December 28, 2009
Free transit on New Year’s Eve, plus info on New Year’s Day service and fares
Note: I'm still on holiday until Jan. 4! Another reminder here about service and fares for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day -- we offer free…
December 23, 2009
Yay: our trip planner gets some big improvements!
The old trip planner (pictured here) will be getting some major improvements! Note: I’m still on holiday, returning Monday Jan 4! If all is going…
December 22, 2009
Masters student seeks feedback on transit volunteer program
Silas is a student interning with the TransLink planning department, and he'd love your feedback on a project he's working on for his masters degree.…
December 21, 2009
Service and fares for Christmas, Boxing Day, and Dec 28-30
Note: I'm still on holiday until Jan. 4! Here's an overview of holiday service and fares for the Christmas and Boxing Day holidays, plus December…
December 21, 2009
Away for the holidays: back Monday, Jan 4
Just a note to say that I'm away for the holidays! A couple of scheduled posts will go up while I'm away, and I'll be back to answer your comments…
December 18, 2009
Friday fun post: share your top transit moments of the decade
If you like, skip to the end of this post to put in your top transit moments of the decade. Last week: do you usually talk to your transit operator?……
December 18, 2009
Golden Ears Bridge tolling registration no longer needs pre-authorized payment info
The Golden Ears Bridge! So, after monitoring the Golden Ears Bridge for the past five months, we’ve just made a change to the tolling rules to help…
December 18, 2009
Winners of the SeaBus launch ceremony spots, take two
OK, I've just done the draw for four launch spots (one more became available), and the winners are Donald, George, Chris, and Andrew! You should be…
December 17, 2009
Smartcards and faregates project moves one step forward
Smartcards will eventually replace all forms of tickets and passes on our system. Here's an update on the smartcards and faregates project announced…
December 17, 2009
Adopt-a-Stop: a proposed user-created web app
Brainstorming for the Adopt-a-Stop web app. A few people have already caught onto this, but if you haven't heard yet, we've released our transit data…
December 17, 2009
Transit info line wins BC Contact Centre of the Year Award
The trophy for Call Centre of the Year! Wow -- last week, the B.C. Contact Centre Association (BC CCA) named Coast Mountain Bus Company’s (CMBC)…
December 16, 2009
One more time: grab a spot at the SeaBus launch ceremony, now on Wed Dec 23
The new SeaBus! Photo by Charlotte Boychuk. Trials and testing for the Burrard Pacific Breeze have been extended for another week, so as a result,…
December 15, 2009
More gift ideas: Jason Vanderhill presents working papercraft SkyTrains!
Here's another transit holiday gift idea from Jason Vanderhill: a working train set, dressed up in papercraft to look like our SkyTrains! A video of…
December 14, 2009
20cm of snow forecast for today and Tuesday morning
As you may have heard already, 20cm of snow has been forecast for the region this afternoon and tomorrow morning. So if it does happen, do make sure…
December 14, 2009
Holiday gift ideas for transit fans
In my line of work, I tend to come across things that fans of transit might enjoy. So I thought I’d put together a list of transit gift ideas for the…
