November 21, 2011
Transit Pet Peeve Battle #3
The Transit Pet Peeve Battle has been a lot of fun so far. Battle #1 between Birdie Big Bags and Lounge Lizard resulted in an early exit for the…
November 10, 2011
Remembrance Day 2011 holiday service and parade reroutes
Remembrance Day is tomorrow, Friday, November 11th. All transit will run on Sunday/holiday service; however, the West Coast Express and train buses…
November 8, 2011
The November 2011 Buzzer, Pet Peeve Battle and Ed Spence: Buzzer illustrator interview
Disco Dog and his illustrator Ed Spence Another month and another new Buzzer arrives on buses, SkyTrain, SeaBus and West Coast Express. This month is…
November 3, 2011
Fall Bike to Work Week
The latest edition of Bike to Work Week is well on its way, and I finally skipped the bus and SkyTrain and onto my bike this morning to take part.
November 2, 2011
A short chat with Jarrett Walker about his new book
Friend of the blog and all around transportation guru Jarrett Walker has a new book coming out early December. It's called Human Transit: How Clearer…
October 31, 2011
Happy Halloween!
What's Halloween without pumpkins? It's that time of the year again for ghosts and goblins to take to the streets. Starting last Friday, I saw…
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 14, 2011
Friday Fun Poll: What motivates how you spend most of your time on transit?
This is a follow up to the "How do you spend most of your time on transit?" poll conducted on the blog in September. Now that we know what Buzzer…
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…
October 7, 2011
The October 2011 Buzzer and Chanda Stallman: Buzzer illustrator interview
The cover of the October, 2011 Buzzer and the artist, Chanda Stallman This month's Buzzer! This month is devoted to more sustainable…
October 6, 2011
Happy third birthday, Buzzer blog!
Wow, it's been three years already? Three candles for the Buzzer blog! Yup, October 6, 2008, was when the very first Buzzer blog post was published.…
October 4, 2011
The results of the September “How do you spend most of your time on transit?” poll
The last poll was such a gas that I think I'll be doing a poll at least once a month. This time around, I shortened the entry time from two weeks to…
September 19, 2011
Links & Tidbits for September 19, 2011
Here's a gem of a 1976 Montreal Métro video that's been making the rounds on the Internet of late. Thanks…
September 12, 2011
The results of the August “Do you say ‘Thanks’ to bus drivers?” poll
The results are in for the "Do you say 'Thanks' to bus drivers?" poll. It seems most Buzzer readers say "Thanks" to bus drivers, but not always. This…
