Application Deadline: Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

Please complete the online application form here.

The application form contains information about each committee in order to help you determine which committee your skills and experience are best suited to. Please be sure to select which committee you intend to apply for on your application, as applications for each committee are reviewed separately. You may apply for both committees; however, you will need to complete an application separately for each committee.

Please tailor your application to highlight experience that is relevant to the committee you are applying to.

Applicants to both of these committees must:

• Live within the TransLink service region (Metro Vancouver);
• Have the ability to receive and reply to email correspondence in a timely manner;
• Have access to technology which will allow them to review electronic agenda packages prior to meetings, and
• Attend a virtual new member orientation at the beginning of the year.

Meetings are primarily held virtually over Zoom, and TransLink will plan for one in-person meeting to be held at their head office in New Westminster. Committee members receive a $100 honorarium for each meeting attended.

About the Access Transit Users’ Advisory Committee 

The purpose of the Access Transit Users’ Advisory Committee (UAC) is to advise TransLink on improvements to the accessibility of their conventional transit services (Bus, SkyTrain, SeaBus and West Coast Express). The Committee provides accessibility-related advice on TransLink plans, programs and other initiatives. UAC members are people with disabilities, seniors, or those who support people with disabilities and/or seniors. Successful candidates will be appointed to a three-year term.

Members attend six meetings per year. Tentative UAC meeting dates for 2027 are as follows: 

• Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2027, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 7, 2027, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (In-person TBC)
• Wednesday, June 2, 2027, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Wednesday, Sep 22, 2027, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2027, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2027, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

About the HandyDART Users’ Advisory Committee 

The purpose of the HandyDART Users’ Advisory Committee (HDUAC) is for HandyDART customers and their representatives and stakeholder groups to provide advice and guidance on HandyDART plans, programs and other initiatives, and to advise TransLink on matters to improve HandyDART service for customers. HDUAC members use HandyDART, or support people who use HandyDART. Successful candidates will be appointed to a three-year term.

Members attend four meetings per year. Tentative HDUAC meeting dates for 2027 are as follows: 

• Wednesday, March 3, 2027, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Wednesday, June 16, 2027, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (In-person TBC)
• Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2027, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2027, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

If interested in either of these committees, Please complete the online application form before Wednesday, September 9 at 11:59PM.

Successful applicants will be notified after member appointments are made by the TransLink Board in December of this year.

TransLink is now accepting applications for both the Access Transit Users’ Advisory Committee and HandyDART Users’ Advisory Committee until Sept. 14.

The Purpose of the Access Transit Users’ Advisory Committee (UAC) is to advise TransLink on improvements to the accessibility of their conventional transit services (Bus, SkyTrain, SeaBus and West Coast Express). The Committee provides accessibility-related advice on TransLink plans, programs and other initiatives and is comprised of persons with disabilities, seniors or their representatives. UAC members are people with disabilities, seniors, or individuals who support people with disabilities and/or seniors.

The purpose of the HandyDART Users’ Advisory Committee (HDUAC) is for HandyDART customers and their representatives and stakeholder groups to provide advice and guidance on HandyDART plans, programs and other initiatives, and to advise TransLink on matters to improve HandyDART service for customers. HDUAC members are individuals who use HandyDART, or people who provide support for people who use HandyDART.

For more information and to apply, please click one of the links for each of the committees.

Apply to Access Transit Users’ Advisory Committee

Apply to HandyDART Users’ Advisory Committee

Disability Alliance BC is partnering with TransLink to set up an online focus group discussion to receive feedback on TransLink’s social equity evaluation framework. We are looking for people with disabilities, seniors, youth at risk, newcomers to Canada, people for whom English is not their first language, or people living on a low income, to join a 90 minute, online focus group discussion Wednesday February 16th from 10:30 am – 12:00pm.

The purpose of this focus group discussion is to help make regional transportation more accessible to all, by looking at ways in which some people may experience barriers to accessing TransLink and its services. This focus group discussion will attempt to answer questions like:

• What kind of communities will benefit from specific transportation investments?
• In what ways will these communities benefit?
• How much will they benefit relative to other communities, or relative to other investments?

Interested participants do not need to be active TransLink users in order to join the focus group discussion. TransLink is also interested in hearing from non-transit users to identify what barriers may exist to using TransLink’s services.

The focus group discussion will include a presentation by a TransLink facilitator, who will go over the main thematic areas within the social equity evaluation framework. This presentation will be sent to participants a few days ahead of the focus group discussion.

After attending the focus group discussion, each participant will receive a $75 honorarium and a 1-month 3-zone transit pass.

TransLink and Disability Alliance BC respect the privacy of interested participants and wish to assure that any feedback received during the focus group discussion will not be connected or recorded in any way so as to identify any specific person. Additionally, TransLink will only be requiring participants’ email addresses in order to send the meeting link for the online focus group discussion. DABC will be handling the distribution of honoraria and monthly transit passes, and will be requesting some contact information depending on whether the participant wishes to have it mailed to them or to pick it up at our office in downtown Vancouver.

If you are interested in participating in this focus group discussion, please send an email to jloh@disabilityalliancebc.org as soon as possible. A maximum of seven participants will be selected to join this focus group discussion. We anticipate there may be a high volume of interested participants, and so only selected participants will be contacted for further details.

In your email, please identify any accommodation requests you may have for the focus group discussion.