January 14, 2011
The January 2011 Buzzer is now out!
The January 2011 Buzzer is now on board all buses, SeaBus, SkyTrain, and West Coast Express! This issue talks about the 25th anniversary of…
January 12, 2011
Smart card finalist names released: you decide the winner starting Friday, Jan 14, 2011!
Smartcards will eventually replace all forms of tickets and passes on our system. As you may have heard already, we have released the three finalist…
January 12, 2011
Video: On Track, a SkyTrain project video from 1983!
At the end of December 2010, I posted the fantastic Going To Town 1985 SkyTrain documentary—well, since then, more classic SkyTrain video has come…
January 11, 2011
Links and tidbits, Tue Jan 11, 2011
Daryl Claudio took a picture of all his saved transit passes and tickets, collected since 2006! Sent in via Twitter. A roundup of interesting tidbits…
January 10, 2011
Heads up: possible snowfall Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan 11-12, 2011
A photo of a snowy #130 from March 9, 2009. The meteorologists are predicting snow flurries today, Tuesday, and Wednesday (January 10-12, 2011), so I…
January 7, 2011
Friday fun poll: ever carry something really cumbersome on transit?
A suitcase can be stowed under a seat on the Canada Line. It's the first fun poll of 2011! And we're going back to our roots with a transit behaviour…
January 7, 2011
9 and N9 stops at Commercial-Broadway will go back to normal, Mon Jan 10, 2011
Good news: the westbound bus stop for the 9 and N9 buses at Commercial-Broadway Station is scheduled to return to its normal spot on Monday, January…
January 7, 2011
iBusVan iPhone app now discontinued (unless you can take over the project!)
Arrr! iBusVan, a really good Vancouver transit iPhone app, is sadly no longer available. Zhenwang Yao, the developer, has let me know that owing to…
January 6, 2011
Updated Central Valley Greenway maps are now available
A quick note to let you know that an updated Central Valley Greenway map is now available! Since the Greenway made its official debut in June 2009,…
January 5, 2011
Heads up: the Twitter pilot will continue to the end of January 2011
Update, February 11, 2011: Yay: our Twitter pilot has been permanently extended! Update, February 1, 2011: The Twitter pilot has been extended to the…
January 5, 2011
Come to Connecting Communities, the 2011 BC Youth Summit on Sustainable Transportation!
Update, Jan 28, 2011: The application deadline has now been extended to February 21, 2011! The update post can be found here. Calling all youth!…
January 4, 2011
Papercraft B-Lines from Jason Vanderhill!
One of Jason Vanderhill's 99 B-Line papercraft, printed and assembled by me in my office. (My papercraft SkyTrain sits alongside as window dressing…
