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 operates 16 Custom Transit (handyDART) Systems [2]
In Metro Vancouver the current contractor for HandyDART service is Transdev, [3] having acquired the previous operator, First Transit, in 2023. [4] [5]
Accessibility is also linked with other modes of transit on TransLink:
Sorter van* TransLink (British Columbia)
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