February 21, 2010
Some unusual sights on the transit system
Superman! Roaming around during the Games, I've encountered a number of unusual sights on the transit system. I spotted Superman at Bridgeport…
February 20, 2010
A glimpse of the enormous crowds in downtown Vancouver
The crowds heading west toward Waterfront Station along Cordova St. Record crowds are in downtown Vancouver today (Saturday, February 20), so I…
February 20, 2010
Transit averages over 1.6 million riders daily during week one of the Games
West Coast Express unloaded about 2,000 people into Waterfront Station from its 12:30 p.m. train on Friday, February 19. Well: our media team has…
February 20, 2010
RSS feed for real-time road and transit alerts
OK, here's another tip for getting real-time road and transit alerts while you're out on the system! We now have an RSS feed which sends out the…
February 20, 2010
Crowds on Granville and Robson Street from yesterday evening
Crowds from yesterday on Granville Street, looking south from Robson. Photo from the Transit Police. Click for a larger version. Our Transit Police…
February 20, 2010
Expect transit to be super busy today (and probably tomorrow)
I am probably restating the obvious here, but expect transit to be super busy today, and likely tomorrow. Here's one of the notes our media team…
February 20, 2010
More Olympic and transportation links and tidbits
The N9, running its 24 hour service at 3 a.m. on Monday February 15! Sweet sassy molassy, there are way too many Olympic-slash-transportation links…
February 19, 2010
What is Lost Property collecting during the Olympic period?
A box of single mittens found on transit. How sad! The Lost Property office in Stadium-Chinatown Station I went down to our Lost Property office in…
February 19, 2010
Transit ridership records are being broken
Riders board the westbound 99 B-Line at Cambie on Tuesday, February 16. A couple of stories were in the news yesterday about how our transit…
February 19, 2010
Reminder: westbound bus stop on University Blvd & Allison is closed
I'm bumping this topic up again to make sure people are aware! We've been reporting this week that the westbound bus stop on University Boulevard at…
February 19, 2010
How we manage the lineups at King Edward Station
A crowd emerges from the curling venue and heads for King Edward Station on the Canada Line. Here's another lineup story about King Edward Station,…
February 18, 2010
TransLink’s greatest humanitarian gesture of the Games
Port-o-potties beside the Howe Street entrance to Waterfront Station. That headline came straight from our Olympic media centre! But here's the…
February 18, 2010
Crowds at the Colbert Report taping, Thursday February 18
Crowds at the Colbert Report taping on the morning of Thursday, February 18. Well, I just happened to be on a SkyTrain again when the Colbert Report…
February 18, 2010
The BBC posts a lovely video about our transit system
BBC reporter Adrian Warner rides the SeaBus. Screenshot from the BBC's clip about our transit system! Wow---Adrian Warner, the BBC's London Olympics…
February 18, 2010
NBC interviews a transit host
Ron speaking to an NBC reporter! Joanne, a transit host from CMBC who is working at Yaletown-Roundhouse Station, caught an interesting moment on…
