March 28, 2024

HandyDART employees protest funding freeze

HandyDART employees held a small protest at Broadway and Commercial in Vancouver on Saturday to protest Translink’s funding freeze of their service over the next three years.

Mark Beeching, a training instructor at HandyDART, says seniors and the disabled will likely have to turn to taxis.

Even at half price under the taxi saver program, he says that’s too much for many people.

“That’s what’s not being recognized by TransLink or the provincial government. They’re squeezing the people that can least afford to be squeezed, and it’s completely unfair.”

Beeching adds a HandyDART worker was disciplined for airing his concerns on the Bill Good show recently, and was unable to attend the protest as a result.

CKNW Vancouver News

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