Art Wittich, a SkyTrain vehicle technologist, shows the hockey stick used to clear ice from doors during the winter season.

The most Canadian solution to keep SkyTrain customers moving, eh?

Art Wittich, a SkyTrain vehicle technologist, shows the hockey stick used to clear ice from doors during the winter season. Winter weather can wreak…


Bus operator Erika Jensen poses for a photo in front of the Reindeer Bus

A Christmas Miracle: This rookie transit operator gets her bucket list wish

Eyes full of wonder and delight like a child on Christmas morning, rookie bus operator Erika Jensen’s face lights up no differently each and every…


Lynn Jensen feels the braille on the blue bus stop signage

Braille signage with raised tactile letters coming to every bus stop in Metro Vancouver

TransLink is taking a major step forward towards improving the transit system for people who are blind or partially sighted by launching the…


Toys fill up a TransLink bus

TransLink donates over 2,500 toys just in time for the holidays

Santa, Mrs. Claus and several of Santa's elves delivered two bus loads full of toys to the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau on Friday. Over the past…


Filming onboard the West Coast Express

Helping Hollywood North: how TransLink supports film productions in Metro Vancouver

Vancouver never plays itself owing to our region's ability to masquerade as every city imaginable, including unnamed cities, futuristic cities, New…


TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn delivers his keynote at the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade on November 19, 2021

TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn delivers his first address to the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade

TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn delivered his first keynote address to Metro Vancouver’s business leaders on November 19. In his remarks, Kevin shared his…


Transit Operator who served in Afghanistan reflects on Remembrance Day

It’s a moment of quiet reflection, a somber yet grateful feeling that rushes over Michael Almeida when he attends a Remembrance Day ceremony. Michael…


Paula Themmen and Layla Robson

How transit has been a live classroom for these engineering students

To solve problems. That's the job description for an engineer. And both Layla Robson and Paula Themmen have strong ambitions to solve a huge problem…


I Love Transit Girl Guides

There’s a badge for that! Local Girl Guides earn limited edition I Love Transit badge

TransLink connects the community to the people and places that matter most. And now, thanks to kids under 12 riding free, that connection can start…


COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Today sign in front of the mobile vaccine bus

How TransLink’s Mobile Vaccine Bus supported the vaccine rollout in Metro Vancouver

Over the past year, TransLink's Mobile Vaccine Bus rolled throughout Metro Vancouver in partnership with local health authorities to make it easier…


Celina taps her Compass Card on the faregate to enter Olympic Village Station

Celina taps into her community thanks to transit

Celina couldn't get a driver's license when she was younger and there wasn't public transit in the small town she grew up in. Hearing that, you…


A family affair: how one TransLink career has come full circle

When Brian Barker took his 14-year-old daughter Celyn to Take Your Kids To Work Day, he never imagined the impact it would have on her life. Brian is…


Lauren walks her bike from the elevator to the SkyTrain platform at Olympic Village Station

Transit is Lauren’s raincoat during the fall and winter months

The fall and winter months bring about unpredictable weather in our part of the world. Sunshine in the morning can turn into showers in the afternoon…


Vancouver actor Seth Rogen records his voice announcements for the SkyTrain system

This TransLink voice announcement played on a Jeopardy episode

"That's Canadian Entertainment" for $600 please. "This Vancouver native lent his voice to the city's public transit in 2018; here's a sample — 'Get…


TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn

TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn recognized in Business in Vancouver’s BC500

Kevin Quinn, TransLink's Chief Executive Officer Kevin Quinn, TransLink's Chief Executive Officer, is among 500 distinguished leaders in British…


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