Trading Cars for a Ride

Posted by Sheila Redick on January 22, 2006

In Portland, ME, elderly citizens can trade their cars for a ride.  The Independent Transportation Network, started 10 years ago, provided 15,200 rides last year to older citizens who donate their cars to the network.  And the network does it without using taxpayer money.

Pilot programs are beginning in Santa Monica, Orlando, Charleston, SC, and Trenton.   Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) is proposing a five-year $25 million federal grant program to take the idea nationwide.

Learn more at the ITN web site.