KAMLOOPS – Passengers in Kamloops will soon see buses equipped with full driver doors designed to protect the health and safety of BC Transit operators.
Retrofits on all conventional fleet buses in the Kamloops Transit System will get underway tomorrow. 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 throughout Kamloops.
The full driver door is a movable barrier situated to the right of the driver’s seat near the fare box 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 two week period, replacing the current vinyl panels installed as protective barriers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Community and handyDART buses will continue to be equipped with vinyl panels.
In total, 633 buses will be retrofitted with full driver doors across 34 transit systems in the province. All future new buses in the fleet will arrive with the door pre-installed.
