HandyDART
HandyDART is an accessible transit service in British Columbia that uses vans or small buses to transport disabled or elderly passengers who cannot use the normal transit system.[1] This service provides door-to-door service and is available in all of the province's larger centres, as well as in many smaller communities.
BC Transit
[edit]BC Transit operates 16 custom transit (handyDART) systems:[2]
- Alberni-Clayoquot
- Campbell River
- Central Fraser Valley
- Chilliwack
- Cranbrook
- Kamloops
- Kelowna Regional
- Kitimat
- Kootenay Boundary
- Nanaimo Regional
- Penticton
- Prince George
- Prince Rupert
- Vernon Regional
- Victoria Regional
- West Kootenay
Metro Vancouver
[edit]As of 2025,[update] in Metro Vancouver, the HandyDART service contractor is Transdev.[3] Transdev acquired the previous operator, First Transit, in 2023.[4][5]
Roster
[edit]- Ford cut-away vans – modified mini buses (Ford Transit chassis)
- Chevrolet and GMC cut-away vans – modified mini buses (Chevrolet Express/GMC Savana chassis)
Other modes of transit delivered by TransLink, the Metro Vancouver transportation authority, are also accessible:
- All buses and community shuttles
- SkyTrain
- West Coast Express
- SeaBus
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "HandyDART". Accessible Transit. TransLink. Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ^ BC Transit Service Plan 2005-2008
- ^ "Paratransit in Canada". Transdev. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ Brown, Janet; Little, Simon. "HandyDART riders express hopes and concerns as new contractor gears up". Global News. CKNW. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "Transdev completed acquisition of First Transit". Sustainable Bus. 7 March 2023.
External links
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