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Atoll road,also known as aturnpikeortollway,is a public or private road for which afee(ortoll) is assessed for passage. It is a form ofroad pricingtypically implemented to help recoup the costs ofroad constructionandmaintenance.

The 12-laneNew Jersey Turnpikein the U.S. is the most heavily traveled toll road in the world, carrying hundreds of thousands of automobiles daily.

Toll roads have existed in some form sinceantiquity,with tolls levied on passing travelers on foot, wagon, or horseback; a practice that continued with the automobile, and many modern tollways charge fees formotor vehiclesexclusively. The amount of the toll usually varies by vehicle type, weight, or number ofaxles,with freight trucks often charged higher rates than cars.

Tolls are often collected at toll plazas,toll booths,toll houses,toll stations, toll bars, toll barriers, or toll gates. Some toll collection points are automatic, and the user deposits money in a machine which opens the gate once the correct toll has been paid. To cut costs and minimise time delay, many tolls are collected withelectronic toll collectionequipment which automatically communicates with a toll payer'stransponderor usesautomatic number-plate recognitionto charge drivers by debiting their accounts.

Criticisms of toll roads include the time taken to stop and pay the toll, and the cost of the toll booth operators—up to about one-third of revenue in some cases. Automated toll-paying systems help minimise both of these. Others object to paying "twice" for the same road, namely in fuel taxes and in tolls.

In addition to toll roads,toll bridgesandtoll tunnelsare also used by public authorities to generate funds to repay the cost of building the structures. Some tolls are set aside to pay for futuremaintenanceor enhancement of infrastructure, or are applied as a general fund by local governments, not being earmarked for transport facilities. This is sometimes limited or prohibited by central government legislation. Also,road congestion pricingschemes have been implemented in a limited number of urban areas as atransportation demand managementtool to try to reducetraffic congestionandair pollution.[1]

History

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A table of tolls in pre-decimal currency for theCollege Road, Dulwich,London SE21 tollgate
Toll bar inRomania,1877
Entrance fees collection in a local community road checkpoint nearBagan(Myanmar)

Ancient times

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Toll roads have existed for at least the last 2,700 years, as tolls had to be paid by travellers using theSusa–Babylonhighway under the regime ofAshurbanipal,who reigned in the seventh century BC.[2]

AristotleandPlinyrefer to tolls in Arabia and other parts of Asia. In India, before the fourth century BC, theArthashastranotes the use of tolls. Germanic tribes charged tolls to travellers acrossmountain passes.

Middle Ages

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Main article:Road toll (historic)

Most roads were not freely open to travel on in Europe during the Middle Ages,[3]and thetollwas one of manyfeudalfeespaid for rights of usage in everyday life. Some major European "highways", such as theVia RegiaandVia Imperii,offeredprotectionto travelers in exchange for paying the royal toll.

Many modern European roads were originally constructed as toll roads in order to recoup the costs of construction and maintenance, and to generate revenue from passing travelers. In 14th-century England, some of the most heavily used roads were repaired with money raised from tolls bypavagegrants. Widespread toll roads sometimes restricted traffic so much, by their high tolls, that they interfered with trade and cheap transportation needed to alleviate local famines or shortages.[4]

Tolls were used in theHoly Roman Empirein the 14th and 15th centuries.

17th-century Dahomey

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After significant road construction undertaken by theWest Africankingdom ofDahomey,toll booths were also established with the function of collecting yearly taxes based on the goods carried by the people of Dahomey and their occupation. In some cases, officials imposed fines for public nuisance before allowing people to pass.[5]

19th century

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Industrialisation in Europe needed major improvements to the transport infrastructure which included many new or substantially improved roads, financed from tolls. TheA5 roadin Britain was built to provide a robust transport link between Britain and Ireland and had a toll house every few miles.

20th century

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In the 20th century, road tolls were introduced in Europe to finance the construction of motorway networks and specific transport infrastructure such as bridges and tunnels.

