Friday, November 15, 2024

A Calgary horse rides into a Vancouver hotel

 https://www.stampeders.com/2024/11/13/giddy-up-tu%EF%AC%80y-nu%EF%AC%80-gallops-to-111th-grey-cup-in-vancouver-for-special-appearances/

This also happened a decade ago.


Curv-Vancouver-tower

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/curv-vancouver-tower-social-rental-housing-changes

Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Toronto

The Greater Toronto Area has been the only place in Canada where some Australian size residential towers have been permitted. So far, Montreal & Vancouver won't allow any residential towers to even reach 65 stories.

If Montreal were to ever allow something like a La_DefenseParramatta or a Canary_Wharf on the London_Docklands, then some Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Toronto size towers would potentially be allowed.

Extremely restrictive Vancouver can't stop Burnaby, Coquitlam & especially Surrey from eventually having some Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Toronto size towers.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/3200-east-broadway-vancouver-rupert-station-mst-aquilini Since these buildings would be within the small city linmits of Vancover, they won't be allowed to be on the scale of what Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Toronto permit.

No residential or office tower within the city limits of little Vancouver is allowed to be as tall as the Telus_Sky tower at 222.3 m (729 ft) in Calgary and Seattle's Rainier_Square_Tower at 850-foot (260 m). 

The Living_Shangri-La tower, at 200.86 metres (659 ft) and the Paradox_Hotel_Vancouver at 188-metre (617 ft) are the tallest within Vancouver.


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Brisbane%2C+Sydney%2C+Melbourne+and+Toronto

Thursday, November 14, 2024

The Oakridge-41st Avenue Stations' expansion

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-oakridge-41st-avenue-station-upgrade-design-renderings

Despite the absurd cost-cutting measures, the Canada+Line still could have been designed & built to eventually have 152m long stations, like the Montreal Metro. However, Vancouver & BC are all about inadequate or congestive infrastructure. Planning for a future high capacity train line goes against the backward BC mentality. Thus, all of the underground train stations are shorter than those in Edmonton, Seattle, Toronto & Montreal. Having proper big city long stations isn't a problem for real cities, but Vancouver wants to be more like a false front or a movie set.  

LA & SF have their versions of a C-Train or an Edmonton LRT, but they also have proper big city size subway stations & trains. 

The entire SkyTrain-and-Canada+Line should have been built with a provision to eventually have 172m long stations, or at least 152m. While the elevated stations could somewhat be lengthened, it's much more difficult & costly for the underground stations. Had they already been roughed out, it would have just been a matter of completing them.

6 towers with 2,500 homes proposed for strip mall near Lougheed Town Centre SkyTrain station

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/439-465-north-road-coquitlam-lougheed-skytrain-wesgroup-choice-properties?

Nothing in the 70s or 80s like in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane or Toronto. So many of these buildings should be designed in which an extra 20-30 floors can eventually be added. 

The Lougheed Town Centre is one of the few areas in BC where some Australian & Southern Ontario size buildings could be constructed.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pinnacle-lougheed-burnaby-western-canada-tallest-building While this might seem like a very tall buildig complex by backwater BC standards, it would only be of an average tall size in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Toronto.

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

In China, authorities put an end to Henan students' late-night bike rides

 https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/11/14/in-china-authorities-put-an-end-to-henan-students-late-night-bike-rides_6732766_4.html

The Police & Military STATE of control provided a reminder.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-12/china-cycling-movement-in-kaifeng-for-soup-dumplings/104588926

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/12/asia-pacific/society/china-night-biking-control/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/11/china-midnight-dumpling-bike-ride-zhengzhou-kaifeng

Oakland Airport vs. SFO (San Francisco)

 https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/11/14/oakland-airport-san-francisco/8381731560943/

https://abc7news.com/post/sfo-oak-court-orders-oakland-international-airport-stop-using-san-francisco-bay-name/15541191/

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/judge-oakland-airport-new-name-court-battle-sfo/3707682/

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/judge-oakland-airport-new-name-court-battle-sfo/3707682/

TransLink's tower projects

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/2096-west-broadway-2560-2576-arbutus-street-vancouver-rental-tower-station-translink-pci

Hopefully, the first of dozens throughout the region.

As a proponent of transit oriented development, especially for housing, various BC transportation entities should have had a real estate development department decades ago. Then by now there could have been a series of bus and HOV bridges. 

The inadequate Lions+Gate+Bridge should have had truck, bus & HOV tunnels next to it by the 1980s or 90s. 


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Ironworkers-Bridge

Friday, November 8, 2024

Has living in Canada has become Impossible?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJHm03osbHc

No, just unaffordable for most people.


