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Transportation and Mobility
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Transportation & Mobility
Sells a wide range adapted recreation and exercise equipment
From wheelchairs and mobility scooters, to lift chairs and homecare products, Advanced Mobility strives to facilitate the progression of every individual to achieve their fullest potential, freedom, comfort and safety. Locations across BC.
BC Bus Pass Transportation Supplement
People receiving disability assistance will get an extra $52 each month for a new transportation supplement. This supplement is available to every individual with the Persons with Disabilities (PWD) designation. The new supplement can be used for an annual bus pass or for other transportation needs.
BC Ferries Disability Status Pass
Discount fares are available for residents of British Columbia who have a permanent disability (this applies to passenger fares only). To receive the discounted fare, you must apply for a BC Ferries Disabled Status Identification (DSI) Card, which you will present to the Ticket Agent when you arrive at the terminal.
The Renfrew-Collingwood Better at Home program supports seniors (55+), and offers a senior’s shuttle, which provides door-to-door transportation where they need to go into the community, such as for medical appointments, grocery shopping, running errands, etc.
Provides cycling instruction and events for for K-12 schools. The Bike to School program offers courses and activities for Grades 3 and up, as well as promoting and growing Metro Vancouver’s Bike to School Week. Bike HUB is able to provide adapted bikes to youth with physical disabilities.
Canadian Transportation Agency: Accessibility
Protects the human right of persons with disabilities to an accessible transportation network. They resolve individual complaints about accessibility, create regulations, codes of practice and guidelines for accessibility, and visit transportation service providers, airports, and federal rail and marine terminals to verify that equipment and facilities are accessible and employees have the training they need to serve persons with disabilities.
Community Travel Training Program
Provides free training to seniors and people with disabilities who wish to use regular transit service
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Prince George: 250-562-1394
Designated parking helps people with disabilities to have more access to buildings and services in the community
The Disability Travel Card is for people of all types of permanent disabilities who require the assistance of a support person when travelling with VIA Rail Canada, Greyhound Canada, Coach Canada, and Ontario Northland. With the card, an attendant can travel with them at significantly reduced fare.
Driving Miss Daisy offers assisted personal transportation, home support, and companionship to seniors and persons with special needs, also providing an opportunity for caregiver respite
Information to help senior drivers and those who support them assess driving skills, learn about changing abilities and, if needed, modify driving habits
Epilepsy Canada distributes VIA Rail passes to Canadian residents with epilepsy. Passengers with epilepsy may travel with a companion free of charge, in the same class of service, on any VIA Rail train.
HandyDART is a door-to-door, shared ride service for passengers with physical or cognitive disabilities who are unable to use conventional public transit without assistance. The driver will come to your home, help you board on the vehicle, and get you to the door of your destination safely.
Do you have a permanent physical, sensory or cognitive disability and require assistance to use conventional public transit? HandyCard provides fare discounts on the bus, SkyTrain, SeaBus, and West Coast Express, and if someone needs to travel with you to provide assistance, they can travel with you for free.
TaxiSaver is a supplementary service to HandyDART available to people with permanent disabilities that already have a HandyCard. TaxiSaver provides a 50 per cent subsidy toward the cost of taxi rides.
Tips for seniors to keep their skills sharp and information on what to do should they choose to leave the driving to others
A weekly intercity bus service running from Vancouver to Kaslo, and Kaslo to Calgary with stops at every major interior and prairie community along the way
Passenger Transportation Board
The Passenger Transportation Board, an independent licensing tribunal, is mandated to make decisions on applications relating to passenger directed vehicles in British Columbia
Transit training and more for seniors
TransLink's public transportation transit fleet is fully accessible to people with different types of mobility, enabling everyone to travel by bus, SkyTrain, SeaBus, and West Coast Express. Their fleet of vehicles has low floors with ramps and high floors with lifts, and all SkyTrain stations have elevators.
Travel Assistance Program
Helps alleviate some of the transportation costs for eligible BC residents who must travel within the province for non-emergency medical specialist services not available in their own community
Provides information on accessible transportation and travel across Canada with the aim of making accessible travel an easier and more enjoyable experience for Canadians with disabilities and seniors, as well as for their families and caregivers
Wheelchair Accessibility Travel Resources
A list of tips and resources to help wheelchair users improve their experiences with various types of travel
A service on Vancouver Island providing transportation by donation to medical appointments away from home
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