Toll gate of theAutostrada dei Laghi( "Lakes Motorway" ), the firstmotorwaybuilt in the world,[6][7]inMilan,Italy,in 1924

Italy was the first country in the world to buildmotorwaysreserved for fast traffic and for motor vehicles only.[6][7]TheAutostrada dei Laghi( "Lakes Motorway" ), the first built in the world, connectingMilantoLake ComoandLake Maggiore,and now parts of theAutostrada A8andAutostrada A9,was devised byPiero Puricelliand was inaugurated in 1924.[7]Piero Puricelli, a civil engineer and entrepreneur, received the first authorization to build a public-utility fast road in 1921, and completed the construction (one lane in each direction) between 1924 and 1926. Piero Puricelli decided to cover the expenses by introducing a toll.[8]

It was followed by Greece, which made users pay for the network of motorways around and between its cities in 1927. Later in the 1950s and 1960s, France, Spain, and Portugal started to build motorways largely with the aid of concessions, allowing rapid development of this infrastructure without massive state debts. Since then, road tolls have been introduced in the majority of theEUmember states.[9]

The Pennsylvania Turnpike opened as the first long-distance, controlled-access toll road in the United States in 1940

In the United States, prior to the introduction of theInterstate Highway Systemand the large federal grants supplied to states to build it, many states constructed their firstfreewaysby floatingbondsbacked by toll revenues. The first major fully grade separated toll road was thePennsylvania Turnpikein 1940. This was followed up by other toll roads, such as theMaine Turnpikein 1947, theBlue Star Turnpikein 1950, theNew Jersey Turnpikein 1951, theGarden State Parkwayin 1952, theWest Virginia TurnpikeandNew York State Thruwayin 1954, theMassachusetts Turnpikein 1957, and theChicago SkywayandIndiana Toll Roadin 1958. Other toll roads were also established around this time. With the establishment of the Interstate Highway System in the late 1950s, toll road construction in the U.S. slowed down considerably, as the federal government now provided the bulk of funding to construct new freeways, and regulations required that such Interstate highways be free from tolls. Many older toll roads were added to the Interstate System under agrandfather clausethat allowed tolls to continue to be collected on toll roads that predated the system. Some of these such as theConnecticut Turnpikeand theRichmond–Petersburg Turnpikelater removed their tolls when the initial bonds were paid off. Many states, however, have maintained the tolling of these roads as a consistent source of revenue.

As the Interstate Highway System approached completion during the 1980s, states began constructing toll roads again to provide new freeways which were not part of the original interstate system funding.Houston's outer beltwayof interconnected toll roads began in 1983, and many states followed over the last two decades of the 20th century adding new toll roads, including thetollway system around Orlando, Florida,Colorado'sE-470,andGeorgia State Route 400.

21st century

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Collecting tolls onSR 417nearOrlando, Florida,United States. This shows the two common methods of collection of tolls:tollbooth(on right) andelectronic toll collection(on left).

London, in an effort to reduce traffic within the city, instituted theLondon congestion chargein 2003, effectively making all roads within the centre of the city tolled.

Tolls in the UAE

In the United States, as states looked for ways to construct new freeways without federal funding again, to raise revenue for continued road maintenance, and to control congestion, new toll road construction saw significant increases during the first two decades of the 21st century. Spurred on by two innovations, theelectronic toll collectionsystem, and the advent ofhigh-occupancy and express lane tolls,many areas of the U.S. saw large road building projects in major urban areas. Electronic toll collection, first introduced in the 1980s, reduces operating costs by removing toll collectors from roads. Tolled express lanes, by which certain lanes of a freeway are designated "toll only", increases revenue by allowing a free-to-use highway to collect revenue by allowing drivers to bypass traffic jams by paying a toll.

TheE-ZPasssystem, compatible with many state systems, is the largest ETC system in the U.S., and is used for both fully tolled highways and tolled express lanes.Maryland Route 200and theTriangle Expresswayin North Carolina were the first toll roads built without toll booths, with drivers charged via ETC or by optical license plate recognition and are billed by mail. In addition, many older toll roads are also being upgraded to an all-electronic tolling system, abandoning the hybrid systems they adopted during the late 20th century. These include theMassachusetts Turnpike,one of the oldest American toll roads, which went all-electronic in 2016, and thePennsylvania Turnpike,America's oldest toll freeway, which went all-electronic in 2020, along with theIllinois Tollway,which both accelerated their transitions to such due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.

19th-century toll booth inBrooklyn, New York

By country

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Toll roads in the United Kingdom

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Main article:Toll roads in Great Britain
Further information:Turnpike trust

Turnpike trustswere established in England and Wales from about 1706 in response to the need for better roads than the few and poorly-maintained tracks then available. Turnpike trusts were set up by individualActs of Parliament,with powers to collect road tolls to repay loans for building, improving, and maintaining the principal roads inBritain.At their peak, in the 1830s, over 1,000 trusts[10]administered around 30,000 miles (48,000 km) of turnpike road in England and Wales, taking tolls at almost 8,000 toll-gates.[11]

