HandyDART

{{Short description|Canadian accessible transit service}} [[File:Ford E-Series TransLink Cutaway.jpg|thumb|250px|TransLink Ford E-Series HandyDART bus|alt=This is an old Translink Bus. HandyDART buses are now a different style and have different colors]] '''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.<ref name=HandyDART>{{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 }}</ref> 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:<ref name=serviceplan>[http://www.bcbudget.gov.bc.ca/2005/sp/crownagency/bctransit.pdf BC Transit Service Plan 2005-2008]</ref> * 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.transdev.ca/en/our-solutions/paratransit/ |title=Paratransit in Canada |publisher=Transdev |accessdate=14 October 2023}}</ref> Transdev acquired the previous operator, First Transit, in 2023.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

===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)

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== * Coast Mountain Bus Company * Cutaway bus

==References== {{reflist}}

==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) Category:Disability in British Columbia