Regarding “Drivers to lose Deerfield toll plaza but pay more elsewhere” (Metro, Nov. 21):
It will take more than slick advertising to get me to subscribe to I-PASS. While the prospect of zipping through empty toll booth lanes sounds attractive, the fact is that I-PASS will do little to reduce the one- to two-mile-long backups that develop in front of the toll plazas.
Most important, there is no monetary incentive to buy in. If the tollway wants me to spend $40 on their box and buy tolls in bulk in advance, then they should give bulk pricing and allow me to recover my cost–and then some. My gut feeling is the tollway authority will eventually do this, though not as I would have it. Instead, there will be a general toll increase with prices remaining flat for I-PASS users.
No, thanks. I’ll keep my coins and continue to sit in the same traffic as those I-PASS subscribers.
