February 22, 2010
T-Comm: they were ready before the Games began!
View of T-Comm from Duty Manager’s desk. Here's a great story about T-Comm, written by my delightful colleague Carol Evans for TransLink employee…
February 22, 2010
Dispatches from UBC Loop
Brian, one of our transit host coordinators, with Carol Lee, TransLink's corporate secretary and a transit host for the Games. They're at King Edward…
February 21, 2010
Did you know the chair of our board is a transit host?
Dale Parker, chair of TransLink's board, with Sany, another transit host from TransLink. If you've been down to Aberdeen Station during the Games,…
February 21, 2010
Some unusual sights on the transit system
Superman! Roaming around during the Games, I've encountered a number of unusual sights on the transit system. I spotted Superman at Bridgeport…
February 20, 2010
A glimpse of the enormous crowds in downtown Vancouver
The crowds heading west toward Waterfront Station along Cordova St. Record crowds are in downtown Vancouver today (Saturday, February 20), so I…
February 20, 2010
Transit averages over 1.6 million riders daily during week one of the Games
West Coast Express unloaded about 2,000 people into Waterfront Station from its 12:30 p.m. train on Friday, February 19. Well: our media team has…
February 20, 2010
RSS feed for real-time road and transit alerts
OK, here's another tip for getting real-time road and transit alerts while you're out on the system! We now have an RSS feed which sends out the…
February 20, 2010
Crowds on Granville and Robson Street from yesterday evening
Crowds from yesterday on Granville Street, looking south from Robson. Photo from the Transit Police. Click for a larger version. Our Transit Police…
February 20, 2010
Expect transit to be super busy today (and probably tomorrow)
I am probably restating the obvious here, but expect transit to be super busy today, and likely tomorrow. Here's one of the notes our media team…
February 20, 2010
More Olympic and transportation links and tidbits
The N9, running its 24 hour service at 3 a.m. on Monday February 15! Sweet sassy molassy, there are way too many Olympic-slash-transportation links…
February 19, 2010
What is Lost Property collecting during the Olympic period?
A box of single mittens found on transit. How sad! The Lost Property office in Stadium-Chinatown Station I went down to our Lost Property office in…
February 19, 2010
Transit ridership records are being broken
Riders board the westbound 99 B-Line at Cambie on Tuesday, February 16. A couple of stories were in the news yesterday about how our transit…
February 19, 2010
Reminder: westbound bus stop on University Blvd & Allison is closed
I'm bumping this topic up again to make sure people are aware! We've been reporting this week that the westbound bus stop on University Boulevard at…
February 19, 2010
How we manage the lineups at King Edward Station
A crowd emerges from the curling venue and heads for King Edward Station on the Canada Line. Here's another lineup story about King Edward Station,…
February 18, 2010
TransLink’s greatest humanitarian gesture of the Games
Port-o-potties beside the Howe Street entrance to Waterfront Station. That headline came straight from our Olympic media centre! But here's the…
