Creating High Performance Transportation: aligning revenues, incentives, & system management to secure better mobility with less pollution

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1 Creating High Performance Transportation: aligning revenues, incentives, & system management to secure better mobility with less pollution Michael Replogle Transportation Director Presentation to Colorado Transportation Forum May 30, 2007

2 Is the vision compelling?

3 Consider the alternatives 23% difference in Vehicle Hours of Delay (F vs. C)

4 Are the planning goals right? SAFETEA-LU Planning Objectives: Improve mobility Support economic development Reduce fuel use Reduce emissions DRCOG 2035 Metro Vision Update

5 Is the investment mix right? DRCOG 2035 Metro Vision Update

6 Are revenue structures aligned to help achieve the goals? Finance public transport and road maintenance and expansion, impact mitigation? Spread the peak? Improve traffic flow efficiency? Encourage demand management?

7 Do the transit and road plans support or work against each other?

8 Is the full toolbox being used? Real time traffic operations management and monitoring, ramp metering, incident clearance Transit enhancement (BRT, LRT) Improved rail, coastal shipping, truck lanes & intermodal freight Safe routes to schools & transit, complete streets for walk/bike Dynamic ridesharing, PAYD insurance, parking cash-out Carsharing Smart growth transportation Congestion management tolls on existing and new lanes Contracting for performance

9 Many states are looking to asset monetization for new revenue Leased! For 99 years Chicago Skyway k $1.8 B Macquarie/ Cintra

10 Leased! For 75 years Indiana Toll Road $3.8 B Macquarie/ Cintra

11 Leased! Pocahontas Parkway, VA $ 0.6 B Transurban

12 Some are getting creative about use of proceeds, aiming for performance For Lease: PA Turnpike Asking price: $12-18B

13 For Lease: NJ Turnpike, GS Parkway AC Expwy Asking price: $30-40B

14 Around the world: private infrastructure deals are growing

15 Like public investment, private deals can be designed to Finance transportation Save motorists time Improve reliability & customer service Boost transit choices Curb fuel use and emissions Reduce harm to communities and the environment

16 or they may Increase congestion on existing roads Spur pollution, fuel use, GHG emissions Facilitate sprawl Spur public backlash against tolls and PPPs

17 Or work to avoid backlash with Timely public review, input, oversight of PPP goals and frameworks Performance-focused focused contracts that avoid non- compete agreements Independent monitoring, performance oversight Tolls set but not retained by operator - deposited to public fund

18 and aim for high performance networks Toll and concession proceeds finance integrated metropolitan transportation networks with expanded choices Fix-it it-first plans compare cost- effectiveness of operating & maintenance and capital investment alternatives that meet plan goals

19 Can we reframe public perception of tolls? Toll-managed lanes carry 2x more traffic at 3x higher speed vs. unmanaged free lane Traffic in Peak Hours on Eastbound SR91 Friday Afternoons 2004 Average Traffic Speed Peak Hours Eastbound SR 91 Friday Afternoons 2004 Vehicles Per Hour Per Lane Congested General Purpose Lanes Toll Managed Lanes Miles Per Hour Congested General Purpose Lanes Toll Managed Lanes

20 Traffic Speed and Volume Eastbound I-66, I Northern VA Wednesday Morning, March 7, 2007

21 HOT lanes help, but are they the solution?

22 Is there more value in managing existing lanes than building new ones?

23 More Toll Lanes vs. Road Pricing for Traffic Management and Better Transit? If no existing lanes are tolled, tolls must be set very high on costly added HOT lanes to keep them congestion free

24 Toll rate caps: performance handicap? Rigid toll caps limiting peak hour tolls on segments vs. toll rate caps applied to average daily toll collections

25 ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE Singapore in the 70 s before road pricing Source: LTA

26 ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE Singapore today after 30 years of road pricing CBD and motorway toll rates adjusted 4x/year to keep traffic speeds at peak system performance

27 Singapore s s quarterly review of toll rates ensures use of road space is optimised based on measured performance Expressways Increase 45 kph 65 kph Decrease Increase 20 kph 30 kph Decrease CBD/ Other Roads

28 Public has approved of tolls on formerly free roads when used to improve public transport, cut congestion, boost travel speeds: London Singapore Oslo Tolling existing lanes: Acceptable when it boosts performance & choices Trondheim Bergen Stockholm Popular opinion on cordon charge in Stockholm for - against: Before tolling (12/05): 31% - 62% After tolling (6/06): 52% - 40% February 2007: 67%-31% San Diego s s I-15 I HOT Lane is Approve 88% Popular Source: Kristian Wærst, Norwegian Public Roads Administration Disapprove 11% Don t Know 1%

29 Today Congestion pricing on the move London, Stockholm, Singapore, Norway Highway segments in CA, TX, MN, CO, VA, NJ, NY, FL, and more Proposals New York City Denver, DC, Miami, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Seattle, others

30 Example: England s A1 highway Contractor s Revenue Goes Up Contract incentives if Congestion Goes Down Future: Link revenues to emissions targets

31 Get to yes with performance agreements LAX International Airport Enforceable Community Benefits Agreement Groups agreed to support airport expansion plan San Pedro Bay Clean Air Plan Expansion of ports while cutting emissions with health standard London Emission-based tolls encourage clean vehicles TXU Buyout Environmental agreements helping to secure deal

32 Make environmental performance matter for public or private financed transportation Establish environmental performance goals- Curb air pollution hotspots Cut corridor greenhouse gases Curb thermal and pollution loads to streams Cut noise near roads Establish independent performance monitoring Use performance payments/penalties to reward superior performance and ensure targets are met Re-tender the agreement should operator/contractor default

33 Protect public health Large local health impact from fine soot vehicle pollution High performance roads measure, monitor and mitigate

34 Mitigate Fine Soot Pollution Emission-based tolls start with trucks and buses Truck lanes New clean rail services Diesel retrofits/cleanup Cleanest construction equipment Put roads in tunnels and filter air Exposure management: relocate schools away from major roads

35 High performance roads: vital to cutting CO2 by 80% by 2050

36 Emission Impact Fees Germany s s emission- based truck tolls cut GHGs by 7% with higher load factors; discounts spur use of newer, cleaner trucks on 12,000 km of roads San Joaquin Indirect Source Rule holds developers accountable for mitigation or fees

37 So what can Colorado do now? Tie funding and contracts to performance, monitoring Corridors: Urban Partners US 36, I-70 I tunnel & beyond Expand local authority for high performance approaches Tax refiners, carbon, gasoline, VMT, parking, impacts Market research and broad-based based coalition building Adopt system asset management: smart growth/transport alternatives in all planning, project review, project selection & system operations, considering externalities

38 For more information: Michael Replogle Environmental Defense 1875 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, DC