I-GO

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I-GO

Type	Non-profit
Founded	Chicago, Illinois
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois
Area served	Chicago, Illinois
Industry	Car rental
Services	Carsharing
Employees	220
Website	http://www.igocars.org/

For the game, see Go (board game).

I-GO is a Chicago-based not-for-profit car sharing organization.

1 Mission
2 Operations
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Mission

I-GO promotes green lifestyles and what they refer to as the "Low Carbon Diet" by "providing economical and environmentally sound transportation choices." Their stated goals are to "reduce car ownership rates, lower family transportation costs, reduce urban congestion and improve air quality."^[1]

[edit] Operations

I-GO operates much the same way the for-profit company (and I-GO competitor) Zipcar does. Vehicles are stationed in various locations throughout the city of Chicago. Members of I-GO can reserve a vehicle online or by calling the company, pick the car up from the nearest location, use the vehicle, and then return it to the same location. They're charged an hourly rate for vehicle use.

I-GO has partnered with the City of Chicago, the Chicago Transit Authority along with many community and civic organizations. The organization was founded in 2002 by the Center for Neighborhood Technology. As of June 2007, I-GO had nearly 6000 members and 160 cars available for use. Cars are located in 32 Chicago neighborhoods plus Evanston and Oak Park. Members pay a one-time fee to join, and an annual renewal fee, and are then billed by the hour for their use of I-GO cars. The I-GO fleet includes: Scion xB, Honda Civic, Honda Civic Hybrid, Honda Element, and Prius. All I-GO cars are low-emission vehicles. I-GO operates their cars through a vendor agreement with Flexcar, which allows I-GO to use Flexcar's technology, in addition to allowing members of each other's service to use each other's vehicles.