July 22, 2009
Summer spot: the Main Street Farmers Market
The Main Street Farmers Market in Thornton Park, near Main Street SkyTrain Station! As you might recall, I wanted to do some posts highlighting…
July 21, 2009
Transit service to the HSBC Celebration of Light, Wed July 22
Fireworks from the HSBC Celebration of Light! We’ve scheduled service to help you get to and from the HSBC Celebration of Light fireworks festival on…
July 15, 2009
The Central Park Line: the very first interurban in greater Vancouver
A map of the Central Park Line, outlined on a 1936 Wrigley's transit map supplied by the Burnaby Village Museum. Today, I’m pleased to present a…
June 29, 2009
Canada Day celebrations and transit service
Canada Day revellers at Canada Place! (Thanks to Canada Place for the photo!) I'm still on holiday: this is a scheduled post! Canada Day is coming…
June 11, 2009
A tour of the Central Valley Greenway: a major new bike and walking path through three municipalities!
A section of the Central Valley Greenway in New Westminster. I don’t know if you know about this, but after more than six years of development, the…
June 10, 2009
Olympic mascots take over transit
Miga and Quatchi behind the wheel of a bus. Miga and Quatchi, two of the Olympic mascots, were caught on transit at an event a few days ago! I don't…
June 9, 2009
Local band spotlight: The B-Lines
The B-Lines playing the Cobalt on May 8. Left to right we have Scotty Colin on Guitar, Ryan Dyck on vocals, Bruce Dyck on drums and Adam Fothergill…
May 25, 2009
Golden Ears Bridge will officially open on June 16
The Golden Ears Bridge opens Tuesday, June 16! Our CEO Tom Prendergast announced the Golden Ears Bridge opening date this morning: Tuesday, June 16!…
May 25, 2009
Pattullo Bridge repaving work starts Sun May 31: means evening and weekend closures
A very important alert for all our customers who use the Pattullo Bridge. Repaving work will start on Sun May 31, which means the bridge will be…
May 22, 2009
Friday fun poll: have you ever fallen asleep and missed your stop?
If you like, you can skip to the end of this post to answer the sleeping on transit poll. Results from last poll: running for boarding transit…
April 30, 2009
Traffic and transit info for the BMO Vancouver Marathon on Sunday
The BMO Vancouver Marathon is coming up on Sunday, May 3, and here's some transportation info that you might find handy. First, traffic in Vancouver…
April 22, 2009
We’ve got a brand new TransLink website!
Check out the new TransLink website! The TransLink website has a whole new look --- check it out at www.translink.ca! We’ve totally redesigned it to…
April 9, 2009
(Updated) Cambie Street roadwork, Fri Apr. 10 – Sun Apr. 12
Look out: roadwork on Cambie Street from Broadway to Cambie Bridge will cause traffic congestion in all directions this weekend, due to two jobs…
April 3, 2009
Friday fun poll: have you ever talked to a transit crush?
Last week, I ran a poll asking if you had a secret friend on transit: somebody you see on transit all the time, but never talk to. And after 118…
March 26, 2009
Take transit to the Juno Awards
The Juno Awards are in town for four days (Thursday Mar. 26 to Sunday Mar. 29), and we'd just like to suggest taking transit to get to the…