The Horrific Economy of Canada Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySxdfdl8gwU


Why are so many buildings going bust? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ydd6R9vv0c

Why are so many big-city condos sitting empty? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGfFBP7U7pQ

If someone has the money to own an empty condo, that's their problem or benefit. However, unless enough highrises mid-rise & low-rise residential structures are built, there will always be a housing shortage in Canada.

Luxury condos aren't so much of the problem, it's the lack of affordable apartments & condos being built.

Vancouver-international-airport-yvr-parkade

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-international-airport-yvr-parkade-pay-parking-rates

Vancouver earthquake damage injuries deaths study

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-earthquake-damage-injuries-deaths-study

Why ‘The Big One’ could be worse than we thought https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1qr9qnWR7E

Cascadia: The Earthquake that will Destroy West Coast America? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR-8PZ_nCvE

The Really Big One; The Feared Cascadia 9.0 Earthquake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt6UxFIK17w

San Andreas Fault: When the Big One Hits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGTv4XdZhko

Great Earthquakes of the Pacific Northwest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ7Qc3bsxjI 2016 CWU

Marine Drive station

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Drive_station

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Drive_station#Services

https://www.urbanyvr.com/marine-gateway-cineplex/

https://thecanadaline.com/station-guides/marine-drive/

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/marine-gateway-2-pci-developments-8530-cambie-street-vancouver

https://marinegateway.com/

https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/TransLink_SkyTrain_Marine_Drive_Station

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Drive_(Greater_Vancouver)#Main_section

https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/marine-drive-upgrades.aspx

https://www.translink.ca/schedules-and-maps/station/marine-drive/map

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-housing-unit-construction-completion-statistics

https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2015/07/27/marine-and-cambie-revisited-alternatives-to-tod-towers/

Thursday, November 7, 2024

Canada's Rail Network

https://tc.canada.ca/en/corporate-services/transparency/corporate-management-reporting/transportation-canada-annual-reports/canada-s-rail-network 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/via-rail-on-time-performance-1.7374337 

https://www.viarail.ca/en/explore-our-destinations/trains 

Is Canada's Getting High-Speed Rail? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pMIDqGMP0A

https://cnebusiness.geomapguide.ca/?map=TL&lang=en 

Japan & Switzerland have great population density & excellent intercity train service. Just because Canada is a vast, underpopulated country, there should have been a long term, 4 track intercity linking plan. 6-8 tracks in the larger cities. Almost every major city eventually being connected with at least 1 freight track & 1 passenger track, each way. Plus, an east-west high-speed line to almost or sort-of compete with air travel.

What Canadian high speed rail could look like — if it ever happens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXOKVIokp-Q

Even when the railroads were first built in Canada, there should have been 2 tracks on all the main lines. Thus, any bridge & tunnel should have been wide enough to immediately or gradually accomodate 2 sets of tracks.

The TCH has just a 2 lane country road for most of its history, so far. Of course in the cities, its more like a modern highway. https://tc.canada.ca/en/corporate-services/policies/trans-canada-highway-map

Bow River (LRT) Crossing, Calgary

 https://www.beam-architects.com/projects/bow-river-crossing/

https://www.beam-architects.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Brownlie-Ernst-and-Marks-BEaM-CalgaryLRT-BowRiver3.jpg

https://engage.calgary.ca/greenline/bowbridge

Crowchild Trail Bow River Bridge Interchange Rehabilitation and Widening

 https://www.acec.ca/awards/CCE_awards/2022awards/06.html

The inadequate Queensborough Bridge in BC

 https://x.com/DriveBC/status/1523759813179494401 

Just another backwards 4 lane BC bridge with narrow sidewalks & no emergency lanes. There is no traffic safety divider or barrier & of course no provision for bus & HOV lanes. Thus, its a classic bottleneck or choke point. If such an inadequate bride were in Australia or the US, it would have been duplicated or twinned by now.  

Two 4 lane bridges would allow for 2 lanes each way, plus 1 bus lane & 1 HOV lane each way. A newer bridge would also have enough room for a wide bike path as well as wide sidewalks. This really should be a 10 lane crossing, bust at least 8. Only for lanes today is such a sad joke.


Fortunately, the NYC QB was built on a grand scale, right from the start.

The Queensboro_Bridge, or the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge in NYC, is a fantastic 9 lane wonder from 1909. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensboro_Bridge#Description

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensboro_Bridge#Levels

https://www.ascemetsection.org/committees/history-and-heritage/landmarks/queensboro-bridge

https://www.webuildvalue.com/en/infrastructure/queensboro-bridge.html

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/05/23/not-again-queensboro-bridge-pedestrian-path-delayed-til-mid-2024 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0Ivfo0DCpw

If the QB only had four lanes, it would have been twinned decades ago.

