I-GO Car Sharing

As gas prices go through the roof, everyone is flipping out — except for I-GO members. The cool kids of car sharing never pay for gas.

Fuel efficiency and low-emission standards are a driving force at I-GO. Our entire fleet meets that criteria, and we’re always looking for more ways to lower our carbon footprint and costs. Here are a few ways you can help us make an even bigger difference:

1. When you need to fill the gas tank during your next trip, refuel with 87 octane.
2. If you have a web-enabled mobile device, try using an app like GasBuddy to locate nearby stations with the lowest prices.
3. Check out the new gas slider tool on Abogo, a site developed by our colleagues at CNT, that shows how rising gas prices could affect household transportation costs at a given location.
4. Don’t keep I-GO a secret! Tell your friends about us and help them save more moolah too. For every new I-GO member who lists you as a reference on their application, we’ll add $20 in free driving to your I-GO account.

Spread the word enough and you just might be driving for next to nada. And that’s definitely something to get pumped about.

How will rising gas prices affect the cost of transportation where you live?

The Center for Neighborhood Technology has launched a new tool on its Abogo® website that shows how rising gas prices could affect household transportation costs at a given location. Users can type in an address to see average transportation costs for a neighborhood and then select a gas price to calculate how it would affect transportation costs at that location. Auto-dependent locations see their transportation costs increase dramatically as prices move up along the slider, but transit-rich locations have more modest increases.

Abogo recently analyzed the exorbitant gas prices in the Chicago metro area and surrounding region. At a whopping $4.25 per gallon on average, Chicago’s fuel costs are the highest of any city in the nation right now.

Want to lower your transportation costs? Join I-GO Car Sharing! I-GO members spend roughly $2,520/year on average for transportation compared to car owners.

In fact, the Abogo folks feel so strongly that everyone reading this post should sign up for I-GO that they walked downstairs (I-GO is an affiliate of CNT) and asked for a special deal for you!

Enter promo code ABOGO on your application when you sign up with I-GO and you’ll pay just $25 (a savings of $50). Plus, we’ll throw in $10 in free driving to get you started off down the road to car-sharing nirvana.

Try it for a year, and renew your membership for just $25!

And remember to take transit when possible, and make sure your boss is enrolled in pre-tax transit benefits that can save you and your employer money. Check out Abogo’s additional resources on how to lower transportation costs.