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Independent Transportation Network

 

Entrepreneur:    Kathy Freund

Address:    
90 Bridge Street
Westbrook, ME 04092

Telephone:(207) 854-0505
FAX:(207) 854-1026

Email:katherine.freund@itnamerica.org
Web Site:http://www.itninc.org/

Grant Amount: $190,000; $10,000 (2005 Planning Grant for ITN America)

 

Mission Statement

To provide an alternative community based transportation for seniors, designed to provide dignified and independent mobility similar to driving a private automobile.

Purpose of Grant

The Great Bay grant is being used to hire an Information Technology Manager to allow it to implement its proprietary software, which keeps track of rides provided and the accounts of each of its clients, and to hire an Operations Manager.

Additional Information

The Independent Transportation Network (ITN) is a non-profit transportation service for seniors and people with visual impairments. Developed through research funded by the Federal Transit Administration, AARP, and the Transportation Research Board, the ITN is a model for consumer-oriented, community-based senior transit. Without sacrificing the comfort and convenience of the private automobile, the ITN incorporates the efficiency of mass transit through shared rides and advance planning. The ITN uses automobiles and both paid and volunteer drivers to provide door-to-door service, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. People who use the service open accounts and pay for their rides by the mile.