The city of Chicago plans to make available $12.5 million in prepaid gas and public transit cards in an effort to address soaring gas prices, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Thursday.
Danielle Helmer pumps gas at the Mobil station in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood on March 31, 2022, where gas was $4.99 per gallon.
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The gas and transit cards will be distributed via a lottery system in waves throughout the summer, according to the city. “It will benefit CTA riders across the city, but especially on the South and West sides,” CTA President Dorval Carter said. “Areas that saw the lowest ridership declines during the pandemic, areas where public transit is the best and sometimes the only option.”
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