Base plan and ‘Moving Forward’ supplemental plan – webinar wrapup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-pGK4jsJqk Last night's webinar on the 2012 Base Plan and Supplemental Plan was chock-full of useful information and…


Moving Forward with transit in Metro Vancouver: an update on TransLink’s 2011 base plan and supplemental plans

Tomorrow, is our annual base plan presentation to the public. This year, TransLink has some proposals for the future of transit in Metro Vancouver,…


Regional Cycling Strategy

As the planners and managers of the transportation system on the South Coast, TransLink is involved with many modes of transportation. Most people…


Accessible transit – part 1

Derrick Bayer, training instructor with the Coast Mountain Bus Company One of our goals at TransLink is to get more people in Metro Vancouver to do…


TravelSmart: join the movement!

We're proud to launch a new program called TravelSmart today! Through TravelSmart, we’re hoping to help people make smart travel choices for…


United Boulevard Extension: an interview with Sany Zein, TransLink Director of Roads

A map of the United Boulevard Extension with the issue areas delineated. This is pulled from the boards put up at the United Boulevard consultation…


CUTA 2010: Transit Oriented Development and Land Use Policies

The moderator for the Transit-Oriented Development session As mentioned, the Canadian Urban Transit Association's 2010 fall conference is in…


On Evergreen Line funding and more: TransLink’s potential 2011 supplemental plan

A slide highlighting TransLink's priorities, from the presentation given to councillors and mayors on Thursday, October 7, 2010. Yesterday, TransLink…


APTA Rail 2010: It Takes a Region: Integrating rail investment in multimodal plans and programs

The multimodal planning discussion. "It Takes a Region: Integrating rail investment in multimodal plans and programs" had four speakers that included…


BePartofthePlan.ca relaunches for our 10-Year plan consultation

Hey everyone: we've relaunched BePartofthePlan.ca, our online consultation website! As I explained before, BePartofthePlan.ca was scheduled for a…


Livability Forum kicks off public consultation on our 10-Year Plan

A group at the Livability Forum plays It's Your Move, the consultation exercise board game. We held a Livability Forum this morning in downtown…


A visit from UCLA and Toyota

Aaron Cohen, a strategic planning administrator for Toyota, joined 25 UCLA students on a trip to study Vancouver's architecture and transportation…


Bus refueling

TransLink shifts buses from fossil fuels to 100 per cent renewable diesel

What’s happening TransLink is introducing renewable diesel into its bus fleet as a transition fuel while we electrify. Renewable diesel comes from…


75 facts about Vancouver’s trolleybus system for each year of service

On August 16, 2023, we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the launch of the trolleybus system back in 1948 — three quarters of a century ago! To…


Young girl sitting near Marine Drive Station. SkyTrain and HandyDART bus pass by

A new era in transit: going climate friendly with green bonds and sustainable procurement

The impacts of climate change are here and now. Extreme weather, such as heatwaves and flooding, are increasingly being felt in every part of Metro…


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