Ma.gnolia: Richard Eriksson's Bookmarks Tagged With "TransLink"

TransLink's Buzzer blog

2008-10-06T12:41:17-07:00

They're promising at least one update every weekday.

SkyTrain Security Unconference

2008-09-07T22:02:26-07:00

Karen Fung, of Vancouver Transit Camp fame, is coordinating the online community conversation.

Karen met with TransLink, and wants them to continue the community conversation

2008-03-19T20:16:02-07:00

Noah took a photo of every SkyTrain camera that saw him during a three-station trip

2008-03-11T17:12:43-07:00

Commercial Drive as case study for describing the contemporary sound environment

2008-02-09T21:41:13-08:00

"Although the sound of the SkyTrain itself [...] can only be heard in the immediate surroundings of the stations, the accompanying changes in the landscape and the soundscape, now filled with transportation noises including cars, buses, heavy trucks, a train and two SkyTrain lines, are for all participants signs of a deterioration of this neighbourhood."

Chris LaVigne on Young and Sexy's "The City You Live In Is Ugly"

2007-12-17T14:26:25-08:00

The song is bookended with a sample of Vancouver's SkyTrain leaving and one arriving.

Google Map of Chapter 10 from SkyTrain Explorer covering the neighbourhood around Patterson Station

2007-11-04T19:19:55-08:00

Based on the directions by John Atkin. As usual, I venture off on small detours, like I did today on this route.

Paul Hillsdon covered the Google Transit/TransLink announcement

2007-11-03T16:40:08-07:00

Karen reviews Google Transit for Vancouver

2007-11-02T11:58:35-07:00

"There’s a sense of prioritization in the way decisions about how to get somewhere that’s different for every trip and person: what’s an express route, what bus will save me from walking as much, what buses are less busy at certain times of day, where’s Canada Line construction or a CN Rail train going to throw a complete wrench in things, what buses will pass by places I want to go, what buses can take my bike."

NDP Releases TransLink Governance Review Panel Submissions Through Freedom of Information Request | Urban Vancouver

2007-11-02T11:42:26-07:00

We're hosting the responses on Urban Vancouver.

My notes at Jaiku of the TransLink/Google Transit launch/demonstration

2007-11-01T12:25:33-07:00

Much more to report, including meeting and talking with Joe Hughes of Google.

Eric posted photos o the Brill Trolley tour in Vancouver

2007-10-28T16:29:54-07:00

Also photos of ads from old school BC Transit and other transit systems.

TransitMirror, a public transportation forum

2007-10-05T15:12:28-07:00

Major Canadian cities including Vancouver are featured, and it has a forum for every bus route, which I'm not sure is the way I'd do it.

TransLink rail routes (current and proposed) and major bus loops in Google Earth

2007-10-03T12:57:24-07:00

SkyTrain, West Coast Express, Canada Line and the Evergreen Line are mapped.

Text your stop number to 74636 for the next Vancouver bus

2007-10-01T11:15:30-07:00

My initial text took 5 minutes to get a reply. That and the fact that the website is all images worries me, but I'll give it a chance over the coming week.

Trike to perform on Vancouver's buses on October 8th

2007-09-27T13:38:17-07:00

Which happens to be Canadian Thanksgiving.

Rivershed Society of British Columbia shares photos of its SalmonTrain launch on Flickr

2007-09-19T17:43:01-07:00

The local paper said they had a gallery at rivershed.com but I gave up after a half dozen clicks. All I needed to do, apparently, was watch the 'skytrain' tag like I usually do.

Gerry asks what is your favourite route, station or view on Vancouver's transit system?

2007-09-15T14:18:09-07:00

He's also working on a long-term project to collect photograph SkyTrain station specific photos.

Ride aboard the articulated New Flyer trolley

2007-09-07T12:29:33-07:00

I've only seen photos of it in Vancouver, not of it actually in service.

20,000 bus pass-ups is 20% of actual figure, says CAW

2007-09-06T13:09:32-07:00

Bus drivers don't report counts of passengers they drive by because the bus is too full to pick them up.