April 30, 2009
A note about the H1N1 influenza
As everyone might be concerned about the H1N1 flu outbreak, I just wanted to draw your attention to the information alert on the TransLink Alerts…
April 30, 2009
Traffic and transit info for the BMO Vancouver Marathon on Sunday
The BMO Vancouver Marathon is coming up on Sunday, May 3, and here's some transportation info that you might find handy. First, traffic in Vancouver…
April 29, 2009
Fleet Overhaul Series, Part 5 of 6: The warehouse and more
This is the fifth in a six-part series about Fleet Overhaul, the vehicle maintenance centre down at Burnaby Transit Centre. (Check out the earlier…
April 29, 2009
Buzzer blog internet outage for 30 min, 8 p.m. Wed. Apr 29
As the title of this post suggests, the Buzzer blog will be offline for 30 minutes, starting at 8.p.m. on Wednesday April 29. So don't worry if you…
April 28, 2009
Two hybrid buses are here in town
A hybrid New Flyer articulated bus (left) and a hybrid Nova bus (right) are in town for evaluations right now. Photos by David Lam. We've got two…
April 24, 2009
Friday fun poll: do you usually call out thank you to your bus driver?
If you like, you can skip to the end of this post to answer the "thank you" poll. Results from last poll: best ways to pass time on transit Here's…
April 24, 2009
One more set of photos from Lansdowne Station
A quick follow up to the earlier post about Lansdowne Station. Terry Muirhead has sent along a set of photos from the Canada Line open house too.…
April 24, 2009
TransLink CEO talks about our 10-Year Plan with the Vancouver Sun
Our CEO Tom Prendergast, speaking with the Vancouver Sun editorial board, which you can see in this video. Our CEO Tom Prendergast went down to talk…
April 24, 2009
SkyTrain in a Vodafone ad
Vodafone Stadium from Laurent MAKOWSKI on Vimeo. A few days ago, I posted a clip of Granville Station in the TV show Caprica. So I thought I'd…
April 23, 2009
Register your vehicle now for electronic tolling on the Golden Ears Bridge
Just in case you haven't heard, the Golden Ears Bridge opened up its Quickpass Customer Service Centre last week, and will now be taking…
April 23, 2009
SkyTrain is today’s featured article on Wikipedia
The SkyTrain article, featured on Wikipedia's homepage. I tweeted this morning about this, but just in case you haven't heard: SkyTrain is today's…
April 23, 2009
SkyTrain ticket machines are cash only from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. tonight
You may have seen the signs about this at the SkyTrain stations already, but here's a quick reminder. SkyTrain Ticket Vending Machines (TVMs) will…
April 22, 2009
We’ve got a brand new TransLink website!
Check out the new TransLink website! The TransLink website has a whole new look --- check it out at www.translink.ca! We’ve totally redesigned it to…
April 22, 2009
Granville Station in Caprica!
Hey, check out this clip from Caprica, shot in Granville Station last year! (Caprica is an upcoming sci-fi TV show spun off from Battlestar…
April 22, 2009
Happy Earth Day!
A full busload of passengers takes 40 vehicles off the road. (This one's just waiting to fill up :) Happy Earth Day everyone! As we're all taking the…
