November 3, 2008
SkyTrain track maintenance on Wed Nov. 5
Late-night Wednesday SkyTrain travellers, look out! We're doing some ongoing track maintenance in the Surrey area, which affects service after…
October 31, 2008
Retired trolleys set sail for Argentina
A trolley being hoisted into the cargo hold of a ship bound for South America. We bid a fond farewell to 80 retired trolleys down at the Fraser…
October 31, 2008
Party on the SkyTrain this Halloween
Put your costume on and board the SkyTrain for a Halloween party tonight! Seriously: this Friday night, the Vancouver Public Space Network is…
October 30, 2008
Cherry Blossom Festival haiku contest
You know the cherry blossom haiku you see on bus ads in spring? Now's your chance to get your haiku up there! Just enter the Vancouver Cherry…
October 29, 2008
SkyTrain unconference final summary
Head on over to the SkyTrain Unconference blog to see the final summary from the unconference. That's all the discussion info compiled into one…
October 29, 2008
Get into the groove: a SkyTrain advisory for Madonna concertgoers
Madonna fans! We know over 50,000 of you will be rushing to Madge's B.C. Place concert on Thursday evening, so SkyTrain is extending afternoon…
October 28, 2008
Something neat: MeetInBetween.us
Okay, this is just something interesting I came across yesterday: MeetInBetween.Us. After you punch in multiple addresses into the site, it…
October 28, 2008
An update on iMove
Reader xl asked for an update on iMove, the transportation information website launched in November 2007 by TransLink and a number of partners.…
October 27, 2008
Buzzer Podcast: John Abou-Samra, the bus driver with a trivia contest
Listen to the trivia contest that John Abou-Samra runs on his trolley bus, plus an interview with John, all in the third podcast from the Buzzer…
October 24, 2008
SkyTrain weekend advisories: track replacement, plus a perfect storm of Lions and Canucks fans
Two advisories for SkyTrain riders this weekend. Track replacement, with minimal impact on riders First, on Saturday Oct. 25 and Sunday Oct. 26,…
October 24, 2008
U-Pass holders: win an iPod in our photo contest!
People with U-Passes! You could win an iPod if you enter a photo in our contest! There's two 8GB iPod nanos up for grabs, along with U-Pass t-shirts…
October 23, 2008
New route reviews: the 33
Just came across an interesting post over at Regarding Place, a really good local blog exploring public space issues in the Lower Mainland. It's a…
October 23, 2008
Cambie Street reroutes this weekend
A heads-up for people travelling on the #15 Cambie this weekend: the #15 is going to be rerouted on both Saturday, Oct. 25 and Sunday, Oct. 26, due…
October 20, 2008
Buzzer Podcast: Voice of the SkyTrain
Hear the voice of the SkyTrain in our second Buzzer blog podcast! So if you didn't know, the voice announcing the stations on our SkyTrain comes…
October 17, 2008
Lady on the poster
Click the image for a larger version! For some Friday fun, here's bit of transit history hanging around the office that I thought we should share.…