The Vancouverized Burrard Bridge

 https://viewpointvancouver.ca/2017/10/02/burrard-bridge-1934when-motordom-reigned-supreme/

The original configuration of the BB had a 6 lane upper deck and a provision for 2 streetcar or tram-train tracks.

https://viewpointvancouver.ca/2017/10/04/burrard-bridge-always-controversial/

Given the backward Vancouver planning mentality, a 2 level bridge was like something out of a Sci-Fi movie. Thus, a lower level 

The inadequate Lions Gate Bridge

https://viewpointvancouver.ca/2017/09/28/twinning-the-lions-gate-bridge/

No twinning the Lions Gate Bridge, but what about tunneling?

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-shore-rapid-transit-study-skytrain

A 6 lane highway and a 3 track train tunnel+deep+under+Stanley+Park is possible, but still unlikely for the foreseeable future.

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

The Sydney Metro Train

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Metro , https://www.sydneymetro.info/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InYZw4mIWGA

https://www.sydneymetro.info/citysouthwest/project-overview

Train length
  • Sydney Metro North West, City and South West: 6 Carriages (with potential for 2 additional carriages to be added)
  • Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport: 3 or 4 carriages
Headway4 minutes (peak)
5-7 minutes (intra-peak)
10 minutes (off-peak)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Metro#Operations

"The Metro North West Line currently operates with 6-car trains running on 4-minute headways. After the addition of the Stage 2 extension to Bankstown, the stations’ platforms will be configured to allow for future use of 8-car trains and the signalling system designed to allow for 2-minute headways, both of which are planned to be introduced once increased patronage demands it. Eight-car trains have a design capacity of 1,539 customers and increasing the running frequency to ultimately 30 trains per hour (2-minute headway) would provide a maximum capacity of 46,170 passengers per hour per direction." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Metro#Capacity

Unlike backward Greater Vancouver, Sydney makes it easier to have longer trains to better handle future capacity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Metro_Metropolis_Stock


Fortunately, Sydney builds to NSW standards, not the backwater standards of backwards BC.

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Megaprojects: Shaping Metro Vancouver’s future

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxJ1EPJD8mw

Second Narrows Water Supply Tunnel

https://metrovancouver.org/services/water/second-narrows-water-supply-tunnel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIwbBicnSzg

 https://www.tunnelcanada.ca/members/documents/2022/papers/SES7LHY0J1K0U8CKS_SNWST_Design_and_Construction_of_a_Deep_TBM_Launch_Shaft_in_Coarse-Grained_Soils_-_Emslie_et_al_1.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHw6eLNep00

Vancouver prepares to dig a tunnel deep under Stanley Park

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/metro-vancouver-prepares-to-dig-tunnel-deep-under-stanley-park-9761677

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/stanley-park-water-supply-tunnel-vancouver-construction

https://globalnews.ca/news/10853316/stanley-park-water-tunnel-timeline/

https://vancouversun.com/news/construction-to-begin-on-new-495-million-water-supply-tunnel-in-stanley-park

https://metrovancouver.org/services/water/ConstructionDocuments/fact-sheet-stanley-park-water-supply-tunnel.pdf

https://brander.ca/watertunnel/

https://metrovancouver.org/services/water/ConstructionDocuments/stanley-park-water-supply-tunnel-engagement-summary-phase-3.pdf


https://www.mottmac.com/contentassets/89f18a046b4d49c8874e32f58b71bc90/stanley-park-water-supply-tunnel-1.png?width=1696&height=960&quality=90&rmode=crop

https://www.mottmac.com/en-us/projects/stanley-park-water-supply-tunnel


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=a+new+water+tunnel+deep+under+Stanley+Park

A busy highway in Edmonton will be reduced to one lane for the rest of 2024

 https://dailyhive.com/edmonton/highway-west-edmonton-reduced-single-lane

Prince Rupert, BC

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert,_British_Columbia

https://www.abbynews.com/news/bc-study-calls-prince-ruperts-downtown-northwest-bcs-most-vibrant-7627977

Monday, November 4, 2024

bike-lane-debate-flares-in-new-westminster, bc

 https://globalnews.ca/news/10850395/bike-lane-debate-flares-in-new-westminster/

https://www.reddit.com/r/NewWest/comments/ydlrlj/am_i_the_only_one_that_thinks_the_new_bike_lanes/

The Seattle Streetcar

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Streetcar

https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/getting-around/transit/streetcar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Streetcar#Future_expansion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcars_in_North_America#Second-generation_streetcar_systems

https://www.theurbanist.org/2024/02/02/it-could-be-the-end-of-line-for-the-seattle-streetcar Hopefully, thais can be resolved. Otherwise, Seattle might start to emulate some of the backwards planning that is in Vancouver, BC.

https://www.ggnltd.com/seattle-streetcar-city-center-connector

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Lake_Union_Streetcar

https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/vehicles/press-release/55137917/king-county-metro-transit-service-resumes-on-south-lake-union-route-of-seattle-streetcar


