Rides with ITN cost about half the taxi fare for an equivalent distance and are locally subsidized by funding from businesses, philanthropic organizations, and other sources other than taxpayer dollars.

Normal changes in vision, coordination and reaction times make it harder to drive, but the American transportation system is largely designed around private car ownership.

The issue, Freund saw, was not older drivers, but a transportation system unable to keep pace with the natural process of aging.

The ITN model allow people to be earning their ride miles even as they use the service, being both part of the transportation solution and a beneficiary of it.

Drivers offer "arm-through-arm, door-through-door service," meaning they meet the rider at their door and escort them to the vehicle, and do the same from the car to the destination.

The ITN model uses Ride Credits to help alleviate the financial constraints that might keep some people from otherwise accessing adequate mobility.

The ITN CarTrade Program, for example, allows people to trade in their unused vehicles in exchange for Ride Credits, turning a depreciating asset into mobility.

[citation needed] Ride Credits also work across the ITN system: A volunteer can spend time driving for one affiliate, and the credits they earn through driving they could then send to a friend or family member in an entirely different part of the country, provided that other community is also covered by an ITN affiliate.

[7] ITNAmerica offers senior transportation and sustainable community mobility resources to students, researchers, policymakers and family members everywhere.

Rides in Sight is a nationwide information and referral service that helps seniors and visually-impaired adults find transportation options in their local area.

Built by ITNAmerica, Rides in Sight features both an online, publicly available searchable database as well as a line that people can call to learn about the transportation options in their area.

Affiliates can accept government support initially, but within the first few years they are expected to develop a sustainable business model free from reliance on public money.

The ITN Nationwide Network, which ITNAmerica supports, includes 13 independent nonprofits in 12 states stretching from Maine to Florida to California.