I miss the option of paying tolls in real time.

[Torvy]

That is simply not true. There are whole sections of interstate highways around Chicago where there are tolls. No free lanes.

 

[eolesen]

Having an interstate designation doesn't necessarily infer who paid for it.

94/294/94 from the Wisconsin line to the Indiana line was and still is funded by tollway bonds. 90 from Wisconsin to OHare was also ISTHA bond funded. Likewise for 355.

94 between the ends of 294 are state & federal funded.

My dad was one of the engineers over that project and was chief engineer for I-88. Staking out the alignments for 355 was one of my college jobs.

 

[oldnslo]

My question relates to an out of state toll bill. Can they enforce collection on non residents? I received a small toll bill from Texas last summer, misplaced it and forgot about it. I haven’t received another bill.

In Illinois I believe they will try but not sure how much time and effort they will put into collecting $10 in tolls.

 

[MossRoad]

In Oklahoma they have a crazy system where if you enter the toll road without a transponder you drive through a separate lane and get a ticket from an attendant and pay for the entire distance for the toll road. If you get off early you have to go through a separate lane and get a refund from the attendant for what portion of the highway you did not drive on or it's not worth it you just go through the fast lane and forfeit the refund.

Yeah, we found that out when one of our kids moved to OK. Paid a toll. Drove a bit. Got off to get something to eat, got a refund. Ate. Got back on the highway and paid again. Eventually we found 51 between Tulsa and Stillwater and started taking that to avoid some total. But it was a terrible road for 3 years. They repaired a good portion of it the last year we were traveling.

 

[MossRoad]

I think as a rule interstate highways don’t have tolls. Most toll roads look like interstate highways and often connect one to another. I think the difference is toll roads are built by someone other than the feds.

760 miles of I90 is tolled.
175 miles of I80 is tolled.

In total, there's something like 3000 miles of interstate highways that are tolled.

 

[Hughman]

760 miles of I90 is tolled.
175 miles of I80 is tolled.

In total, there's something like 3000 miles of interstate highways that are tolled.

I remember when I lived in Ohio that I80 was tolled across the state. Of course that was back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. I have no idea what the current state of affairs is.

 

[MossRoad]

I remember when I lived in Ohio that I80 was tolled across the state. Of course that was back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. I have no idea what the current state of affairs is.

Quick update... No more dinosaurs.

 

[Jstpssng]

I was in NY this spring for the first week of May. I set up an account for their plate readers but never could get back in.
In July I finally recieved a text that my bill was ready. I was unable to access my account even after creating a new one so finally had to call and fight with their computer until finally convincing it to let me talk to somebody. All told it was a waste of a couple of hours just to pay a $7.80 toll.

 

[ultrarunner]

I was in NY this spring for the first week of May. I set up an account for their plate readers but never could get back in.
In July I finally recieved a text that my bill was ready. I was unable to access my account even after creating a new one so finally had to call and fight with their computer until finally convincing it to let me talk to somebody. All told it was a waste of a couple of hours just to pay a $7.80 toll.

When it works it’s fine…

When it doesn’t it falls on the customer to fight the fight or surrender.

Last week I was in Old Sacramento showing friends California.

Parked at a credit card meter and put in the max of 2 hours for lunch… lunch took longer and I was 12 minutes expired and made a run for it…

Several in my group were surprised… they said not worth being stressed over a possible parking ticket…

It’s thinking foreign to me but maybe they have a point?

 

[Jstpssng]

When it works it’s fine…

When it doesn’t it falls on the customer to fight the fight or surrender.

Last week I was in Old Sacramento showing friends California.

Parked at a credit card meter and put in the max of 2 hours for lunch… lunch took longer and I was 12 minutes expired and made a run for it…

Several in my group were surprised… they said not worth being stressed over a possible parking ticket…

It’s thinking foreign to me but maybe they have a point?

An hour and a half of my time is worth more than $7.60.