miserable. capital waste of time. drove on their toll road once at 2 am. $3 toll. i am registered with fastrak. assumed that would do it. wrong. got home just in time to see the notice and paid before the fine. had difficulty with the site making the payment. $3 service payment. just got a notice that i've been fined for non-payment. went to the website and found the charge. almost paid it (again.) went to the thetollroads.com/dispute and entered the payment confirmation number. i took a screenshot of the payment confirmation. (paynearme.com) "not valid," said the dispute page. looked up the payment on my credit card. credit card was charged, using an alias (pnm tollroads) no customer service number available on weekends. wasted at least an hour on this. they make it difficult to pay, hope to fine you at 20x the price of the toll. seems they also hide the fact you've paid, and hope you'll pay more than once and, of course, the $60 fine. read more

Latasha at Toll Roads Irvine was absolutely exceptional. From the moment I worked with her, she stood out with a level of professionalism, enthusiasm, and genuine care that is rare to find. She made the entire process feel smooth, easy, and stress-free, and her positive attitude instantly put me at ease. She was incredibly knowledgeable, patient, and clear in the way she explained everything, and it was obvious that she takes real pride in helping people. Her energy was warm, confident, and welcoming, and she handled everything with grace and efficiency. What impressed me most was how easy Latasha was to work with. She was attentive, responsive, and made me feel like my questions and concerns truly mattered. Instead of making the interaction feel transactional, she brought such a high level of courtesy and kindness that it turned into a genuinely great experience. She is the kind of person who leaves a lasting impression because she combines competence with heart. Toll Roads Irvine is lucky to have someone like Latasha representing them, and I cannot say enough good things about the outstanding service she provided. read more

I wouldn't even give a star. Got a notice for a toll penalty when I kept telling them it should charge my card automatically. I had made a payment a week prior & then had to call after receiving a notice. The fought with me after I told her I had received a confirmation number. She was like you won't receive any confirmation number from us. Then we she transferred me to the payment line - guess what ? Gave me a confirmation number. Total joke & scam. read more

These people and their policies suck. I get a toll road violation in the mail. I have a toll tag and my plates are registered. They said I didn't pay a toll on 3/1/26. I check my account and they charged me for a toll on 2/28/26 and 3/2/26 so clearly my toll tags work but for some reason, the camera didn't pick it up ok 3/1/26. I write them an email via the directions on the invoice. Never hear back. Now it's May 2026. I get a second notice in the mail saying I owe $60 on a $3 toll. I notice they have a local address so I print out all my documentation and visit their customer service center. They say there's nothing they can do except offer me a reduction from $60 to $20. The guy there never looks at the documentation I brought showing my toll tag was charged the day before and the day after my violation. It's clear they don't care. Meanwhile I just want to pay the $3 fine and leave. But nope, instead I get a mall cop telling me to lower my voice and the useless rep saying I owe, at a minimum $20. $3 toll on 3/1 gets jacked up to $60 on 5/25. Then gets increased to $102 on 6/3. American math at its finest! read more

I went on the toll road to go to a new job I just started. I was expecting the tolls to be about bus fare prices, but my mistake. It was $9/each way. I tried to pay online, but it said I needed an online account. I made one, and still no transactions. Anyways, I added money to the account despite not being charged for my useage. I tried to pay the tolls by themselves w/o an account, but the website said my car was registered with an account. I checked it, and there still wasn't any charges. Finally a month later, I got a bill with the toll dues and violations. I called to resolve the violations since it was from website error, not from lack of trying or funds. The customer service lady tried to reduce the violations, but hung up on me after I tried to notify her that I only got the violations from website error. She said that my account didn't get charged because my account was "still pending", but how is that my fault? Now I'm waiting for an email after writing out my dispute. Terrible customer service and technical errors. Rather get stuck in traffic than deal with this headache. read more

I called to put my card on file, and the clerk said our tickets would be paid without penalty within 5 days. Two months later, we get a letter charging $210 in penalties for unpaid tickets. Absolute scum of the earth to break their word like that. This place is pure robbery, they hang up on you and make the whole process to pay a $7 toll absolute hell. Appeal. Appeal. Appeal. This is legal robbery and an abhorrent, disgusting use of indirect taxpayer contributions. read more

