TransLink has put in place another change as part of what it calls its 10-year plan to ease congestion and improve transit service in Metro Vancouver. On Monday, it announced it will add 85,500 HandyDART trips in 2017. Currently, HandyDART makes 1.2 million trips each year and has 23,000 people registered with the service, said CEO Kevin Desmond. The budget for the service in 2017 is close to $52 million, an increase of $2.4 million over 2016. TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond says despite all the added trips to HandyDART, taxis will still be needed for approximately 10 per cent of ride requests.

Source: CBC News February 10, 2017 19:52 UTC