It’s been a while since I’ve posted something here, and looking through the side projects published here, many of them are no longer alive. But one of my them has stayed running for just over 15 years now: my T-Comm live bus map and tracker. This website, which I created while I was still studying in university, visualizes the location of all of TransLink’s buses together on one map. Last week, I upgraded T-Comm’s mapping engine from Leaflet to MapLibre GL, marking the third version of the map in the site’s history. The original version, from 2012-2016, used Google Maps. Continue Reading
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The Burrard Chinook
Yesterday was the first day the Burrard Chinook (TransLink’s newest SeaBus) was put into revenue service.
The Chinook has a unique livery consisting of art from the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations communities and showcases the Chinook salmon within the ecosystem as well as First Nations cultures.
COVID-19: Thoughts from working from home for 6 weeks
The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the way many around the world live their lives over the recent months. For us in the Vancouver/British Columbia area, it has been about a month and half since we have had significant measures in place to reduce the spread of the virus.
In this post I will go over the changes that have affected me, and things that I have found worked well.
Driving the Sea to Sky highway (southbound)
Last year, I uploaded a dashcam video of the Sea to Sky highway driving northbound. Here is now the video in the opposite direction on a nice summer evening.
Driving the Sea to Sky Highway
The Sea to Sky highway (BC Highway 99) from Vancouver to Whistler is one of my favourite drives. It is both picturesque, and fun to drive with all the twists and turns. On this beautiful autumn day, I was heading to Whistler to check out the Turkey Sale, and was able to finally capture the drive in great weather conditions. Update: The dashcam video of the southbound journey is now available.