November 25, 2010
Brrr! Tips for riding transit in snowy weather
Metrotown SkyTrain station, covered in snow this afternoon! The weather outside is frightful, so it's a good time to highlight some handy tips for…
November 19, 2010
CUTA 2010: three Coast Mountain operators win employee awards!
Angus McIntyre with one of the TRAMS buses from the 1930s. Angus won a lifetime achievement award from CUTA this year! TransLink hosted the 2010…
November 1, 2010
Happy 15th birthday, West Coast Express!
It's the 15th anniversary of West Coast Express today: November 1, 2010! Yep: it was November 1, 1995 when West Coast Express set off on its maiden…
October 27, 2010
Central Valley Greenway: an update from our planning team
Part of the Central Valley Greenway in New Westminster. As you probably know, I've hosted a lot of discussion and feedback about the Central Valley…
October 26, 2010
Surrey Rapid Transit webinar clips now up on YouTube
The Surrey Rapid Transit webinar clips are now up on YouTube! It's in four parts, since the webinar was an hour and YouTube has a 15 minute time…
October 7, 2010
Ride-Share Week: how ridesharing works for Kodak’s employees
Geof Cryer, Health, Safety and Environment Manager for Kodak! For this year’s Ride-Share Week, I thought it might be neat to see how some businesses…
October 5, 2010
Ride-Share Week: Carolyn’s real-life ridesharing story
Carolyn Reitzel, using another transportation alternative! For this year’s Ride-Share Week, Carolyn Reitzel has kindly agreed to share her…
October 1, 2010
Changes for the 258, 701, C25 and C26, starting Mon Oct 4
There are some slight changes for four routes starting Monday, October 4, 2010. Please pass along if you know someone affected! 258 to change bays…
September 29, 2010
Tim Choi writes in about transit in Istanbul
The Taksim bus loop in Istanbul! Photo by Tim Choi. Reader Tim Choi sent in this dispatch about transit in Istanbul, and I thought it made a good…
September 27, 2010
The Central Valley Greenway turns one year old
A section of the Central Valley Greenway in Vancouver. In June, another of our initiatives turned one---the Central Valley Greenway (CVG)! If you…
September 23, 2010
Links and tidbits for Thu Sept 23
A new round of tidbits and links about transportation! If you have any items to suggest, or a photo to showcase on these posts, e-mail me at…
September 1, 2010
Tips for smooth travel during the first weeks of September
Update: I've pulled the videos down as Reva has raised a couple of questions about privacy in the comments. Let me investigate and see if I can get…
August 25, 2010
Links and tidbits for Wed Aug 25
Tidbits and links! If you have any to suggest, or a photo to showcase on these posts, e-mail me at thebuzzer@translink.ca. I’m especially in need of…
August 24, 2010
Open houses for New Westminster Community Shuttle service changes, Tue Aug 31
The C3, C4, and C8 reroute maps. Click to see a much larger version. As part of our September 2010 service changes, there will be changes to the…
August 13, 2010
Frequent transit service maps: a suggested map from David M
A frequent transit map drawn by David M. Click for a larger version! Inspired by from Jarrett Walker's two discussions last week, David M put…
