December 8, 2008
Our 2009 budget and capital plan
The 2009 budget will support many major initiatives that are reaching completion, such as the 48 new SkyTrain cars set to arrive next year. Our 2009…
December 5, 2008
More about the December 29 bus service improvements
This is our biggest service improvement yet: 14.7 million extra trips were added to the Metro Vancouver region! While you can find the full list of…
December 5, 2008
Christmas parade reroutes this weekend
The Canada Line float from last year's Rogers Santa Claus Parade. This year, there will be a Canada Line float and a TransLink bus in the parade! No…
December 5, 2008
The December Buzzer is out today!
Get the latest Buzzer on all our buses, SeaBus, SkyTrain, and West Coast Express today! This issue has all the service changes planned for December…
December 3, 2008
The retired trolleys arrive in Chile!
The retired New Flyer trolleys, being offloaded at the docks in San Antonio, Chile. After 20+ days at sea aboard the ship Wisdom, the retired…
December 2, 2008
Police dogs, text-message crime reporting: SkyTrain ramps up security measures based on new research
Doug Kelsey and Ward Clapham at the press conference, held at Broadway Station today. We held a press conference at Broadway Station today about new…
December 1, 2008
SkyTrain track maintenance on Wed Dec. 3
Late-night Wednesday Surrey SkyTrain travellers, look out! We're doing the last bit of our track maintenance in the Surrey area, which affects…
December 1, 2008
Podcast: the story of the SkyTrain chime
The Buzzer blog podcast is back! This time, I've got the story behind the SkyTrain chime for you to hear. Ian Graham, operations planner for…
November 28, 2008
Profile: the transit fans behind the Trans-Vancouver bus photo archive
Chris Cassidy, George Prior, and David Lam, the photographers behind Trans-Vancouver. (They're wearing orange vests because the docks made us all…
November 27, 2008
Moscow celebrates 75 years of trolley buses
A vintage trolley bus in Moscow's 75th anniversary of trolley buses celebration. Photo by Vartal. Dale Laird from TRAMS passed along some links today…
November 27, 2008
Version 1.1 of TransLink’s iPhone App is now out
The updated iPhone app features Google Maps integration! Hey, version 1.1 of TransLink’s iPhone app is now available! Version 1.1 is both an update…
November 26, 2008
Something neat: e2 Transport documentary series
If you're interested in how other cities handle their transport issues, you might want to check out "London: The Price of Traffic," a new e2…
November 25, 2008
A visit to the Lost Property Office
The Lost Property Office, located in a corner of Stadium Station. Regular readers will remember that I did a story on the Lost Property Office in the…
November 24, 2008
Open house for Burnaby Mountain transit exchange
SFU staff, students, residents of UniverCity and other interested parties: come to an open house on Wednesday and bring your thoughts about the…
November 24, 2008
SkyTrain track maintenance on Wed Nov. 26
Late-night Wednesday Surrey SkyTrain travellers, look out! We're still doing some ongoing track maintenance in the Surrey area, which affects…
