November 17, 2008
SkyTrain track maintenance on Wed Nov. 19
Late-night Wednesday Surrey SkyTrain travellers, look out again! We're doing some ongoing track maintenance in the Surrey area, which affects…
November 14, 2008
Bike to Work Week rolls in on Monday
Bike to Work Week is gearing up again next week! (Sorry for the short notice!) Get on your bike and join other cyclists on Metro Vancouver streets…
November 14, 2008
Commentary on this morning’s Province article on TransLink salaries
This morning, the top story in the Province newspaper was all about the salaries of TransLink executives and the increases they've seen in recent…
November 14, 2008
Open houses for the new Golden Ears Bridge bus route
When the Golden Ears Bridge opens in 2009, we're going to use the new connection to offer a brand new bus route between Langley Centre and Haney…
November 13, 2008
News station violated radio ethics code in reporting on SkyTrain security
My colleague Drew Snider from TransLink media relations just posted the saga of a complaint TransLink filed with the Canadian Broadcast Standards…
November 13, 2008
One more time: a poll on Twitter service alerts
Okay, after the last kick at the can failed so miserably, I'm trying this poll thing again. Again: we’re thinking about using Twitter to send out…
November 12, 2008
Canada Line carries its first passengers on a trial run
The Canada Line train approaches Vancouver International Airport Station. The Canada Line took its first passengers on a trial run from Bridgeport…
November 12, 2008
Name the new SeaBus!
As promised in the November Buzzer, here are all the details for the Name the New SeaBus contest! If you hadn’t heard, our third SeaBus will arrive…
November 10, 2008
Remembrance Day service and parade reroutes
Just a reminder that on Remembrance Day tomorrow, all transit services will run on a Sunday/holiday schedule. There are also Remembrance Day…
November 7, 2008
The November Buzzer is out today!
Grab the latest Buzzer on all our buses, SeaBus, SkyTrain, and West Coast Express today! This issue has tips for winter transit travel, an overview…
November 7, 2008
The trolleys of Mendoza, Argentina
Jorge sent along a photo of a German trolley shipped to Mendoza in 1989. Taken by Osvaldo Manoli, of the Argentinian friends of trams association. So…
November 6, 2008
No more registration for comments
Everyone: we've dropped registration for comments on the blog! Why? Because lots of people were having trouble writing comments on blog posts, and we…
November 6, 2008
Update on the retired trolleys sailing to South America
Trolleys being loaded into the cargo hold of the vessel Wisdom. Photo courtesy CTL Westrans Shipbrokers. I've received some more info and a few more…
November 5, 2008
Thinking ahead: A backgrounder on Transport 2040 and our 2010 10-year plan
TransLink CEO Tom Prendergast gave a speech at the Vancouver Board of Trade this morning, discussing our long-term strategies and the challenges…
November 4, 2008
Poll: do you want service alerts on Twitter?
Edit: Garr---the poll doesn't seem to be working for everybody. We're working on a solution and the poll itself might have to be restarted in another…
