We just introduced three new fuel-efficient car types to the I-GO fleet: the 2010 Ford Focus and Nissan’s 2010 Versa and 2010 Nissan Cube.
We’re psyched about the Focus four-door sedan, which features Microsoft’s voice–command-activated SYNC technology and Sirius satellite radio. Got Bluetooth on your mobile device? SYNC lets you make hands-free calls, browse tunes on your MP3 player, receive turn-by-turn directions, and more. Learn how it works here. Then go play Knight Rider and book one for yourself today.
The Ford Focuses are located at the following addresses:
The Nissan Versa four-door compact hatchback offers excellent rear-seat room and cargo capacity (hello, groceries!). The aptly named crossover Nissan Cube, with its squared-off asymmetrical curved design (which earned it AUTOMOBILE Magazine’s 2010 Design of the Year award), is just as surprising inside, with a spacious, aesthetically pleasing interior that gives it a touch of upmarket elegance.
Or, to borrow a riff from the Kinks: I-GO wants to be with you all day and all of the night.
Starting in May, 2010, I-GO is offering a new low overnight rate and discounted, more inclusive all-day rates. Here are the details:
A night out with I-GO
Beginning in May, 2010, trips made on Monday through Thursday from 9pm to 7am will cost only $29!
For trips that start before 9pm and end after 7am, extra hours will be charged at the regular hourly rate according to your rate plan. This special overnight rate will apply to any trip that occurs in May and June, 2010, and is only available for members on residential driving plans. This rate does not include tax or additional fines or fees that may be incurred, and does not apply to larger vehicle classes like compact SUVs, minivans and small trucks.
Spend the day with I-GO
Beginning May, 2010, we’re reducing our all-day rate by $5 for trips made from 12 a.m. on Monday through 11:59 p.m. on Thursday! Additionally, from Monday to Friday, all vehicles can be reserved with all-day rates!
These changes will apply to trips that occur in May and June, 2010, and are only available for members on residential driving plans.
Big thanks to Random House Audio and author Elizabeth Berg for teaming up with I-GO yesterday to help launch our audiobook partnership with Random House. Berg (pictured, center, with I-GO’s Richard Kosmacher and Anjuli Seth) spoke yesterday about her new novel, The Last Time I Saw You, at the Barnes & Noble at State & Jackson.
I-GO tabled at the event and passed out audiobook CD samplers featuring popular Random House authors. The same CDs can be found in our cars for our members’ listening literary pleasure during car-sharing trips. Through the program, members of I-GO and other regional non-profit car sharing providers are entitled to discount audiobooks at a new website Random House created for this partnership.
Author Elizabeth Berg is pitching in to help I-GO launch our new audiobook program today with Random House. We’ll be hanging out with the local luminary and best-selling author, who’ll be reading from and signing copies of her new novel, The Last Time I Saw You, from 5 to 8pm today at the Barnes & Noble at State and Jackson (in the DePaul University campus building). Join us! Pick up free swag! Get lit (in the literary sense)! And then “book” an I-GO car to check out the free audiobook samplers we’ve placed in all our cars.
Recently, I-GO member Rene Napier spotted herself in an I-GO ad on a CTA train platform. She posted this photo on I-GO’s Facebook page:
Cool pic! We love how Rene edited the photo to turn herself black and white (just like her doppelganger in the ad) while keeping the rest of the image in full color. We like to think it’s a metaphor for I-GO keepin’ it green.
Says Rene:
“I owned a car for three years, and yikes, was it expensive! Since I need a car only once a week, for grocery shopping and errands, it doesn’t make financial sense for me to own one. I-GO has been a very economical alternative. It is convenient too. I live in Oak Park, and there are three I-GO locations here, including one that is a few blocks from my apartment. The online reservation system is very easy to use, and cars have been available when I need them. I’m a big fan of I-GO. It’s perfect for me.”
Tomorrow is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day! It’s a big deal for the environmental movement and a big deal for I-GO. Our street team is making the rounds at several Earth Day events this week. They all promise to be fun, educational, and — these days, in light of climate change and the need to develop alternative energy sources — critically important in galvanizing support among the public. Stop by, say hi, and check ‘em out. We’ll be doling out discounts on I-GO sign-ups, so tell your friends, family, and coworkers!
We’re especially psyched about the big Daley Plaza Earth Day 2010 event tomorrow from 11am to 2pm. I-GO will have one of its plug-in Priuses — cars capable of up to 100mpg fuel efficiency — on Daley Plaza (50 W. Washington St.)!
The Chicago Climate Action Plan (CCAP) and Chicago’s Department of Environment are joining forces to create one of the biggest and most informative Earth Day events in the city. “What’s Your Climate Action?” is the theme and attendees will learn about CCAP’s five strategies for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. We understand Illinois’ own Ray LaHood, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, will be on hand along with Mayor Daley, of course, so it ought to draw quite a midday Loop crowd. We’re looking forward to it!
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) was just awarded $25 million to help carry out energy-efficient retrofits to commercial and residential buildings in northeastern Illinois, and our colleagues at CNT Energy played a major role in authoring the original proposal. Big-time congrats to the Center for Neighborhood Technology!
Vice President Biden will today kick off five days of Administration events around the 40th anniversary of Earth Day with the announcement of the selection of 25 communities for up to $452 million in Recovery Act funding to “ramp-up” energy efficiency building retrofits. Under the Department of Energy’s Retrofit Ramp-Up initiative, communities, governments, private sector companies and non-profit organizations will work together on pioneering and innovative programs for concentrated and broad-based retrofits of neighborhoods and towns – and eventually entire states. These partnerships will support large-scale retrofits and make energy efficiency accessible to hundreds of thousands of homeowners and businesses. The models created through this program are expected to save households and businesses about a $100 million annually in utility bills, while leveraging private sector resources, to create what funding recipients estimate at about 30,000 jobs across the country during the next three years.
Chris Crutchfield, who provided the voiceover and music for I-GO’s How it Works video tutorial, recently published this new vid on Vimeo. We can only hope this is how Congress will duke it out over finance reform.
We don’t know who goes by the Twitter moniker “skinnyfilipino” but we’re happy to buy him or her lunch sometime for posting this pic of an I-GO CTA ad in our Twitter feed.
Join the contest on Twitter & our Facebook page — $100 in free driving to the member who posts the most I-GO ad sightings this month and for each of the next two months!
We’re psyched about the Focus four-door sedan, which features Microsoft’s voice–command-activated SYNC technology and Sirius satellite radio. Got Bluetooth on your mobile device? SYNC lets you make hands-free calls, browse tunes on your MP3 player, receive turn-by-turn directions, and more. Learn how it works here. Then go play Knight Rider and book one for yourself today.
The Nissan Versas are located at these addresses:
The Nissan Cubes are located at these addresses:
