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Newsby StaffMay 25, 2010

Vancouver: Olympics transit ridership numbers persist

Newly released numbers from Trans-Link show that commuters who rode transit during the 2010 Winter Olympics have stuck with it.

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Newsby StaffMarch 24, 2010

Birmingham-Jefferson County taps new exec. dir.

Peter Behrman most recently worked for the agency that provided transit for the Vancouver Olympics.

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Newsby StaffMarch 18, 2010

MCI delivers D4505, E4500 to R.I., Ark.

One of several key carriers in the Trailways system supporting the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Flagship's vehicles were a frequent sight throughout the games.

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ArticlesMarch 10, 2010

Vancouver transit systems achieve ridership gains from Olympic Games

TransLink SkyTrain ridership was up 54 percent during the first week of the Olympic Games.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 25, 2010

Vancouver buses, trains win ridership gold during Olympics

TransLink has averaged 1.6 million people a day, which is more than twice the normal daily average of 750,000 and well above the pre-Games forecast of 1.1 million passengers

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Newsby StaffFebruary 11, 2010

Vancouver adds more than 300 Nova buses

BC Transit and TransLink ordered 311 Nova LFS city buses. Of the total, TransLink has taken delivery of 141 hybrid-drive Nova LFS HEV buses.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 29, 2010

Bombardier launches Olympic Line in Vancouver

Bombardier Transportation and the City of Vancouver are co-sponsors of the 1.1-mile Olympic Line where Bombardier is operating two BOMBARDIER FLEXITY streetcars. Free service will be provided 18 hours a day, seven days a week, between Jan. 21 and March 21.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 29, 2010

Envitech powers Olympic Line streetcar

Supplier designed, fabricated, installed and successfully tested two electric traction power substations for use to power Vancouver’s Olympic Line streetcar.

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Newsby StaffDecember 8, 2009

First Bombardier streetcar arrives in Vancouver

Bombardier will operate the streetcars as a free service, 18 hours a day, 7 days a week, between Jan. 21 and March 21, 2010. The vehicles are on loan from the Brussels Transport Company STIB.

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Newsby StaffOctober 21, 2009

INIT celebrates 10 year anniversary

Since 1999, when INIT was first established as an ITS provider on the North American market, it partnered with customers in more than 20 cities from New York City to Vancouver, Canada.

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