March 25, 2022
Which one of the 5 TransLink customer mindsets are you?
TransLink has launched a new Customer Experience Action Plan outlining how we can improve your ride, based on your needs. The reasons you take…
By Thor Diakow
March 24, 2022
How TransLink is improving customer service over the next 5 years
TransLink’s new Customer Experience Action Plan includes 40 major projects and initiatives to better serve the changing needs of customers over the…
By Thor Diakow
February 19, 2022
TransLink tests next generation of battery-electric buses
As part of our Climate Action Strategy, TransLink is replacing old diesel buses with battery-electric buses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions…
By Dan Mountain
September 23, 2021
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,…
September 7, 2021
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…
June 23, 2021
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…
June 17, 2021
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,…
May 27, 2021
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…
May 6, 2021
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 4, 2021
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…
April 12, 2021
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…
March 30, 2021
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…
By CMBC Staff
March 10, 2021
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…
By CMBC Staff
March 8, 2021
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…
By Anh P
March 5, 2021
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…