January 28, 2011
CUTA BC Youth Summit application deadline extended: Mon Feb 21, 2011
Update: we've extended the deadline for applications for the CUTA BC youth summit! The new deadline is now Monday, February 21, 2011, not Monday,…
January 21, 2011
SkyTrain historic photos: Princess Diana visits SkyTrain and more
Princess Diana and Prince Charles at Patterson Station. Photo dated May 6, 1986. Click for a much larger version! Prince Charles and Princess Diana…
January 20, 2011
Come to a Mia Birk cycling talk from the SFU City Program, Wed Jan 26, 2011
In case you're interested, the SFU City Program is hosting a talk by Mia Birk, who helped develop the City of Portland's hugely successful bike…
January 20, 2011
Links and tidbits for Thu Jan 20, 2011
Bob sent along a snapshot of his collection of farecards dating back to 1990! Thanks Bob! A roundup of interesting tidbits and links about…
January 14, 2011
Friday fun poll results: 83% have carried something cumbersome on transit
When your transit vehicle is empty, it makes it easier to get heavy luggage on board :) Last week, I asked if you had ever carried something really…
January 14, 2011
The January 2011 Buzzer is now out!
The January 2011 Buzzer is now on board all buses, SeaBus, SkyTrain, and West Coast Express! This issue talks about the 25th anniversary of…
January 12, 2011
Video: On Track, a SkyTrain project video from 1983!
At the end of December 2010, I posted the fantastic Going To Town 1985 SkyTrain documentary—well, since then, more classic SkyTrain video has come…
January 11, 2011
Links and tidbits, Tue Jan 11, 2011
Daryl Claudio took a picture of all his saved transit passes and tickets, collected since 2006! Sent in via Twitter. A roundup of interesting tidbits…
January 7, 2011
Friday fun poll: ever carry something really cumbersome on transit?
A suitcase can be stowed under a seat on the Canada Line. It's the first fun poll of 2011! And we're going back to our roots with a transit behaviour…
December 23, 2010
Video: Going To Town, the 1985 SkyTrain project documentary
The Going To Town article in the fall 1985 Vancouver Regional Rapid Transit Quarterly magazine. Click the picture to download the magazine PDF!…
December 17, 2010
Friday fun guest post: It’s all about the numbers… on the bus, by Michael Taylor-Noonan
Our old and new trolleybuses at an event in 2007 --- you can clearly see their differing bus numbers! For this Friday fun post, Michael…
December 17, 2010
Smartcard contest update: public vote for the winning name in early 2011
Zoop: another announcement today. The smartcard contest will have a public vote for the winning name in early 2011. The press release isn't quite…
December 17, 2010
Ads coming to FareCards in January 2011
A sample FareCard with the new ads. In case you haven't heard, this was announced yesterday: there will be small ads on the monthly FareCards…
December 15, 2010
Links and tidbits for Wed Dec 15, 2010
A collection of metro logos from around the world, gathered by Inspix.net. Click the image to see much larger versions of the logos! Thanks to Avery…
December 14, 2010
Holiday gift ideas for transit fans 2010
Last year, I did a short list of gift ideas for transit fans and thought I'd update it for 2010! As you can imagine, in my line of work, I tend to…
