If handyDART cannot meet your travel request, the Taxi Saver program gives you another way to get around in Greater Victoria. Many riders use a mix of fixed route, handyDART, and Taxi Saver depending on their trip.
To use Taxi Saver, you must:
- Be a permanently registered handyDART customer
- Be 12 years of age or older
- Have a handyPASS
handyPASS
A handyPASS is a photo ID card for permanent handyDART customers.
You need a handyPASS to:
- Buy and use Taxi Saver coupons
- Take Taxi Saver taxi trips
- Travel with an attendant on fixed route so your attendant can ride free
To apply, include a passport photo with your handyDART registration application.
Check the fares page for fixed route and handyDART pricing.
Taxi Saver
Taxi Saver vouchers help cover the cost of one time taxi trips when handyDART is not available.
- Available only to permanently registered handyDART riders
- Provides a 50 percent subsidy on taxi fares
- Requires a handyPASS to use
Open and print this Taxi Saver guide (PDF).
Booking a Taxi Saver Trip
Call one of the participating local taxi companies listed below to book your trip.
Yellow Cab is no longer part of the Taxi Saver program. We appreciate your patience as service options adjust.
Contact the Taxi Saver Office
Call 250-995-5618
Email taxisaver@bctransit.com
How to Purchase Taxi Saver Coupons
You need a handyPASS to buy and use Taxi Saver coupons.
- Eligible riders can buy:
- An $80 package of coupons for $40
- One package per month
- Coupons in $1, $2, and $5 values
By Mail
Send your order with:
- Your handyPASS number
- A return address
- A cheque for $40 payable to BC Transit
Mail to:
BC Transit
Taxi Saver Program
520 Gorge Road East
PO Box 9861
Victoria, BC V8W 9T5
How to Use Taxi Saver Coupons
Book your taxi directly with a participating company. Confirm they accept Taxi Saver vouchers.
When booking:
- Tell the dispatcher it is a Taxi Saver trip
- Let them know if you need a wheelchair accessible vehicle
Use coupons to pay the metered fare. If the fare is $5.80, you pay $5.00 in coupons and $0.80 in cash. Taxi drivers do not give change for vouchers.
Participating Taxi Companies
BlueBird Cabs and Sidney Taxi offer wheelchair and scooter accessible vehicles. Let the dispatcher know if you need an accessible ride.
Taxi Saver Rules
- Taxi drivers cannot give change for Taxi Saver vouchers
- Vouchers cannot be used as tips
- Vouchers cannot be transferred to other people or transit systems
