Olympic public art inspired by Vancouver transit!

The City of Vancouver's public art program has a neat transit-related project from artist Anna Ruth, called Sensory Maps of Vancouver. Check out…


Some Olympic bus reroutes are underway (and service lifts are on the way)

Just a note to remind you that a few bus reroutes started on Monday, owing to the upcoming Olympics! Affected are the C20, C21, C23, N16, 321, 326,…


Get your transit alerts by text or e-mail!

Sign up for transit alerts through e-mail or text messaging! Here’s where the signup link is located on our front page (or just click this picture!)…


This week: how do you feel about your car?

If you like, skip to the end of this post to take the poll about your car. Last week: how long is your commute? Last week's fun post asked how long…


Olympic travel tips: a guide to recognizing your transit staff

For those who might be in our region for the first time during the Olympics, here’s a short series of tips to help you get on your way. (If you do…


More photos of the Olympic Line streetcar

The Olympic Line streetcar by night. By DennisTT. A few people have sent in their Olympic Line photographs and video to share! (E-mail me if you have…


The Olympic Line streetcar makes its debut

My first day ride certificate! The Olympic Line streetcar launched today, and I went down to Olympic Village Station this morning to be a part of…


Olympic travel tips: Park and Ride lots for the Games period

For those who might be in our region for the first time during the Olympics, here’s a short series of tips to help you get on your way. (If you do…


The last of our 48 new SkyTrain cars has arrived!

Car 348! The other half is car 347. This is the last car to arrive in our order of 48 new SkyTrain cars from Bombardier. Yay: the last of our 48 new…


Olympic travel tips: bike travel during the Games

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…


Transit flashback: the orange SeaBus

An ad in a historic trolley for the SeaBus back in the 1970s. Photo by rickie22. Many moons ago, Eric shared this photo of a vintage SeaBus ad in a…


TransLink’s Olympic story, part 2: the Transportation Management Centre

The Olympics arrive in February, and TransLink has the enormous task of helping people travel during the Games. So here’s a series of articles…


Small tweaks to the participation guidelines

So the Buzzer blog has been up for over a year now, and it seems time to make some small tweaks to the participation guidelines. Let me explain! I…


Links post for Monday

Here’s a roundup of some transport-related links that you might like – so much is happening right now owing to the Olympics, plus people have sent…


Friday fun poll: how long is your commute?

If you like, skip to the end of this post to take the poll about how long your commute takes. Last week: when did you start riding transit? Last…


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