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This is on I-294 at Touhy Ave. It appears to be a toll gantry but that would make little sense considering there is a tool booth less than half a mile before this.
Anyone have any information on this?
I think it is a test site.
http://www.illinoistollway.com/documents/10157/8a2003c2-1c87-4931-8077-d3274d36ddb7
It is a test site. There is another one just north of 127th St/Cicero Ave interchange.
What are they testing?
I'm not sure. I am guessing something to do with speed and traffic counts.
I heard it was being used as a test for mobile phones so you can pay with either a transponder or your cell phone
Quote from: ET21 on July 27, 2015, 10:52:59 PM
I heard it was being used as a test for mobile phones so you can pay with either a transponder or your cell phone
I'm suspecting that it will replace the traditional toll barriers eventually, thus making I-294 an all-electronic toll road, like the ICC.
Quote from: ET21 on July 27, 2015, 10:52:59 PM
I heard it was being used as a test for mobile phones so you can pay with either a transponder or your cell phone
One of the Chicagoland papers had said a while back it was for researching a transponder that would work on any major toll facility in the US - the cell phone angle would certainly fit.
Quote from: Revive 755 on July 28, 2015, 06:06:08 PM
Quote from: ET21 on July 27, 2015, 10:52:59 PM
I heard it was being used as a test for mobile phones so you can pay with either a transponder or your cell phone
One of the Chicagoland papers had said a while back it was for researching a transponder that would work on any major toll facility in the US - the cell phone angle would certainly fit.
Sounds like they want to make a universal transponder, maybe an EZ-Pass USA
Quote from: ET21 on July 29, 2015, 11:55:53 AM
Quote from: Revive 755 on July 28, 2015, 06:06:08 PM
Quote from: ET21 on July 27, 2015, 10:52:59 PM
I heard it was being used as a test for mobile phones so you can pay with either a transponder or your cell phone
One of the Chicagoland papers had said a while back it was for researching a transponder that would work on any major toll facility in the US - the cell phone angle would certainly fit.
Sounds like they want to make a universal transponder, maybe an EZ-Pass USA
Would make life easier.