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…
October 17, 2011
The latest update to Next Bus is live
The updatd Next Bus map show bus stops as "T"s and allows you to search any bus stop by clicking onto it. You might have already noticed a…
October 13, 2011
How to take your bike on the bus
http://youtu.be/M9Q9YXEm8s0 I remember the first time I took my bike on the bus. It was years ago. I was on the 99 B-Line, and a lot of people were…
October 12, 2011
An interview with Metro Vancouver about growth south of the Fraser
If you checked out either Phase 1 or Phase 2 of the Surrey Rapid Transit studies, you'd know that there are a number of options to chose from when we…
September 30, 2011
Kids ride free for International Walk to School Week, Oct 3-7, 2011
International Walk to School Week! If you're an elementary or secondary school student, there's really no better time to get to know the transit…
August 26, 2011
Moving Forward public meetings
Your chance to learn about the possible future of transit in Metro Vancouver If you've been keeping up to date on TransLink funding issues, you'd…
August 19, 2011
Friday Fun Poll: Do you say “Thanks” to bus drivers?
Now that's a happy driver... maybe somebody said, "thanks!" I'm sure many of you notice it. Many of you actually do it yourselves. And…
August 12, 2011
Surrey Rapid Transit – May/June 2011 summary report and UBC Line Rapid Transit March/April summary report
The Surrey Rapid Transit May/June 2011 summary report (click on 'What We Heard' to get the report) is now available on the TransLink website. The…
August 10, 2011
A SkyTrain employee describes the Granville SkyTrain Station during the Stanley Cup riots
In light of the England riots, I thought it would be nice to read a 'good news' story about the recent Stanley Cup riots in Vancouver. Our friends at…
July 12, 2011
I Love Transit Week 2011: why Gordon Price loves transit
It's I Love Transit Week July 11-15. All this week, I'm devoting the blog to why we love transit! This week is also special because of I Love Transit…
June 22, 2011
Links and Tidbits for June 22, 2011
It's officially summer, everyone! And what better way to spend the day than to stay indoors huddled over your desktop reading the latest edition of…
June 7, 2011
Brad Jacobsen, BC Paraplegic Assoc., talks about what accessible transit means to him
Brad Jacobsen is with the BC Paraplegic Association's Peer Program Access Awareness Day was last Saturday, but TransLink has been focusing on…
May 26, 2011
Come to our Annual General Meeting – at Creekside Community Centre – Fri May 27
It's that time of year again! The legacy of the Olympics has provided a beautiful building we thought would be a great place to have our AGM this…
May 24, 2011
Jeff Busby, manager of project planning, explains the Burnaby Mountain Gondola
TransLink’s study into a possible gondola up Burnaby Mountain has prompted a lot of conversation and questions about the idea since the blog post a…
May 20, 2011
We’re fixing our mobile site
The new TransLink mobile platform...for now Many of you have told us that our mobile site is in need of a facelift. Yes, we know we’re not going to…
