May 13, 2010
Enter the Poetry in Transit contest this May!
The Poetry in Transit program launched its 2010 edition on April 28, and they're celebrating with a contest! Here's the details: To celebrate the…
May 7, 2010
Friday fun post: guess the year of this transit ticket
If you like, skip to the end of this post to guess the year of this transit ticket. From last week: where do you get your transit information? Last…
May 6, 2010
Links and tidbits, Thursday May 6
The B.C. Electric transit call centre in 1959, out at Oakridge Transit Centre. Tidbits and links! If you have any to suggest, or a photo to showcase…
April 30, 2010
Friday fun post: where do you get your transit information?
If you like, skip to the end of this post to take the poll on transit information. From last week: do you have a favourite SkyTrain line? Last week,…
April 28, 2010
Tobias Ottahal: Buzzer illustrator interview!
Tobias sent along this self-portrait, which I've put next to his Great Ride illustration! The fine tradition of interviewing our Buzzer illustrators…
April 28, 2010
Transit on film: Fringe
Joshua Jackson investigates! A scene from the Fringe episode White Tulip was shot aboard a West Coast Express train. Publicity still from Fox found…
April 23, 2010
Friday fun post: what’s your favourite SkyTrain line?
If you like, skip to the end of this post to take the poll on your favourite SkyTrain line From last week: do you have a favourite bus route? Last…
April 23, 2010
Come to our Annual General Meeting… on the SeaBus! – Tue May 11
We're having a floating Annual General Meeting this year! Yep, we got creative with our venue --- please join us on the new SeaBus on Tuesday, May…
April 16, 2010
Friday fun post: do you have a favourite bus route?
If you like, skip to the end of this post to take the poll on buskers. From last week: do you like buskers performing near transit? Last week, I…
April 9, 2010
Friday fun post: do you like having buskers perform near transit?
If you like, skip to the end of this post to take the poll on buskers. From last week: how do you pick up a free newspaper on transit? Last week, I…
April 9, 2010
An interview with Noam Dolgin, author of Canada Line Adventures
It's kind of turning into interview week here on the blog, but let's just run with it! So local environmental educator Noam Dolgin put pen to paper…
April 7, 2010
Transportation links and tidbits for Wednesday April 7
A photo of a 1925 B.C. Electric observation car from our archives. Click for a larger version! I found this picture above in our Buzzer archives and…
April 6, 2010
An interview with Oliver Neubert, CMBC maintenance planner and children’s book author!
Oliver Neubert! Oliver Neubert has been a maintenance planner with Coast Mountain Bus Company since 2007—but he’s also a children’s book author on…
April 1, 2010
An interview with Tamsin Dillon, director of London’s Art on the Underground program
Tamsin Dillon, head of the London Underground public art program. Yesterday, we were honoured to have Tamsin Dillon give a presentation at……
March 30, 2010
28 Olympic transit maps to give away!
The pocket-sized fold-up Olympic transit map. While supplies last! Remember those nifty transit maps we provided with the Olympic transit passes?…