Starting at the end of this year, residents around the Chicago region will have a more convenient way to travel. The “Smart Card” program will feature a joint card that allows access both to I-GO cars and rides on the CTA, enabling a more integrated approach to public transportation. Promoting multiple transportation options—and better ways to transfer mode to mode, like with a joint Smart Card—effectively gives people better reasons for staying out of their cars, which can save them money and reduce congestion and pollution in the region.

Read more about the details of the Smart Card program in I-GO’s press release. The Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune have also written about the new program.

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