[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 491 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 491

 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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 26, 2018

    Ms. Collins (for herself and Mr. King) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               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 of 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 of the United States outlive their decision to stop 
        driving by more than a decade;
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 of 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 of 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

    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (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 visually 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 Network 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.
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