Drivers will need to pay a little more to take the Chicago Skyway beginning on Jan. 1. The cost for vehicles with two axles will climb from $7.20 to $7.80, according to the Chicago Skyway website.

New York City taxi riders pay a ... this new toll in New York, expected to be in the billions, will be used for transportation improvements. Could something similar be helpful in Chicago?

It only cost $2 to take the Chicago Skyway toll road from Northwest Indiana into the city back in 2004. Now, just over 20 years later, it costs nearly four times as much to take the shortcut ...