HandyDART

TransLink Ford E-Series HandyDART bus

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[]

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.

External links[]

TransLink HandyDART Home Page

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[HandyDART-1] "HandyDART". Accessible Transit. TransLink. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

[serviceplan-2] BC Transit Service Plan 2005-2008

[3] 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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