The Toll Roads - Was told not to worry about a $7 toll and that I did all the appropriate actions and everything was crystal clear... then I get this. - Transportation Near Me - Irvine, California

I've been a customer for 2 years and this is how they treat people. I was charged for passing through FasTrak when I didn't even have a car (my cars were sold), so the charge made no sense. I emailed them four times and submitted requests to fix it -- no response and completely ignored. I disputed the incorrect charge with my bank and my bank refunded it immediately because it was clearly wrong. After that, Toll Roads suspended my account. When I called, the representative didn't listen to anything I explained and just repeated that I had to pay the amount to reactivate my account -- even though it was their mistake. Awful customer service and zero accountability. If they make an error, they punish you for correcting it. I'm done. read more

Jaime (SP?) was an excellent help in resolving all of our issues. She was clear and concise with all of her questions and instructions and quickly and effectively handled our issues. We wished that all costumer service representatives in ANY company were just as efficient and professional as Jaime! read more

I was sent a bill in September for a 5th Wheel trailer we sold 6.5 years ago. I have been dealing with this stress for over 3 months. I continue to receive extra charges for not paying 3 months ago.I have filled out all of their forms multiple times. I was told I could email them with my proof. I went so far as doing internet searches to get the current information on the individual who purchased our RV. I called him and he confirmed his son brought the RV to SLO County and lives in it. I sent two different chats from DMV. I sent them a cease and desist and threatened I would contact 3 government agencies, which I did over the weekend. I pay my bills the day they arrive. I am elderly and disabled and now my hair is falling out due to stress. I have made approx 20 phone calls along with the same amount of emails and have proof. Does anyone know of a good attorney. * California Attorney General - Consumer Complaint: https://oag.ca.gov/contact/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company * California Department of Consumer Affairs: https://www.dca.ca.gov/consumers/complaints/consumer.shtml * Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (federal): https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/ Attach your documentation as PDFs or screenshotos. read more

As other people have written, Jose isn't very good. His job is to help people but he started by grabbing his phone, checking it and being very dismissive with any questions I had while his coworker sitting beside him was playing solitaire on his computer just watching and smirking. Maybe it's because I am Asian, but he just didn't want to deal with me even if I spoke English fluently (I'm 48 and a US citizen). He basically told me to go home and destroy the Fastrak. I would think TollRoads would want their equipment back. Hopefully a supervisor will see this and act appropriately. It's very hard to watch our tax dollars being wasted like this. read more

This organization has been an absolute nightmare to deal with -- and the reviews speak for themselves. I've had such a bad experience that I've filed an official complaint with the state. My advice? Get a FasTrak transponder through any other provider. Be warned: if you dispute tolls, they may simply wipe your account and transponder information without notifying you, like they did me. And if you don't catch it, you could incur toll violations on any road you take. The Toll Roads won't see another dime from me. I avoid their roads entirely. read more

Don't sign anything with The Toll Roads unless you have an attorney read it, know your driver's rights. Make sure you collect the operator's employee number -write down the day and time of the call recorded. 1. They Are a Government-Contracted Entity The Toll Roads (managed by the Transportation Corridor Agencies, not DMV) are allowed by statute to report delinquent accounts to the DMV. The DMV then places a registration hold (also called a "VLT Stop"). Reference: California Vehicle Code § 4760 - 4765 2. The DMV Doesn't Investigate the Validity of Toll Holds The DMV does not independently verify whether a settlement was made or if the dispute is fair. If The Toll Roads tells the DMV "do not lift the hold," the DMV will comply--even if it's abusive or in error. What Makes This Dangerous: This gives The Toll Roads disproportionate power to coerce payment by holding your vehicle hostage. It's not legal leverage above the DMV, but functional control within DMV systems. Key Legal Statement You Can Use: "The DMV hold is being used coercively after confirmed partial settlement and written delivery of terms, which may constitute bad faith enforcement and breach of consumer protections under California contract and toll administration law." read more

The Toll Roads - Careful to review everything. You are entitled to have Driver's rights don't sign them away. - Transportation Near Me - Irvine, California

