Trains, Share-Cars, and Transportation Alternatives

Non-profit seeks to promote share-cars in Chicago

By DAVID HOGARTY
|  Monday, Oct 13, 2008  |  Updated 12:16 PM CDT
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Trains, Share-Cars, and Transportation Alternatives

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It may seem counterintuitive but the CTA is partnering with I-GO, a car-sharing non-profit.

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Get off of its trains and into a car. That's the CTA's unlikely message to riders.

The agency has partnered with the non-profit group I-GO, a car-sharing service in the Chicago metro area. The CTA announced that people who request a card will become eligible for I-GO membership. It may seem counterintuitive for a public transportation agency to push people into cars, but the idea is that the CTA can't take you everywhere and I-GO uses fuel efficient vehicles.

I-GO is a non-profit competitor to companies like ZipCar.

Posted Oct 13, 2008
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