[nfbmi-talk] article on Detroit metro transportation service

Linda Bloodsaw lbloodsaw2018 at gmail.com
Thu Mar 7 11:10:34 UTC 2013


>> The new service is ITN Metro Detroit, which stands for Independent Transportation Network.  Pricewise, it is about the same as a Checker Cab.  My issue is why the drivers have to be volunteers?  I'm sure the Board of Directors and other ITN staff are not volunteering their services.


On Mar 7, 2013, at 5:41 AM, "Jim in Detroit" <james.prather at comcast.net> wrote:

> Boy that's "steep!"  What service is this?  Metrolift, even with its inconsistent service, is better pricewise.
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Linda Bloodsaw
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> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] article on Detroit metro transportation service
> 
> 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
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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
>> -----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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