Last month the Florida Department of Transportation announced a $2 billion public-private project that will add toll lanes to a 21-mile section of I-4 that runs through downtown Orlando.
Such lanes seem to be the wave of the future as cities try to reduce congestion and help pay for transportation needs. This morning at the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority's (HART) monthly board meeting, a presentation of a soon-to-be released study of potential toll lanes was presented by Joe Waggoner, the head of the Tampa Expressway Authority.
Both agencies worked on the Proof-of-Concept Study, which was paid for by the state and federal government. Waggoner said the Bus Toll Lanes study looks at the concept of such a system — not a specific project — that would hypothetically last for 30 years (2016-2045).
