was 30 December 1992. Trans-Cab Introduced in 1998 as a two-year pilot project, Trans-Cab is a shared-ride taxi service between HSR and specific local taxi providers, currently offered in portions of Glanbrook and Stoney Creek. Accessible transportation Accessible Transportation Services (ATS) is the section that administers a variety of accessible services on behalf of the City Accessible low-floor (ALF) buses provide level entry and exit to accommodate wheelchairs and walkers. It is anticipated that the entire HSR fleet will be accessible by 2009. Disabled and Aged Regional Transportation System (DARTS) is a non profit charitable organization that is the paratransit service provider. Taxi Scrip program provides discounted taxi coupons for ATS registered persons who are unable to access regular transit buses. Mountain Climber In 2017, HSR launched a program called "Mountain Climber," that allows cyclists ride on the bus to get up and down Hamilton Mountain for free. This program was made permanent in 2018 and has since been expanded to include more stops. Participating bus stops are located along major roads at the base and crest of the escarpment. People with bicycles load them onto the bus' front rack, and when boarding, tell the bus operator they are riding under Mountain Climber for free. The routes are very limited in length, and provide a safe way for cyclists to ascend or descend the mountain, in order to encourage active transportation. Rapid transit In 1981, during Bill Davis's Progressive Conservative administration, the Province of Ontario offered to finance the construction of a light rail line in Hamilton, from Lloyd D. Jackson Square to the Lime Ridge Mall. The line would have used the same technology as the Scarborough RT in Toronto. The plans triggered a lot of grass-roots opposition, and Hamilton-Wentworth Council turned the proposal down. The plan called for an elevated track—one of the elements that triggered opposition, with residents being concerned commuters would be invading their privacy, by looking down on their back-yards and in their second floor windows. When the CBC News compared the rejected 1981 plan with the 21st Century rapid transit plan, they quoted the individual who had been the planning and development manager for Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Government, Doug Lychak, who pointed out that Vancouver's introduction of the same elevated light rail technology, just four years later, is widely acknowledged to have been very successful. The 1980s light rail plans were to use the UTDC