August 21, 2015
You Keep Us Moving— Cheri
Cheri is a Jack-of-all-trades in her role as a SkyTrain attendant. You may have seen her around the system as she’s been with us for the last 17…
August 12, 2015
You Keep Us Moving — Bob
If it involves our bridges, Bob Moore is on the job! As the Bridge Operations Manager he is responsible for making sure TransLink’s bridges are in…
August 5, 2015
You Keep Us Moving— Derek Zabel
As a Duty Manager at Coast Mountain Bus Company, Derek Zabel helps manage the day-to-day operations for CMBC. Describing his job as air traffic…
August 4, 2015
Burnaby Village Museum Interurban Anniversary
B.C. Electric's interurban train 1223 circa 1930. Image 204-375 courtesy of the City of Burnaby Archives. Repost: Written by Jhenifer Pabillano and…
July 29, 2015
You Keep Us Moving — Carolyn
Our transit system is one of the largest in all of North America! Carolyn is helping riders connect from point A to point B across 1,800…
June 22, 2015
Be heard at our AGM!
Our AGM this Friday is fast approaching! On June 26th from 10am to 11:30am at the Anvil Centre (777 Columbia St.) we will be sharing our 2014…
December 10, 2014
Five Christmas things to do this weekend – Dec 12 to 14, 2014
The Christmas season is in full swing! Santa Claus is now at malls around Metro Vancouver and surely you've started your Christmas shopping. The…
By Allen Tung
June 20, 2014
Links and Tidbits – June 20, 2014
Links and tidbits is our semi-regular roundup of interesting fodder about transportation from the last few weeks or so. If you have links to…
By Allen Tung
June 17, 2014
Notes and Questions & Answers from TransLink’s 2013 AGM at Surrey City Hall
It was a packed house at TransLink’s 2013 Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the new Surrey City Hall on Wednesday, May 28 as hundreds joined us to…
By Allen Tung
April 1, 2014
TransLink turns 15!
Happy birthday TransLink! It's birthday time here at TransLink. Yup, it was 15 years ago this month that TransLink was formed as a multi-tiered…
April 26, 2013
Ask TransLink: bus operator Brian Revel answers almost every possible question about buses and says thanks
From April 15 to May 10, you can Ask TransLink! We're spotlighting one TransLink staff member every week and inviting you to ask them questions…
October 19, 2011
A story by retired bus operator Angus McIntyre
http://youtu.be/a8qoEa6G_RY A local transit legend has been recently featured in one of the videos the Vancouver Park Board has commissioned as part…
January 28, 2011
Fun poll results: 50% have turned a lost item in, 50% have not
Wow, I don't think a poll has ever turned out this way before! Last week I asked if you'd ever found a lost item on transit and turned it in. And…
May 27, 2010
Post-secondary students get in free to the APTA rail conference, June 6-9
Your humble Buzzer editor manning the Vancouver 2010 booth at last year's APTA rail conference in Chicago. We're hosting the American Public…
April 7, 2010
Transportation links and tidbits for Wednesday April 7
A photo of a 1925 B.C. Electric observation car from our archives. Click for a larger version! I found this picture above in our Buzzer archives and…