Donate to Chilean earthquake relief along the Expo & Millennium Lines, Fri Mar 12
Our media relations staff just sent this notice out this afternoon — take note, if you are interested in contributing to Chilean earthquake relief! SkyTrain customers will have the opportunity to contribute to relief efforts for the earthquake in Chile on Friday, March 12. Members of the Chilean community will be at selected stations, collecting donations [...]
Transportation link roundup for Thursday, March 11
Here’s another set of links on transportation and more that I’ve collected in the past while. The Paralympics approach! Miss 604 has a list of pavilions open during the Games, and the Georgia Straight lists the free concerts on in Whistler and Vancouver. The Cultural Olympiad is still on until March 21 too! Slate has a [...]
Downtown Vancouver in 1981 and today
During the Games, I posted photos of downtown Vancouver from the Vancouver Lookout observation deck. And then, in the comments, Dave2 posted a picture of downtown Vancouver in 1981: a very similar shot to one of mine, but how things have changed! Have a look: my photo is above and Dave’s is below. Here’s what Dave [...]
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 Vancouver. Remember: as with the Olympic Games, tickets to Paralympic events are also good for unlimited travel on the TransLink system on the date of the event! (Your transit [...]
C74 rerouted due to work on Highway 1
Oops — here’s a reroute notice for the C74 that I missed posting on Monday. It did go out to the media and was posted on our website though, so hopefully the word has been spread far and wide. Due to the closure of the 152nd St. Overpass on Hwy 1, the C74 Fraser Heights/Guildford/Surrey Central [...]
Photos of our extra Olympic buses from David Lam!
As I secretly suspected, David Lam from the Trans-Continental bus photo site was out during the Games taking photos of the buses roaming around! He just recently sent an e-mail with some highlights, saying he dedicated most of his time photographing the older equipment due for retirement soon. Click through to enjoy his picks — and [...]
Monday fun draw: win a prize pack with Olympic stuff from YVR!
Argh—I meant to post this on Friday but my scheduling didn’t work! Anyway, if you’re still a bit sad that the Olympics are over, maybe this will cheer you up. YVR has given us a gift basket filled with many Olympic-related items, and we’d like to give it away through a draw! The value is $250 and [...]
Behind the scenes with Trolley Overhead
Yes, the Olympics are over, but I still have a couple of articles left to share about our work! This is another article is by Charlotte Boychuk from CMBC’s employee communications team, and it recognizes the great work of our trolley overhead division — the folks who make sure the wires for the trolleys work! [...]
Away today and tomorrow: back Monday, March 8
Just a quick note to say I will be away on Thursday and Friday this week! A couple of scheduled posts will go up while I’m away, and I’ll be back to answer your comments and e-mails on Monday, March 8. Here’s some handy links in case you need info/help while I’m away: Follow the TransLink Twitter [...]
Maintaining our extra Olympic buses during the Games
Yes, the Olympics are over, but I still have a couple of articles left to share about our work! This article is by Charlotte Boychuk from CMBC’s employee communications team, and it recognizes the great work of our bus maintenance staff. And for a bit of context, part of our old Vancouver bus depot, Oakridge [...]