October 4, 2012
Notes from the SFU City Conversation about TransLink funding
The SFU City Conversation panel discussion on transit funding in Metro Vancouver. As previously mentioned, I attended the SFU City Conversations talk…
October 4, 2012
True or false: It costs the same to run a bus no matter its route or location. Marisa Espinosa gives us the answer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8TWgXqh9Hg Our latest instalment of the draft 2013 Base Plan videos is about the cost of running a bus. Jhen and I…
October 3, 2012
Links & tidbits for October 3, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=boiQKDHq7nk Here's a local video that can only be described as cute and enthusiastic!…
October 3, 2012
SFU City Conversations talk about TransLink funding, Thu Oct 4
Hey! Sorry for the short notice, but SFU is holding a City Conversations lunchtime talk tomorrow about transit funding that might be of interest to…
October 2, 2012
Look: we’ve got our APTA 2012 awards!
Our 2012 APTA AdWheel awards! As mentioned before, we won three 2012 APTA AdWheel Awards---and we finally picked them up in person! The AdWheel…
October 2, 2012
The TransLink website is getting updated on October 9, 2012
You'll see a different looking translink.ca come October 9, 2012! TransLink’s tireless web team is always looking for new ways of helping you…
October 1, 2012
Q & A with Bob Paddon, Executive Vice President, TransLink Strategic Planning and Public Affairs
http://youtu.be/xPcS0h1W73U The complete answer to today's draft 2013 Base Plan poll is found by watching this video. In short, the answer to the…
October 1, 2012
True or false: TransLink can afford to provide all the transit service that people want
Help us plan the future of transit in the region! For this fourth poll regarding the draft 2013 Base Plan, we're asking a very sobering but important…
September 27, 2012
Q & A with Sarah Ross, Senior Manager, TransLink Strategy and Plan Development
Here's the video answer to the poll question we asked earlier today, True or false: Most of TransLink’s revenue comes from fares. The answer, as…
September 27, 2012
True or false: Most of TransLink’s revenue comes from fares
TransLink ticket vending machine We've got another poll for Buzzer blog readers to take today. True or false: Most of TransLink's revenue comes from…
September 25, 2012
Kids ride free for International Walk to School Week, Oct 8-12, 2012
Let's do the iWalk again! Educating kids on the numerous options for getting around the region is one of TravelSmart's initiatives. This year,…
September 24, 2012
Q & A with Ian Jarvis, TransLink CEO
As promised, here's the second installment of our draft 2013 Base Plan video series. Today's video is of TransLink CEO, Ian Jarvis, speaking…
September 24, 2012
True or false: TransLink hasn’t cut any costs in the last three years
There's always a lot of number crunching going on at TransLink We thought we'd run a quick poll as a fun way to talk about our draft 2013 Base…
September 19, 2012
Q&A with Geoff Cross, Senior Manager of Policy, TransLink Strategic Planning & Policy
As part of the release of the draft 2013 Base Plan, Jhen and I produced some videos that attempt to answer the bigger questions about transit in…
September 18, 2012
Burnaby Village Museum interurban anniversary
B.C. Electric's interurban train 1223 circa 1930. Image 204-375 courtesy of the City of Burnaby Archives. We're very pleased to welcome Lisa Codd…
