September 16, 2010
Congrats to the winners of our 2010 Bus Roadeo!
News1130 interviews Lothar Greczmel, winner of our 2010 Bus Roadeo driving competition! Coast Mountain Bus Company held its 34th annual Bus Roadeo…
September 14, 2010
Links and tidbits for Tue Sept 14
T is for Transit! Gorgeous photo by jmv. I'm back and slowly returning to the swing of things---there's some long-term, non-blog projects I'm working…
August 30, 2010
A bit about the U-Pass BC program starting this fall
I'm still on holiday! This is a scheduled post. With the school year fast approaching, I thought I'd put up some more info about the new U-Pass BC…
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 20, 2010
Canada Line poll results
Last week's fun post asked what you thought of the Canada Line, one year on. And after 173 votes, 92% said "Thumbs up" to the Canada Line service!…
August 17, 2010
Cupcakes for Canada Line’s birthday!
Amelia Shaw, TransLink's manager of public consultation, handed out cupcakes on a tray. As mentioned, we had a little celebration today at…
August 12, 2010
Weekend reroutes for the Chinatown Festival and more, Sat Aug 14 to Sun Aug 15
Look out for bus reroutes for the Chinatown Festival, Cloverdale Blueberry Festival, Filipino Cultural and Street Parade and more this weekend!…
August 9, 2010
Canada Line turns one next week: send in your stories and photos!
A Canada Line train on the North Arm Bridge! Canada Line will celebrate its first anniversary on Tuesday August 17! So I'd love to celebrate with a…
August 5, 2010
A field guide to transit debates: notes from Jarrett Walker’s talk, Wed Aug 4
Jarrett Walker at the start of his SFU Harbour Centre talk on August 4, 2010. Jarrett Walker week continues with my summary from last night's talk!…
August 3, 2010
Jarrett Walker talks to our staff about public transport branding (and more!)
Title slide from Jarrett Walker's lunchtime talk at TransLink. Jarrett Walker It's going to be an impromptu Jarrett Walker week here at the Buzzer…
July 30, 2010
Friday fun post: the 1952 Buzzer bemoans children sitting on transit
For the fun post this week, let's have a look at the Buzzer from May 9, 1952. Download a PDF version here! Now it's totally cliche to say "Wow, times…
July 29, 2010
Tidbits and links for Thursday, July 29
My sister sent me this photo she took of some rather positive bus graffiti she spotted in London, England. Tidbits and links! If you have any to…
July 23, 2010
I Love Transit Week 2010: interviews from last week’s meetup (and a few links!)
Michelle Babiuk, intrepid interviewer, speaking to an attendee at I Love Transit Night.…
July 23, 2010
I Love Transit Week 2010: two belated transit treats
The cover of the 1958 B.C. Electric Railway map! Thanks to Owen for this. During I Love Transit Week last week, two readers posted some super fun…
July 16, 2010
I Love Transit Week 2010: meetup wrapup
Everyone playing transit bingo! In this game, you had to find others who fit the transit-related descriptions on your bingo sheet (ie: who had never…
