Managed Lanes - The Facts
Project
A regional system of "managed lanes" designed to assure free flow traffic for commuters including emergency vehicles and buses. Demand for the excess capacity from cars and other vehicles would be managed by raising or lowering toll prices on the lanes. Emergency vehicles and buses would use them a no charge.Proposed Location
Along the Homestead Extension of the Florida Turnpike (HEFT) from Killian Parkway to the Dolphin Expressway (SR 836);On the Dolphin Expressway (SR 836) from the HEFT to the Airport;
On the new Inter-connector that will link the Dolphin Expressway (SR 836) and the Airport Expressway (SR 112) past the airport and the Miami Intermodal Center.
Benefits
Guaranteed level of service;Building ridership for transit along the corridors;
Increased capacity;
Cost To Users
Free for buses and emergency vehicles. Cost to individual users to be determined.Users
Any vehicle with a SunPass transponder;Studies show people from all income and demographic groups are frequent managed lane users.
Timetable
Plans call for completion of the lanes in 2012.Partner Agencies
- Florida's Turnpike Enterprise;
- Florida Department of Transportation;
- Miami-Dade Expressway Authority;
- and working in cooperation with Miami-Dade Transit.
Existing Systems
- SR 91 in Orange County, Ca, 10 miles;
- I-15 in San Diego, 8 miles;
- Katy Freeway in Houston, 13 miles;
- Northwest Freeway in Houston, 15.5 miles;
- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Proponents
- Federal highway Administration (Pilot Program);
- Federal Transit Administration;
- Transportation Research Board of the national Academy of Sciences;
- Texas Transportation Institute;
- International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Authority;
- Reason Public Policy Institute.
