Noeline and her son smiling at the camera

Celebrating Ramadan: A month of togetherness

On the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, Muslims abstain from eating during the daylight hours and feast together at night to celebrate Ramadan.…


Photo of the BC Transit Fraser Valley Express bus sitting out side of Lougheed Town Centre Station (Trevor Bodnar)

Taking transit to the Fraser Valley just got easier

BC Transit has extended the Fraser Valley Express bus route (66 FVX) into Burnaby. The 66 FVX will now travel to Lougheed Town Centre Station and bus…


Photo of a bus at Surrey Central Station with a SkyTrain going past in the background

Take this bus and SkyTrain benchmarking survey before May 1

As part of the International Bus Benchmarking Group (IBBG) and CoMET and Nova, which measures the performance of larger transit agencies across the…


Photo of blurred cherry blossoms in the foreground overlooking the Burrard Chinook SeaBus in the background

Check out these transit-friendly stops in Metro Vancouver to see cherry blossoms

Spring has sprung and that means before you know it Metro Vancouver will be engulfed by an amazing array of cherry blossoms. Our streets, parks, and…


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…


image of a woman getting on a bus with a bus operator smiling at her

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…


Brad Beard, a welder with Fleet Overhaul, reads a kudos message someone wrote about him for Transit Operator and Worker Appreciation Day.

Transit workers read ‘nice tweets’ about themselves

We decided to do something special for Transit Operator and Worker Appreciation Day, we dug up some of the nice tweets and messages you wrote about…


SkyTrain Field Operations Supervisor Lance Hakim is one the many people who keep this region moving.

To the people who keep this region moving, thank you!

Heather Michaloski has been a HandyDART driver for over 30 years and says her customers and clients have become a “little family.” Heather is just…


A red, thank you note that says:

In search of the SkyTrain Attendant behind the kind note

Remember when someone did a random act of kindness for you? Or the time you did it for someone else? For Sera Oh, it happened on the SkyTrain. But in…


A customer sits on the bus looking at her phone

Mask mandate lifted for Metro Vancouver transit

In alignment with provincial health orders, masks will no longer be mandatory on most TransLink services effective midnight tonight. This change is…


The Millennium Line at Brentwood Town Centre.

Here’s why Brentwood Town Centre Station is getting a makeover

Have you ever been at the mercy of the elements on Brentwood Station’s south stairwell? Are you tired of being tormented by all that wind, rain, and…


Candid images of Amanda Steed, Rachel Woods, Ruby Frenette, and Shezana Hassko at work.

International Women’s Day 2022: Celebrating the women who move us and #BreakTheBias

  March 8 is International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is #BreakTheBias, and we're focusing on how we can break the bias within transit.…


Group of students walk to Queen Mary Elementary as part of a Walking School Bus

Walking School Buses, what they are and why they matter

On school days, about one third of morning traffic in Metro Vancouver comes from cars dropping off kids at school, according to data from TransLink's…


A mechanic examines underneath a bus with a light

Help us celebrate Transit Operator and Worker Appreciation Day

Once again, we'll be joining transit agencies across Canada in celebrating Transit Operator and Worker Appreciation Day on March 18. This is a day…


Rendering of Burnaby Mountain Gondola

What you need to know about the proposed Burnaby Mountain Gondola

The proposed Burnaby Mountain Gondola project recently took a step forward with Burnaby City Council endorsing it. The idea of a gondola connecting…


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