
HandyDART is an accessible transit service in
British Columbia
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that uses vans or small buses to transport disabled or elderly passengers who cannot use the normal transit system.
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
[BC Transit Service Plan 2005-2008]
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* Alberni-Clayoquot
* Campbell River
* Central Fraser Valley
* Chilliwack
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* Cranbrook
* Kamloops
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* Kelowna Regional
* Kitimat
* Kootenay Boundary
* Nanaimo Regional
* Penticton
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* Prince Rupert
* Vernon Regional
* Victoria Regional
* West Kootenay
Metro Vancouver
In Metro Vancouver the current contractor for HandyDART service is First Canada.
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
See also
* Coast Mountain Bus Company
* Cutaway bus
Sorter van* TransLink (British Columbia)
References
External links
HandyDART Modernization Program (2022)
Paratransit services in Canada
TransLink (British Columbia)
Transport in Greater Vancouver
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