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=streetcars+and+trams

The Portland Streetcar

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Streetcar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Streetcar#Proposed_expansions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Streetcar#Comparison_with_light_rail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcars_in_North_America#Second-generation_streetcar_systems


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=streetcars+and+trams

The Dallas Streetcar

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Streetcar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Streetcar#Future_expansion_plans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-Line_Trolley#Future

https://www.dart.org/guide/transit-and-use/dallas-streetcar

https://www.mata.org/about/learn/

https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2023/10/dallas-wakes-up-to-a-hazy-dream-of-a-streetcar-system


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=streetcars+and+trams

Vancouver's former Olympic Line streetcar

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-olympic-line-streetcar-future

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Downtown_Historic_Railway#Olympic_Line

Fortunately, the Vancouver mentality of anti-streetcars and trams was never adopted in Seattle, Portland, Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto, Melbourne, SF & N.O...

https://montecristomagazine.com/community/vancouvers-forgotten-streetcars

https://kumtuks.ca/streetcars-and-metro-vancouver/

https://vancouversun.com/news/this-week-in-history-1890-vancouver-gets-cutting-edge-with-an-electric-streetcar-and-light-system Unfortunatly, over the course of several generations, Vancouver keeps doing the wrong thing, especially with urban transportation planning. 

https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/digitizers-blog/streetcars-before-buses-british-columbia-electric-railway/

https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcbooks/1.0376526#p6z-8r0f: Greater Victoria could have been a prper big citties like Seattle or Sydney Australia. Greater Vancouver could have been on the scale of a Montreal by now. 

https://monova.ca/the-story-of-streetcar-153

https://westendvancouver.wordpress.com/historical-background/streetcars/

https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2013/06/18/vancouver-transit-the-era-of-street-cars1/

https://buzzer.translink.ca/2017/04/from-rails-to-rubber-a-look-back-at-the-regions-transition-from-streetcars-to-buses


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=streetcars+and+trams

Thousands without power, trees down in B.C. as storm sweeps through on Monday

 https://globalnews.ca/news/10850151/bc-storm-monday-power-outages-pooling-water/

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/wind-warning-issued-for-vigorous-storm-in-metro-vancouver-9755993

https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouver-wind-rain-storm-live-updates-thousands-lose-power

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/overnight-power-outages-expected-after-destructive-b-c-storm-1.7097643

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/11/04/metro-vancouver-delta-capilano-wind-warning-trees-fall/

NYC "A" train subway service to be suspended for 5 months

 https://pix11.com/news/transit/a-train-subway-service-to-be-suspended-for-5-months-what-to-know

https://new.mta.info/maps/subway-line-maps/a-line


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_Division_(New_York_City_Subway)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Division_(New_York_City_Subway)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60th_Street_Tunnel_Connection

Edmonton's historic Mill Creek Trestle Bridge is being replaced

 https://dailyhive.com/edmonton/mill-creek-trestle-bridge-replaced-edmonton

https://www.edmonton.ca/projects_plans/roads/mill-creek-ravine-trestle-bridge-replacement

https://hermis.alberta.ca/ARHP/Details.aspx?DeptID=1&ObjectID=4664-0060


https://www.edmonton.ca/projects_plans/roads/mill-creek-pedestrian-bridges

https://islengineering.com/project/mill-creek-pedestrian-bridges/

https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/edmonton_archives/edmonton-bridges

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=6f9421d312f5455c85ccbbe29727bd24

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Bridges_in_Alberta

TransLink seeking creative ‘retirement plans’ for old SkyTrain cars

 https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/11/03/vancouver-skytrain-cars-proposal-refurbish-retirement-expo-line/

At least a couple of them should be in a special exhibit to show more evidence of backwater BC planning that was supported by inept Vancouver planning. 

Why have trains as long as those in Montreal (152.5m), when Greater Vancouver is all about excelling in congestive planning?

Saturday, November 2, 2024

The City of Paris, ÃŽle-de-France region

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele-de-France

Île de Montréal - Island of Montreal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_Montreal

 https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9gion_m%C3%A9tropolitaine_de_Montr%C3%A9al


Vancouver quietly proclaimed Chip Wilson Day

 https://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-quietly-proclaimed-chip-wilson-day-as-billionaire-installed-sign-calling-b-c-ndp-communist-1.7096391

https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-election-chip-wilson-ndp-communist-sign-vancouver-mansion

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/chip-wilson-vancouver-ndp-signs

The old SkyTrain cars are finally entering their retirement phase

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-mark-i-cars-ideas-reuse-proposal

Such ridiculously small, plastic railcars. They were designed to be even smaller that the steel ones in Chicago, which can have longer trains than backward Vancouver.

