December 19, 2011
Holiday gift ideas for transit fans 2011
Though time is short until the biggest gift-giving day of the year, I thought I would continue the annual tradition of gift ideas for transit fans. I…
December 5, 2011
Google maps, email and print options added to Trip Planner
Trip Planner now uses Google Maps! It was only last week that I wrote about the latest updates to Next Bus. This week's exciting announcement is…
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 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…
September 8, 2011
New ways to find your way: An interview about TransLink’s new transportation wayfinding strategy
New ID sign at the Bridgeport Bus Exchange TransLink's Joanne Proft, Project Manager in Infrastructure Planning, said something interesting when I…
September 4, 2011
Our new mobile website is live!
m.translink.ca main page After a lot of planning, work and some testing (thanks again, Buzzer readers), the newly upgraded mobile website is finally…
August 29, 2011
Real-time transit information beta test wrap-up
Buzzer blog mobile testers: Graham, Josh, Eric, Ronald and Walter This morning, five Buzzer readers were among the first non-TransLink members of the…
August 2, 2011
Wrap-up note from BCRTC president & general manager, Fred Cumming’s, ride on the system, July 5, 2011
Fred Cummings with a field operations supervisor. Photo by Anna Mae Abia Last month, BCRTC president & general manager, Fred Cummings spent the…
June 30, 2011
I Love Transit Night!
After much searching, we've found a venue for I Love Transit Night! This year, it will be on July 14 at Bamboo Cafe across the street from the…
May 13, 2011
Links and Tidbits for May 13, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BDZFPpLMRU Thanks to Timothy Choi and Scout Magazine for pointing me to the above video of a six-course meal on the…
April 21, 2011
Links and Tidbits for April 21, 2011
Interesting tidbits and links about transportation from the last few weeks or so! The video above is a musical interlude in the Paris Metro that…
March 28, 2011
On removing freeways and reforming buses: an interview with Dr Kee Yeon Hwang, president of the Korea Transport Institute
Dr. Kee Yeon Hwang, president of the Korea Transport Institute, at the Hotel Vancouver on March 28, 2011. I got a chance to speak with Dr. Kee Yeon…
March 15, 2011
Historic SkyTrain and bus illustrations from Ron Love
A very early imagined illustration of the SkyTrain station environment by Ron Love for the Vancouver Regional Rapid Transit project. The rendering of…
March 14, 2011
A couple of tiny updates to the TransLink.ca trip planning widgets
Just wanted to draw your attention to a couple of teeny (but good!) updates to the TransLink.ca trip planning widgets! Advanced search settings for…
March 8, 2011
More about the Sapperton/United Boulevard workshops: a Q&A with Gary Andrishak, workshop facilitator
We’ve got two Sapperton community/United Boulevard workshops coming up soon, so to give us a bit of background, I talked to Gary Andrishak, who…
