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Florida Department of
TRANSPORTATION
A Timeline of Challenges, Lessons and Results of AET
Conversion in Florida
FLORIDA’S TURNPIKE
ENTERPRISE
July 2015
Florida Department of Transportation
Introductions
Pete Nissen, P.E., Turnpike Construction Engineer
Email: pete.nissen@dot.state.fl.us
William Wood, Deputy Director of Toll Operations
Email: william.wood@dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department of Transportation
Agenda
• Projects
• Early Coordination – Planning/Design
• Construction Coordination
• Lessons Learned
• Moving Forward
• Question/Answer
Florida Department of Transportation
Projects
• Veterans Expressway − Complex Scope of Work
− Multiple Projects/Civil Contractors
− Single Toll Integrator
− 2 Mainline/12 Ramp Tolling Points
• Sawgrass Expressway − Primarily AET Scope of Work
− Smaller Projects/Single Civil Contractor
− Multiple Toll Integrators
− 2 Mainline/16 Ramp Tolling Points
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Early Coordination – Planning/Design
• Early Coordination (Design/Planning) − Toll Point Design
General Toll Lanes
− Gantry Design/Placements
− Revenue Protection
− Construction Phasing Fiber Routing/Communication
Implementation Early in Construction
• Toll Equipment Contractor Identified − Different Requirements per TEC
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Construction Coordination
• Public Information Office
• Multiple Projects Affected − Approval of Lane Closures in Advance
− Ramp Closures
− Lane Closure Approval System
• Full Facility Closure − Brownfield Challenges
• Implementation Plan − Playbook
Florida Department of Transportation
Tolls Coordination
• Maintain Existing System − Construction of New System
• Creation of Implementation Plan Playbook − Establishing Micro Milestones
• Implementation Plan − Schedule
Florida Department of Transportation
90 Days to Implementation
• Schedule Coordination − CEI/Contractor
− Tolls
− Playbook Development
• Public Information Office − Soft Date/Hard Date
− Customer Notifications
− Executive Director/State Secretary
− Agency Directors
− Customer Service Center & Back Office
Hour by Hour Implementation Timeline
Florida Department of Transportation
60 Days to Implementation
• Continued Schedule Coordination
• Finalize Playbook Details − Timeline
− Tolls/Construction
• Public Information Office − Locking in Hard Dates
− Notifications Approved
− Early Advertising
− Billboards
− Website
− ITS Messaging Signs
Florida Department of Transportation
30 Days to Implementation
• Lockdown Schedule − Tolls/Construction/Contractor Team Commitment − Lots of Meetings − Weekly − Daily (Close to implementation day)
• Public Involvement − Ensure Notifications − Executive Directors/State Secretary − Stakeholders
• Signing/Messaging Ready − Approved − Avoid Conflicts
Florida Department of Transportation
Implementation
• On-Site Staff − Tolls − Design − Construction − Back Office − Integrator
• Conference Call
• Adjustments on the Fly
• Constant Monitoring − ITS/Cameras/Field Staff
• Active Communication
• Verification − Everything Matches
Florida Department of Transportation
Lessons Learned
• Gantry Design Flexibility − Design for multiple TEC’s − Allows Equipment Adjustments
• Design Bid Build vs. Design Build − Early Stages of Design
• Original Plans versus Field Changes − Plan for the unknown
• Dealing with Multiple Contractors on one corridor for implementation − Phasing/Coordination Adjacent Projects
• Detours/Lane Closures • Addressing Challenges with AET Conversions
− Incentive/Disincentive Dates − Stakeholders/Adjacent Systems/Seasonal
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• Tolls − Toll Integrator Contractor − TEC in Shadow Operation while Implementing Go-Live
• Legacy System Closeout − Validate Capture of Transactions to Host − Reconciling Cash Close-out − Supervisory Staffing
• Implementation Results − Improved Level of Service − Safety Improvements − Customer Satisfaction − Increase in SunPass Use
Lessons Learned
Florida Department of Transportation
• Downstream Operational Analysis for Improvements − Interchange Operations
Eliminate Traditional Consolidated Toll Plaza Designs
Direct Connections
− Ramp Intersections Signal Operations
Turn Lanes
• Identify Efficiencies TEC Phasing − Result of Limited TEC Crews
− Site Schedule Sequences
− Improve site availability
− Minimize Mobilization
Moving Forward