Transit program in works for [Detroit] region
A nonprofit organization, ITNMetroDetroit — short for Independent Transportation Network — is being organized to provide “dignified” rides to seniors and the visually impaired 24/7 in private unmarked...
View ArticleThe ‘Keys’ To Independence
For as far back as she can remember, Louise Applebaum, 83, of Farmington Hills, was always on the go. She got her first job as a runner at the old Colonial Department Store in Detroit back in 1941 when...
View ArticleNew transit network to make seniors more mobile [ITNMetroDetroit]
A new program is promising to put the Motor City in reach of senior citizens who have hung up the car keys for good. Starting this November, a nonprofit senior transportation group called Independent...
View ArticleDoes the aging population cause concern for traffic fatalities?...
Lori Fidler, Executive Director of ITNMetroDetroit appears on Comcast Newsmakers to talk about the importance of transportation for seniors. For more information, please visit www.itnmetrodetroit.org...
View ArticleITNMetroDetroit logs ITN groups’s 500,000th ride
Executive Director Lori Fidler handed Chaney a $25 gift certificate, good for more of ITN’s chauffeured trips, because Chaney had just logged the group’s 500,000th ride. Notching that milestone for the...
View ArticleAn elderly mother, the car keys and a conundrum for countless Michigan families
“We knew that our mother’s driving days were over, but we didn’t have the heart to spell it out. We hoped she would arrive at the same conclusion on her own.” Read the full article online here The post...
View ArticleOptions for seniors who don’t drive: ‘Mobility is fundamental to happiness’
Tufts of pink clouds hang in the sky as Leonard Trunsky makes his way out of his West Bloomfield home just before 7 a.m. He switches off the light behind him and walks through the garage to the same...
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