Open Road Tolling (ORT) - ITS Midwest

An Aging System with GrowingDemands• 274-mile system serving suburban Chicago• 65% system built in late 1950s• Electronic toll collection – IPASS 2.2 million active transponders 72% of travelers Higher than any other U.S. toll agency• Traditional barrier toll plazas• Growing traffic volumes• Second most congested U.S. city

Much of the system atLevel of Service E and Fin 2010

Plan for the Future• $5.3 billion Congestion-Relief Plan (CRP)approved last September• Rebuilds 90% of the 274-mile system• Widens or adds lanes to nearly ½ the system• Builds new 12.5-mile extension of I-355 to boomingWill County• Converts 20 mainline toll plazas to barrier-free OpenRoad Tolling (ORT) by end of 2006

Tollway’s Future … Open Road Tolling (ORT)

ORT Program• Creates two lane types ORT lanes – non-stop freeway lanes usingI-PASS only Cash lanes – stop and gohighway lanes using bothcash and I-PASS• I-PASS works inall lanes

Toll Plaza – ORT Lanes• Removes traditional toll plazas to create abarrier-free system – First in the Nation• Allows I-PASS users to pay tolls electronically –While Traveling at Highway Speeds on theMainline• Reduces congestion• Shortens travel times

Toll Plaza – Cash Lanes• Vehicles without I-PASS exit to the right topay cash at toll booths• Removes impacts to the free-flow mainlinetraffic• Improves safety

New & Simplified Signs

State of the Art Technology• Revenue Transponders use badger reader Triggered with Idris vehicle detection technologyfor highly accurate vehicle detection at speedsunder 100 mph• Enforcement Uses both forward facingand rear facing cameras toensure accurate detectionand capture Multiple images of eachvehicle are obtainedand stored

TOC-TIMS

PORTABLE CHANGEABLE MESSAGESIGNS (PCMS)ITS SupportsORT

DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS

CAMERA IMAGESTo Monitor System Performance / Improve Incident Management

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