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 resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure 
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 dec-
ade; 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
00:33 Apr 27, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6300
E:\BILLS\HR851.IH
HR851
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
•HRES 851 IH 
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 qual-
ity of life, limited access to health care services, and a 
strain on families and caregivers; 
Whereas the Independent Transportation Network of Amer-
ica (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, vis-
ually challenged people, and the families of older and vis-
ually 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 of-
fers 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 chal-
lenged; and 
(3) 44 percent have been provided by volunteer driv-
ers: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
00:33 Apr 27, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\HR851.IH
HR851
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
•HRES 851 IH 
(1) congratulates the volunteers and staff of the 
Independent Transportation Network of America in 
communities across the United States for the 
1,000,000 rides they have provided to older and vis-
ually challenged people, their families, and their 
communities; 
(2) recognizes the Independent Transportation 
Network of America as a nonprofit transportation 
network company that serves the common good and 
has helped people remain in their own homes and 
communities after they can no longer drive safely; 
and 
(3) anticipates many more millions of rides in 
the future as the Independent Transportation Net-
work of America helps to meet the mobility needs of 
older and visually challenged people and the needs of 
small and rural communities across the United 
States. 
Æ 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
00:33 Apr 27, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\HR851.IH
HR851
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS