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Title	BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME: ITN SEEKS SUSTAINABLE SENIOR TRANSIT SERVICE WITH CAR-LIME CONVENIENCE
Accession No	00759619
Authors	Freund, K
Journal Title	Community Transportation Vol. 16 No. 7
Corp. Authors / Publisher	Community Transportation Association of America ; Community Transportation Association of America
Publication Date	19981000
Description	p. 12-14
Languages	English
Abstract	The Independent Transportation Network (ITN), in Portland, Maine, is designed to provide transit service to seniors that is as flexible and convenient as a private automobile, and totally self sustaining. The concept is to link ITN members with volunteer or paid drivers and to have seniors, their relatives and even businesses pay the costs up-front. Currently operating within a 15-mile radius of Portland, Maine, the ITN serves approximately 600 people age 65 and older, and another 50 people with visual impairments. Started in 1995 with three volunteer drivers, no company owned vehicles and 40 senior riders, the ITN now provides more than 1,200 rides a month, with 75 volunteers driving their own cars and five paid drivers using four company vehicles. The goal of the ITN is to meet the mobility needs of America's aging population by developing an economically sustainable, nonprofit transportation service that is suitable for replication in other communities across the country
TRT Terms	Aged ; Alternatives analysis ; Community action programs ; Mobility ; Paratransit services ; Special user groups ; Transit riders ; Volunteers
Other Terms	Elderly
Subject Areas	U32 PARATRANSIT SYSTEMS & SERVICES; U34 TRANSPORTATION OF SPECIAL USER GROUPS
Availability	Community Transportation Association of America Find a library where document is available Order Document: http://worldcat.org/issn/08954437
TRIS Files	UMTRIS
Database	TRIS Online

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