July 12, 2012
Layers of design: guiding themes for planning a transit network
The numerous layers of our transit network This post is part a series about Managing the Transit Network: all about how TransLink plans transit…
July 12, 2012
Update: I Love Transit Night 2012 shuttle bus pickup details finalized
RSVP and you could take this vintage bus from our fleet to the night! Unfortunately TRAMS wasn't able to secure insurance for transporting passengers…
July 10, 2012
Ginger Ngo: July Buzzer illustrator interview
The special July Buzzer newsletter illustration and the artist Our wonderful Buzzer newsletter illustrator this month is Ginger Ngo. She helped out…
July 6, 2012
Big goals, big challenges: what we think about when planning the transit network
The 17 UBC out and about in 2010. (The route is now the 14 UBC, but it's still a great photo of one of our buses out in normal traffic!) This post is…
July 4, 2012
I Love Transit Night 2012 is on Wednesday, July 18!
Jhen holding the 1973 Vancouver Buses game! It's the night many of you have been waiting for! As part of the week-long festivities of I Love Transit…
June 29, 2012
Velo-City 2012 conference wraps up!
A Bixi public bike share bicycle, parked outside the Velo-City 2012 conference hotel. Photo thanks to Paul Cheng! Lest we forget, the Velo-City 2012…
June 27, 2012
Links and tidbits for Wednesday, June 27, 2012
A photo of the SeaBus in orange livery on May 31, 1981, contributed by Sean Nelson in a previous Links and Tidbits post. Click to see a larger…
June 22, 2012
Park and rides: let’s talk about them
CBC Video of an interview with Jason Martin, TransLink's communications manager, about future park and ride policy. It seems like lots of local…
June 7, 2012
Links and tidbits for June 7, 2012
Michael Schabas sent us renderings of Expo Line SkyTrain stations. He mentioned that he was the design coordinator involved with the Main Street,…
June 5, 2012
On Twitter, the Stanley Cup riot, and optimizing our system: video interviews from our 2011 annual report
Last week, we published our 2011 annual report (to coincide with our 2011 annual general meeting!), and I just wanted to highlight a couple of…
June 1, 2012
A chat with Peter Hill and Sarah Chung about Access Awareness Day
Tomorrow is Access Awareness Day. We've written about the day on the blog before. This time around, I thought we'd talk to a couple of TransLink…
May 25, 2012
Friday fun guest post: A history of monorails in Vancouver, by Michael Taylor-Noonan
The monorail at Expo 86. Photo credit: Colin Rose. I’m happy to welcome another guest post from Michael Taylor-Noonan, the newsletter editor for the…
May 24, 2012
AirCare to change starting 2014
As you might have heard, AirCare will end for passenger cars and trucks as of December 31, 2014. According to the Province, the future of the program…
May 24, 2012
A challenging road ahead: TransLink’s 2012 financial picture
Cycling and transit: two modes that play a key role in our transportation future. As you may have heard, news of TransLink's financial situation has…
May 15, 2012
Ian Jarvis answers and replies to your questions and ideas
Last week, I asked for questions and ideas that you'd like to share with TransLink CEO, Ian Jarvis. Thanks for sending these along to me through the…
