Transit System: Port Alberni
PORT ALBERNI – Passengers in Port Alberni will soon see buses equipped with full driver doors designed to protect the health and safety of BC Transit operators.
Retrofits on conventional fleet buses in the Port Alberni Regional Transit System will get underway in the coming days. Kodiak Mobile Video Installations will complete installations of the protective doors, produced by AROW Global Corporation. While the installation process is taking place, passengers will experience no impact to service levels.
The full driver door is a movable barrier situated to the right of the driver’s seat near the fare box. They were designed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic to increase protection for our drivers. The door includes a transparent piece of laminated tempered glass with anti-glare coating and metal base and the windows can be adjusted to account for sightlines associated with different seat positions.
The full driver door installations will be carried out over a roughly two day period, with the new doors replacing the current vinyl panels installed as protective barriers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Community and handyDART buses in both the conventional and custom systems will continue to be equipped with vinyl panels.
BC Transit has accelerated our installation schedule, and 633 buses will be retrofitted with full driver doors across 34 transit systems in the province by early October. All future new buses in the fleet will arrive with the door pre-installed.
For more information, please visit bctransit.com.
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