Archive for June, 2011

Got change for an inner tube a…

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Got change for an inner tube and a Butterfinger? http://t.co/1OixMpP

We second that motion. http://…

Monday, June 27th, 2011

We second that motion. http://t.co/5DB8N88

Take it or iMiEV it

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Recently, we’ve had a lot of fun at I-GO HQ test-driving a Mitsubishi i-MiEV — which stands for Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle. Here’s a photo of it next to our booth at Evanston’s Custer’s Last Stand street fest this past weekend:

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This is our second closeup look at the car. In July 2010, I-GO was among the few places in North America to preview the i-MiEV. It gets up to 100 miles on a full charge of its lithium-ion battery pack, looks like a Pokemon character (if it had cheeks we’d pinch them), and could pretty much fit into any city parking space. Coupled with a progressive car sharing org like I-GO and a metro-wide charging-station network, EVs can make a bigger impact with the public and help I-GO reduce car ownership, greenhouse gas emissions, and dependence on fossil fuels even more.

Did you bike to work today?

Monday, June 13th, 2011

biketowork_cntigoYes, I-GO is in the car biz. But what many might not realize is that we consider car sharing part of a larger sustainable-transportation picture that depends just as much on public transit, your own two feet, and bicycling.

This week, our two-wheeling friends at the Active Transportation Alliance roll out their annual Bike Commuter Challenge. The basic idea is to encourage people to bike to work. ATA doesn’t have to convince us. We’d much rather bike to work than deal with gridlock on the roads or get squashed like sardines on a rush-hour Red Line train car. In fact, I-GO and the Center for Neighborhood Technology proudly compete in the nonprofit category for the Challenge every year, and we’ve even taken home the top prize seven years in a row! Is eight enough? We don’t think so! Our employees saddle up year-round, but this week, we go the extra mile.

ATA makes biking to work even more enticing with bike pit stops providing free air, chain lubes, and coffee. Check out their site for more details.

We tried out the i-MiEV and Th…

Monday, June 13th, 2011

We tried out the i-MiEV and Think City, too, and found them ideal for short urban commutes. http://t.co/T0zYZSa

Talk about twin engines for su…

Monday, June 13th, 2011

Talk about twin engines for sustainability in Indy. We’re flattered they consider I-GO a prototype for car sharing. http://t.co/cO8lG7Z

Xenos Media Group

Friday, June 10th, 2011

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1-888-511-0555, clientcare@xenosmediagroup.com
I-GO Member offer: I-GO Members receive a free initial consultation and a 15% discount on their customized media marketing package

As the “one stop media shop” for small businesses and organizations in Chicago, Xenos Media Group provides fit-to-budget, targeted media production (video, audio, images, text), marketing (research, strategy, execution), and social/new media services for organic revenue growth.

GO Airport Express

Friday, June 10th, 2011

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www.airportexpress.com
888-2-THE-VAN (888-284-3826)
I-GO Member offer: 10% discount

Need to get to O’Hare or Midway airports? GO Airports Express’ door-to-door service is fast, friendly, and convenient. And now, I-GO members can get 10% off! Our professional drivers will pick you up and drop you off at your home, office, or hotel. Easier than public transportation, cheaper than a cab, and green! Shared rides save gas and reduce carbon emissions. Book now!

Beat a path to Andersonville for I-GO

Friday, June 10th, 2011

The summer fest season is in full swing again (woo-hoo!) and that means so, too, is the I-GO street team. While the drinks, music, and high spirits are flowing, so are the membership discount deals we like to serve up at the I-GO booth. If you’re not yet a member — or know someone who should be saving the sort of scratch you are as a card-carrying car-sharing advocate — head to Andersonville this weekend for the Far North Side hood’s awesome annual Midsommarfest. You’ll find us busking for car-sharing along Clark Street, from Foster north to Catalpa, and if that’s not enough to make you shake and shimmy, maybe a dose of headliner Chicago Afrobeat Project will do the trick. We think Fela Kuti himself would dig these local groove masters.

Alt-transportation groupies (y…

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Alt-transportation groupies (you know who you are): Some cool clean-energy rides & innovations 2nite at Uncommon Ground http://bit.ly/mjw8dL

A plug(in) for Uncommon Ground

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

If you haven’t been to Uncommon Ground in Edgewater yet, here’s some motivation for the alternative-mobility mavens. (You know who you are!) The eco-awesome UG’s annual alternative-transportation–themed Green Room Session always features some cool clean-energy rides and innovators.

Here are the details:
Green Room Sessions – Alternative Transportation Fair
Uncommon Ground
1401 W. Devon Ave.
6-8pm

Chicago Biofuels, Climate Cycle, Plug-In Vehicle Solutions, and the Midwest High Speed Rail Association will be on hand. Us? We’ll be making googly eyes at a Nissan Leaf in our plug-in Prius.

We’ll also be offering discount I-GO memberships, so if you know someone who’s been considering joining I-GO, bring them along and we’ll set them up with a sweet deal!

Here are some pix we snapped at last year’s version: