“Keep the Change”: NTTA’s Migration to “All Electronic Tolling”

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“Keep the Change” 
NTTA’s Migration to “All Electronic Tolling”

January 22, 2008

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Convergence of Opportunity

  • Construction congestion leads to Zip Cash
  • High ETC penetration on facilities
  • Multiple projects to open
  • Rate Increase
SLIDE 3Picture of a congested highway


Cash Lane Processing creates Bottleneck 
during construction

 

 

  

SLIDE 4Picture of a highway with toll facilities and less traffic


Congestion Relief

 

 

 

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People Driven Schedule

  • 524 positions associated with cash toll collection 
    (853 Total NTTA employees)
  • New opportunities in ETC support
  • Anticipated system growth
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Critical Path - Staff TransitionPicture of a job fair

  • Internal Hiring Priority
  • Staff transition plan coincides with 
    construction schedule 
  • Skill-set assessments  The banner reads NTTA JOB FAIR Be a part of a dynamic team. Come join the movement!
  • Internal job fair 
  • External organizations skill set development
  • On the job training
  • Job shadowing
  • Bridge the “gap” training  
SLIDE 7Picture of a ramp plaza in distance

Scope of Work

  • 10 Mainline Plazas Picture of a ramp plaza in view
  • 58 Ramp Plazas 
  • 1.1 million trans./day 
    (current average)
  • 85% ETC penetration
  • 1.4 million active tags
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Picture of ETC in the process of conversion

Full ETC Conversion Construction Flow

  1. Existing plaza remains in place
  2. Install New Gantry
  3. Test Equipment
  4. Remove existing plaza/excess pavement

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Conversion to ETC Schedule

A blue arrow pointing down with the words We Are Here on it

Aug. 2007 – Nov. 2007  Dec. 2007 – Feb. 2008  Mar. 2008 – Nov. 2008  Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2009  Jan. 2010 - Mar. 2010
Gantry designAn arrow pointing rightThree bulleted lists: Bid; Contract award; Cilvil Eng.An arrow pointing rightFour bulleted lists: Order/delivery of electronic components; DNT Segments 1,2 & 3 complete; DNT MLP 2 & 3 complete; MCLB & AAT completeAn arrow pointing rightTwo bulleted lists: PGBT complete; DNT Segments 4 & 5 completeAn arrow pointing rightOne bulleted list: Contigency schedule

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Projected O & M Savings in 2011

Annual staffing costs reduced $7-10 M (Salaries, benefits, unemployment/ workman’s comp)A large bracketNine rectangles with $1 Million written on each of them          Annual non-staff related costs reduced $3 - 4.5 M (Supplies, support related services and activities)A big bracketSix rectangles with $1 Million written on four of them and the other two are blank.

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Projected Revenue Impact

Potential decrease in revenue of 1.8% ($145m NPV) through 2045

Wilbur Smith and Associates

Assumptions:

  • Modeled on existing System and projects in progress
  • 25% violation rate in 2010 decreasing to 7% in 2015
  • Video toll rate is 45% greater than ETC toll rate
  • Current 80/20 transaction split expected to become 95/5 in 2025
  • Toll rate adjustments follow the toll rate policy
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Estimated Impacts thru 2045

Capital Savings             $124                 Million
O & M Savings              $340 – 493        Million
Revenue Impact            ($145)               Million
TOTAL SAVINGS          $319 – 472        Million

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Benefits of All ETC

Customer Benefits

  • Mobility
  • Safety
  • Air Quality

Construction/Capital Benefits

  • Increased Work Zone
  • Fewer stages
  • Decreased construction time
  • Decreased structures

Operational Benefits

  • Lower Operational Transaction costs
  • Direct Marketing opportunity

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Logo of CUSTOMER MOBILITY ECONOMY

 The North Texas Tollway Authority provides a fiscally sound system of innovative toll facilities, services and solutions that improves the mobility, quality of life and economy of the North Texas Region.

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