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Seven ways the pandemic is reshaping transportation

  The global public health crisis has disrupted cities and transportation around the world. Beyond the immediate and acute shocks, the impacts…


TransLink first in North America to test copper coating on transit

TransLink will be the first transit system in North America to pilot the use of bacteria and virus killing copper on high-touch transit surfaces.…


VIDEO: Future of Urban Space and Streets: Bikes, Buses, Pedestrians

The pandemic is challenging cities to reimagine how urban space and streets are used. From tactical bike infrastructure, to bus priority lanes, to…


VIDEO: How TransLink Sparked A Regional Conversation On The Future Of Transportation

#Transport2050 is TransLink’s largest-ever public engagement. Find out how we challenged the region to think big and helped make a complex planning…


Transit = Urban Recovery

COVID-19 has dimmed the vibrancy of urban centres across the globe and spurred some to question whether we are witnessing “the end of cities.”  The…


Rider cycling in Richmond

Why does TransLink care about cycling?

When most people hear the word TransLink, they likely think about buses, SkyTrain, the Canada Line, or the SeaBus.  Cycling is not the first thing…


Read the Transport 2050 Phase One Engagement Report

TransLink is releasing the report from the first phase of public engagement for Transport 2050, Metro Vancouver’s blueprint for the next 30 years of…


4,000+ bold and creative ideas

Record-high 31,682 responses for Transport 2050 Phase One engagement

Three of the more than 4,000 bold and creative ideas submitted as part of Transport 2050: Phase One engagement. Expanding and improving Metro…


#Transport2050: UBC’s AnnaLisa Meyboom on apps, autonomous vehicles, and reimagined roads

By: AnnaLisa Meyboom, Assistant Professor, UBC Clean Energy Research Centre and author, Driverless Urban Futures We’ve asked thought leaders to share…


#Transport2050: Douglas McLeod and the “Evolution of Mobility in Surrey”

Douglas McLeod, P.Eng., Transportation Planning Manager, City of Surrey We’ve asked thought leaders to share their vision for the future of…


Powering up the renewable energy revolution with transit

Imagine a future where clean energy is the default fuel of choice for transportation. Where zero emissions vehicles glide through the streets,…


Charging ahead into transit’s next frontier: battery-electric buses

Our new battery-electric bus on the left and an OG electric bus on the right. We've set an ambitious goal: a bus fleet that's powered with 100 per…


#Transport2050: Gold-medal transit and reimagined streets for tomorrow, by City of Vancouver’s Dale Bracewell

Dale Bracewell, Manager, Transportation Planning, City of Vancouver We’ve asked thought leaders to share their vision for the future of…


#Transport2050: Modo CEO Patrick Nangle sees shared, autonomous and electric vehicles on the horizon

Patrick Nangle, Modo CEO We’ve asked thought leaders to share their vision for the future of transportation. What do you see? Shape the future of how…


Artificial intelligence improving bus departure estimates

Accuracy and innovation to provide more predictable service Customers will be able to better plan their journey on TransLink’s bus network, with a…


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