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.

This is an old Translink Bus. HandyDART buses are now a different style and have different colors
TransLink Ford E-Series HandyDART bus

BC Transit

BC Transit operates 16 Custom Transit (handyDART) Systems[2]

Metro Vancouver

In Metro Vancouver the current contractor for HandyDART service is Transdev,[3] having acquired the previous operator, First Transit, in 2023.[4][5]

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:

See also

Sorter van* TransLink (British Columbia)

References
  1. "HandyDART". Accessible Transit. TransLink. Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. BC Transit Service Plan 2005-2008
  3. "Paratransit in Canada". Transdev. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. Brown, Janet; Little, Simon. "HandyDART riders express hopes and concerns as new contractor gears up". Global News. CKNW. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  5. "Transdev completed acquisition of First Transit". Sustainable Bus. 7 March 2023.


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