They charge you for using the roads even when you do not enter the main toll road freeways. When I was lost after missing the MacArthur Road from Jamboree Road in Irvine, I accidentally entered the side lane that leads into the main 73 freeway, but I exited before the main freeway began and exited via the off-ramp station on my way to the Newport Beach Public Library. They charge you fines for not having a transponder, even though I heard the beep and saw the red light go off from the transponder I had on the car. They refuse to remove charges and fines (I had the transponder which did beep, which is how they found me in the first place) when I was literally lost and did not even enter the main 73 freeway at all. So, I did not use the 73 toll road, yet I have a massive fine, and all the representatives yell at you and tell me it's not their problem and that I don't have a transponder. The photo below is the transponder from the toyota that I had to take a picture of since that was the main reason for the fine. That they didn't accept by the way. OMG read more

The Toll Roads - Transportation Near Me - Irvine, California

I added my MasterCard for future toll roads . I wrote to the toll roads for confirmation that I indeed owed money. In the past they billed me for some other car! I needed proof that I owed money. Without consent the toll roads charged my credit card. Always check toll roads billing they are not honest. Keep your receipts from toll road payments up to a year. In the past 1 year goes by and they said I owed money. I asked for a supervisor. The super said oh it's not your car. wrong car! read more

Horrible customer service can be easily realized from the overall rating of 1.4. The CEO, or the prsident should be ashamed of himeself because of this rating. Look at other private and Government Organizatios and see their yelp rating. MY CC no. was changed and they suspnded my account, I could not update a new CC number on the Website, like any other normal company, and, had to call them and go through one hour of waste of time. It took the operatoer 10 minutes to give me the name and license no. of cars I had in the account. They had to place me on hold twice to send me to CC procedure. They have a very antiquated software system, wasting customers valuable time. I wish the management can read my feedback. they do not need to completely disconnect the customer from the account forcing them to call the phone number. Around one hour of my time and the customer service time were wasted, I am sure they pay her at leats $25/hour. Let the customer update their CC and then go and pay the fine and any other transaction they have on-line. This is crazy. read more

What is with trash service? We pay good money to drive on these roads and their website is garbage. I enter my details, click submit, and this loading icon never goes away. I've been charged multiple times for a single transaction due to their website failure. "No refunds available... Any overpayment becomes the property of the toll roads." Can someone file a class action lawsuit please? read more

The Toll Roads - Endlessly loading website - Transportation Near Me - Irvine, California

I would avoid this man named Jose if you could. there was another man named javier who was much more helpful. Jose seemed to want to make things harder for no reason and just simply obviously was in a horrible mood and was taking out on me as a customer. Honestly probably one of the worst one on one experiences i have had with a customer service "professional". In Layman's terms, he was an asshole. read more

Complete mystery how I even got on this road but $7.35 toll turned in to $122.00. I called and ended up paying$17.35, toll and penalty. They were very understanding. Never using toll roads because they don't have them up in our neck of the woods and at our ages we just go with the flow of traffic which down there is a lot. Thank you for understanding. read more

Thank you Jose for helping me out with my toll issues you cleared up all my worries and got me settled with everything I really appreciate your hard work I was trying to take care of everything myself and sometimes that doesn't work so thank you again!! read more

I currently have an account with Metro express lanes. My transponder from them works with all of the Orange County transportation being 91 express lanes, toll roads, and Metro express lanes. I'm gonna try to make this story not too long, but I had a license plate with GRRR300. And the 91 express lanes and the toll roads each gave me a ticket saying that my License Plate wasn't on their reading system, which is connected to the DMV. After months of going back-and-forth. I realized that on the paperwork they were sending me with the ticket read a license plate of GRRR3OO. So after going almost a half a year back-and-forth, their readers read the letter Os after 300 instead of 0s. I continuously called them and told them it was their mistake that their License Plate reader was reading it wrong and had Os instead of zeros. And they said, even though that was the case, the ticket still stood and they even put a hold on my registration on my car. I told him I was not paying because I had done nothing wrong and it was on their end that needed to be fixed and they just kept telling me it was the DMV's fault. So now I went to AAA to get tags for my car and they said I had five citations against my car and I wasn't allowed to do anything until those were taken care of. So now I have gone through hours on the phone back-and-forth with them and now gone to the AAA and have wasted more of my time because of their wrongdoing. I need to speak with somebody to get this figured out because nobody apparently could help me after hours and hours on the phone with them. I also would like to be reimbursed for my time. read more

