Florida Administrative Code › 14 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › 14 - Departmental › Chapter 14-100 - TOLL ENFORCEMENT › Section 14-100.003 - Express Lane Tolling

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Purpose.
				The intent of this rule is to establish criteria for express lane tolling by
				the Florida Department of Transportation.
(2) Definitions. Unless defined below, words,
				phrases, or terms contained herein shall have the definitions set forth in
				Chapters 316, 334 and 338, F.S. As used in this rule the following words,
				phrases, or terms shall mean:
(a) "Authorized
				user" means any person operating a two-axle motor vehicle, or a multi-axle
				vehicle when permitted by regulatory signage, in an express lane with an active
				SunPass transponder or interoperable transponder-based pre-paid account, having
				sufficient funds to pay the applicable toll, or operating a motor vehicle which
				is exempt from payment of the applicable toll pursuant to Rule
				14-100.004 or
				14-100.006, F.A.C. Two-axle
				motor vehicles that are leased or rented from a company and registered under a
				prepaid toll account program with the Department are also authorized for use in
				the express lanes.
(b) "Department"
				means Florida Department of Transportation.
(c) "Express lane" means a travel lane or
				lanes delineated or physically separated from a general use lane or general
				toll lane within a roadway corridor in which tolls are set based on traffic
				conditions.
(d) "Free-flow" means
				conditions under which travel is unimpeded and motor vehicles are able to
				safely operate at speeds of at least 45 miles per hour in the express
				lanes.
(e) "General toll lane"
				means a tolled roadway lane within a toll facility that is not an express lane
				and for which the applicable toll for its use is not established by variable
				tolling.
(f) "General use lane"
				means an untolled roadway lane.
(g)
				"Level of Service" means a quantitative measure used to classify the quality of
				traffic conditions on the Turnpike System as provided in Section
				338.2216(1)(d),
				F.S.
(h) "Multi-axle" means a
				vehicle with three or more axles.
(i) "Over-the-Road bus" means a bus
				characterized by an elevated passenger deck located over a baggage compartment
				and operated by, a for hire company, registered on the US Federal Motor Carrier
				Safety Administration (USFMCSA) registration system.
(j) "Point of entry or continuation" means
				either the location at which a vehicle enters an express lane, or the location
				at which a vehicle continues on an express lane and passes an electronic
				message sign where toll information is displayed.
(k) "Public transit bus" means a bus
				regularly scheduled for transport of the general public and owned, operated,
				rented, contracted, or leased by a governmental entity.
(l) "School bus" means a bus regularly used
				for the transportation of prekindergarten, disability program, or kindergarten
				through grade 12 students of the public schools to and from school or to and
				from school activities and owned, operated, rented, contracted, or leased by
				any district school board.
(m)
				"SunPass toll" means the toll amount charged to use Florida Turnpike System
				general toll lanes with a SunPass transponder or interoperable
				transponder-based account.
(n)
				"Toll point" means the physical location at which a SunPass transponder,
				interoperable transponder, and/or license plate information is read, and a toll
				is assessed to authorized users or violators operating a vehicle in an express
				lane or general toll lane.
(o)
				"Transaction" is when a vehicle passes a toll point and incurs a toll. An
				electronic record of each transaction contains vehicle and location information
				necessary for processing of the transaction.
(p) "Vanpool" means a van designed to
				transport seven or more passengers, including the driver, and registered by a
				public entity that is authorized by a local government or Metropolitan Planning
				Organization to register vanpools for transport of employees to and from their
				place of employment.
(q) "Variable
				tolling" means the setting of tolls in an express lane for authorized users
				based on the toll criteria set forth in this rule.
(r) "Violator" means a registered owner of a
				vehicle operated in an express lane without being an authorized
				user.