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…
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 15, 2008
About the SkyTrain disruption this morning
There was a rather unusual SkyTrain disruption this morning, and I thought you might be curious about just what happened. Essentially, 17 trains…
October 15, 2008
Get ready for electronic tolling on the Golden Ears Bridge
We're currently building the Golden Ears Bridge over the Fraser River, connecting Surrey and Langley to Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows—hurrah! Golden…
