Express toll lanes give travelers choices. Congestion in the Chicago region costs drivers time, money, and patience. Building expressway capacity is critical to handle our traffic, but construction cannot relieve congestion completely, especially with growth in traffic over time. A new strategy is needed, one that gives drivers the option to avoid congestion.
Congestion in the Chicago region costs drivers time, money, and patience. Building expressway capacity is critical to handle our traffic, but construction cannot relieve congestion completely, especially with growth in traffic over time. A new strategy is needed, one that gives drivers the option to avoid congestion.
As recommended by GO TO 2040, it is time for our region to implement congestion pricing, with priced lanes that will help manage traffic and give drivers better choices for getting around. Now the region is moving toward its first potential use of congestion pricing: a new managed lane on the I-55 Stevenson Expressway, which IDOT is studying and hopes to build by 2019.