A feasibility study for electronic toll collection on the Florida Turnpike indicated that a 10 to 30 percent participation rate would yield benefit-to-cost ratios of 2:1 to 3:1, respectively.
Date Posted
09/21/2000
Identifier
2000-B00031
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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Electronic Toll and Traffic Management

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This cost-benefit analysis was undertaken as part of an electronic toll and traffic management (ETTM) feasibility study conducted for Florida's Turnpike. Tamiami Plaza, the most heavily utilized of all the Turnpike mainline toll plazas, was selected for the study. For the 10 percent ETTM participation alternative, the benefit-to-cost (B/C) ratio was 2.03. For 30 percent ETTM, the B/C was 2.29, and for 50 percent ETTM, the B/C was 3.07.

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