Service interrupted on Metro's green line, REM back to normal

 https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/public-transit-troubles-service-interrupted-on-metro-s-green-line-rem-back-to-normal-1.7094960

Unlike BC, at least Montreal has a good level of infrastructure, when its working.

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/metros-green-line-service-interrupted-again-because-of-water-infiltration

https://montreal.citynews.ca/2024/11/01/service-green-line-montreal-metro/

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bonaventure/@45.4985644,-73.5665737,693m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x4cc91a541c64b70d:0x654e3138211fefef!2sMontreal,+QC!3b1!8m2!3d45.5018869!4d-73.5673919!16zL20vMDUycDc!3m5!1s0x4cc91a5d23cb7eb9:0x8cce01ab91b1d89d!8m2!3d45.4980335!4d-73.5668115!16zL20vMDRzNzRu!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAyOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://www.google.com/maps/place/REM+%C3%8ELE-DES-SOEURS+Station/@45.4703096,-73.5380778,127m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x4cc91a541c64b70d:0x654e3138211fefef!2sMontreal,+QC!3b1!8m2!3d45.5018869!4d-73.5673919!16zL20vMDUycDc!3m5!1s0x4cc911564250dde1:0x6e42f617ef20d4a4!8m2!3d45.4703598!4d-73.5384674!16s%2Fg%2F11t9lr6r37!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAyOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Montreal

Friday, November 1, 2024

Vancouver's inept Knight Street and Bridge

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-knight-street-video-concern

The Knight_Street_Bridge was deliberately designed to not have a couple of emergency lanes. No truck lanes and especially no bus and HOV lanes. No proper bike lanes, just 2 narrow sidewalks. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Street_Bridge#Infrastructure

Thus, the Knight_Street_Bridge is one of the best examples of BC bottleneck planning.

https://images.drivebc.ca/bchighwaycam/pub/html/www/695.html

The Knight_Street_Bridge is so narrow and inept, that a new HOV, bus and bike bridge should be built right next to it.

The incredibly inept Fraser_Street_Bridge should have been rebuilt or replaced by the 1970s, especially by the 1990s. The city and the Provincial_government didn't seem to understand that a new bridge there would be great as a HOV, bus and bike bridge. A couple of wide emergency lanes would have made it a lot easier for emergency vehicles to go between Vancouver & Richmond.

Despite Oak Street being 6 lanes wide, the BC bottleneck mentality wanted to force everything into a 4 lane Oak_Street_Bridge. Even if there was no concept to have bus lanes in the late 1950s, the OSB should have had 6 lanes, plus 2 wide emergency lanes and 2 wide sidewalks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Street_Bridge#Infrastructure

By now, there should have been a HOV, bus & bike bridge built next to the narrow & inept Oak_Street_Bridge

The multigenerational inept Vancouver & BC planning agenda is all about creating more congestion. 

Fortunately, the 8 lane Champlain+Bridge also has 2 passenger train tracks. This was possible, because Montreal and Quebec don't have anything like the Vancouver & BC mentality to hinder them.

Why have a provision for 10 car SkyTrains, when a 2-4 car train can enable more congestion? That's the backward BC way.

It's amazing that the Montreal+Metro was designed to have 9 car trains even back in the 1960s. Montreal and Quebec just don't have anything like a backwater BC mentally to contend with.

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Bus Lanes and Bus Rapid Transit

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_lane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_transport_bus_service#Express_bus_service

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_rapid_transit

Unfortunately, Greater_Vancouver is one of the worst examples of Regional_Transportation_Planning. With so many narrow bridges and a refusal to build a proper network of bus-bridges, things remain chaotic on the existing inept bridges. 

The SkyTrain_(Vancouver) should have been designed to be a little like a light rail version of the Chicago_L Trains. However, instead of designing the stations to eventually accomodate 8 car trains, like the Chicago_L, the Vancouver maximum was a 6 car train of the Mark_I_fleet. Shorter railcars & shorter trains, that's the name of the congestion planning game in backward BC.

As of late 2024, the first 2 SkyTrain lines are still only running 4 & 2 car trains, not counting the original smaller coaches. The 3rd line or Canada_Line, is only running 2 car trains. All 3 lines should have been designed to eventually have 8-10 car trains, but that would be properly planning for future capacity on a multi-billion dollar system.

Monday, October 28, 2024

A Record 1.32 million cruise ship passengers for Vancouver in 2024

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-cruise-ship-season-2024-statistics

Why "Nobody" Lives In Upstate New York

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLs4hLIuHVY

The New York Nobody Knows About https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5rnrX5ZFYo

BC and Canada

 The BC part of Canada has been engrossed by a backwater and backward mentality since its inception.

