[nfbmi-talk] article on Detroit metro transportation service

Thu Mar 7 08:09:27 UTC 2013

I just checked out the website.  It is $1.50 per mile and $4 for pick up.  After 9 pm the pick up charge is $8 and $2.50 per mile.  It's cheaper to just call a cab (at least in Detroit).

On Mar 6, 2013, at 11:31 PM, "Terry Eagle" <terrydeagle at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Sounds like a very worthwhile service, however is the $1.50 per mile amount
> correct?  Sounds rather costly for a volunteer provided non-profit service,
> considering volunteers are reimbursed at thirty-five cents per mile.  Hardly
> sounds non-profit to me.
> 
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> 
> Thanks Pauline.
> The MSB list this was forwarded on to me from also got a little chuckle from
> the article's mistake 
> I was just curious about the service as I hadn't really heard of it and
> wasn't sure how much of the metro Detroit area was covered by it.
> Thanks 
> Mike
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> 
> Thanks for sending this. It doesn't cover much of the city of Detroit proper
> yet, so I, along with most of the people I know, am not able to use this
> service yet but hopefully, they will cover more of the city and surrounding
> areas soon. I look forward to trying them out. I do have one correction.
> Marcy **** is a rehabilitation therapist. That's the new term for
> rehabilitation teachers, not a respiratory therapist as the article states.
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>> Original Message:
>> ---------------------------------
>> 
>> From: Michael Powell <mpowell at wowway.com> 
>> Sent: March 6, 2013 8:14:21 PM
>> To: 'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List' <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] article on Detroit metro transportation service
>> 
>> Hello all.
>> 
>> I am passing this on and am curious if anyone has used this service and
> what
>> they thought of it
>> 
>> Michael Powell
>> 
>> New group provides low-cost rides to seniors, sight-impaired adults
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> By Bill Laitner Detroit Free Press Staff Writer 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Terry Chaney of Royal Oak stepped outside
>> his doctor's office Monday in Birmingham, guided by his volunteer driver.
>> What the visually impaired Chaney, 59, didn't expect was a surprise from
> the
>> head of a new metro Detroit nonprofit -- ITN Metro Detroit, which stands
> for
>> Independent Transportation Network. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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 16-year-old group, which operates in 22 states, was a thrill,
> Fidler
>> said. We're excited this happened here because we're really just getting
>> started,"
>> she said. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The metro Detroit office, Michigan's first, opened last fall to match
> people
>> 60 and older and sight-impaired adults, with volunteer drivers,
>> Fidler said. ITN of Metro Detroit already has had numerous callers asking
>> for rides but it needs more volunteer drivers, since it expects to grow
>> rapidly
>> as baby boomers age by the millions, she said. The rides are a boost to
>> Chaney and his wife, Marcie Brink-Chaney, said the retired advertising
>> researcher.
>> Both Marcie and I are totally blind," Chaney said. She's a respiratory
>> therapist at Detroit Medical Center, and she found out about ITN," he
> said.
>> The
>> couple has used cabs and SMART connector buses for years, "but this is
> more
>> like just having a friend you can ride with," Chaney said. The two
>> especially
>> like ITN's rides for taking their cats to the groomer's and vet's office,
> he
>> said. The tab is cheaper than many taxi services and more flexible, he
> said.
>> Cost is $1.50 per mile plus a $4 fee for each pickup, said JaWanda
> Mitchell,
>> dispatcher for the group, which takes calls seven days a week. There's
> also
>> a $50 yearly membership and a $50 deposit for reservations. A few callers
>> said that was too costly, she said. We have a scholarship fund for
>> low-income
>> seniors, but we just started so we don't have anything in the fund yet,"
> she
>> said. ITN's service makes sense because most metro Detroit communities
>> "don't
>> lend themselves to walking anymore," said Nancy Martens, a registered
> nurse
>> and founder of ElderCompass.net, which advises seniors and their
> caregivers.
>> More Details: How you can help ITN Metro Detroit is a nonprofit agency
> that
>> provides low-cost rides for seniors 60 and older and adults who are
>> sight-impaired.
>> The group is seeking volunteer drivers, who are reimbursed 35 cents a mile
>> or can apply that to an account for future rides that they or loved ones
>> need.
>> For details, call 248-262-7269 Or go to www.itnmetrodetroit.org
>> 
>> ?
>> 
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