August 21, 2009
Friday fun post: favourite Canada Line station?
If you like, skip to the end of this post to take the Canada Line station poll! Answer to last week's post: what those SeaBus tokens are Back side…
August 19, 2009
Guest post: Vancouver Transit and Art
Ink illustration by Peter R. Bach. Here's a lovely change of pace from all the Canada Line stuff. This is a guest post by Jason Vanderhill, who is an…
August 19, 2009
Canada Line roundup: more pics + video, and Waterfront Station opening info
Sea Island Station at sunset on opening day. Photo by Rob Chew. There are many tidbits about Canada Line coming in today, so I thought I would put…
August 18, 2009
Photo and video of Canada Line opening day
A Canada Line train at Lansdowne Station on opening day. Photo by Dennis Tsang. Whoosh --- Canada Line's opening day is over! And several readers…
August 17, 2009
Canada Line opening: Yaletown, Vancouver City Centre, Broadway-City Hall
So as the subject line indicates, the tail end of my evening was spent at 3 stations. I rode another busy train to Yaletown-Roundhouse, where I was…
August 17, 2009
Canada Line opening: YVR breakfast
The Buzzer is blogging (and Tweeting) via BlackBerry from the Canada Line opening all day today! See the full opening event schedule here, and share…
August 17, 2009
Share your Canada Line opening day or first-ride stories here!
A Canada Line train on the North Arm Bridge! The Canada Line opens today with free rides from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., and this post is for you to share…
August 11, 2009
Transit on film: 21 Jump Street
A classic clip: Rob Chew passed along the intro to season 4 of 21 Jump Street, which features a Flyer trolley bus ("14 Hastings") and a Flyer diesel…
August 7, 2009
Friday fun trivia: what the heck is this SeaBus token?
If you like, skip to the end of this post to see an old-school SeaBus token and help figure out its story! Results from last week: what years is this…
August 5, 2009
The new SeaBus is in the water!
The Burrard Pacific Breeze, in the water at the Victoria Shipyards! It's still being worked on and tested, but our new SeaBus is finally in the water…
July 31, 2009
The Albion Ferry sails for the last time
The Albion Ferry's service years, written on the Maple Ridge dock. It's the end of an era: the Albion Ferry sailed for the last time today, bringing…
July 29, 2009
Reminder: transit service for the HSBC Celebration of Light, tonight and Saturday
With fireworks displays set for tonight and Saturday, here's a friendly reminder to check out my earlier post on transit service to the HSBC…
July 29, 2009
TransitDB: a prizewinning Vancouver transit website
Carson Lam, all dressed up for the Microsoft FTW Ultimate App Throwdown. At the end of June, UBC computer science student Carson Lam emerged…
July 24, 2009
Friday fun trivia: what years are these tickets are from?
If you like, you can skip to the end of this post to see some classic transit tickets and tell us what year they're from! Results from last poll: how…
July 23, 2009
Dunsmuir tunnel work is finished early this summer
Well look at that --- the Dunsmuir tunnel project finished up its summer work two days early, completing on Tuesday of this week! This means there…
