{"id":456,"date":"2017-11-15T23:24:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T23:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/?p=456"},"modified":"2017-11-20T18:13:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T18:13:37","slug":"media-release-handydart-riders-to-remind-mayors-of-responsibility-for-handydart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/?p=456","title":{"rendered":"Media Release: HandyDART Riders to Remind Mayors of Responsibility for HandyDART"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HandyDART Riders At TransLink Board Meeting<\/p><\/div>\n

The HandyDART Riders\u2019 Alliance and supporters will attend the TransLink Mayors\u2019 Council meeting on Thursday November 16, 9 to 11am, to remind them of their responsibilities to HandyDART riders.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe TransLink Mayors\u2019 Council was once loud and clear in promising better HandyDART service, and denouncing unaccountable governance at TransLink\u201d says HandyDART Riders\u2019 Alliance Co-chair Beth McKellar. \u201cNow that they claim to be fully involved in TransLink decision making, they need to take responsibility for those decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The decision will be made soon on contracting out HandyDART again for a minimum of 3-5 years, or bringing HandyDART in house. TransLink issued a Request for Proposals for HandyDART contracting out and the corporations have already filed their responses.<\/p>\n

The HandyDART Riders\u2019 Alliance sees the poor quality of HandyDART service associated with contracting out as a human rights violation, and filed a human rights complaint. This complaint was accepted by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, and mediation is being scheduled.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mayors are responsible for everything TransLink does, along with Minister Selina Robinson\u201d says McKellar. \u201cThey can\u2019t evade their responsibility for the decision on contracting out by holding closed door meetings and not releasing the minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the previous TransLink Mayors\u2019 Council meeting Mayor Jonathan Cot\u00e9 of New Westminster, who co-chairs TransLink\u2019s new Joint Committee on Transportation Planning and Funding, claimed that the mayors are now involved in every aspect of implementing the Mayors\u2019 10-Year Vision. The Mayors\u2019 Vision includes a commitment to putting 100 more HandyDART buses on the road.<\/p>\n

The mayors have also voted to establish a Joint Committee on Customer Service and Executive Compensation. Michael Buda, Mayors\u2019 Council CEO, also stated that unprecedented bi-weekly meetings are being held with Minister of Municipal Affairs Selina Robinson, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Claire Trevena, and officials from the Premier\u2019s office. The mayors have not released minutes for any of these committee meetings.<\/p>\n

HandyDART Riders Alliance spokespeople will be available for interviews at the TransLink Mayors\u2019 Council meeting Thursday November 16, 9 to 11am at the TransLink Boardroom \u2013 4th floor 287 Nelson’s Court New Westminster, BC.<\/p>\n

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\nFor more information please contact:
\nBeth McKellar – HandyDART Riders\u2019 Alliance Co-chair 604 444 9289<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The HandyDART Riders\u2019 Alliance and supporters will attend the TransLink Mayors\u2019 Council meeting on Thursday November 16, 9 to 11am, to remind them of their responsibilities to HandyDART riders. \u201cThe TransLink Mayors\u2019 Council was once loud and clear in promising … Continue reading →<\/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":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","category-action"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456","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=456"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":466,"href":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456\/revisions\/466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}