All-Electronic Open Road Tolling

Florida's Turnpike Enterprise is moving forward with implementing all-electronic open road tolling, which allows customers on Florida's Turnpike to pay tolls without slowing down or stopping. With all-electronic open road tolling, traditional tollbooths will be removed and ALL customers will pay their tolls electronically, through either SunPass transponders or a new "Toll-by-Plate" program. With the elimination of tollbooths, customers will experience a safer, faster and more convenient ride to their destination. All-electronic open road tolling is better for the environment because cars are not stopping and idling at the toll plazas, which reduces emissions and improves customers' gas mileage. To learn more about how all-electronic toll collection is being implemented on the Turnpike please click on the TV and watch the short informational video.

The Turnpike plans the first conversion to all-electronic open road tolling on the southern 47 miles of the Turnpike, from U.S. 1 in Florida City to the Miami-Dade/Broward County line . Construction began this fall, and the conversion will happen in early 2011. Click here for more details about this project in Miami-Dade County.

SunPass customers should not experience much difference to their current ride except that all tolling locations will be highway or ramp speed gantries. They will continue to pay the discounted SunPass toll amounts and receive the customer service benefits and airport parking at many airports around the state. SunPass is the preferred method of electronic toll collection and now there are more options — the SunPass Portable and the SunPass Mini. The SunPass Mini retails for $4.99, but when you register, the $4.99 purchase price is reimbursed to you in the form of a toll credit, so it’s kinda-sorta FREE. Click here for more details.

For non-SunPass customers, including tourists and infrequent local travelers, the Turnpike will be implementing the Toll-by-Plate program, which captures an image of a license plate and bills the registered owner of the vehicle for the tolls. The Toll-by-Plate program is flexible and allows for customers to call in and pay their tolls before they receive a bill, call in and register for a Toll-by-Plate account, or just wait for their bill in the mail. Payments can be made with cash, credit, and debit, through multiple payment methods including mail, on-line, or through new payment kiosks located at major retailers. Click here for more information on the Toll-by-Plate program.

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise will host a public hearing to present information and collect public comment on administrative rule changes needed to implement all-electronic toll collection.  The changes needed include establishing new Toll-by-Plate toll rates on the Turnpike System, outlining the new Toll-by-Plate electronic toll collection process and related administrative charge amount, and deleting the cash toll rates on the Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike in Miami-Dade County when the facility is open for all-electronic toll collection. 

A public hearing will be held Thursday, February 18, 2010. Click here for more details about this hearing.

 
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