February 7, 2011
Donated: a 1943 Buzzer!
A 1943 Buzzer, kindly donated by Mike Conroy. Another quick post to point out another Buzzer that arrived in the mail a while back! This one is from…
February 1, 2011
Links and tidbits for Tue Feb 1, 2011
I saw this written on a bus window this winter :) Tidbits and links on transportation from the last little while! Alexander Chen turns the New York…
January 26, 2011
Developers: iBusVan is now open source and the code is available now!
A screenshot from iBusVan, the now-discontinued Vancouver transit iPhone app. Good news: developers can now download the source code for iBusVan, the…
January 24, 2011
Donated: a 1929 Buzzer and some classic tickets!
Just want to point out something I got a while back: a 1929 Buzzer! It actually describes the discovery of an old document showing the state of…
January 21, 2011
SkyTrain historic photos: Princess Diana visits SkyTrain and more
Princess Diana and Prince Charles at Patterson Station. Photo dated May 6, 1986. Click for a much larger version! Prince Charles and Princess Diana…
January 18, 2011
Allison Koberstein: Buzzer illustrator interview!
Allison Koberstein with her lovely cover illustration for the January 2011 Buzzer! Ack: I kind of fell off the wagon with interviewing our Buzzer…
January 7, 2011
iBusVan iPhone app now discontinued (unless you can take over the project!)
Arrr! iBusVan, a really good Vancouver transit iPhone app, is sadly no longer available. Zhenwang Yao, the developer, has let me know that owing to…
January 4, 2011
Papercraft B-Lines from Jason Vanderhill!
One of Jason Vanderhill's 99 B-Line papercraft, printed and assembled by me in my office. (My papercraft SkyTrain sits alongside as window dressing…
December 17, 2010
Buzzer blogger away Mon Dec 20, back Tue Jan 4
Just a note to say I will be away on holiday starting Monday December 20, 2010! A few scheduled posts will go up in my absence, and I’ll be back to…
December 10, 2010
SkyTrain turns 25 years old on December 11, 2010!
SkyTrain bursts through a banner on its very first day in service: Dec 11, 1985! The caption from the Quarterly magazine: Premier Bill Bennett and…
December 8, 2010
Our Twitter pilot: a great success so far!
Update, February 11, 2011: Yay: our Twitter pilot has been permanently extended! Update, February 1, 2011: The Twitter pilot has been extended to the…
December 3, 2010
2010 holiday parade reroutes for the weekend, Dec 4-5
Our reindeer bus, photographed by David Lam! Click the picture to see David's full gallery of reindeer bus photos. Santa will be busy for the next…
December 2, 2010
Links and tidbits for Thu Dec 2
Tidbits and links rounded up about transportation in the past week. These are fun. I promise. The video above is a very cool photo montage of a…
November 18, 2010
CUTA 2010: electronic fare systems session
Title slide for the electronic fare systems session TransLink is hosting the 2010 Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) fall conference this…
November 12, 2010
Links and tidbits for Fri Nov. 12
I support alternative transportation! And yes, that extends to brooms :) Taken by donnamatrix and used with permission! Just a couple of tidbits and…
