Sometimes you come across a stat that stops you in your tracks. Today I learned that TransLink's 555 has the 8th highest rate of boardings per hour, which is mindblowing.
Why?
Highway express routes like this aren't supposed to do well on that metric. They usually don't have a lot of ons and offs
Why?
Highway express routes like this aren't supposed to do well on that metric. They usually don't have a lot of ons and offs
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Sometimes you come across a stat that stops you in your tracks. Today I learned that TransLink's 555 has the 8th highest rate of boardings per hour, which is mindblowing.
Why?
Highway express routes like this aren't supposed to do well on that metric. They usually don't have a lot of ons and offs
Why?
Highway express routes like this aren't supposed to do well on that metric. They usually don't have a lot of ons and offs
The motions asks staff to look at restrictions at intersections with:
1) Leading pedestrian intervals
2) Bike lanes, MUPs, greenways
3) Fully signalized intersections with high pedestrian/cyclist injury rates
4) The above on Translink's Major Road Network
#bikeyvr 2/3
1) Leading pedestrian intervals
2) Bike lanes, MUPs, greenways
3) Fully signalized intersections with high pedestrian/cyclist injury rates
4) The above on Translink's Major Road Network
#bikeyvr 2/3
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The motions asks staff to look at restrictions at intersections with:
1) Leading pedestrian intervals
2) Bike lanes, MUPs, greenways
3) Fully signalized intersections with high pedestrian/cyclist injury rates
4) The above on Translink's Major Road Network
#bikeyvr 2/3
1) Leading pedestrian intervals
2) Bike lanes, MUPs, greenways
3) Fully signalized intersections with high pedestrian/cyclist injury rates
4) The above on Translink's Major Road Network
#bikeyvr 2/3
But I was told we couldn't get winter tires for busses...
70% of TransLink's 1,600 buses to be equipped with winter tires this season | Urbanized share.google/kAjrzjMl481Z...
70% of TransLink's 1,600 buses to be equipped with winter tires this season | Urbanized share.google/kAjrzjMl481Z...
70% of TransLink's 1,600 buses to be equipped with winter tires this season | Urbanized
To improve the resiliency of bus services, TransLink is doubling the use of winter tires, expanding to 70 per cent of the bus fleet.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
But I was told we couldn't get winter tires for busses...
70% of TransLink's 1,600 buses to be equipped with winter tires this season | Urbanized share.google/kAjrzjMl481Z...
70% of TransLink's 1,600 buses to be equipped with winter tires this season | Urbanized share.google/kAjrzjMl481Z...
New storage for the historic fleet is somewhere in Langley, I'm not even sure exactly where, I guess there. It was the closest warehouse big enough within Translink's budget. But it means a long way to tow the trolleys for any use... expand trolley buses to Langley?
November 10, 2024 at 11:56 PM
New storage for the historic fleet is somewhere in Langley, I'm not even sure exactly where, I guess there. It was the closest warehouse big enough within Translink's budget. But it means a long way to tow the trolleys for any use... expand trolley buses to Langley?
Translink's bus system is really remarkable. Fantastic frequency + coverage (tho' span of service sometimes falls short). The express buses (R3, R4, R5, 99 B-Line) stop at major intersections/stations; you can tap on with a credit card; and they're clean, with great signage.
cc: @translink.ca
cc: @translink.ca
June 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Translink's bus system is really remarkable. Fantastic frequency + coverage (tho' span of service sometimes falls short). The express buses (R3, R4, R5, 99 B-Line) stop at major intersections/stations; you can tap on with a credit card; and they're clean, with great signage.
cc: @translink.ca
cc: @translink.ca
Replacing the surface parking lots with more intensive uses will improve the profitability of the island. Aside from that, the funding gap will need to be closed the same as Translink's was, squeeze the involved parties for a bit more cash, and more gov't funding. More housing would help too
June 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Replacing the surface parking lots with more intensive uses will improve the profitability of the island. Aside from that, the funding gap will need to be closed the same as Translink's was, squeeze the involved parties for a bit more cash, and more gov't funding. More housing would help too
“The group, @movementyvr.bsky.social argues that it is better to “put transit where people are”, where there are apartments, restaurants, and stores.”
read more and take TransLink's survey :
movementyvr.ca/bby-heights-...
read more and take TransLink's survey :
movementyvr.ca/bby-heights-...
September 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
“The group, @movementyvr.bsky.social argues that it is better to “put transit where people are”, where there are apartments, restaurants, and stores.”
read more and take TransLink's survey :
movementyvr.ca/bby-heights-...
read more and take TransLink's survey :
movementyvr.ca/bby-heights-...
