26 - Sunday, October 11, 1992 - North Shore News

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THE NORTH Shore will be
among eight Lower Mainland
areas that will receive 2 total of 15
accessible routes when Phase
Three of B.C. Transit’s accessible
service plan comes into effect in
October.

The additional North Shore ac-
cessible transit routes will be:
@the 250 Horseshoe Bay/
Vancouver; 251 Queens/
Vancouver and 252 Inglewood/
Vancouver in West Vancouver;

@ the 211 Seymour/Phibbs Ex-
change; 212 Deep Cove/Phibbs
Exchange/214 Blueridge/Phibbs
Exchange and 215 Indian River/
Phibbs Exchange in North Van-
couver District;

@ the 226 St. Patricks/Lonsdale
Quay/Pemberton Heights in
North Vancouver City.

This summer, B.C. Transit
received 47 new diesel buses that
are equipped with wheelchair fifts.

Routes in West Vancouver,
North Vancouver District, North
Vancouver City, Delta, Langley,
Surrey, White Rock and Burnaby
are included in Phase Three of
B.C. Transit’s accessible service
plan.

These routes will be accessible
to people using wheelchairs and
scooters.

The Vancouver Regional Transit
System is the first to offer ac-
cessible transit in Canada. B.C.
Transit plans to have all routes in
its service area fully accessible in
the next 15 years as old buses are
replaced with new lift-equipped
buses.

By the end of 1992 most of the
areas in the Vancouver Regional
Transit System will have some
accessible routes. More than 25%
of the system’s feet will then be
wheelchair and scooter accessible.

B.C. Transit chairman Eric
Denhoff said the SeaBus and
SkyTrain are already wheelchair
and scooter accessible and the in-
crease in accessible bus routes
means more people with

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THIS SIGHT will now be more common on the North Shore as
wheelchair service on West Vancouver buses has started. Bill
Oin gets one of the first rides as he is hoisted into the bus with
the help of transit operator David Vosper.

“Phase Three of accessible ser-

“The government continues to
important step in

show its support for disabled per- vice is an

disabilities will find it easier to
travel around the Lower
Mainland.

sons and is taking a leadership
role in promoting accessibility in
transit,"' said Denhoff.

bringing about a fully accessible
conventional transit system in
British Columbia."

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