First Coast area drivers who use Florida’s toll roads but don’t want to worry about those transponders that go on the windshield now have another option.
The GoToll app for Android and iPhone added Florida to its list of states Monday. Instead of using transponders to document when drivers pass through toll lanes, the GoToll system uses smartphones' GPS to track trips in real time.
But don't worry if you leave your phone at home. Users who register and set up payment with the app can still be recorded and billed.
"It's perfect for folks who don't drive toll roads on a regular basis. We're really targeting the casual toll road user," said Elisa Bell, Director of Mobile Technology at Transurban, which developed the app.
That added convenience will cost you. GoToll charges an 85 cent service fee per trip on top of the regular tolls collected by the Florida Department of Transportation.
According to the GoToll website, the app will work with the following toll roads in Florida:
Jacksonville
- I-295 Express lanes
- SR 23 (First Coast Expressway)
Fort Myers/Cape Coral
- Cape Coral Bridge
- Midpoint Memorial Bridge
- Sanibel Causeway
Lakeland
- SR 570 (Polk Parkway)
- Miami/Fort Lauderdale
- Broad Causeway
- Card Sound Bridge
- Homestead Extension (HEFT)
- I-95 Express
- I-595 Express
- Rickenbacker Causeway (Route 913)
- SR 112 (Airport Expressway)
- SR 826 (Palmetto Expressway
- SR 836 (Dolphin Expressway)
- SR 869 (Sawgrass Expressway)
- SR 874 (Don Shula Expressway)
- SR 878 (Snapper Creek Expressway)
- SR 924 (Gratigny Parkway)
- Venetian Causeway
Orlando
- CR 522 (Osceola Parkway)
- Goldenrod Road Extension
- SR 408 (East West Expressway)
- SR 414 (John Land Apopka Expressway)
- SR 417 (Central Florida GreeneWay, Seminole Expressway)
- SR 429 (Daniel Webster Western Beltway, Wekiva Parkway)
- SR 451
- SR 453
- SR 528 (Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway
- SR 538 (Poinciana Parkway)
Pensacola
- Bob Sikes Bridge (CR 399)
- Garcon Point Bridge (Toll 281)
- Mid-Bay Bridge Connector (Toll 293)
Tallahassee
- CR 0344 (Orchard Pond Parkway)
- Tampa/St. Petersburg
- Crosstown Connector (I-4/Selmon Expressway Connector)
- Pinellas Bayway
- SR 589 (Suncoast Parkway, Veterans Expressway ,SR 568)
- SR 618 (Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway)
- Sunshine Skyway Bridge
Other Florida Toll Roads
- Alligator Alley (I-75)
- Florida’s Turnpike (SR 91)
The GoToll system works on most toll roads in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina where Quick Pass is accepted, as well as a dozen toll roads in Virginia.
Bill Bortzfield can be reached at bbortzfield@wjct.org or on Twitter at @BortzInJax.
