transit

The inside of a skytrain car with various people sitting and standing. Lines of poetry flash across the background.
4 min 0 1662

Poetry in Transit presents stanzas for a safe ride

Peak Web October 9, 2024

By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Poetry in Transit is back for its 28th year to transport you into a poetic abyss amidst the hustle and bustle of bus delays and SkyTrain chaos. The aim of Poetry in Transit is to make your commute a little less dreaded and a little more literate. After a celebration at the Word Vancouver Festival on September 28, the works of 10 different poets from across the province can now be found in and around TransLink, and on BC Transit vehicles.  This year’s poets include Michelle Brown, Dina Del Bucchia, Justene Dion-Glowa, Svetlana Ischenko, Donna…

Continue reading Read more
A person (or group of students) on a translink bus/skytrain with perhaps a thinking bubble thinking about how it's been over an hour transit ride to SFU (maybe a clock to signify that they're thinking of passing time?)
6 min 0 1491

The taxing effects of long transit rides

Peak Web September 13, 2024

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer A long commute can be jarring. It has the ability to disorient and reshape our days. I have experienced numerous headaches and frequent fatigue when I arrive at school or when I get home. I…

Continue reading Read more
a street in the District of Saanich containing a bus stop
3 min 0 1898

Saanich Council expands free transit for youth

Peak Web June 17, 2024

By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer On May 13, Saanich City Councillors voted in favour of a resolution to allow free transit for “young people up to, and including, the age of 18.” The resolution was brought forward by the Union…

Continue reading Read more
This is a photo of a bus driving down the road.
3 min 0 1475

Transit supervisors declare job action in Metro Vancouver

Peak Web January 23, 2024

By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer The transit supervisors in Metro Vancouver have begun an overtime ban after the vote to strike gained 100% support on December 22, 2023. Transit supervisors have been without a contract since late 2022.  The Canadian…

Continue reading Read more
The inside of a bus
3 min 0 1944

Turn the bass down and crank up the transit etiquette

Opinions July 28, 2023

By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer It’s a quiet Tuesday morning at the SkyTrain station. The sun peeks over the mountains as commuters bundle up in their coats, bracing themselves for the day ahead. As the train pulls up and the…

Continue reading Read more
This photo is of the SFU stadium at the Burnaby Campus. The stadium is empty but it is a sunny day.
4 min 0 1161

SFSS discusses budget setbacks

Peak Web June 29, 2023

By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer On June 7th, The Peak sat in on the SFSS’ biweekly council meeting. This meeting settled many committee elections and councillors discussed issues of a decreasing budget and concerns about the U-Pass system, among others. …

Continue reading Read more
Skytrain at King George station
1 min 0 2648

The Bright-er Side: A transit ride

Peak Web June 21, 2023

By: Alex Ileto, SFU Student Every day I have to take transit is a day I dread. Something always tends to irk me, whether that be an angry bus driver who runs over the curb every once in a while, or…

Continue reading Read more
A sign of Waterfront Station
4 min 0 2046

Commuting outside of Metro Vancouver sucks

Peak Web June 5, 2023

By: Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Chief Having lived in Maple Ridge for three years, I know firsthand how inconsistent buses outside the Metro Vancouver area are. To this day, transiting to where I lived is still an awful affair of waiting for…

Continue reading Read more
Three people talking by lake
3 min 0 2434

Trauma-dumping on complete strangers

Peak Web February 10, 2023

By: Nercya Kalino It’s good to be an open person. It’s good to share what’s on your mind. It’s good to be vulnerable. Those are part of what makes a healthy human. But what’s absolutely unacceptable is being overly vulnerable…

Continue reading Read more
A skytrain in motion.
2 min 0 1880

Art Moves and sparks community on your commute

Peak Web February 2, 2023

By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor As a Vancouver resident without a driver’s license, hopping on and off buses and trains is a normal, everyday occurrence. Even though on transit I’m surrounded by people with similar routines — students…

Continue reading Read more