Going All Electronic, Managing Change, and Ending the GA 400 Tolls

State Road and Tollway Authority

Christopher Tomlinson, Executive Director

Mary Sallach, PMO Director

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SRTA Overview

Governor (Chair)

GDOT Commissioner OPB Director

Lt. Gov.’s Appointee Speaker’s Appointee

The State Road & Tollway Authority (SRTA) is a state-level independent authority created by the Georgia General Assembly to:

• Operate Georgia toll facilities

• Serve as a State transportation financing arm Manage ~ $1.4B in transportation bonds Issue & service toll revenue financed debt Administer GTIB Program

SRTA is governed by a five-member Board:

Overview

• Overview• Timeline• Project Team• Change Approach• Communications• Outcomes & Future Projects• Lessons learned • Q&A

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GA 400 Demolition Timeline

Phase 1: Early Signage

Removal/ModificationOctober 2013

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GA 400 Detolling Team

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GA 400 Detolling Change Approach

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Tolls ended November 22, 2013

Three lanes accessible to motorists for duration of project (intermittent construction-related closures)

GDOT resumed construction after the holidays – January 2014 (Toll booth and canopy demolition, fill-in stairwell, convert to grass etc.)

Demolition activities to conclude in the Fall of 2014

GA 400 Detolling Summary

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GA 400 Detolling Summary

SRTA Staff: Job well done!Shutdown tolling on cue (not an easy task)

Final cash close out (i.e. count, verify and reconcile) approximately $100K in vaults, coins and cash in time for Brinks pickup

Secured all equipment, the tunnel and the premises from an operational perspective (this work is ongoing thru December 16th).

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GA 400 Summary – Thanks for your help!

GRTA helped us get the word out through its newsletter and webpage.

6,444 Tweets

796 Facebook Posts

162 Print/Online Articles

188 Broadcast Hits

23,550,570 Impressions

Media Scan

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Ending the Tolls…

Keeping the promise. You keep the change.

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Post-Demolition Toll Plaza View

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Funding 14 transportation improvement projects with tolls

I-85/GA 400 Connector Ramps

HERO Units Expanded Emergency

Response

MARTA Buckhead Pedestrian Bridge

GA 400 Projects In Progress

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GA Transportation Infrastructure Bank

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Awarded approximately $20 million in grants and loans to date (total project value of $113 million dollars thus far)

2013- Received 60 applications for GTIB funding representing more than $82 million in funding requests; approx. $200 in total project value.

Currently $25 million in grant and loan GTIB funds available.

Diverging Diamond

Safety Improvements

Pay n GO! – Coming Soon!

Providing options for cash-based and/or cash-preferred customers at local retailers

Partnership with InComm, a leading marketer and distributor of stored-value gift cards and prepaid products

Starter Pack – Peach Pass transponder and Reload Card One-time $2.50 convenience fee Reload card also sold separately (has $1.50

convenience fee per transaction)

Est. Launch Date - May 2014

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All Electronic Operations Today on I-85

More than 268,000 Peach Passes assigned since registration opened in June 2011

86% of customers paying toll; 14% non-tolled

Averaging ~20,000 daily trips in the Express Lanes per month

Highest daily trip count: 25,556 on October 11, 2013

Currently averaging 500 new Peach Passes each week without any active media campaign

More than 194,000 unique customers using roadway

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SRTA Present & Future Tolling Facilities

I-85 Express Lanes & Ext.

(Est. open 2017)

I-75 Northwest

Corridor(Est. open 2018)

I-75 Express Lanes

(Est. open 2016)

Future Toll Project Planning

I-75 South Express Lanes 12 miles of reversible barrier-separated

electronic toll lanes along I-75 and I-675 in Henry and Clayton Counties.

Opens in 2016

Northwest Corridor Project 29.7 miles of reversible barrier-separated

electronic toll lanes along I-75 and I-575 in Cobb and Cherokee Counties.

Opens in 2018

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Interoperability

Georgia (Peach Pass) to be interoperable with Florida (Sun Pass) by 2015

Interoperability Steering Committee in process for national interoperability

Florida and North Carolina currently under agreement

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Questions & Answers

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