February 16, 2011
Links and tidbits for Wed Feb 16, 2011
Tidbits and links about transportation from the last few weeks or so! As pointed out on Human Transit, the new video from REM makes extensive use…
February 1, 2011
Links and tidbits for Tue Feb 1, 2011
I saw this written on a bus window this winter :) Tidbits and links on transportation from the last little while! Alexander Chen turns the New York…
December 23, 2010
Video: Going To Town, the 1985 SkyTrain project documentary
The Going To Town article in the fall 1985 Vancouver Regional Rapid Transit Quarterly magazine. Click the picture to download the magazine PDF!…
December 17, 2010
Smartcard contest update: public vote for the winning name in early 2011
Zoop: another announcement today. The smartcard contest will have a public vote for the winning name in early 2011. The press release isn't quite…
December 9, 2010
Our trip planner gets a couple of new improvements
Our feedback form customized for mobile browsers, as seen on an iPhone. Check it out: we've launched a couple of new improvements to our trip…
December 7, 2010
Vintage Vancouver transit ads from 1958
Vancouver transit ads from 1958, found at the Vancouver Archives. (Item #CVA387-4, photographed by Graphic Industries Ltd for B.C. Electric.) I…
December 2, 2010
Links and tidbits for Thu Dec 2
Tidbits and links rounded up about transportation in the past week. These are fun. I promise. The video above is a very cool photo montage of a…
October 29, 2010
Friday fun poll: when standing on a bus, do you move as far back as possible?
Sitting in the back of the bus! We haven't done a transit riding behaviour question in a while! So here's one about moving to the back of the bus. I…
September 20, 2010
TransLink.ca gets a brand new homepage
New and improved! Check it out---we've updated the look of our homepage! The new look is cleaner, more sophisticated and has some awesome new…
August 16, 2010
Join the Bus Stop Hop on Sat Aug 21!
The Langley Lions, winner of last year's Bus Stop Hop! Test out just how accessible our system is with the Bus Stop Hop on Saturday! Here's the…
August 5, 2010
A field guide to transit debates: notes from Jarrett Walker’s talk, Wed Aug 4
Jarrett Walker at the start of his SFU Harbour Centre talk on August 4, 2010. Jarrett Walker week continues with my summary from last night's talk!…
August 3, 2010
Jarrett Walker talks to our staff about public transport branding (and more!)
Title slide from Jarrett Walker's lunchtime talk at TransLink. Jarrett Walker It's going to be an impromptu Jarrett Walker week here at the Buzzer…
July 29, 2010
Bus reroutes for Pride Week, the fireworks, the Powell Street festival, and more! Sat July 31 – Mon Aug 2
Wow -- this long weekend is going to be the busiest one so far! Pride Week is on in and around the West End, coinciding with the final night of the…
July 14, 2010
I Love Transit Week 2010: Rachel Albang with a song about transit!
It’s I Love Transit Week from July 12-16 — because even though there's things we don't like about transit, there's much we do like! All week I’ll be…
June 18, 2010
Links and tidbits for Friday June 18
A 1950s ad discovered in a disused area of the Notting Hill Tube station in London, UK. Photo by Mikey Ashworth for the London Underground. Tidbits…
