The Patio Series feat. Port Moody’s Brewers Row

TransLink takes you the people and places that matter most in Metro Vancouver. Our Patio Series highlights the many options for outdoor dining. In…


A portrait of bus operator Paramjit Grewal

Transit was there for Parm, now she’s here for transit

Parm Grewal fondly remembers taking transit as a student and newcomer to Metro Vancouver. The 8 Fraser / Downtown bus was her ride to groceries.…


Compass GradPass with graduation cap

Class of 2021, pick up your Compass GradPasses today!

Congratulations class of 2021! Enjoy two free days of unlimited transit with your Compass GradPasses! Pick it up from your school. How does the…


Aliya Mohamed - Top 40 under 40

Top 40 Under 40 – Aliya Mohamed

Community is woven into the fabric that is TransLink. After all, bringing the people and places of Metro Vancouver together is the foundation of what…


New escalators at Waterfront Station's Howe Street entrance

Links & Tidbits: new escalators at Waterfront, transit priority signal at Metrotown and more!

Links & Tidbits is our semi-regular roundup of interesting fodder about transportation and TransLink from the last few weeks or so. If you have…


Capture Photography Festival: 9 public art installations to check out at SkyTrain stations

Friday, April 2nd marks the return of one Canada's biggest annual photography and lens-based art events! This year, multiple galleries and venues…


Bright Idea helps educate customers on bus payment methods

Disclaimer: This story was written in November 2020.  After noticing many of his customers, often tourists, were struggling to pay the correct fare…


Transit-friendly locations to see cherry blossom in Metro Vancouver

Spring's here and it means that our streets and parks (as well as social media feeds) will be soon graced by the full bloom of cherry blossoms. There…


Getting back in the saddle: How the PEDAL Society is helping the community 

When Phillip Arsenault was laid off last year, he didn’t know what life had in store for him. COVID-19 kept taking its toll on thousands like him as…


Bus operator standing at the door of a bus

#ThanksTransit on Transit Operator and Worker Appreciation Day

We're joining transit agencies across Canada in celebrating Transit Operator and Worker Appreciation Day on March 18 — a day set aside to honour and…


Photo of SeaBus sailing in the Burrard Inlet

Underrepresented groups in the marine industry sea future thanks to partnership with BCIT

Recently, eager students in BCIT’s Enhanced Bridge Watch Rating Program visited SeaBus to gain a better understanding of what a career in the marine…


Changing people’s lives one wiggle at a time: a guide dog puppy named after the Expo Line

It seemed like the universe was sending her a sign, when Jocelyn, a CMBC employee, found out that the puppy her mother helped as a volunteer for BC…


A small pie beside a Compass Card

12 of the best transit-friendly pie shoppes in Metro Vancouver

March 14 or 3/14 marks International Pi Day. Pi Day is not just an annual opportunity for math enthusiasts to recite the infinite digits of π (pi)…


Photo of Gigi Chen-Kuo and Kyla Daman-Willems

IWD2021: Moving conversations with Gigi Chen-Kuo & Kyla Daman-Willems

Today is International Women's Day. This year’s theme is #ChoosetoChallenge. A challenged world is an alert world. Individually, we're all…


A person refurbishes a bike at Our Community Bikes.

Pedals for the People program cycles community forward

What we’ve learned in the last year or so is just how important being part of the community is. For Linda Wilson, it’s having a bicycle to buy…


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