![]() I-Pass allows drivers to automatically pay toll while driving, eliminating idle time, excessive breaking and the need to stop at toll plazas. The transponder should be mounted to the front window to the left of the rear-view mirror with the I-Pass label facing the driver. Credit/ debit card information, personal information of account holder, driver’s license number, license plate number and type and vehicle make/model/ year is required when signing up for a transponder. An I-Pass transponder requires a $10 deposit and an additional $20 for the account balance. I-Pass transponders may also be purchased online at, via phone at 1-80 or by mail. Transponders purchased at Jewel-Osco and Road Ranger are preloaded with $20 in tolls and a $2.90 service fee is charged per transponder. Transponders may be purchased in person at the Rochelle Road Ranger on Highway 38 or in DeKalb at the DeKalb Oasis and Jewel-Osco stores. Each vehicle must be registered to the I-Pass account and have a transponder in the window when driving through the toll. On a shared balance, each transponder draws from a single prepaid account balance. According to the Illinois Tollway, “After five video tolls on a single license plate in one month, you will lose the I-PASS discount on tolls for that license plate, and any subsequent video tolls to that plate will post at the full cash rate for the remainder of the month.” Families and businesses may continue to share an account with “shared balance” but each car will need to have a transponder in place when driving through the toll. ![]() ![]() I-Pass users are charged half of the cash rate at each toll. Previously a family with multiple vehicles could share one transponder and the tolls cameras would register the license plate charging the vehicle the discounted toll rate. 1, 2018, the Illinois Tollway requires every vehicle to have an I-Pass transponder in the window when going through toll booths. ROCHELLE - An I-Pass not only saves time while driving through Illinois Tolls, but will also save a motorist 50 percent of the cash toll price. I-PASS also can be bought at the Web site, 5 years ago / Posted All vehicles now required to have transponder when driving through I-Pass tolls no more sharing between vehicles He estimated his store has sold about 300 I-PASSes so far.Ībout 1,300 passes were sold the first day it was available at Jewel stores.t “People have been coming in from all over ever since it’s been advertised,” he said. Joe Petrone, manager at Jewel-Osco, 1320 Sycamore Road said the I-PASS was a popular item. They have a new campaign out, ‘Making life easier,’” Damico said. “Jewel is doing this because it has a good record of public service. The department of transportation had asked area retailers to submit proposals to sell transponders, but Damico said Jewel was the only one that responded. ![]() The move to sell I-PASSes at Jewel-Osco was because the Illinois Department of Transportation wants to achieve a goal of 75 percent I-PASS usage among tollway users.Ĭurrently, only 40 percent of tollway users use the I-PASS system, Damico said. The $50 price tag includes a $10 dollar refundable payment for the transponder itself and $40 of tollway usage. “Once the transponder has been purchased, just follow directions inside the box to activate it.” “For $50, you get it in a nice box that you can put in as a stocking stuffer,” said Michelle Damico, spokeswoman for the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. I-PASSes now are being sold at Jewel-Osco locations in Illinois in an effort to increase the pass’ usage.
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