July 30, 2009
Last sail of the Albion Ferry tomorrow at noon
The setting sun seen from the Kulleet. Photo by Duane Cooke. The Albion Ferry service is set to close tomorrow, so once again, here's a reminder to…
July 30, 2009
The christening of the new SeaBus
The Burrard Pacific Breeze, getting ready for its christening! Last Friday, the new SeaBus---the Burrard Pacific Breeze---had its official…
July 30, 2009
Reroutes for the 5, 17, and N6 from Aug 3 to Sept 6
Watch out, downtown trolley riders! Owing to construction at Granville and Robson, there will be reroutes for the 5, 17 and N6 for about a month:…
July 29, 2009
Hey, the hybrid buses have hit the streets!
The New Flyer articulated hybrid bus is now on the 99 route! The first of our hybrid buses are now on the roads! Four articulated diesel-electric…
July 29, 2009
Reminder: transit service for the HSBC Celebration of Light, tonight and Saturday
With fireworks displays set for tonight and Saturday, here's a friendly reminder to check out my earlier post on transit service to the HSBC…
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…
