Every toll price is the Illinois Tollway's own published I-PASS rate, today and on January 1, 2027 (sources below). Only the road itself is a cartoon.
What it costs
Six real commutes, real plazas, real I-PASS prices. On January 1, 2027 every one of them goes up. The Illinois Tollway board voted 8-0 on August 19, 2026; the usual mainline I-PASS plaza goes from $0.75 to $1.20.
| Commute | One way today | Jan 1, 2027 | A year today | A year, 2027 | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joliet (I-80) → Schaumburg I-355 Veterans Memorial Tollway | $3.80 | $6.05 | $1,900 | $3,025 | +$1,125 |
| Naperville → the Loop I-88 Reagan Tollway + I-290 | $0.75 | $1.20 | $375 | $600 | +$225 |
| Aurora → Oak Brook I-88 Reagan Tollway | $1.50 | $2.40 | $750 | $1,200 | +$450 |
| Elgin → the Loop I-90 Jane Addams Tollway + Kennedy | $1.50 | $2.40 | $750 | $1,200 | +$450 |
| Gurnee → O'Hare I-94 / I-294 Tri-State Tollway | $0.75 | $1.20 | $375 | $600 | +$225 |
| Bolingbrook → Schaumburg I-355 Veterans Memorial Tollway | $1.90 | $3.00 | $950 | $1,500 | +$550 |
I-PASS, round trip, 250 workdays a year. Our math from the Tollway's own rates. Tap a commute to drive it.
The prices are real.
Every plaza is on the real route at the Tollway's own I-PASS rate, today and on January 1, 2027.
The landmarks are real too.
They pass in the order you'd see them. The spacing, the lights and the traffic are a cartoon, and every route plays in about the same time.
The free road costs time.
Chicago drivers lost 112 hours each to traffic in 2025, the most of any U.S. city (INRIX).
Downstate?
Logan County has no toll roads, but the same Springfield decisions reach everyone. Why we vote Republican, and where to vote in Logan County.
Sources
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