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Orange County Transportation Authority

91 Express Lanes

Award Category: 
Administration
Award Year: 
2008

Orange County Transportation Authority

Award Category: 
Administration
Award Year: 
2008

The 91 Express Lanes Toll Policy, approved by the Orange County Transportation Authority’s Board of Directors, is designed to administer congestion management toll pricing. One of the challenges faced when OCTA bought the 91 Express Lanes was how to design and implement a congestion management toll policy administered by a board of publicly elected officials. OCTA implemented a Toll Policy that adjusted toll rates based on the number vehicles on the 91 Express Lanes and based on its stated goal to maintain a “free flow” commute at all times. As a result, toll adjustments do not need a Board vote each time a toll has to be adjusted. To date, OCTA has adjusted eighteen peak period hours based upon traffic volumes.