Take transit to: the Shipyards Festival
We're proud to sponsor the Shipyards Festival at Lower Lonsdale, a free event in North Vancouver this Saturday, September 25th. With live music,…
Back Issues: The 99 B-Line launches on Sept. 3, 1996
The Buzzer has been published for more than 100 years! It’s one of the oldest publications in Metro Vancouver. In Back Issues, we comb through our…
2020 in Review: How one bus operator helped save someone’s life
Mike McDaniel, President and General Manager of Coast Mountain Bus Company, shares how proud he is of transit workers. Mike applauds them for not…
TransLink takes you to National Indigenous Peoples Day events
June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day – a day recognizing and celebrating the cultures, contributions, and diversity of First Nations, Inuit,…
Top 10 bus routes that drove us through the pandemic
There’s no denying that these past pandemic years have impacted transit ridership, and Metro Vancouver as a whole, in ways many of us have never seen…
Transit-friendly ways to celebrate mom in Metro Vancouver
This Mother's Day you may have to dig deep to find a creative way to celebrate the mom in your life. Whether you're able to show your love and…
May the 4th be with you – how we celebrate Star Wars
Happy Star Wars Day! It’s an awesome time to be a Star Wars fan with all new TV series like The Bad Batch, The Mandalorian for us to watch with new…
Take this international survey on bus and SkyTrain, Apr. 12 – May 9
TransLink is a part of the International Bus Benchmarking Group (IBBG) and CoMET and Nova benchmarking groups, which measure the performance of…
Bright Idea helps educate customers on bus payment methods
Disclaimer: This story was written in November 2020. After noticing many of his customers, often tourists, were struggling to pay the correct fare…
A lifesaving trip: How one bus operator helped save a life
Being a bus operator is all about timing. Scheduled times, run times, layover times, route timing points, and then of course - there's being in the…
Bus Stop Balancing: Improving Travel Times and Reliability for Customers
In these unprecedented times, our region has a unique opportunity to rethink how our roadways and cities can work better for everyone. One such…
TransLink tests technology to sanitize air on buses
TransLink looks at new ways to keep transit safe and clean for customers TransLink is testing a technology called photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) to…
What are bus paddles?
Have you ever wondered how bus operators know their route and what time they should be at a particular stop? Wonder no more! It’s a special paper…
TransLink expands battery-electric bus fleet
TransLink has awarded a contract to Nova Bus to bring 15 more battery-electric buses to our fleet. This order will more than quadruple our current…
Reindeer Bus, explained
Like the Vancouver Christmas Market, Bright Nights at Stanley Park, and VanDusen Festival of Lights — the Reindeer Bus is a Metro Vancouver holiday…
