November 2, 2011
A short chat with Jarrett Walker about his new book
Friend of the blog and all around transportation guru Jarrett Walker has a new book coming out early December. It's called Human Transit: How Clearer…
October 31, 2011
Happy Halloween!
What's Halloween without pumpkins? It's that time of the year again for ghosts and goblins to take to the streets. Starting last Friday, I saw…
October 28, 2011
The results of the October “What motivates how you spend most of your time on transit?” poll
The second part of the pair of polls that we ran over this and last month looked at the motivation behind what people do while they're on transit.…
October 25, 2011
Growth south of the Fraser – Part 2
If you read the interview with Christina DeMarco of Metro Vancouver and looked at the maps addressing growth south of the Fraser River, you know that…
October 22, 2011
Links and tidbits for October 22, 2011
http://youtu.be/Byk8LcPovOQ What if you had your own personal pod to take you from your car you parked at the airport to the terminal? Heathrow…
October 19, 2011
A story by retired bus operator Angus McIntyre
http://youtu.be/a8qoEa6G_RY A local transit legend has been recently featured in one of the videos the Vancouver Park Board has commissioned as part…
October 17, 2011
The latest update to Next Bus is live
The updatd Next Bus map show bus stops as "T"s and allows you to search any bus stop by clicking onto it. You might have already noticed a…
October 14, 2011
Friday Fun Poll: What motivates how you spend most of your time on transit?
This is a follow up to the "How do you spend most of your time on transit?" poll conducted on the blog in September. Now that we know what Buzzer…
October 13, 2011
How to take your bike on the bus
http://youtu.be/M9Q9YXEm8s0 I remember the first time I took my bike on the bus. It was years ago. I was on the 99 B-Line, and a lot of people were…
October 12, 2011
An interview with Metro Vancouver about growth south of the Fraser
If you checked out either Phase 1 or Phase 2 of the Surrey Rapid Transit studies, you'd know that there are a number of options to chose from when we…
October 7, 2011
Metro Vancouver Mayors’ Council vote to approve the “Moving Forward” supplemental plan
Look for changes to the system in the not so distant future Today, the Metro Vancouver Mayors' Council voted in favour of the "Moving Forward"…
October 7, 2011
The October 2011 Buzzer and Chanda Stallman: Buzzer illustrator interview
The cover of the October, 2011 Buzzer and the artist, Chanda Stallman This month's Buzzer! This month is devoted to more sustainable…
October 6, 2011
Happy third birthday, Buzzer blog!
Wow, it's been three years already? Three candles for the Buzzer blog! Yup, October 6, 2008, was when the very first Buzzer blog post was published.…
October 4, 2011
The results of the September “How do you spend most of your time on transit?” poll
The last poll was such a gas that I think I'll be doing a poll at least once a month. This time around, I shortened the entry time from two weeks to…
September 30, 2011
Kids ride free for International Walk to School Week, Oct 3-7, 2011
International Walk to School Week! If you're an elementary or secondary school student, there's really no better time to get to know the transit…
