HandyDART
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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 many of the contractors are not-for-profit companies and for-profit companies like MVT Canada.
Roster
Main article: Coast Mountain Bus Company § Roster
- Ford Cut-Away Vans - modified mini buses (Ford E350 chassis)
- modified vans (Ford Econoline)
Accessibility is also linked with other modes of transit on TransLink:
- All buses and Community Shuttles
- SkyTrain
- West Coast Express passenger cars
- SeaBus
See also
References
- ↑ "HandyDART". Accessible Transit. TransLink. Retrieved January 2016.
- ↑ BC Transit Service Plan 2005-2008
External links
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