February 9, 2018
TransLink Wayfinding 101: who is the wayfinding team?
Phil Kehres and Jada Stevens, wayfinding specialists at TransLink This is part of our ongoing Wayfinding 101 series taking a closer look at…
By Allen Tung
February 8, 2018
2017—a record year for transit ridership in Metro Vancouver
Thank you to our customers for choosing us to get around in 2017! In 2017, ridership in Metro Vancouver reached a record-breaking 407 million…
By Allen Tung
February 2, 2018
Friday fun poll: on all-door boarding routes, do you board through the front, middle or back doors?
A lineup for the 99 B-Line at Commercial-Broadway Station. On January 1, we began piloting all-door boarding on the 95 and 96 B-Lines, joining the 99…
By Allen Tung
February 1, 2018
Connect to Evo Car Share at Braid and Columbia SkyTrain stations
The reserved parking stalls for Evo cars at Braid Station. A new partnership is making it easier for our customers to connect with Evo's carsharing…
By Allen Tung
February 1, 2018
Luggage racks deliver improved customer experience onboard the 620
The luggage lack onboard one of our articulated buses. Five articulated buses operating out of Richmond Transit Centre are now equipped with luggage…
By Allen Tung
January 31, 2018
Q&A: Bike Parkades support active transportation in Metro Vancouver
Derek Yau is a transportation engineer with TransLink. He looks after the region’s bike facilities. Did you know 107,000 trips are made each day by…
By Allen Tung
January 26, 2018
TransLink Wayfinding 101: what is wayfinding?
This is the first post of our Wayfinding 101 series taking a closer look at wayfinding at TransLink, bringing you the ins and outs, and answers to…
By Allen Tung
January 23, 2018
Universal Fare Gate Access Program launches
Transit customers who are not able to tap a Compass Card at fare gates due to a disability will now have greater access to the SkyTrain system with…
By Allen Tung
January 18, 2018
Did you know there’s a time capsule at New Westminster Station?
Premier Bill Bennett seals commemorative time capsule as Ontario Premier David Peterson andNew Westminster Mayor Tom Baker look on. Our Transit…
By Allen Tung
January 12, 2018
Friday fun poll: do you prefer a window or aisle seat on transit?
Riding the bus while seated in the window seat! I recently came back from a trip to the United States and when you fly, often you get to choose where…
By Allen Tung
January 10, 2018
TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond looks at what’s ahead in 2018 on CBC Radio’s The Early Edition
TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond appeared on CBC Radio's The Early Edition on January 10. TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond appeared on CBC Radio One's The…
By Allen Tung
January 5, 2018
Links and Tidbits – January 5, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9kGEdcYTPs Links and tidbits is our semi-regular roundup of interesting fodder about transportation from the last…
By Allen Tung
December 28, 2017
Year in Review: top-five stories on TransLink’s social media channels
We're preparing to turn the page on 2017, and recently looked back on some of the TransLink enterprise's milestones from the year. Today, we're…
By Allen Tung
December 27, 2017
Year in Review: a look at some of TransLink’s 2017 milestones
As 2017 comes to a close, The Buzzer blog's taking a look at some of TransLink's milestones from the year that was!
By Allen Tung
December 18, 2017
Seven things to know about Surrey LRT
UPDATE – Nov, 06, 2018: In light of the resolution passed by the City of Surrey council we are pausing work on the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT…
By Allen Tung