Great service for commuter travelers. The commuter lane saves time when traveling long distances and not wanting to sit on the freeway. Jamie was most helpful in explaining the billing system to me as well The goodness is once you have the transponder adhered to your car, you can travel in the fast lane in nearly all 50 ststes. read more

I hardly ever write negative reviews. But this is a scam. I put my credit card in to be saved for the charge three days after and I still received a bill with penalty fees. The system still didn't calculate my fees and didn't charge me but then they sent a bill with penalizes later. I will attempt to contest this but they have nowhere in the website you can email either. They must be collecting many (ill-gotten) payments read more

Laughably overpriced. Terrible bumpy shifting roads, always need maintenance. Paid for by a private-public grift. Waste of taxpayer investment, waste of land and destruction of environment. Also, the northbound 241 merging lane to the 91 is probably the worst highway design ever conceived. The planners and designers at The Toll Roads lacked higher mental functions to come up with that mess. If these people come to your community, good luck. read more

Horrible company. Horrible phone service. The person literally hung up on me and I'm just trying to understand if I paid a toll yet. Extremely poor training on their end. And very rude. To hang up on me. I was trying to pay a toll and I waited over 20 minutes to not even be able to find out if it's paid yet. Plus, the Company will never ever ever be out of debt. I don't know if it's at billions yet but at least millions. You will never be able to drive this road free. I was involved in all of the legal battle stating back to 2007 when they tried to build 241 through San Clemente and San Onofre State Park. And they clearly are still a horrible company. I was trying to pay my toll. And I can't even do that read more

Absolutely predatory. They charged me a fee without my knowledge just for having an account, and then charged a late fee for not paying that fee which they had added for me NOT using their roads. Which I will not pay on principle so now I can't keep a credit card on file with them. It's a typical dark pattern...super easy to get charged and have massive fees added, with mechanisms to reduce people actually paying on time. They must generate a fortune in revenue from "penalty fees" doing this. Most of the business world has laws that prevent this sort of abuse, why is it allowed here? read more

Terrible customer service. They do not care about taking care of customers. They are not flexible. There are no other options for other toll services. read more

My friend used my motorcycle and didn't tell me about a toll. Got a notice and had fees-expected just the toll fare. Called and got thru, but complicated phone system won't let me enter numbers and picks up all surrounding noises so prompts repeat. Decided to pay online and get it over with after getting frustrated. I now have an account which is gonna help and I added ALL my vehicles read more

POOR does not begin to describe the atrocious service provided by Toll Roads! I have sold my car at the end of December and in mid-January began receiving Toll Road Notice of Violation. FOUR (4) times I have sent them signed and dated statements declaring that my car had been sold and provided a copy of the bill of sale / release of liability. FOUR times I sent them exactly the same information that they requested yesterday, 30APR2025, I received a FIFTH form to sign and send in. How can any organization be run in such a truly incompetent manner. Today I am writing directly the head of Toll Roads to submit a written a complaint that their inefficiency borders on harassment. read more

A complete scam I've payed them for so long and I no longer will ever use the toll roads because they're a scam on random fees. I was on a payment plan payed them over 700 dollars was on my last payment of 60 dollars and they raised it back up too 575 such a terrible business I mean it I won't ever use the sorry toll roads. read more

The Toll roads own me. My car's registration is 2 yrs old and it's because of the Toll Rds. I've had an account with the card set up to take the tolls as I used them well apparently after I lost my job, I didn't have money in my account to cover a toll toll since that toll I've gone through the total of 12 times while the first one was a violation because I didn't pay it because I didn't know that it didn't go through. And it was violation so needless to say I owe them who knows $1800 for 12 times I took the toll road and they just violated me every time instead of trying to charge my card again like any other company would've then they use the DMV as a collection agency why does a private company like The Toll Roads get to hold our registration hostage we thought Toll was a good idea so that we could have jobs for people when they got rid of the jobs quick not soon after they were running all the toll booths were closed all automated so so much for jobs. All it is is that making tons of money to build more places to live in Irvine and crowded place so people drive the toll road. P.S. The lady at the Dmv is the one that told me that they use them as a collection agency wasn't my wording it was hers and it's true. It's like extortion. I have to give a star, but I don't really want to. read more

