January 12, 2009
CMBC’s Snow Plan
Trolleys stuck in the snow on Main Street, January 4, 2009. Photo by the indefatigable Terry Muirhead. Okay, again as requested in the comments from…
January 7, 2009
Well, if it’s not snowing, it’s flooding. How does this affect transit?
(Watch the clip to hear Drew Snider give an update on transit service from 7:15 a.m. -- or just read below.) As many of you might have heard by now,…
December 17, 2008
Snow service updates
Here's the latest clip from TransLink's YouTube service updates stream as of 9:45 a.m. Stay in touch with the Youtube stream to get the latest on…
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 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…
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 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…
November 17, 2008
SkyTrain track maintenance on Wed Nov. 19
Late-night Wednesday Surrey SkyTrain travellers, look out again! We're doing some ongoing track maintenance in the Surrey area, which affects…
November 14, 2008
Open houses for the new Golden Ears Bridge bus route
When the Golden Ears Bridge opens in 2009, we're going to use the new connection to offer a brand new bus route between Langley Centre and Haney…
November 10, 2008
Remembrance Day service and parade reroutes
Just a reminder that on Remembrance Day tomorrow, all transit services will run on a Sunday/holiday schedule. There are also Remembrance Day…
November 6, 2008
Update on the retired trolleys sailing to South America
Trolleys being loaded into the cargo hold of the vessel Wisdom. Photo courtesy CTL Westrans Shipbrokers. I've received some more info and a few more…
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…
