stories from the buzzer 94 years and counting jhenifer pabillano may 27, 2010

Stories from the Buzzer

94 years and counting

Jhenifer Pabillano May 27, 2010

What we’ll talk about over the next 40 minutes or so

45% overview, origins,

productionnotes

50% highlights from 94 years of issues

5% wrapup and final notes

What’s the Buzzer?

http://buzzer.translink.ca

The Buzzer begins

Why does the Buzzer endure?

1953 1982

“It consists of a bus eight feet long but forty feet high. There will be five operators, one at each of five levels, and everyone on the bus can crowd around an operator and look through the windshield. However the model keeps falling over and our research department is trying to find out why.”

1936 1961

Bob Banks

1961

2008

Bob Banks

1961 2008

1916-1925 (11 years)

1925-1936 (11 years)

1937-1941 (4 years)

Logos through the years…

1942-1948 (6 years)

1949-1961 (11 years)

1961-1974 (13 years)

1974-1977 (3 years)

1977-1993 (16 years)

1993-2010 (17 years)

2010-today (2 months)

Logos through the years…

Tracing transit history

History of electricity

1921

1952

1936

1953

1966

Reflecting the community

1947

1961

1936

Discover the Buzzer archives online!

Go to: TransLink.ca > Rider Info > Print Buzzer

Jhenifer PabillanoEditor, The Buzzerthebuzzer@translink.cabuzzer.translink.ca

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