The trusts were ultimately responsible for the maintenance and improvement of most of the main roads in England and Wales, which were used to distribute agricultural and industrial goods economically. The tolls were a source of revenue for road building and maintenance, paid for by road users and not from general taxation. The turnpike trusts were gradually abolished from the 1870s. Most trusts improved existing roads, but some new roads, usually only short stretches, were also built.Thomas Telford'sHolyheadroad followedWatling Streetfrom London but was exceptional in creating a largely new route beyondShrewsbury,and especially beyondLlangollen.Built in the early 19th century, with many toll booths along its length, most of it is now theA5.In the modern day, one major toll road is theM6 Toll,relieving traffic congestion on theM6in Birmingham. A few notable bridges and tunnels continue as toll roads including theDartford CrossingandMersey Gatewaybridge.[citation needed]

Toll plaza at the La Paz-El Alto expressway, dividing both city limits

Toll roads in Canada

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Some cities in Canada had toll roads in the 19th century. Roads radiating fromTorontorequired users to pay attoll gatesalong the street (Yonge Street,Bloor Street,Davenport Road,Kingston Road)[12]but the toll gates disappeared after 1895.[13]

Toll roads in the United States

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See also:Category:Pre-freeway turnpikes in the United States

In the eastern United States of the 18th and 19th century, hundreds of private turnpikes were created to facilitate travel between towns and cities, typically outside built-up areas.

19th-centuryplank roadswere usually operated as toll roads. One of the first US motor roads, theLong Island Motor Parkway(which opened on October 10, 1908) was built by William Kissam Vanderbilt II, the great-grandson ofCornelius Vanderbilt.The road was closed in 1938 when it was taken over by the state of New York in lieu of back taxes.[14][15]

Toll roads in Russia

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The first toll road in St. Petersburg appeared in the 2000s. TheWestern High-Speed Diameter (WHSD)is a multilane motorway running from the South to the North. The road connects the southwest of the city, including the Sea Port area, with the Ring Road, Vasilievsky Island, Kurortny district and the Scandinavia motorway. The WHSD is divided into three sections: Southern, Central and Northern. The entire stretch of the WHSD was opened for traffic in 2016.

There are 16 toll plazas on the WHSD. Paying toll by transponder is mostly recommended for frequent drivers. The Flow+ toll collection system was implemented on the WHSD. The system was designed for automatic calculation of the driving distance of a vehicle equipped with a transponder. The system does not require constructing toll plazas at each entrance to or exit from the highway. Transponders mounted on vehicles are read by signal receivers installed at the entrance and exit ramps.

Toll roads in Italy

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Main article:Autostrade of Italy
See also:Roads in Italy
Toll plazaalong theAutostrada A57
Toll station along theAutostrada A9

In Italy the onlytollroads are theautostrade(Italian formotorways). Major exceptions are the beltways around some larger cities (tangenziali) which are not part of a thoroughfare motorway, and theAutostrada A2betweenSalernoandReggio di Calabriawhich is operated by the government-ownedANAS.Both are toll free.

On Italian motorways, the toll applies to almost all motorways not managed byAnas.The collection of motorway tolls, from a tariff point of view, is managed mainly in two ways: either through the "closed motorway system" (km travelled) or through the "open motorway system" (flat-rate toll).[16]

Given the multiplicity of operators, the toll is only requested when exiting the motorway and not when the motorway operator changes. This system was made possible following article 14 of law 531 of 12 August 1982.[17]

From a technical point of view, however, the mixed barrier/free-flow system is active where, at the entrance and exit from the motorways, there are lanes dedicated to the collection of a ticket (on entry) and the delivery of the ticket with simultaneous payment (on exit) and other lanes where, during transit without the need to stop, anelectronic toll system[18]present in the vehicles records the data and debits the toll, generally into the bank account previously communicated by the customer, to the manager of his device. In Italy, this occurs through theAutostrade per l'Italiainterchange system.

TheAutostrada A36,Autostrada A59andAutostrada A60are exclusively free-flow. On these motorways, those who do not have the electronic toll device on board must proceed with the payment by subsequently communicating the data to the motorway manager (by telephone, online or by going to the offices dedicated to payment).

The closed motorway system is applied to most Italian motorways.[19]It requires the driver of the vehicle to collect a special ticket at the entrance to the motorway and pay the amount due upon exit. If equipped with an electronic toll system the two procedures are completely automatic and the driver on the detection lanes located at the entrances and exits from the motorways subject to toll payment must only proceed at a maximum speed of 30 kilometres per hour (20 mph) without the need to stop.[20]The amount is directly proportional to the distance travelled by the vehicle, the coefficient of its class and a variable coefficient from motorway to motorway, called the kilometre rate.

