June 2, 2009
Hey, the Buzzer is 93 today!
Happy birthday to the Buzzer! A big shout-out to everyone's favourite transit newsletter today! The Buzzer made its debut back on June 2, 1916,…
May 26, 2009
A fond farewell to Bob Banks, 1923-2009
Bob Banks, on a visit to the TransLink offices last year. I'm sad to report that longtime Buzzer cartoonist Bob Banks passed away on Sunday, May 17,…
May 22, 2009
Paving, parades, construction prompt weekend bus reroutes, plus Stadium Station escalator and elevator closures
Paving, parades, and construction have transit buses in Metro Vancouver on reroutes this weekend, plus Stadium-Chinatown Station will see an…
May 6, 2009
Wanted: questions for the Friday fun polls
Does anyone have any questions for the Friday fun polls? I'm running short on good ideas and I'm certain you all have questions you'd love to ask……
April 1, 2009
TransLink turns 10!
Happy 10th birthday to TransLink! It's TransLink's tenth birthday today! And yes, it's funny that it lands on April 1, but we have some good company:…
February 19, 2009
A few notes for the SkyTrain silent dance party on Saturday
SkyTrain will play host to a silent dance party on Saturday. So, it looks like thousands have signed up via Facebook for a silent SkyTrain dance…
January 26, 2009
The last Pattullo Bridge update (or so we hope)
STATUS OF BRIDGE The bridge structure was completed on Sunday Traffic safety and control measures were dealt with in the late afternoon through the…
January 23, 2009
Pattullo Bridge update – Friday afternoon
STATUS OF BRIDGE Pile driving continuing today. The demolition contractor, Enviro-Vac, completed timber debris cleanup on the Surrey side of the…
January 22, 2009
Pattullo Bridge update — Thursday afternoon
STATUS OF BRIDGE Pile driving began and we started with a 60’ length of pipe. Pile driving may continue from 2-5 days. ROAD ADJUSTMENTS Rush hours…
January 22, 2009
Pattullo Bridge update – 9 a.m. Thursday
(Video above is of Tom Prendergast, our CEO, and Sheri Plewes, our VP of Planning and Capital Management, making the announcement yesterday at 2pm…
January 16, 2009
Profile: Tafyrn & Seamora Palecloud, Canada Line construction photographers
A double rainbow over the Canada Line's Operations and Maintenance Centre --- one of the many fabulous photos found at Canada Line Photography. For…
January 8, 2009
New federal funding helps expand our fleet and service!
Stockwell Day, Canada's Minister of Public Safety, gets behind the wheel of one of our low-floor diesel buses. Minister Day attended our event on…
December 18, 2008
The retired trolleys on Argentinian TV!
Jorge Luis Guevara, our indefatigable friend from the transit agency in Mendoza, Argentina, sent along this clip of our trolleybuses on Argentinian…
December 10, 2008
U-Pass photo contest winners
Malloreigh Hamilton in one of the winning photos from our U-Pass photo contest. We declared two winners in our U-Pass photo contest a while back, and…
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…
