ITNAmerica

Thirty Years of Connecting Communities.

Thirty years ago, ITNAmerica’s founder, Katherine Freund, was driving past a McDonald’s… and then a Jiffy Lube… when inspiration struck:

“If you can connect hamburgers and oil changes nationwide, why not connect nonprofit transportation organizations?”

Every community faces the same hurdles—helping older adults and people with mobility challenges stay connected to the places and people they love. Katherine realized that if local, volunteer-based transportation programs could work together and share lessons through a national network, they could go further, faster.

From that spark, ITN was born.

Today, ITNAmerica has supported more than 1.6 million rides and hundreds of nonprofit transportation providers across the country—offering the technology, training, research, and policy leadership that help communities thrive.

Join ITNAmerica as we celebrate 30 years of innovation, impact, and community in Portland, Maine, at our annual meeting this November 10–12, and stay for the special 30th anniversary celebration dinner, Wednesday, November 12 from 6-9 pm.

✨ Learn more and celebrate with us: https://www.itnamerica.org/resources/events/

🚗 Letting Go of the Keys
How do families start the conversation about driving safety with the people they love?

As ITNAmerica launches our new website, Katherine Freund is sharing a four-part blog series about one of life’s most sensitive transitions — moving from the driver’s seat to the passenger seat.

In this first post, she revisits her own parents’ story and what she has learned since.

💡 Try to involve family members. Support, don’t confront. Start before there’s a crisis.

👉Read Chapter One: Older Drivers, a Family Affair
https://www.itnamerica.org/blog/my-parents-transition-to-the-passenger-seat-chapter-1/