Creating Understanding Of Cashless Tolling On The Illinois Route 390 Tollway

Rocco Zucchero, Illinois Tollway Chief Planning OfficerOctober 16, 2018

Part of a dynamic transportation network

A Dynamic Transportation Network

ILLINOIS

• 294 miles

• 12 counties

• 5 roadways

• 1.6 million vehicles

• 2.7 million daily transactions

• 88 percent pay electronically

About The Tollway

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15-year, $14 billion capital program

• Illinois Route 390 and I-490 Tollways• Provide western access to O’Hare International Airport

• $3.4 billion

• Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294)• Reconstruct 22 miles in west and southwest Chicago suburbs

• $4 billion

• Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90)• Rebuild and widen 62 miles from Chicago to Rockford • $2.5 billion

• I-294/I-57 Interchange• Connect two major interstates in the Chicago Southland • $719 million

• Taking care of existing system • Repair roads, bridges and interchanges • $4 billion

• Other emerging projects

Move Illinois Program

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Free Access Converted To Tolled Facility

AFTER

BEFORE

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Local Input

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Advisory Council 28 members representing local government, business community, regional planning groups, labor and public finance

Local Advisory Committee Representatives from 19 communities and townships along the corridor to provide input and help guide construction

Illinois Route 390 Tollway

• Convert existing expressway to a tollway

• Extend roadway to O’Hare International Airport

• Improve access throughout the region

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24 mainlinetoll plazas

24 attended mainline toll plazas

0 all-electronic mainline toll plazas

47 unattended ramp toll plazas

6 all-electronic ramp toll plazas

52 ramptoll plazas

Number Of Toll Plazas Before Illinois Route 390

Tolling

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New Business Rules

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• Lowered fines

• Search-by-plate function

• 30-day grace period

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Outreach And Communications

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Outreach And Communications

• Calendar of events

• Schedule outreach activities

• Coordinate with local communications teams

Outreach And Communications

Printed and Produced

• 6,350 brochures

• 1,800 cashless tolling and I-PASS posters

• 53,750 handouts

• 19,700 postcards sent to non-I-PASS users

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Celebrating With Local Communities

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Monitoring Usage

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Reduces travel time by more than 7 minutes for 10-mile trip – 25 percent savings

I-490 Tollway Moving Forward

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Questions?

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THANK YOU

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