HandyDART
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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.{{cite web |url=http://www.translink.ca/en/Rider-Guide/Accessible-Transit/HandyDART.aspx |title=HandyDART |work=Accessible Transit |publisher=TransLink |accessdate=20 January 2016 |archive-date=17 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117113831/http://www.translink.ca/en/Rider-Guide/Accessible-Transit/HandyDART.aspx |url-status=dead }} 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
BC Transit operates 16 custom transit (handyDART) systems:[http://www.bcbudget.gov.bc.ca/2005/sp/crownagency/bctransit.pdf BC Transit Service Plan 2005-2008]
- 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
{{As of|2025|post=,}} in Metro Vancouver, the HandyDART service contractor is Transdev.{{cite web |url=https://www.transdev.ca/en/our-solutions/paratransit/ |title=Paratransit in Canada |publisher=Transdev |accessdate=14 October 2023}} Transdev acquired the previous operator, First Transit, in 2023.{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Janet |last2=Little |first2=Simon |title=HandyDART riders express hopes and concerns as new contractor gears up |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4224800/handydart-new-contractor/ |website=Global News |publisher=CKNW |accessdate=23 July 2018}}{{cite web |title=Transdev completed acquisition of First Transit |date=7 March 2023 |url=https://www.sustainable-bus.com/news/transdev-first-transit-acquisition/ |publisher=Sustainable Bus}}
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- 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
References
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External links
- [https://www.translink.ca/plans-and-projects/programs-and-studies/handydart-modernization HandyDART Modernization Program (2022)]
Category:Paratransit services in Canada
Category:TransLink (British Columbia)
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