I’m happy to welcome another guest post from Michael Taylor-Noonan, the newsletter editor for the Transit Museum Society! (He previously wrote guest posts about Vancouver bus numbers, and reminiscences of early Vancouver transit.) This time, Michael has kindly contributed a short history of monorails in Vancouver. Read on for more! Readers old enough to remember [...]

As you might have heard, AirCare will end for passenger cars and trucks as of December 31, 2014. According to the Province, the future of the program is being examined. Here’s what Environment Minister Terry Lake had to say about it, “Newer makes and models of light-duty vehicles are not the prime source of the [...]

As you may have heard, news of TransLink’s financial situation has popped up in the media over the past few days. (Here’s the Globe and Mail, Frances Bula’s blog, and Jeff Nagel in the North Shore Outlook). So I thought we’d take a moment to look at our financial road ahead, and hopefully give everyone [...]

Bike To Work Week starts next week, May 28-June 1! As an avid transit user who lives close to the system, I don’t cycle as much as I could. Sometimes I need reminding of the benefits, joy and ease of getting on two wheels (or one or three) and riding to work. Bike To Work [...]

A tiny update about our website. Last week we put up a new Report Lost Item form on the Lost and Found page! The form helps you quickly put in the minimum amount of information required to locate your lost item — especially mandatory information like a name and/or phone number. It’s a replacement for [...]