IV 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 851 

Recognizing the Independent Transportation Network of America on the 

occasion of providing 1,000,000 rides to older and visually challenged 

people of the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 26, 2018 

Ms. PINGREE (for herself and Mr. POLIQUIN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the Independent Transportation Network of 

America on the occasion of providing 1,000,000 rides 

to older and visually challenged people of the United 

States. 

Whereas the number of people in the United States aged 65 

and older is projected to more than double from 

46,000,000 today to almost 100,000,000 by the year 

2060, when people of the United States aged 65 or older 

will represent nearly a quarter of the total population of 

the United States; 

Whereas transportation is necessary for access to the basic 

necessities of life and most people in the United States 

outlive their decision to stop driving by more than a decade; 


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Whereas 3 out of 4 older people in the United States live in 

rural and suburban communities that lack the density for 

traditional transportation solutions; 

Whereas the scarcity of transportation for older people in the 

United States leads to social isolation, diminishing quality of life, limited access to health care services, and a 

strain on families and caregivers; 

Whereas the Independent Transportation Network of America (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘ITNAmerica’’) is a 

nonprofit transportation network company that integrates 

social capital through volunteerism and local community 

support with traditional capital to increase the resources 

available to meet the mobility needs of older people, visually challenged people, and the families of older and visually challenged people; 

Whereas the average age of ITNAmerica riders is 84, and 58 

percent of riders are 85 years and older; 

Whereas ITNAmerica has built Rides in Sight, a searchable, 

online database of all senior transportation services in the 

United States, with 15,000 services catalogued, and offers it to the public as a free service; and 

Whereas ITNAmerica has provided 1,000,000 rides to older 

and visually challenged people in the United States and, 

of those rides— 

(1) 40 percent were for the purpose of obtaining 

health care services; 

(2) 21 percent were for people who are visually challenged; and 

(3) 44 percent have been provided by volunteer drivers: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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1 (1) congratulates the volunteers and staff of the 

2 Independent Transportation Network of America in 

3 communities across the United States for the 

4 1,000,000 rides they have provided to older and vis5 ually challenged people, their families, and their 

6 communities; 

7 (2) recognizes the Independent Transportation 

8 Network of America as a nonprofit transportation 

9 network company that serves the common good and 

10 has helped people remain in their own homes and 

11 communities after they can no longer drive safely; 

12 and 

13 (3) anticipates many more millions of rides in 

14 the future as the Independent Transportation Net15 work of America helps to meet the mobility needs of 

16 older and visually challenged people and the needs of 

17 small and rural communities across the United 

18 States. 

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