The free Shipyards Christmas Market on the Lonsdale waterfront in North Vancouver has sent #TransLink's #SeaBus ferry ridership soaring over the past month. #vanpoli #vancre #vanre 🎄🎅⛴️
dailyhive.com/vancouver/tr...
dailyhive.com/vancouver/tr...
Christmas market sends SeaBus ridership cresting well above normal | Urbanized
The free Shipyards Christmas Market in North Vancouver is sending TransLink's SeaBus ferry ridership to new recent heights.
dailyhive.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The free Shipyards Christmas Market on the Lonsdale waterfront in North Vancouver has sent #TransLink's #SeaBus ferry ridership soaring over the past month. #vanpoli #vancre #vanre 🎄🎅⛴️
dailyhive.com/vancouver/tr...
dailyhive.com/vancouver/tr...
"TransLink’s SkyTrain is now the fourth busiest metro/subway system in Canada and the United States — behind the New York City Subway, Montreal Metro, and Toronto Subway, but just ahead of the Washington Metro, Chicago L, and Boston...
November 18, 2024 at 9:26 AM
"TransLink’s SkyTrain is now the fourth busiest metro/subway system in Canada and the United States — behind the New York City Subway, Montreal Metro, and Toronto Subway, but just ahead of the Washington Metro, Chicago L, and Boston...
Hot take
Brisbane's metro + bendy-bus + busways combo should be something the City is really proud of and spruiks as a model for other sprawling low density cities built out during the motorcar era.
Flawed, imperfect? Very much so.
Having a good stab at […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Brisbane's metro + bendy-bus + busways combo should be something the City is really proud of and spruiks as a model for other sprawling low density cities built out during the motorcar era.
Flawed, imperfect? Very much so.
Having a good stab at […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
October 16, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Hot take
Brisbane's metro + bendy-bus + busways combo should be something the City is really proud of and spruiks as a model for other sprawling low density cities built out during the motorcar era.
Flawed, imperfect? Very much so.
Having a good stab at […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Brisbane's metro + bendy-bus + busways combo should be something the City is really proud of and spruiks as a model for other sprawling low density cities built out during the motorcar era.
Flawed, imperfect? Very much so.
Having a good stab at […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Township to begin removing baffle gates on trails, City boosts public safety funding, and federal governments still haven't delivered flood prevention promises four years after 2021. Plus: diversity award nominations, TransLink's winter prep, AI subsidies, and Whitecaps playoff action […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Township to begin removing baffle gates on trails, City boosts public safety funding, and federal governments still haven't delivered flood prevention promises four years after 2021. Plus: diversity award nominations, TransLink's winter prep, AI subsidies, and Whitecaps playoff action […]
.@TransLink's approach to skytrain management this morning on millennium line makes no sense.
November 19, 2024 at 12:12 PM
.@TransLink's approach to skytrain management this morning on millennium line makes no sense.
Sorry y'all, I should have included a map way earlier. Here's TransLink's map w/ the OG section of Hastings (left) and my crappy Google map attempt at showing Duthie to Delta.
November 19, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Sorry y'all, I should have included a map way earlier. Here's TransLink's map w/ the OG section of Hastings (left) and my crappy Google map attempt at showing Duthie to Delta.
Lee: how will merchants interests be taken into consideration?
also asks various technical q's about TransLink's report (link: pub-burnaby.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...)
also asks various technical q's about TransLink's report (link: pub-burnaby.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...)
pub-burnaby.escribemeetings.com
November 19, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Lee: how will merchants interests be taken into consideration?
also asks various technical q's about TransLink's report (link: pub-burnaby.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...)
also asks various technical q's about TransLink's report (link: pub-burnaby.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...)
Why are TransLink's live schedules so terrible? I get there were problems with buses today, but that doesn't explain live updates for non-existent buses.
September 6, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Why are TransLink's live schedules so terrible? I get there were problems with buses today, but that doesn't explain live updates for non-existent buses.
TransLink’s funding problems can be traced back to 1998.
Rob Shaw: Is a $600M bailout the answer to TransLink's money woes?
TransLink’s funding problems can be traced back to 1998.
dlvr.it
July 29, 2024 at 5:05 PM
TransLink’s funding problems can be traced back to 1998.
There were definitely some bumps in TransLink's Compass rollout a decade ago, but I think at this point it's pretty universally viewed as a successful project.
January 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
There were definitely some bumps in TransLink's Compass rollout a decade ago, but I think at this point it's pretty universally viewed as a successful project.
