Washington Administrative Code › Title 468 - Transportation, Department of (See Title 88) › Chapter 468-270 - Setting toll amounts for toll facilities in Washington state › Section 468-270-030 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Authorized emergency vehicle"
means an on-duty
				vehicle of any fire department, police department, sheriff's office, Washington
				state patrol, ambulance service, public or private and which is equipped with
				emergency lights and siren and used to respond to emergency calls.
"Cash customer"
means a toll customer who pays the
				toll on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge at a to1l booth.
"Citizens advisory committee"
means the citizens
				committee established by
				RCW
				 47.46.090 that advises the transportation
				commission on Tacoma Narrows Bridge toll rates.
"Department"
means the Washington state department
				of transportation (WSDOT).
"Express toll lanes"
means one or more highway
				lanes that can be used by authorized high-occupancy vehicles, and by
				toll-paying vehicles, where toll rates are set to maintain travel speed and
				reliability.
"
Good To Go!
T"
is the name of the
				department's toll collection system.
"
Good To Go!
T Pass"
means the
				transponder device used to pay a toll by a customer who has a toll
				account.
"High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes"
means one or
				more lanes of a highway that charges tolls as a means of regulating access to
				or the use of the lanes in order to maintain travel speed and reliability. HOT
				lane supporting facilities include, but are not limited to, approaches,
				enforcement areas, improvements, buildings, and equipment.
"Highway or transit operating and maintenance
				vehicle"
means a vehicle assigned to operate or maintain the toll
				facility, including incident response vehicles, transit service supervisor or
				maintenance vehicles, and agency tow trucks.
"On-duty"
means the vehicle is operating in an
				official capacity.
"Pass"
see
Good To Go!
T
				Pass.
"Pay By Mail"
means the method used to pay a photo
				toll when a toll bill is mailed to the vehicle's registered owner.
"Pay By Plate"
means the method used to pay a
				photo toll by a customer who has a toll account.
"Photo toll"
means a charge associated with a
				particular vehicle that is identified by its license plate.
"Privately owned and operated passenger bus"
means: (a) A vehicle with a carrying capacity of sixteen or more persons,
				including the operator, which must be clearly marked or identified to display
				the business name and/or logo on the driver and passenger sides of the vehicle;
				operate on a fixed schedule and fixed route, serve the public and/or employees,
				and meet the annual certification requirements of the department; and (b)
				privately owned and operated passenger buses designed for carrying ten or more
				persons, including the operator, with an elevated passenger deck located over a
				baggage compartment, including charter buses, which serve the public on a
				regular schedule and on a continuing basis.
"School bus"
means a vehicle with a seating
				capacity of more than sixteen persons, including the driver, regularly used to
				transport students to and from school or in connection with school
				activities.
"Toll account"
means a
Good To
				Go!
T account that is linked to a Pass (transponder) or license plates
				in order to pay a toll by automatic debit.
"Transponder (Pass)"
means a device attached to a
				toll customer's vehicle that automatically identifies the toll customer's
				vehicle as it passes through the toll facility.
"Transportation commission (commission)"
means the
				Washington state transportation commission whose duties and composition are set
				out in chapter 47.01 RCW.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 47.46 RCW and
				  RCW
				   47.56.165. 13-12-006, § 468-270-030,
				  filed 5/23/13, effective 7/1/13. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   47.56.870,
				  47.56.785,
				  47.56.795,
				  47.56.830, and
				  47.56.850. 11-04-007, §
				  468-270-030, filed 1/20/11, effective 12/3/11 at 12:00 a.m. per WSR 11-24-042.
				  Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   47.56.030,
				  47.46.100. 07-13-010, §
				  468-270-030, filed 6/8/07, effective
				  7/9/07.