May 18, 2010
Victoria Day holiday service
Victoria Day is Monday, May 24! Since it's a holiday, all buses, SeaBus and SkyTrain will be running on a Sunday/holiday schedule. West Coast…
May 13, 2010
Enter the Poetry in Transit contest this May!
The Poetry in Transit program launched its 2010 edition on April 28, and they're celebrating with a contest! Here's the details: To celebrate the…
May 11, 2010
Away the rest of the week: back Monday, May 17
Just a note to say I will be away on holiday for the rest of the week. A few posts are scheduled go up while I'm away, and I'll be back to answer…
May 11, 2010
Notes from the TransLink AGM aboard the SeaBus
Dale Parker, TransLink Board Chair, welcomes everyone to the TransLink AGM this morning. We held our annual general meeting (AGM) aboard our newest…
May 10, 2010
Events this week: TransLink’s floating AGM, two more UBC Line workshops
A heads up on two things happening this week! TransLink's AGM is on the SeaBus, Tue May 11 A reminder that we're having a floating Annual General…
May 7, 2010
Friday fun post: guess the year of this transit ticket
If you like, skip to the end of this post to guess the year of this transit ticket. From last week: where do you get your transit information? Last…
May 6, 2010
Links and tidbits, Thursday May 6
The B.C. Electric transit call centre in 1959, out at Oakridge Transit Centre. Tidbits and links! If you have any to suggest, or a photo to showcase…
May 6, 2010
Book fair at the BC Historical Federation conference
The BC Historical Federation's Annual Conference focuses on transportation this year. There's a book fair open to the public on Friday! It turns out…
May 6, 2010
New trolley wire gives 10 Hastings a small improvement, Mon May 10
Riders of the 10 Hastings/Downtown, look out for a slightly speedier ride! CMBC Trolley Overhead has just installed some new wire on westbound SW…
May 5, 2010
Guest post: Vancouver transit and art in the Capilano Calendar series
Train 118, by Mika Joronen. Photo from the Capilano Calendar site. Here's a follow-up guest post by Jason Vanderhill, an avid artist and…
May 5, 2010
Clever cheese ad on bus shelters
A cheese ad on a Commercial-Broadway bus shelter. Just for fun! I've seen this cheese ad in a few bus shelters and thought it was a great use of the…
May 4, 2010
Key TransLink news items from the past few weeks
One of the 48 new Mark II SkyTrains we acquired starting in 2009. In the past few weeks, a number of TransLink news releases have gone out with some…
May 4, 2010
Service for the Vancouver Sun Run, Sunday May 9
Runners will be pounding the pavements again this weekend, this time as part of the Vancouver Sun Run on Sunday May 9. If you're attending, Expo and…
May 3, 2010
Events this week: UBC Line in-person workshops, SkyTrain safety week
A heads up on two things happening this week! UBC Line in-person workshops, May 4 and May 6 Two UBC Line in-person community consultation workshops…
May 3, 2010
1959 Buzzer trumpets fast buses on freeways
The May 22, 1959 Buzzer. Click the image to download it as a PDF. While nosing through the Buzzer archives, I dug up this 1959 Buzzer, which comes…