Unlike the closed motorway system, in the open system, the road user does not pay based on the distance travelled. Motorway barriers are arranged along the route (however not at every junction), at which the user pays a fixed sum, depending only on the class of the vehicle.[19]The user can therefore travel along sections of the motorway without paying any toll as the barriers may not be present on the section travelled.

Charging methods

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Main article:Road pricing

Road tolls were levied traditionally for a specific access (e.g. city) or for a specific infrastructure (e.g. roads, bridges). These concepts were widely used until the last century. However, the evolution in technology made it possible to implement road tolling policies based on different concepts. The different charging concepts are designed to suit different requirements regarding purpose of the charge, charging policy, the network to the charge, tariff class differentiation, et cetera:[21]

  • Time-based charges and access fees: In a time-based charging regime, a road user has to pay for a given period of time in which they may use the associated infrastructure. For the practically identical access fees, the user pays for the access to a restricted zone for a period or several days.
  • Motorway and other infrastructure tolling: The term tolling is used for charging a well-defined special and comparatively costly infrastructure, like a bridge, a tunnel, a mountain pass, a motorway concession, or the whole motorway network of a country. Classically a toll is due when a vehicle passes a tolling station, be it a manual barrier-controlled toll plaza or a free-flow multi-lane station.
  • Distance or area charging: In a distance or area charging system concept, vehicles are charged per total distance driven in a defined area.

Some toll roads charge a toll in only one direction. Examples include theSydney Harbour Bridge,Sydney Harbour Tunnel,andEastern Distributor(these all charge tolls city-bound) in Australia, in the United States, crossings betweenPennsylvaniaandNew Jerseyoperated byDelaware River Port Authorityand crossings between New Jersey andNew Yorkoperated byPort Authority of New York and New Jersey.This technique is practical where thedetour to avoid the tollis large or the toll differences are small.

Collection methods

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"Tollbar" redirects here. For other uses, seeTollbar (disambiguation).
See also:Tollbooth,Toll house,andElectronic toll collection
Balintawak toll plaza of theNorth Luzon ExpresswayinCaloocan,Philippines.The toll barrier has both electronic toll collection and cash payment in the same barrier, before a new toll plaza was added.
Overhead cameras and reader attached to a gantry onHighway 407inOntario

Traditionally, tolls were paid by hand at a toll gate. Although payments may still be made in cash, it is more common now to pay using anelectronic toll collectionsystem. In some places, payment is made usingtransponderswhich are affixed to the windscreen.

Three systems of toll roads exist:open(withmainline barrier toll plazas);closed(with entry/exit tolls); andopen road(no toll booths, only electronic toll collection gantries at entrances and exits or at strategic locations on the median of the road). Some toll roads use a combination of the three systems.

On an open toll system, all vehicles stop at various locations along the highway to pay a toll. (This is different from "open road tolling", wherenovehicles stop to pay a toll.) While this may save money from the lack of need to construct toll booths at every exit, it can cause traffic congestion while traffic queues at the mainline toll plazas (toll barriers). It is also possible for motorists to enter an 'open toll road' after one toll barrier and exit before the next one, thus travelling on the toll road toll-free. Most open toll roads have ramp tolls or partial access junctions to prevent this practice, known in the U.S. as "shunpiking".

With a closed toll system, vehicles collect aticketwhen entering the highway. In some cases, the ticket displays the toll to be paid on exit. Upon exit, the driver must pay the amount listed for the given exit. Should the ticket be lost, a driver must typically pay the maximum amount possible for travel on that highway. Short toll roads with no intermediate entries or exits may have only one toll plaza at one end, with motorists travelling in either direction paying a flat fee either when they enter or when they exit the toll road. In a variant of the closed toll system, mainline barriers are present at the two endpoints of the toll road, and each interchange has a ramp toll that is paid upon exit or entry. In this case, a motorist pays a flat fee at the ramp toll and another flat fee at the end of the toll road; no ticket is necessary. In addition, with most systems, motorists may pay tolls only with cash or change; debit and credit cards are not accepted. However, some toll roads may have travel plazas with ATMs so motorists can stop and withdraw cash for the tolls.

The toll is calculated by the distance travelled on the toll road or the specific exit chosen. In the United States, for instance, theKansas Turnpike,Ohio Turnpike,New Jersey Turnpike,most of theIndiana Toll Road,New York State Thruway,andFlorida's Turnpikecurrently implement closed systems.

