Calculate toll fees

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• The Routes Preferred API can calculate estimated toll fees for routes in select cities, taking into account toll passes and discounts.

• To ensure accurate toll calculations, specify the vehicle's emission type and any applicable toll passes in your request.

• The Routes Preferred API's toll calculation differs from Google Maps, focusing on actual charges based on provided pass information.

• Toll fee information is available for specific regions, including countries like Argentina, Australia, and the United States, with varying coverage levels.

• If a toll exists but the fee is unknown, the API will indicate its presence without a specific price.

When you are computing a route, a custom route, or a route matrix, you may want to take into consideration any toll fees on the route. For select cities, you can compute the estimated toll fee for a route in the appropriate currency.

Note: The Routes Preferred API calculates tolls on a route differently than Google Maps:

• The Routes Preferred API returns only the toll prices (pass or cash) that would actually be charged for the trip, assuming your request accurately represents what types of passes each driver and/or vehicle has. If you don't specify any toll passes, the API returns the cash prices, which is usually the highest toll.
• Google Maps typically returns the cheapest possible price for a vehicle. Users cannot specify which toll passes they have; instead, to see cash tolls, users can disable the See toll pass prices option, which is enabled by default.

The Routes Preferred API calculates the estimated toll fee, taking into consideration any toll price discounts or passes available to the driver or vehicle, and the most convenient payment methods. If there is no available toll price for a given route, the Routes Preferred API indicates the existence of a toll with an unknown fee.

To accurately calculate toll information, make sure you include the following information in your request:

• The emission type of the vehicle used for the route (VehicleEmissionType). If no emission type is provided, the toll for a gasoline-fueled vehicle is returned.
• Any toll passes for the driver or vehicle that may apply (TollPass). In some regions, a driver or vehicle with a toll pass pays a different toll than those who don't have a pass. For example, if you have a Good To Go! toll pass in Seattle, WA, US, you pay a lower toll than if you don't have a pass. In some regions, such as Indonesia, a toll pass may be required to travel on a road. If you don't specify a toll pass for a route where a pass is required, no price is returned.

Optional toll information is available for the following regions:

Region Code	Country/Region	State/City/Toll Road
AR	Argentina	Countrywide
AU	Australia	Brisbane
AU	Australia	Melbourne
AU	Australia	Sydney
BR	Brazil	Countrywide
ID	Indonesia	Countrywide
IN	India	Countrywide
JP	Japan	Countrywide
MX	Mexico	Countrywide
US	United States	Alabama
US	United States	Alaska
US	United States	California
US	United States	Colorado
US	United States	Delaware
US	United States	Florida
US	United States	Illinois
US	United States	Iowa
US	United States	Indiana
US	United States	Kansas
US	United States	Louisiana
US	United States	Maine
US	United States	Maryland
US	United States	Massachusetts
US	United States	Michigan
US	United States	Minnesota
US	United States	Missouri
US	United States	New Hampshire
US	United States	New Jersey
US	United States	New York
US	United States	North Carolina
US	United States	Ohio
US	United States	Pennsylvania
US	United States	Rhode Island
US	United States	South Carolina
US	United States	Texas
US	United States	Utah
US	United States	Virginia
US	United States	Washington
US	United States	West Virginia

For examples of calculating toll fees, see:

• Computing a Route Examples
• Computing a Custom Route Examples
• Computing a Route Matrix Examples