How much more will you pay?
December 23, 2012 9:30PM
Jeffrey D. Nicholls/Post-Tribune Chicago Skyway Toll Booth photographed May 17, 2006.
Updated: January 25, 2013 6:14AM
Chicago Skyway toll:
Effective: Jan. 1
Increase: 14 percent
The hit: One-way toll increases from $3.50 to $4
Last increase: Jan. 1, 2011CTA bus and train passes*:
Effective: Jan. 14
Increases: Between 16 percent and 74 percent
The worst hit: 1-day pass, from $5.75 to $10*
Last increase for passes: 2009
*CTA base fares remain flat, but other rate hikes include the No. 128 Soldier Field Express bus, from $1 one-way to $5 round trip; the “reduced” 30-day fare for seniors and disabled, from $35 to $50; regular 30-day pass, from $86 to $100.Metra 10-ride ticket:
Effective: Feb. 1
Increase: 11 percent (10 rides no longer available for the price of nine)
The hit from downtown: To closest zone (A), from $24.75 to $27.50; to farthest zone (M), from $83.25 to $92.50
Last increase in 10-ride ticket: Feb. 1, 2012
Rosalind Rossi and Tina Sfondeles
