July 29, 2009
Bring a food bank donation for Christmas in July at Burrard Station tomorrow
Santa’s making a visit in July this year to help the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society. Thanks to the Rogers Santa Claus Parade, Santa will be at…
July 29, 2009
TransitDB: a prizewinning Vancouver transit website
Carson Lam, all dressed up for the Microsoft FTW Ultimate App Throwdown. At the end of June, UBC computer science student Carson Lam emerged…
July 28, 2009
The Buzzer gets a lovely letter
Letter sent by James Lawrence to the Buzzer -- click to read a larger version. Mr. James W. Lawrence sent in this letter last week, and after I…
July 28, 2009
The old elevator in Broadway Station is gone!
Notice anything different? Just a post to point out the old elevator in Broadway Station is gone! It's crazy how spacious it feels there now. (Here's…
July 27, 2009
Photos from the Vancouver City Centre open house
One of the entrances to Vancouver City Centre Station on the Canada Line. Maybe it was the hot weather, maybe it was all the free samples of Jugo…
July 24, 2009
Friday fun trivia: what years are these tickets are from?
If you like, you can skip to the end of this post to see some classic transit tickets and tell us what year they're from! Results from last poll: how…
July 24, 2009
Thanks to everyone on the Canada Line tour today!
Our tour group at Waterfront Station, in front of the train! It's a bit blurry because the train was heading out of the station and we needed to snap…
July 23, 2009
Dunsmuir tunnel work is finished early this summer
Well look at that --- the Dunsmuir tunnel project finished up its summer work two days early, completing on Tuesday of this week! This means there…
July 23, 2009
Langara ads tout their transit connections: cool!
Langara College's new ads on the SkyTrain. You might have seen these ads around town: it's a new campaign from Langara College, which focuses on…
July 22, 2009
Winners of the Canada Line tour draw
I drew the names this afternoon, and congratulations to David, Marc, Kai, Bryan, Jennifer, and Hector! Winners: if you haven't heard from me by…
July 22, 2009
Summer spot: the Main Street Farmers Market
The Main Street Farmers Market in Thornton Park, near Main Street SkyTrain Station! As you might recall, I wanted to do some posts highlighting…
July 22, 2009
Six spots now available for Friday’s Canada Line tour
Here's a reminder to enter the draw for Friday's Buzzer blog tour of the Canada Line! And owing to some cancellations, I now have six spots to give…
July 22, 2009
The story of a Buzzer cover illustration (and more)
Woo -- I'm happy to point out that Raymond Biesinger, a great friend and talented artist, has spotlighted the Buzzer in his new illustration blog,…
July 21, 2009
Help raise funds for wildfire victims with SkyTrain, WestCoast Express, and Telus
Here's a release that just came out from the BC Rapid Transit Company, who operates SkyTrain and WestCoast Express: Help SkyTrain raise funds for…
July 21, 2009
Transit service to the HSBC Celebration of Light, Wed July 22
Fireworks from the HSBC Celebration of Light! We’ve scheduled service to help you get to and from the HSBC Celebration of Light fireworks festival on…