The Union Toll Plaza on theGarden State Parkwaywas the first ever to use an automated toll collection machine. A plaque commemorating the event includes the first quarter collected at its toll booths.[22]

The first major deployment of anRFIDelectronic toll collectionsystem in the United States was on theDallas North Tollwayin 1989 byAmtech(seeTollTag). The Amtech RFID technology used on the Dallas North Tollway was originally developed at Sandia Labs for use in tagging and tracking livestock. In the same year, theTelepassactive transponder RFID system was introduced across Italy. Several US states now usemobile tolling platformsto facilitate use of payment via smartphones.

Highway 407in the province ofOntario,Canada, has no toll booths, and instead reads a transponder mounted on the windshields of each vehicle using the road (the rear licence plates of vehicles lacking a transponder are photographed when they enter and exit the highway). This made the highway the first all-automated toll highway in the world. A bill is mailed monthly for usage of the 407. Lower charges are levied on frequent 407 users who carry electronic transponders in their vehicles. The approach has not been without controversy: In 2003 the 407 ETR settled[23]a class action with a refund to users.

Throughout most of the East Coast of the United States,E-ZPass(operated under the brandI-PassinIllinois) is accepted on almost all toll roads. Similar systems includeSunPassinFlorida,FasTrakinCalifornia,Good to GoinWashington state,andExpressTollinColorado.The systems use a small radiotranspondermounted in or on a customer's vehicle to deduct toll fares from a pre-paid account as the vehicle passes through the toll barrier. This reduces manpower at toll booths and increases traffic flow and fuel efficiency by reducing the need for complete stops to pay tolls at these locations.

By designing a toll gate specifically for electronic collection, it is possible to carry out open-road tolling, where the customer does not need to slow at all when passing through the toll gate. The U.S. state ofTexasis using a system that has no toll booths. Drivers without a TollTag have their license plate photographed automatically and the registered owner will receive a monthly bill, at a higher rate than those vehicles with TollTags. A similar variation of automatic collection is the Toll Roads in Orange County, CA, US, wherein all entry or collection points are equipped with high-speed cameras which read license plates and users will have 7 calendar days to pay online using their plate number or else set up an account for automatic debits.

The first all-electronic toll road in the northeastern United States, the InterCounty Connector (Maryland Route 200) was partially opened to traffic in February 2011,[24]and the final segment was completed in November 2014.[25]The first section of another all-electronic toll road, theTriangle Expressway,opened at the beginning of 2012 in North Carolina.[26]

Financing and management

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Some toll roads are managed under such systems as theBuild-Operate-Transfer(BOT) system. Private companies build the roads and are given a limited franchise. Ownership is transferred to the government when the franchise expires. This type of arrangement is prevalent in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, South Korea, Japan, and thePhilippines.The BOT system is a fairly new concept that is becoming more popular in the United States, withCalifornia,Delaware,Florida,Illinois,Indiana,Mississippi,[27]Texas,andVirginiaalready building and operating toll roads under this scheme.Pennsylvania,Massachusetts,New Jersey,andTennesseeare also considering the BOT methodology for future highway projects.

The more traditional means of managing toll roads in the United States is through semi-autonomouspublic authorities.Kansas,Maryland,Massachusetts,New Hampshire,New Jersey,New York,North Carolina,Ohio,Oklahoma,Pennsylvania,andWest Virginiamanage their toll roads in this manner. While most of the toll roads in California, Delaware, Florida, Texas, and Virginia are operating under the BOT arrangement, a few of the older toll roads in these states are still operated by public authorities.

In France, some toll roads are operated by private or public companies, with specific taxes collected by the state.[citation needed]

Arguments against toll roads

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Toll roads have been criticised[by whom?]as being inefficient in various ways:[28]

  1. They require vehicles to stop or slow down (exceptopen road tolling); manual toll collection wastes time and raises vehicle operating costs.[citation needed]
  2. Collection costs can reduce revenue by up to a third, and revenue theft is considered[by whom?]to be comparatively easy.[citation needed]
  3. Where the tolled roads are less congested than the parallel "free" roads, the traffic diversion resulting from the tolls increases congestion on the road system and reduces its usefulness.[29]
  4. There are concerns aboutgovernment surveillanceassociated with both electronic tolls and some forms of "classical" toll collection.

A number of additional criticisms are also directed at toll roads in general:

  1. Toll roads are a form ofregressive taxation;that is, compared to conventional taxes for funding roads, they benefit wealthier citizens more than poor citizens.[30][31]
  2. If toll roads are owned or managed by private for profit entities, the citizens may lose money overall compared to conventional public funding because the private owners or operators of the toll system will naturally seek to profit from the roads.[32]
  3. The managing entities, whether public or private, may not correctly account for the overall social costs, particularly to the poor, when setting pricing and thus may hurt the neediest segments of society.[33]

Arguments in favor of toll roads

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See also

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References

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