December 18, 2008
The retired trolleys on Argentinian TV!
Jorge Luis Guevara, our indefatigable friend from the transit agency in Mendoza, Argentina, sent along this clip of our trolleybuses on Argentinian…
December 18, 2008
Broadway Station construction update for December 2008
The hoarding on the south end of the platform. Hey, the Broadway Station upgrade project released its first update yesterday! (If you hadn't heard,…
December 10, 2008
Video of the SkyTrain security press conference
My colleague Drew Snider has a new post up on his blog about media coverage of the SkyTrain security plan, which the Buzzer blog talked about last…
December 10, 2008
U-Pass photo contest winners
Malloreigh Hamilton in one of the winning photos from our U-Pass photo contest. We declared two winners in our U-Pass photo contest a while back, and…
December 9, 2008
Canada Line photos: Yaletown Station construction
Yaletown Station: an illustration of what it will look like when complete! I've been noticing some interest in posts about the Canada Line lately, so…
December 8, 2008
Retired trolleys make their way to Mendoza
One of our retired trolleys on a flatbed truck, arriving in Guaymallen, Argentina en route to Mendoza. Thanks to the kindness of Jorge Luis Guevara,…
December 8, 2008
Our 2009 budget and capital plan
The 2009 budget will support many major initiatives that are reaching completion, such as the 48 new SkyTrain cars set to arrive next year. Our 2009…
November 28, 2008
Profile: the transit fans behind the Trans-Vancouver bus photo archive
Chris Cassidy, George Prior, and David Lam, the photographers behind Trans-Vancouver. (They're wearing orange vests because the docks made us all…
November 27, 2008
Moscow celebrates 75 years of trolley buses
A vintage trolley bus in Moscow's 75th anniversary of trolley buses celebration. Photo by Vartal. Dale Laird from TRAMS passed along some links today…
November 25, 2008
A visit to the Lost Property Office
The Lost Property Office, located in a corner of Stadium Station. Regular readers will remember that I did a story on the Lost Property Office in the…
November 20, 2008
Bike to Work Week continues: a morning at the Metrotower II Commuter Station
Paul Cheng from TransLink, watching over the treats at the Bike to Work Week commuter station in Metrotower II. I spent this morning helping at the…
November 20, 2008
Response to a Province article linking crime to SkyTrain presence
My colleague Drew Snider has a new post up on his TransLink media relations blog, responding to a Province article that appears to link the presence…
November 13, 2008
News station violated radio ethics code in reporting on SkyTrain security
My colleague Drew Snider from TransLink media relations just posted the saga of a complaint TransLink filed with the Canadian Broadcast Standards…
November 10, 2008
Remembrance Day service and parade reroutes
Just a reminder that on Remembrance Day tomorrow, all transit services will run on a Sunday/holiday schedule. There are also Remembrance Day…
November 6, 2008
Update on the retired trolleys sailing to South America
Trolleys being loaded into the cargo hold of the vessel Wisdom. Photo courtesy CTL Westrans Shipbrokers. I've received some more info and a few more…
