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MOBILITY AND OLDER PEOPLE

Katherine Freund

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Abstract

This commentary speaks to the importance of maintaining mobility for older people as they become unable to drive their own cars. The Independent Transportation Network (ITN), a nonprofit transport service for the elderly, is described. The ITN service is designed to replicate the travel characteristics of the private automobile in both urban and suburban areas.

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This commentary speaks to the importance of maintaining mobility for older people as they become unable to drive their own cars. The Independent Transportation Network (ITN), a nonprofit transport service for the elderly, is described. The ITN service is designed to replicate the travel characteristics of the private automobile in both urban and suburban areas.

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This commentary speaks to the importance of maintaining mobility for older people as they become unable to drive their own cars. The Independent Transportation Network (ITN), a nonprofit transport service for the elderly, is described. The ITN service is designed to replicate the travel characteristics of the private automobile in both urban and suburban areas.

Key concepts: Business, Service (business), Replicate, Transport engineering, Marketing, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics

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