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.
TransLink Ford E-Series HandyDART bus
BC Transit
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
In Metro Vancouver the current contractor for HandyDART service is First Canada[3].
Roster
- Ford Cut-Away Vans - modified mini buses (Ford Transit chassis)
- Chevrolet and GMC Cut-Away Vans - modified mini buses (Chevrolet Express/GMC Savana chassis)
Accessibility is also linked with other modes of transit on TransLink:
- All buses and Community Shuttles
- SkyTrain
- West Coast Express passenger cars
- SeaBus
References
- "HandyDART". Accessible Transit. TransLink. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- BC Transit Service Plan 2005-2008
- Brown, Janet; Little, Simon. "HandyDART riders express hopes and concerns as new contractor gears up". Global News. CKNW. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
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