goroo® Partners
Many organizations, both private and public, helped make goroo a possibility. The RTA thanks them for their contributions.
- I-GO Car Sharing
- Center for Neighborhood Technology
- Chicago Transit Authority
- Federal Highway Administration
- Illinois Bureau of Tourism
- Illinois Department of Transportation
- Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Joint Program Office
- Federal Transit Administration
- Metra
- Pace
- Standard Parking
- United States Department of Transportation
- Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
- goroo National Panel
I-GO Car Sharing
I-GO is a Chicago-based non-profit organization that aims to reduce car ownership rates, lower family transportation costs, reduce urban congestion and improve air quality throughout the metropolitan area. I-GO is committed to expanding transportation options for all communities.
I-GO members have 24/7 access to a diverse fleet of more than 200 vehicles in 35 Chicago neighborhoods and six suburbs. All I-GO cars are low-emission and fuel-efficient, and nearly half are hybrids. The I-GO fleet also includes plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and I-GO has initiated a program to add more PHEVs and fully electric vehicles to its fleet. In January 2009, I-GO partnered with CTA to launch the Chicago Card Plus/I-GO Card, which provides access to CTA trains and buses, Pace buses, and I-GO vehicles.
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Since 1978, the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) has worked to show urban communities locally and all across the country how to develop more sustainably. With smarts, creativity and innovation, and before the term sustainable development was even widely used, CNT has been demonstrating its unique brand of sustainable development: development that is good for the economy and the environment; makes better use of existing resources and community assets; and improves the health of natural systems and the wealth of people-today and in the future.
Chicago Transit Authority
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) operates the nation's second largest public transportation system and covers the City of Chicago and 40 surrounding suburbs. On an average weekday, 1.5 million rides are taken on the CTA.
CTA has approximately 2,000 buses that operate over 154 routes and 2,273 route miles. Buses provide about 1 million passenger trips a day and serve more than 12,000 posted bus stops. CTA's 1,190 rapid transit cars operate over eight routes and 222 miles of track. CTA trains provide about 500,000 customer trips each day and serve 144 stations.
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with field offices across the United States.
FHWA is charged with the broad responsibility of ensuring that America's roads and highways continue to be the safest and most technologically up-to-date. Although State, local, and tribal governments own most of the Nation's highways, we provide financial and technical support to them for constructing, improving, and preserving America's highway system. Our annual budget of more than $30 billion is funded by fuel and motor vehicle excise taxes. The budget is primarily divided between two programs: Federal-aid funding to State and local governments; and Federal Lands Highways funding for national parks, national forests, Indian lands, and other land under Federal stewardship.
Illinois Bureau of Tourism
The Illinois Bureau of Tourism (IBOT) promotes tourism in the state of Illinois.
Illinois Department of Transportation
The mission of the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is to provide safe, cost-effective transportation for Illinois in ways that enhance quality of life, promote economic prosperity, and demonstrate respect for our environment.
Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Joint Program Office
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) ITS program focuses on intelligent vehicles, intelligent infrastructure and the creation of an intelligent transportation system through integration with and between these two components. The Federal ITS program supports the overall advancement of ITS through investments in major initiatives, exploratory studies and a deployment support program. Increasingly, the Federal investments are directed at targets of opportunity - major initiatives - that have the potential for significant payoff in improving safety, mobility and productivity.
View Website: Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Joint Program Office
Federal Transit Administration
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is one of 10 modal administrations within the U.S. Department of Transportation. The Federal Transit Administration administers federal funding to support a variety of locally planned, constructed, and operated public transportation systems throughout the U.S., including buses, subways, light rail, commuter rail, streetcars, monorail, passenger ferry boats, inclined railways, and people movers.
Metra
The 495-mile Metra system serves 230 stations in the counties of Cook, DuPage, Lake, Will, McHenry and Kane.
On Metra you can reach Chicago's beautiful lakefront, museums, zoos, sporting events, shops and restaurants, concerts, special events, schools and colleges as well as quaint, historic suburbs and small towns.
Pace
Pace is the premier suburban transit provider, quickly moving people to work and school safely and efficiently. The backbone of Chicago's suburbs, Pace serves tens of thousands of daily riders with more fixed bus routes, vanpools and Dial-a-Ride programs. Pace covers 3,500 square miles and is the one of the largest bus services in North America.
Standard Parking
Standard Parking Corporation is a leading national provider of parking, valet and shuttle bus management services, operating over 270 parking facilities in the Chicago area, and over 2,200 parking facilities nationwide.
United States Department of Transportation
The Department of Transportation was established by an act of Congress on October 15, 1966, the Department's first official day of operation was April 1, 1967. The mission of the Department is to: Serve the United States by ensuring a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system that meets our vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people, today and into the future.
Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
The John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is an internationally recognized center of transportation and logistics expertise. Through research and development, engineering, and analysis, the Volpe Center helps decision-makers define problems and pursue solutions to lead transportation into the 21st century. In essence, the Volpe Center is a catalyst for innovation - a source of critical insight necessary to realize transportation's promising future.
goroo National Panel
The National Panel is comprised of management representatives from transit agencies as determined jointly between the FTA, the ITS Joint Program Office (JPO), RTA, and Volpe.
The National Panel helped provide broad perspective of the goroo deployment and provided insight and comments on the technical approach, deliverables and results.
The following is a list of participants:
- Jim Davis, New York State Department of Transportation (DOT)
- Glen Hammer, Oregon Department of Transportation (DOT)
- Nick Illsley, Transport Direct London
- Bibiana McHugh, Portland Oregon TriMet
- Peter Meenehan, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Agency (WMATA)
- Tom Spiekerman, San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)
- Jim Sterling, Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA)
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