Only about half of the operating costs and none of the capital costs of highways in BC are covered by gas taxes. Only about a quarter of TransLink's (public transport in Metro Vancouver) revenue is from fares and only about a third of BC Transit's (transit in the rest of BC) revenue is from fares.
April 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Only about half of the operating costs and none of the capital costs of highways in BC are covered by gas taxes. Only about a quarter of TransLink's (public transport in Metro Vancouver) revenue is from fares and only about a third of BC Transit's (transit in the rest of BC) revenue is from fares.
I think people are stretching reasonable claims/stats beyond their scope.
Years ago there was an analysis that Translink's new Compass Card fare gates cost substantially more than the lost revenue from fare evasion, and people turned that into fare collection costs outweighing fare revenue.
Years ago there was an analysis that Translink's new Compass Card fare gates cost substantially more than the lost revenue from fare evasion, and people turned that into fare collection costs outweighing fare revenue.
July 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I think people are stretching reasonable claims/stats beyond their scope.
Years ago there was an analysis that Translink's new Compass Card fare gates cost substantially more than the lost revenue from fare evasion, and people turned that into fare collection costs outweighing fare revenue.
Years ago there was an analysis that Translink's new Compass Card fare gates cost substantially more than the lost revenue from fare evasion, and people turned that into fare collection costs outweighing fare revenue.
So with fares cut back to 1 zone levels, if you’re in Translink’s office in Sapperton, and you’re asked to chose to fund a dinky ferry with 5 minutes headways thought to be used mostly by tourists and paying for more service hours in a growing neighbourhood in Langley what are you going to pick?
November 26, 2024 at 2:20 AM
So with fares cut back to 1 zone levels, if you’re in Translink’s office in Sapperton, and you’re asked to chose to fund a dinky ferry with 5 minutes headways thought to be used mostly by tourists and paying for more service hours in a growing neighbourhood in Langley what are you going to pick?
“Ottawa pledges $1.5 billion over 10 years for Metro Vancouver transit”: nice to see the government investing in transit around the country. I’m sure we’d all love more public scrutiny of TransLink’s finances, but it’s also nice to not see the press frame this as a “loss”. This is investment.
Ottawa pledges $1.5 billion over 10 years for Metro Vancouver transit | CBC News
The federal government has committed more than $1.5 billion over 10 years for Metro Vancouver's beleaguered transit network.
www.cbc.ca
March 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“Ottawa pledges $1.5 billion over 10 years for Metro Vancouver transit”: nice to see the government investing in transit around the country. I’m sure we’d all love more public scrutiny of TransLink’s finances, but it’s also nice to not see the press frame this as a “loss”. This is investment.
Vancouver doesn't pay even close to that for the entire rail system including the West Coast Express, SkyTrain and TransLink's bus service. 1.76 million trips are predicted (Stantec/Modus) based on todays numbers rising to well over 4 million by 2041 so heavily used by islanders.
April 23, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Vancouver doesn't pay even close to that for the entire rail system including the West Coast Express, SkyTrain and TransLink's bus service. 1.76 million trips are predicted (Stantec/Modus) based on todays numbers rising to well over 4 million by 2041 so heavily used by islanders.
Have you filled out TransLink's survey on Bus Rapid Transit? The last day is Sunday.
Surveys like this are why Movement needs to exist.
You know that our region needs to change A LOT to make our streets safer, less congested, and less polluted. Buuut. . . 1/ movementyvr.ca/bby-heights-...
Surveys like this are why Movement needs to exist.
You know that our region needs to change A LOT to make our streets safer, less congested, and less polluted. Buuut. . . 1/ movementyvr.ca/bby-heights-...
Tell TransLink not to miss Burnaby Heights! | Movement
Burnaby Heights residents and businesses could miss out on direct, rapid transit service to Metrotown and North Vancouver. We need your help!
movementyvr.ca
September 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Have you filled out TransLink's survey on Bus Rapid Transit? The last day is Sunday.
Surveys like this are why Movement needs to exist.
You know that our region needs to change A LOT to make our streets safer, less congested, and less polluted. Buuut. . . 1/ movementyvr.ca/bby-heights-...
Surveys like this are why Movement needs to exist.
You know that our region needs to change A LOT to make our streets safer, less congested, and less polluted. Buuut. . . 1/ movementyvr.ca/bby-heights-...
I don't see any reason why #Kamloops can't just copy TransLink's best practices and get an AT network built quickly and cheaply like other municipalities in BC.
September 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I don't see any reason why #Kamloops can't just copy TransLink's best practices and get an AT network built quickly and cheaply like other municipalities in BC.