Driver beware! They charged a $230 penalty on a toll amount of $16 because I mistakenly forgot to pay the toll. I called and they "reduced the penalty" but the reduced penalty amount was still more than the cost of the actual toll. This seems quite questionable and is beyond an unfair policy. I plan to avoid the toll roads at all cost moving forward! read more

I use the toll roads, and I appreciate them, but I lost my debit card and had to get a new one and I had a death in the family and I failed to update my debit card on the toll roads. I was charged $55 and then a week later $87 I was very unhappy with this, but that's part of driving on the toll roads so, lose your debit card. Make sure to replace it and update your toll road account. read more

Complete trash of a service. Service fee is 2.99 . How these crooks get away with this blows my mind. I am now spending $30 to get reflective plate to avoid all tolls. You want to rob us? Now I'll rob you. read more

Helped with my misunderstanding of tolls and fees. I have an account now for all CA and NW Texas tolls. Wow!

Due to poor road signage, I mistakenly took the toll road but I hopped off at the next exit. That's fine, these things happen. I was expecting a charge of maybe up to $5 at the most, BUT it ended up costing nearly $10. That's pure robbery and it wasn't even at peak hours either. Crazy! read more

I was recently charged a toll that i disputed since I have never been on the 91 freeway with my car, neither did anyone have acces to my car. The Toll road people stonewalled me and wouldn't revere the charge. Very poor customer service. read more

California at it's finest. Build the rolls roads, claim that they will eventually become public and free of charge, never do that and continue to add more toll roads on taxpayer funded freeways throughout all of so cal. Total scam. The roads are horrible, nearly ejected my wife from our motorcycle due to the horrendous bumps on the roads. 20 to 30 minute waits just to get funneled into the nightmare of the 91 freeway. And to top it off, the customer service acts like they are doing you a favor by speaking with you. By the way, when you close your account they hold your money hostage for 30 days. Absolute trash. read more

I've had my account since the beginning of the 241 Toll Roads. What most people probably don't know is there are two 'shake down' entities in the OC, the other is the Riverside Express. I scheduled to have my account closed by letter (like a professional) on February 10th, 2025. Instead the 241 toll destroyed my letter and closed the account as of January 24th, 2025. When I notifed them by phone that the 3 violations fell within the period in question, they acknowledged their mistake and lowered the fees back to the original amount. Then today, another 5 toll violations are recieved for February, 2025 and they can find no record of my previous call, the original letter, the previous violations resolved, and basically they told me to go pound sand. So this is what pounding sand looks like. Do not ever trust or do business with either agency if you can avoid them. They are the same as a criminal enterprise. In the businesses I've operated for more than 40 years, you have to keep files and records for years and years, but if your in with the corrupt California agencies, you apparently can discard what you want when you want, and charge whatever seems right to pay for the bloated bureacracies of these so called agencies......they are not, they are criminal enterprises. Exercising my 1st amendment rights never felt so good. You got my money ($125 in fines), I got my lb of flesh for the investment. Read less read more

Horrible customer service. I recently purchased new transponders because apparently you don't reap the benefits of the free carpool lanes during certain hours without the transponder even though I was told by customer service representative years ago that the sticker transponder would work for the toll roads. Any hoo I purchased new transponders for this reason. In the shipping process the shipper totally damaged the package. I contacted toll roads customer service and was on phone with them for a good amount of time until I had to be transferred to another person because apparently I have to pay to ship the damaged transponders back to them in order to get new ones or a refund. So I just canceled my account after many years of service. Customer service did nothing to resolve the bad experience on their behalf. Horrible business. read more

The Toll Roads - Damaged package with damaged transponders - Transportation Near Me - Irvine, California

I received a notice yesterday and called immediately the next morning to pay a $13 fee, that increased to over $112 over night. In addition, to find out that there was another fee added for a total over $250! I received only one bill! I also explained that I've always been on my employers Toll account, but apparently that recently changed. I requested supervisor. Then I was told they would discount it down to $44 IF I OPENED AN ACCOUNT & put my credit card on file. If I DIDN'T open an account, the charge would be over $70!! That is extorsion!! I explained that a discount is a discount BUT they force you to open an account?!!! How does a discount go up? Unbelievable! I did so, that I actually received the discount. I called back 2 minutes later and closed the account! Only to be informed that it takes 30 days to close the account and remove my card information. Not taking the Toll roads any more! Thoroughly disappointed ! read more