{"id":197,"date":"2015-02-13T23:11:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T23:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/?p=197"},"modified":"2015-03-31T23:49:47","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T23:49:47","slug":"transit-referendum-forum-vote-yes-for-better-handydart-service-and-much-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/?p=197","title":{"rendered":"White Rock Transit Referendum Forum     Sat March 7  11am to 1pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vote YES! For Better HandyDART Service and Much More!<\/p>\n<p>Sat March 7, 2015 <a href=\"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HandyDART-White-Rock-Forum-Poster-v3a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-198 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HandyDART-White-Rock-Forum-Poster-v3a-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"HandyDART White Rock Forum Poster v3a\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HandyDART-White-Rock-Forum-Poster-v3a-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HandyDART-White-Rock-Forum-Poster-v3a-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HandyDART-White-Rock-Forum-Poster-v3a.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n11am &#8211; 1pm<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/maps\/place\/15154+Russell+Ave,+White+Rock,+BC+V4B+2P6\/@49.0290481,-122.8020486,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x5485c37bf817325b:0x27f5f1fe6de0fc2d?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">15154 Russell Ave.<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nWhite Rock Community Center<\/p>\n<p>You can vote for:<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a030% More HandyDART Service<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a025% More Bus Service<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Fast Frequent B-line express bus to White Rock Centre<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0More bus shelters &amp; better sidewalks<\/p>\n<p>Ballots will be mailed out starting March 16! Find out more at our public forum.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>HandyDART service hours have been frozen since 2009, and as a result trip denials went up over 600% before the contractor changed procedures to disguise the crisis. Service quality has also deteriorated, with riders routinely forced to wait for hours.<\/p>\n<p>The Mayors\u2019 Plan includes a 30% increase in HandyDART service hours over 10 years, or about 2.7% per year. This is an important step forward, although considerably more is needed after a 5-year freeze and given our rapidly aging population.<\/p>\n<p>It is time to make major investments in public transit, including HandyDART, to make Metro Vancouver a livable and age friendly region. Please Vote YES!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/883971768290702\/\" target=\"_blank\">Invite your friends on FaceBook<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HandyDART-White-Rock-Forum-Poster-v3a.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download and print a poster!<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/?page_id=12\">Subscribe to our mailing list<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Organized by: HandyDART Riders\u2019 Alliance &amp; ATU Local 1724<br \/>\nwww.HandyDARTRiders.ca\u00a0\u00a0 www.SaveHandyDART.ca<br \/>\nContact: Steve 604 619 6480<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vote YES! For Better HandyDART Service and Much More! Sat March 7, 2015 11am &#8211; 1pm 15154 Russell Ave. White Rock Community Center You can vote for: \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a030% More HandyDART Service \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a025% More Bus Service \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Fast Frequent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/?p=197\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240,"href":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}