Victoria,_British_Columbia is still a sleepy backwater, while Melbourne is a mighty city in Victoria_(state), Australia. Sidney,_British_Columbia is another classic BC backwater, while Sydney is the mighty capital of NSW. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_central_business_district

Due to an extremely slow growth mandate & agenda, Greater_Victoria is a far cry from reaching the scale of Sydney and Montreal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Montreal

Victoria and SW BC are the mildest parts of Canada during the horrible winter. It just so happens that a series of various overlapping restrictions were imposed so as to hold back the scale & progress of backwater BC. Most of BC remains as a wilderness, but it's been very difficult to establish a half-dozen major cities in BC. 

While Montreal is big by thwarted Vancouver's standards, Montreal is small when compared to the scale of Melbourne. Despite bing in Canada, Toronto was gradually allowed to become a proper big city. Toronto has some taller buildings than Sydney, NSW, but no 100 story towers like Melbourn & Chicago have. Toronto was eventually able to become 

Why "Nobody" Lives In The VAST MAJORITY Of British Columbia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdeZV_caT78

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvDzrX17kFE

Sunday, October 27, 2024

Saudi Arabia’s Neom megaproject

 https://www.the-sun.com/news/12762755/saudi-arabia-neom-workers-dying-slaves/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neom#Controversies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neom#Abusive_work_culture

Neom is a huge project with big problems.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neom , https://www.neom.com/en-us

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/29/saudi-arabia-says-all-neom-megaprojects-will-go-ahead-as-planned.html

Damp, grey week ahead for Greater Vancouver

 https://www.nsnews.com/weatherhood-local/halloween-forecast-damp-grey-week-ahead-for-vancouver-9717912

There are always several people who look forward to the cold & crappy fall & winter Canadian weather.

https://www.nsnews.com/bc-news/wind-warning-for-bcs-south-coast-with-gusts-up-to-90-kmh-expected-overnight-9711244

Of course, BC gets its share of cold & crappy fall & winter weather.

Taipei

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY292ifYAXk

Australian Migration Program planning levels

 https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/what-we-do/migration-program-planning-levels

In several ways Australia will always win out over Canada, simply because Australia doesn't have to endure the carappy, cold Canadian winters.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/21/migration-numbers-australia-2023-rise

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Australia#Current_immigration_programs

https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_departments/Parliamentary_Library/Budget/reviews/2024-25/Immigration?CalendarWidgetTarget=17-05-2024&tab=tab2a

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67609963


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=immigration

Canada's Immigration Levels

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/economic-impact-immigration-cuts-1.7362448

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices/supplementary-immigration-levels-2025-2027.html

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/mandate/corporate-initiatives/levels.html

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-levels-plans.html

https://www.statista.com/topics/2917/immigration-in-canada/#topicOverview


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=immigration

North Vancouver declares state of local emergency after very heavy rainfall

 https://www.nsnews.com/highlights/north-vancouver-declares-state-of-local-emergency-3-homes-evacuated-after-heavy-rain-9717550

https://www.nsnews.com/highlights/vancouver-weather-windstorm-power-outages-2024-9710714

Food of the GNAW

The_Food_of_the_Gods_(1976) is a standard GIANT mutant animals on a rampage movie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Food_of_the_Gods_(film)#Plot


GNAW: Food_of_the_Gods_II (1989) has even larger enraged animals running rampant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_of_the_Gods_II#Plot


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Food+of+the+GNAW

Vancouver's ratty reputation takes centre stage at New York rat summit

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouvers-ratty-reputation-takes-centre-stage-at-new-york-rat-summit

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/new-york-city/rats-winning-nyc-rattiest-city-us-ranking/5923130/

https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/694-24/mayor-adams-host-inaugural-national-urban-rat-summit

https://www.pctonline.com/news/national-urban-rat-summit-a-meeting-of-the-minds-of-rodent-control-experts/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-09-18/nyc-hosts-rat-summit-as-mayor-adams-faces-federal-probes-citylab-daily

https://gothamist.com/news/rats-like-to-pee-on-each-other-and-other-lessons-from-nycs-rat-summit

It's all about Food+of+the+GNAW!

R42 (New York City Subway car)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R42_(New_York_City_Subway_car)

Train length2 car train: 120.4 feet (36.7 m)
4 car train: 240.8 feet (73.4 m)
6 car train: 361.2 feet (110.1 m)
8 car train: 481.6 feet (146.8 m)
10 car train: 602 feet (183 m)
Car length60 ft (18.29 m)
Width10 ft (3,048 mm)
Height12.08 ft (3,682 mm)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R42_(New_York_City_Subway_car)#History

The New York City subway opened in 1904

 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-york-city-subway-opens

Thursday, October 24, 2024

17-Building Development Proposed In Vaughan, Ontario

 https://storeys.com/behemoth-17-building-development-vaughan/

No building within the city limits of Vancouver has been allowed to rival what Vaughan & Mississauga are permitting.

