{"id":460,"date":"2017-11-20T18:04:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T18:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/?p=460"},"modified":"2017-12-14T21:56:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T21:56:02","slug":"hra-in-the-news-handydart-service-awful-group-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handydartriders.ca\/?p=460","title":{"rendered":"HRA In the news: HandyDART service awful, group says"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Delta Optimist, November 19, 2017<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to stop the poor service, says the HandyDART Riders\u2019 Alliance.<\/strong>
\nThe advocacy group representing people with disabilities and mobility issues is demanding TransLink assume responsibility of the transportation service, making their feelings known at a Mayors\u2019 Council meeting this week.<\/p>\n

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

TransLink is considering once again contracting out HandyDART.
\nA report to the<\/a> Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation calls for the transportation authority to bring the service in house as a public service rather than contracting it out to a large corporation.<\/p>\n

The HandyDART Riders\u2019 Alliance says the rights of the disabled are being violated, saying it sees the poor quality of service associated with contracting out as a human rights violation. The advocacy group filed a human rights complaint with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal.<\/p>\n

A province-wide survey of riders conducted earlier this year by B.C.\u2019s seniors\u2019 advocate found significant dissatisfaction with the service.<\/p>\n

www.newwestrecord.ca\/business\/handydart-service-awful-group-says-1.23098224<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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