April 9, 2010
Two regional travel studies show more take transit trips and more share car rides, among other things
The proportion of the population using different modes of travel, from four past trip diary surveys. We've just announced the results of the 2008…
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…
March 25, 2010
Tiny tiny adjustment for TransLink property tax rates in 2010
Well, we've talked about increases to one of our funding sources this year --- now here's the announcement about another of them. As we do every…
March 24, 2010
Tidbits and links for Wednesday, March 24
Spectators head toward King Edward Station after the gold medal wheelchair curling event! You know the drill: here's tidbits and links on…
March 12, 2010
The March Buzzer is now out!
The March 2010 Buzzer is now on all buses, SeaBus, SkyTrain, and West Coast Express! Since the Olympic experience was so huge for us, this issue…
March 12, 2010
Reminder: Paralympic Games opening ceremonies, Friday March 12
Just a reminder that the Paralympic Games opening ceremonies are at B.C. Place today, Friday March 12! That means some road closures downtown,…
March 12, 2010
Away today and Monday: back Tuesday, March 16
Just a note to say I will be away on Friday and Monday! Sadly, this means I will be missing the beginning of the Paralympics --- but I will…
March 10, 2010
Transit service for the Paralympic Games, Fri Mar 12 to Sat Mar 21
With the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games underway Friday March 12 to Saturday March 21, that means some changes to transit service in the city of…
March 9, 2010
Photos of our extra Olympic buses from David Lam!
Extra Olympic buses parked on Pender Street, waiting to pick up crowds from the PNE. Photo by David Lam. As I secretly suspected, David Lam from the…
February 28, 2010
A few reflections as we come to the end of the Games
Busy crowds at Richmond-Brighouse Station on Friday, February 19. This is mildly off-topic (or is it?), but I wanted to share a few personal…
February 26, 2010
Heads up: travel tips for the tail end of the Games this weekend (especially Sun Feb 28)
This weekend marks the end of the Olympic Games in Vancouver, and there's a couple of things you might want to know to make sure your travels are…
February 24, 2010
A talk with an Olympic Line streetcar driver
Matthew Laird, a driver on the Olympic Line demonstration streetcar! I went down to visit the Olympic Line demonstration streetcar over the weekend,…
February 23, 2010
How we manage West Coast Express crowds entering Waterfront, Sun Feb 21
1,900 West Coast Express riders file into Waterfront station on the left: SeaBus riders flow into the SeaBus station on the right. Waterfront Station…
February 22, 2010
Dispatches from UBC Loop
Brian, one of our transit host coordinators, with Carol Lee, TransLink's corporate secretary and a transit host for the Games. They're at King Edward…
February 20, 2010
Transit averages over 1.6 million riders daily during week one of the Games
West Coast Express unloaded about 2,000 people into Waterfront Station from its 12:30 p.m. train on Friday, February 19. Well: our media team has…