Van https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=9790 , https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=1&status=15

Vau https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=2797&status=15 

Mis https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=306&status=15



https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Vaughan

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Mississauga

New pro soccer team Vancouver Rise pitch Burnaby on stadium partnership

The new women’s professional soccer team wants Swangard Stadium as its home venue, but the facility would need improvements to meet league standards. https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/new-pro-soccer-team-vancouver-rise-pitch-burnaby-on-stadium-partnership-9699516

It's always been difficult for backwater BC to get things up to a league standard, or especially international standards.

Appreciative transit culture in BC, etc.

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canadian-transit-shout-out-reaction

People are happy whenever public transit is working reasonably well and running at an appropriate level of capacity. Unfortunatly, that's not always the case and its not the fault of the transit operators and attendants. It's the inept planning that refuses to improve bottleneck water crossings and other chokepoints. Various BC governments providing limited construction budgets and or not providing structures with built-in higher capacity capabilities. 

Fortunately unlike in BC, most real cities around the world have longer trains & wide enough roads & bridges to accommodate proper bus & HOV lanes. 

Slashing immigration numbers in Canada

 https://dailyhive.com/canada/immigration-cuts-canadians-react-trudeau


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=immigration

The goal to build one of Metro Vancouver's new tallest buildings

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/citizen-tower-anthem-properties-burnaby-metrotown-ipo

Unlike Calgary and Seattle, Vancouver won't permit any residential building to be this tall within its strictly controlled city limits. Fortunately, Burnaby, Coquitlam and Surrey will allow taller buildings.

https://www.biv.com/news/real-estate/vancouver-developer-seeks-to-raise-82m-for-metrotown-project-via-ipo-9508936 This is Business Outside of Vancouver.

https://storeys.com/anthem-properties-burnaby-66-storey-citizen-metro-king-metrotown This is like an average semi-tall building in Toronto and the GTA.

https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/real-estate/two-more-towers-up-to-80-storeys-tall-more-rental-housing-could-be-coming-to-burnabys-brentwood-8461795 There has been an unwretten ruel in Greater Vancouver for several decades. As long as something is impressive by PG, Kamloops, Kelowna & especially Victoria standards, that's good enough for backwater BC.

https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/burnaby-councillor-opposes-plan-for-80-storey-tower-in-burnaby-5509305 No buildings taller than 40 stories & no roads wider than 4 lanes is very symbolic of the, KEEP IT SMALL mentality of BC. Even the newer SkyTran cars still only form 4 car trains. The Canada Line only has 2 car trains. 

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?p=9875630 When the scale of things in BC have been kept back for several decades, its difficult for some people to fathom an attempt to have a taller or larger scale of developments and infrastructure. 

Even the mountains just north of LA are allowed to be taller than those of (Greater_Vancouver).

Some treetop walks and viewing platforms

 https://www.tremblant.ca/things-to-do/activities-products/treetop-walk

https://www.tremblantactivities.com/activities/treetop-walk/

https://www.nodestinations.com/blog/vancouver-capilano-suspension-bridge-park

https://botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/visit/greenheart-treewalk/

https://www.tourismvictoria.com/sport-tourism/sport-attraction/malahat-skywalk

https://malahatskywalk.com 

https://www.attractionsvictoria.com/explore/activities/malahat-skywalk/

https://aspectengineers.com/portfolio/malahat-skywalk/

https://destinationlesstravel.com/malahat-skywalk-vancouver-island/

https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/inspiration/malahat-skywalk-spectacular-treetop-walk-opens-on-vancouver-island-canada-20210720-h1x9tw.html

Queen Elizabeth Park, BC

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_Park,_British_Columbia


https://vancouversbestplaces.com/city-of-vancouver/queen-elizabeth-park/

https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/queen-elizabeth-park.aspx

Unfortunatly, Vancouver won't permit a viewing tower there. 

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/queen-elizabeth-park-master-plan-vancouver-park-board

Apparently, it's much better to have the view obscured by trees. Most of BC is full of trees & mountains.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Mountain_(British_Columbia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloedel_Floral_Conservatory

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Pacific Science Center in Seattle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Science_Center


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Center

H.R. MacMillan Space Centre: V-BC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._MacMillan_Space_Centre

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/hr-macmillan-space-centre-planetarium-star-theatre-upgrade

https://www.spacecentre.ca/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanier_Park#History

Best mate of man killed in Harbour Bridge crash calls for safety improvements

 https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-harbour-bridge-crash-friends-of-jamal-choukri-call-for-better-safety-measures-on-bridge-after-truck-driver-killed/80225522-a55a-4edd-8843-e689a2990dcd

