[nfbmi-talk] article on Detroit metro transportation service

Linda Bloodsaw lbloodsaw2018 at gmail.com
Thu Mar 7 08:23:40 UTC 2013


Correction: The $2.50 mile is for same day service.  

On Mar 7, 2013, at 3:09 AM, Linda Bloodsaw <lbloodsaw2018 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbmi-talk [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael
>> Powell
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 9:14 PM
>> To: 'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] article on Detroit metro transportation service
>> 
>> 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
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbmi-talk [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Pauline
>> Smith
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 8:58 PM
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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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