Transit System: Kitimat, Port Edward, Prince Rupert, Skeena, Terrace
NORTHWESTERN BC – Passengers in Prince Rupert, Port Edward, Terrace, Kitimat and Skeena 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 Prince Rupert will get underway in the coming days, followed by retrofits in Terrace and Kitimat. Port Edward’s bus will be added to the retrofit schedule in Prince Rupert and Skeena’s buses will be added to the retrofit schedule in Kitimat.
Kodiak Mobile Video Installations will complete installations of the protective doors which were 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 and is designed to increase protection for our drivers. It includes a transparent piece of laminated tempered glass with anti-glare coating and metal base. The full driver door 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 four 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.
Kodiak Mobile Video Installations will return to Terrace in late September to complete retrofits on 27.5 foot Vicinity buses that require an alternate door design.
BC Transit has accelerated our installation schedule, and 633 buses will be retrofitted with full driver doors across 34 transit systems in the province before the end of September. 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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