June 2, 2010
An Access Awareness Day quiz!
Again, it's Access Awareness Day on Saturday June 5, so we're exploring accessibility on the blog this week! Today, here's a seven-question quiz…
April 13, 2010
CMBC wants your thoughts on bus service for an international comparison survey
One of CMBC's many trolleys! So Coast Mountain Bus Company, our subsidiary providing bus service in Metro Vancouver, is also a member of the…
April 9, 2010
An interview with Noam Dolgin, author of Canada Line Adventures
It's kind of turning into interview week here on the blog, but let's just run with it! So local environmental educator Noam Dolgin put pen to paper…
April 1, 2010
An interview with Tamsin Dillon, director of London’s Art on the Underground program
Tamsin Dillon, head of the London Underground public art program. Yesterday, we were honoured to have Tamsin Dillon give a presentation at……
February 15, 2010
Plan your transit trips on your smartphone
The mobile trip planner displayed on an iPhone. Click for a larger view! Did you know there’s a mobile version of our transit trip planner? If you…
February 15, 2010
Links and tidbits about the Olympics and transit so far
Crowds wait for Millennium Line trains at Commercial-Broadway Station on Friday, February 12. We're four days into the Olympics and of course I have…
February 13, 2010
iPhone app roundup for Vancouver transit
I’m not sure everyone is aware of all the iPhone apps that can be used to navigate or find out more about Vancouver transit. So I thought I’d put a…
February 2, 2010
A Buzzer blog iPhone app!
The Buzzer blog iPhone app! Wow – you can now download a Buzzer blog app for your iPhone, created by local developer Mark Larocque! Search for…
January 14, 2010
Olympic travel tips: All about transit fares
For those who might be on our system for the first time during the Olympics, here’s a short series of tips to help you get on your way. (If you do…
January 13, 2010
TransLink’s Olympic story, part 1: how we’re getting ready for the Games
As you certainly know, the Olympics arrive in February, and TransLink has the enormous task of helping people travel during the Games. So I’ve put…
January 6, 2010
iBusVan: an iPhone transit app
Update, Jan 6, 2011: Sadly, iBusVan has now been discontinued! However if you want to take over the project instead, please check out this post.…
December 23, 2009
Yay: our trip planner gets some big improvements!
The old trip planner (pictured here) will be getting some major improvements! Note: I’m still on holiday, returning Monday Jan 4! If all is going…
December 14, 2009
Holiday gift ideas for transit fans
In my line of work, I tend to come across things that fans of transit might enjoy. So I thought I’d put together a list of transit gift ideas for the…
November 9, 2009
The conductorettes: the first women to drive transit in Vancouver
A group of 33 conductorettes posing in front of the 16th Avenue streetcar at Prior Street barns in 1944. They were at first issued skirts as part of…
November 5, 2009
TransLink’s CEO leaves to take the top transit job in New York City
Our CEO Tom Prendergast, speaking at the opening of the Central Valley Greenway in June 2009. Wow -- a big announcement today. Tom Prendergast, our…
