July 12, 2010
Welcome to I Love Transit Week 2010!
This week is the second ever I Love Transit Week 2010, July 12-16! Why? Because while there are things we don’t like about transit, I know there…
July 9, 2010
Friday fun post: beautiful bus stops around the region
Bus stop at Hastings and Cassiar in Vancouver, photographed on September 7, 2008 by Matthew Tichenor. Last week, I asked about beautiful bus stops…
July 9, 2010
Smartcard and faregates project moves another step forward
The Octopus Card in action in Hong Kong. Photo by Danny Choo. Just a note to say that our smartcard and faregates project has moved another step…
July 9, 2010
The last wooden bus stop leaves the ground in Langley
Here Coast Mountain Bus Company employees Frank Crowhurst and Chris Rasmussen stand beside the last wooden post on active duty, and the new metal…
July 9, 2010
Bus reroutes for the Tour de Delta, Royal City Show and Shine, and more – Sat July 10 to Sun July 11
Heads up -- there will be bus reroutes for the Tour de Delta, the Royal City Show & Shine, the Edgemont Village Show & Shine, the Caribbean Festival…
July 8, 2010
All the details for I Love Transit Night, Thu July 15!
Come to I Love Transit Night, a live meetup on Thursday July 15! It's all part of the second annual I Love Transit Week, which takes place from…
July 7, 2010
Tiny inflation adjustment for Golden Ears Bridge tolls, Thu July 15
The Golden Ears Bridge! A heads up --- the tolls on the Golden Ears Bridge will see a planned inflation-rate adjustment next week, on Thursday, July…
July 6, 2010
The Football Special helps get you to Lions games this year
Work is underway on a new BC Place roof, so the BC Lions have a temporary new home at Empire Field for the 2010 season. Empire Field is an outdoor…
July 5, 2010
Why is there a third platform at Stadium-Chinatown Station?
The third platform at Stadium-Chinatown Station, in use during the 1980s! The third track is the one on the far left of the photo. A while back I was…
July 2, 2010
Friday fun post: The most beautiful bus stop around?
This bus stop has flowers lovingly planted nearby. It's located at 20th Street westbound at 131 Street in South Surrey. Click to see a much larger…
June 30, 2010
Visit the TransLink booths on Canada Day for bus cutouts and more
The TransLink booth at MEC BikeFest on June 12. A quick heads up: a few TransLink staff will be out with booths at two Canada Day events this year.…
June 30, 2010
I Love Transit Week 2010: reminder to get your haikus in!
Just a note to remind you to get your transit haikus in! As I wrote last week, I’m doing a transit haiku contest for I Love Transit Week. I’ve…
June 29, 2010
Links and tidbits for Tue June 29
Tidbits and links! If you have any to suggest, or a photo to showcase on these posts, e-mail me at thebuzzer@translink.ca! Maybe I should start one…
June 28, 2010
VPSN hosts a public workshop on transforming the Broadway corridor, Mon June 28 and Tue July 6
Broadway - photo by Boris Mann. As we've been talking about the UBC Line in the recent past, Peter brought this event to my attention. The Vancouver…
June 28, 2010
Canada Day transit service, Thu July 1
Canada Day revellers at Canada Place! (Thanks to Canada Place for the photo!) It's Canada Day on Thursday! Which means our transit system will be…
