July 18, 2012
I Love Transit 2012: An interview with Rebecca Bollwitt, owner and operator of Miss 604
If you've read only one Metro Vancouver blog in your lifetime (besides the Buzzer of course), chances are it was the very popular Miss 604. Rebecca's…
July 12, 2012
Layers of design: guiding themes for planning a transit network
The numerous layers of our transit network This post is part a series about Managing the Transit Network: all about how TransLink plans transit…
July 12, 2012
TransLink API Developer Camp – July 18, 2012
01101000011011110110110001101100011000010110100000100001 Over the past year that I've been blogging and tweeting about TransLink's new mobile site,…
July 11, 2012
Update on the TaxiSaver program
Rob Sleath of the Access Transit Users’ Advisory Committee Newshounds would know that our TaxiSaver program has been mentioned in the media of late.…
July 10, 2012
Ginger Ngo: July Buzzer illustrator interview
The special July Buzzer newsletter illustration and the artist Our wonderful Buzzer newsletter illustrator this month is Ginger Ngo. She helped out…
July 6, 2012
The July 2012 Buzzer is ready to read and colour!
The cover of the July 2012 issue of the Buzzer The latest issue of the Buzzer can now be found on buses, SkyTrain, SeaBus, West Coast Express and in…
July 4, 2012
I Love Transit Night 2012 is on Wednesday, July 18!
Jhen holding the 1973 Vancouver Buses game! It's the night many of you have been waiting for! As part of the week-long festivities of I Love Transit…
June 20, 2012
Summer public consultations on the new Pattullo Bridge
Where we're at with the new Pattullo Bridge Last time we wrote about the new Pattullo Bridge was back in March when we conducted a webinar on the…
June 19, 2012
TransLink’s So You Think You Can Busk? 2012 auditions
It was that time again for Metro Vancouver's finest to audition for 11 busker spots TransLink put up for grabs for the next busking year. Yesterday,…
June 15, 2012
SeaBus turns 35!
A SeaBus advertisement from 35 years ago. Here's another picture of the orange SeaBus! This Sunday, June 17 isn't just Father's Day everyone, it's…
June 14, 2012
Outage of some online properties starts Friday, June 15
It's good to take note of these outages this weekend We just wanted to let everyone know that some of our online services we'll be temporarily…
June 7, 2012
Links and tidbits for June 7, 2012
Michael Schabas sent us renderings of Expo Line SkyTrain stations. He mentioned that he was the design coordinator involved with the Main Street,…
June 5, 2012
The Buzzer newsletter turns 96!
According to the 1955 Buzzer, electricity is your best buy when comparing prices between 1939 and 1955. The good old Buzzer newsletter turned 96 last…
June 4, 2012
Preferences added to the new Next Bus
Preferences for Next Bus can streamline your real time experience. The latest addition to our Next Bus service is the Preferences feature. You may…
June 1, 2012
A chat with Peter Hill and Sarah Chung about Access Awareness Day
Tomorrow is Access Awareness Day. We've written about the day on the blog before. This time around, I thought we'd talk to a couple of TransLink…