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FL S1570

Bill

Status

Failed

5/5/2017

Primary Sponsor

Transportation

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Origin

Senate

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Department of Transportation to ensure reasonable and practicably feasible entry and exit points on express lanes and undertake efforts to expand these access points to increase accessibility.

  • Prohibits tolls from being charged on Department of Transportation express lanes if the maintained average speed equals or is less than the average speed of vehicles in adjacent general-use lanes.

  • Requires the Florida Turnpike Enterprise to ensure reasonable and practicably feasible entry and exit points on its express lanes and expand such access points.

  • Mandates that tolls charged for Florida Turnpike Enterprise express lanes must equal the toll for general toll lanes if the express lane average speed equals or is less than the general lane average speed.

  • Specifies that average vehicle speed shall be measured at the midpoint between an entry and exit point.

Legislative Description

Express Lanes

Last Action

Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

5/5/2017

Committee Referrals

Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee3/28/2017
Transportation3/14/2017

Full Bill Text

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