Transit

UBC Dialogues: How can we expand public transit in the Lower Mainland?

UBC Dialogues: Burnaby The Lower Mainland’s population is growing and in many areas public transportation can’t keep up with demand. Commuters along the...

Video Vancouver: ‘Welcome to the Anthropocene’ Earth Animation

This is the animation done by Globaïa for the short film ‘Welcome to the Anthropocene’ commissionned for the Planet Under Pressure conference...

I Love Transit Week Update, Aug 5-9

*** Check out translink.ca/ilovetransit: it’s got a nice summary of what it’s all about and what Translink has done in the past five years!

Playing in the Sandbox

The process of urban planning has always been a bit of a mystery to me and I don’t believe I am the only one to feel this way. The technical...

Translink Seeking 5,000 Compass Card Beta Testers

As Translink prepares to launch Compass—its region-wide transit fare card—later this year, they are looking for 5,000 regular transit users to help test...

Video Vancouver: Hyper Drive

Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Places That Matter: First Gas Station Invitation

Video Vancouver: SkyTrain – SkyWay

To 27 years of service. Here’s to another 27 more.

Vancouver Transit: The Era of Street Cars

Vancouver is a rapidly growing city with increasing demand for more efficient, more reliable public transit.  Since the success of a temporary street car...

Video Vancouver: SkyTrain—Then and Now

A video of the then and now of the SkyTrain. A side-by-side along the tracks in 1986 and 2012. (via The Vancouver Sun)

Release: TransLink Delivers More Cost-Effective Bus Service in 2012

TransLink’s latest review of its bus system shows that bus ridership increased in 2012, while costs per trip dropped – demonstrating that bus service is...

Video Vancouver: Tokyo in Timelapse

Tokyo is a perfect city for shooting timelapse. This clip was shot in a period of about 3 weeks durring February 2012, and entirely with a Canon 5D mk2.