2024, AI, and my side in the Butlerian JihadEarlier this year, my friend asked me to come over to her place to watch Dune Part One so she could the next day drag me to see Part Two in…Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2024
What decided the Skytrain line colours?This post has been sitting with me for a long while: why do the three SkyTrain lines have the colours they have today?Oct 3, 2024Oct 3, 2024
The Successor to the Mark I SkyTrainAfter SkyTrain was extended to Scott Road in 1991 and plans were put in place to extend it to the Expo Line’s current terminus, King…Oct 2, 2024Oct 2, 2024
All about Mission City stationWhen you think about TransLink, you think about how it goes as far north as Lions Bay, as far south as White Rock, and as far west as Bowen…Oct 1, 2024Oct 1, 2024
Downtown Vancouver’s railwayIf you find yourself wandering in and around Chinatown and Gastown, you might notice an alleyway that there is an alleyway that goes on an…Oct 1, 2024Oct 1, 2024
Drunk Driving is OK in CanadaOften I find myself writing about transit and thinking that many lives would not have been lost were we to have more publicly funded…Sep 28, 2024Sep 28, 2024
The History of New Westminster StationFor those who use New Westminster Station on the regular, it’s a place you either pass through, you get off to see a movie, or you catch a…Sep 14, 2024Sep 14, 2024
The other Royal visit to train 014 and SkyTrain’s influence abroadIn 1986, during Expo ’86, King Charles III (then Prince) and his then wife, Princess Diana paid a visit to Patterson Station in Burnaby to…Sep 14, 2024Sep 14, 2024
Ghosts: Connaught HillWhen riding down the Expo Line from Edmonds to 22nd Street, one may notice that it is a rather lengthy ride. At nearly 2 KM, it’s nowhere…Sep 13, 2024Sep 13, 2024
British Rail and its attempt to sell Vancouver on a RailbusThe theme of Expo 86 was transportation and many, many countries took advantage of the show to demonstrate their developments in this…Sep 13, 2024Sep 13, 2024
