................................................................................................................................... 57 Leakage ............................................................................................................................................................ 57 Additional Assumptions ................................................................................................................................... 58 Tolling and Roadway Cost Estimates and Methodology...................................................................................... 58 Overview of Tolling Approach.............................................................................................................................