ITR Discount Plan Discriminates Against I-Pass Users

The Illinois Tollway authority plans to complain to the E-Z Pass Interagency Group that the Indiana Toll Road's plan to give discounts to I-Zoom users, but not other E-Z Pass users, including I-Pass users, is discriminatory. Illinois gives Indiana I-Pass users a discount, but Indiana won't reciprocate.

Writes Keith Benman in the Northwest Indiana Times:

A bone thrown to northern Indiana legislators during the dogfight over privatization of the Indiana Toll Road has become a bone of contention between Illinois and the Toll Road's private operator.

The Illinois Tollway authority is protesting the fact that users of I-Pass transponders will not get a discount on the Indiana Toll Road, while users of Indiana Toll Road transponders, called I-Zoom, will get a discount when using the Illinois Tollway.

"The Illinois Tollway has never drawn a line between its residents and drivers who live in Indiana and travel in Illinois for daily commutes or leisure trips," Illinois Tollway Executive Director Brian McPartlin said.

The Illinois Tollway authority says 90,000 I-Pass transponders are owned by Indiana drivers who save $9 million in tolls annually.

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