{"id":3488,"date":"2022-04-01T09:57:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T09:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linksus.net\/prepaid-gas-cta-cards-will-be-available-to-some-chicagoans-pending-city-council-approval-wgn-tv-chicago\/"},"modified":"2022-04-01T09:57:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T09:57:19","slug":"prepaid-gas-cta-cards-will-be-available-to-some-chicagoans-pending-city-council-approval-wgn-tv-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/2022\/04\/01\/prepaid-gas-cta-cards-will-be-available-to-some-chicagoans-pending-city-council-approval-wgn-tv-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepaid gas, CTA cards will be available to some Chicagoans pending City Council approval &#8211; WGN TV Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/\" rel=\"home\">WGN-TV<\/a><br \/>Please enter a search term.<br \/>Please enter a search term.<br \/> \t\tby: <a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/author\/melissaespana\/\" title=\"Posts by Melissa Espana\" class=\"author url fn\" rel=\"author\">Melissa Espana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/author\/gaynor-hall\/\" title=\"Posts by Gaynor Hall\" class=\"author url fn\" rel=\"author\">Gaynor Hall<\/a>\t\t<br \/> \t\t\tPosted: <time datetime=\"2022-03-31T11:20:47-05:00\">Mar 31, 2022 \/ 11:20 AM CDT<\/time>\t\t<br \/> \t\t\tUpdated: <time datetime=\"2022-03-31T17:28:58-05:00\">Mar 31, 2022 \/ 05:28 PM CDT<\/time>\t\t<br \/> \t\tby: <a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/author\/melissaespana\/\" title=\"Posts by Melissa Espana\" class=\"author url fn\" rel=\"author\">Melissa Espana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/author\/gaynor-hall\/\" title=\"Posts by Gaynor Hall\" class=\"author url fn\" rel=\"author\">Gaynor Hall<\/a>\t\t<br \/> \t\t\tPosted: <time datetime=\"2022-03-31T11:20:47-05:00\">Mar 31, 2022 \/ 11:20 AM CDT<\/time>\t\t<br \/> \t\t\tUpdated: <time datetime=\"2022-03-31T17:28:58-05:00\">Mar 31, 2022 \/ 05:28 PM CDT<\/time>\t\t<br \/>CHICAGO \u2014 Mayor Lori Lightfoot alongside city leaders on Thursday announced that prepaid gas and CTA cards would be made available to qualifying Chicagoans amid rising gas prices.<br \/>In a Thursday press conference, Lightfoot announced the Chicago Moves program which will dedicate about $12.5 million to help Chicago residents with transportation options as they continue to deal with inflation. If the program is passed by City Council, about 150,000 Chicago households will receive assistance. <br \/>Up to 50,000 prepaid gas cards of $150 will be distributed to eligible residents via a lottery system. Applications are limited to one per household. Beginning in May, cards will be distributed in five monthly waves of 10,000 residents. &nbsp;<br \/>To be eligible for these, applicants must be residents of the city, at least 18 years old, ha<span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">ve a current and valid city sticker with correct mailing information for their vehicle<\/span>, and have a household income at or below 140% of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicago.gov%2Fcity%2Fen%2Fdepts%2Fdoh%2Fprovdrs%2Frenters%2Fsvcs%2Fami_chart.html&amp;data=04%7C01%7CMEspana%40wgntv.com%7C062036a839664b5371b208da132d1ac7%7C9e5488e2e83844f6886cc7608242767e%7C0%7C0%7C637843381701069208%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=TtIPx1k4agdpMzEVHbX38bPBAcpkrdl7iPuVE8Hjmrw%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Area Median Income for Chicago<\/a>. <br \/>In addition to the prepaid gas cards, the city will also distribute or add value to 100,000 cards for use on CTA in the amount of $50 each. <br \/>In order for the program to go into effect, it must first get City Council approval. If it passes, applications for the cards will open on April 27. <br \/>Chicago businessman Willie Wilson <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drwilliewilson\/status\/1509650869591150599?s=21\">blasted<\/a> Lightfoot&#8217;s plan, calling on city leaders to suspend the state&#8217;s gas tax while criticizing the plan&#8217;s lottery system.<br \/> \t\t<button type='submit' class='pushbutton-wide'>Submit<\/button>\t\t<input type='hidden' name='contact-form-id' value='1962439' \/> \t\t<input type='hidden' name='action' value='grunion-contact-form' \/> \t\t<input type='hidden' name='contact-form-hash' value='8d8e7e9c382f2093c1085a2af2a79b5fe3b59d60' \/> \t<br \/><label>&#916;<textarea name=\"ak_hp_textarea\" rows=\"8\"><\/textarea><\/label><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ak_js_1\" name=\"ak_js\" value=\"147\" \/>document.getElementById( &#8220;ak_js_1&#8221; ).setAttribute( &#8220;value&#8221;, ( new Date() ).getTime() );<br \/>Copyright 2022 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/news\/chicago-news\/prepaid-gas-cta-cards-will-be-available-to-some-chicagoans-pending-city-council-approval\/\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WGN-TVPlease enter a search term.Please enter a search term. by: Melissa Espana, Gaynor Hall Posted: Mar 31, 2022 \/ 11:20 AM CDT Updated: Mar 31, 2022 \/ 05:28 PM CDT by: Melissa Espana, Gaynor Hall Posted: Mar 31, 2022 \/ 11:20 AM CDT Updated: Mar 31, 2022 \/ 05:28 PM CDT CHICAGO \u2014 Mayor Lori [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":869,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}