The Buzzer Blog Podcast

The Buzzer Blog Podcast episodes:

• 02.24.2020

  (CONTEST) RapidBus brings faster, more frequent service to eight Metro Vancouver communities

  We know that fast, frequent service is key to getting more people onto transit — that’s why we’ve introduced a new service called RapidBus! It comes with faster travel times, more reliable service and new customer amenities. On these routes, customers...

  
• 09.13.2017

  Once upon a chime

  Have you ever wondered where the iconic SkyTrain chime came from? Well, today is your lucky day because we’ve got an answer for you! Once upon a chime… Our story dates back to 1984, a few years before SkyTrain was operational. As...

  
• 08.10.2017

  This lady is the voice of SkyTrain

  Laureen Regan is the voice behind announcements on the SkyTrain system! Hop on a SkyTrain and you’ll hear a woman’s voice on the public address system, telling you what line you’ve boarded and what station is coming up next. Well, that voice...

  
• 08.29.2014

  I Love Transit 2014: Your painting, cake, crossword, poem, letters, song, and video!

  It’s I Love Transit Week and what makes this week so special are the riders sharing their transit with love us. We received many submissions, but here are some of our favourites! Check it out! Burnaby Sunrise – a painting by Larry Mason This...

  
• 01.31.2014

  Podcast: Frank Jensen celebrates 41 years as a bus operator

  Frank sitting one more time on his bus! Many people spend less than four years at a job. Not Frank Jensen. Yesterday, Frank took his last trip after 41 years of exemplary service as a bus operator! It’s not everyday that someone...

  
• 07.24.2010

  I Love Transit Week 2010: interviews from last week’s meetup (and a few links!)

  Michelle Babiuk, intrepid interviewer, speaking to an attendee at I Love Transit Night. http://buzzer.translink.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/I-Love-Transit-Week-2010_-interviews-from-our-meetup.mp3 OK — one more thing from I Love Transit Week! During I Love Transit Night, I asked my colleague Michelle to roam around with a voice recorder and...

  
• 07.14.2010

  I Love Transit Week 2010: Rachel Albang with a song about transit!

  It’s I Love Transit Week from July 12-16 — because even though there’s things we don’t like about transit, there’s much we do like! All week I’ll be sharing essays, stories, and more to celebrate transit. Come to I Love...

  
• 11.09.2009

  The conductorettes: the first women to drive transit in Vancouver

  A group of 33 conductorettes posing in front of the 16th Avenue streetcar at Prior Street barns in 1944. They were at first issued skirts as part of their uniform, but this image shows the transition to pants. Skirts were...

  
• 08.26.2009

  Podcast: Angus McIntyre celebrates 40 years as a driver

  Angus McIntyre celebrated 40 years as a bus driver on Tuesday, August 25, 2009. Transit operator Angus McIntyre celebrated 40 years of driving Vancouver buses on Tuesday, August 25! Keith Daubenspeck (Seattle Transit driver), Angus McIntyre and Brian Kelly about to head...

  
• 07.03.2009

  The Buzzer rides the first of the new SkyTrain cars!

  As mentioned yesterday, the first of the 48 new SkyTrain cars started running on the system this morning, and I got to jump on for its first trip! Above is a video of the two-car train #306 arriving at Edmonds Station...