HandyDART

HandyDART

HandyDART is an accessible transit service in Greater Vancouver that uses vans or small buses to transport disabled or elderly passengers who cannot use the normal transit system. HandyDART service is provided by seven different contractors depending on the municipality. Many of these contractors are not for profit companies.

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:

* On regular routes:
**low-floor diesel buses
**older diesel buses with lifts
**suburban coaches with lifts
**existing trolley buses are not accessible; new ones arriving from Summer 2006 onwards are low floor
* SkyTrain
* West Coast Express passenger cars
* SeaBus
* Community Shuttle buses

ee also

* TransLink (British Columbia)
* Coast Mountain Bus Company

External links

* [http://www.translink.bc.ca/Transportation_Services/Accessibility/handydart.asp HandyDART Home Page]


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