The Sydney+Harbour+Bridge is a nice wide structurer with high traffic volume, but there are some safety issues.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/harbour-bridge-crash-sparks-debate-about-movable-road-barriers-20220307-p5a2ha.html

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/friend-of-man-killed-in-harbour-bridge-crash-calls-for-safety-improvements-20241021-p5kk44.html

https://www.northweststar.com.au/story/8796262/questions-over-harbour-bridge-safety-after-fatal-crash/

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/17/sydney-harbour-bridge-closed-after-multi-car-crash-leaves-one-dead



https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Sydney+Harbour+Bridge

Ash-scattering pier near fishing bar gets Surrey council nod

 https://www.surreynowleader.com/local-news/ash-scattering-pier-on-fraser-river-gets-surrey-council-nod-7602905

Perhaps it's only fitting that its in clear view of the dangerous, decerped & inept Pattullo_Bridge. The very narrow PB never had enough room for a steel or proper concrete central barrier, no emergency lanes & only 1 narrow sidewalk. Of course there was no provision for a lower train & truck deck, as will also be the case with the new bridge.

https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/pattullo-bridge-history

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pattullo-bridge-5-things-you-didn-t-know-1.3564197

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/pattullo-bridge-a-loaded-gun/article700812 

The old PB might not quite be the worst bridge in BC, but it sure became a fine example of inept backwater BC planning.

"Approximately 15 people have died in traffic accidents mainly due to head-on crashes on Pattullo since 1990." https://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/insurance/bc-bridge-scene-for-another-fatal-crash-1000047689/

https://projects.eao.gov.bc.ca/api/document/5b73439a5bc7e60024dc108b/fetch/Appendix__18.13_Historical_Heritage_Study.pdf

The Pattullo_Bridge opened on November 15, 1937 and was designed without any future capacity considerations. Instead of 2 wide sidewalks, there was only 1 narrow sidepath. The bridge should have been designed to be widened in a few decades. Plus, a provision for a lower truck & LRT deck as transportation needs increased.

The incredible Sydney_Harbour_Bridge opened on 19_March_1932. Unfortunatly, the old & the new PB are classic BC bottlenecks, by design. 


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Pattullo+Bridge

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Sydney+Harbour+Bridge

Multi-unit fire burns in downtown Vancouver high-rise

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/10/21/high-rise-fire-downtown-vancouver

https://globalnews.ca/news/10823193/fire-downtown-vancouver-high-rise-building 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-coal-harbour-fire-1.7358998

Monday, October 21, 2024

Saturday, October 19, 2024

Canada's First Transit Super Region

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQVcnHfaB8k

Harbor Island, Seattle

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_Island,_Seattle

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Aerial_view_of_Harbor_Island_in_Seattle.jpg



https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Aerial_view_of_Elliot_Bay%2C_Seattle.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/West_Seattle_aerial.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Port_of_Seattle_from_Columbia_Center%2C_2022.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Seattle#Containerization

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Seattle#Into_the_21st_Century

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Seattle#Alliance_with_Tacoma

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Seattle#Seattle%E2%80%93Tacoma_International_Airport

Spanish Banks and Point Grey were nearly turned into a gigantic industrial port in the 1920s

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/history/spanish-banks-point-grey-vancouver-bc-nearly-made-gigantic-industrial-port-9630175

https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/via/images/historic-images/vancouverarchives/spanish-banks-port.jpg;w=960;h=640;bgcolor=000000

https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/via/images/historic-images/vancouverarchives/spanish-banks-port2.jpg;w=960;h=640;bgcolor=000000


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Grey

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Lifeguard_Spanish_Banks.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Banks

https://www.airporthistory.org/blue-concourse/the-never-built-alternative-to-yvr

Friday, October 18, 2024

1,600-home housing project in Vancouver facing delays

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/1-600-home-housing-project-in-vancouver-facing-delays-1.7357082

Canada's Highway 1 through the BC Interior is an Embarrassment

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-highway-1-bc-interior-embarassment Back in the day, just to have a waggon road there was quite an achievement. Then with the dawn of the motorcar & trucks, having 1 wagon-road each way was amazing. A minimum of 2 lanes each way with 2 emergency lanes on all main highways in BC would be an improvement. Unfortunatly, the backwater BC mentality persists through the decades & generations. 

There should have already been a 6 lane Hope bypass with 2 wide shoulders & a provision for 2 Bus & HOV lanes. Another classic three lane BC bottleneck. The inept 2 lane Hope-Fraser+Bridge chokepoint is one of the best examples of BC and Canada's refusal to build proper size infrastructure where its really needed. This 3 lane joke should have been part of the 6 lane Hope bypass.

Since there is a reluctance to have a proper intercity passenger rail network in BC, there should at least be a proper intercity bus network. All the main highways should have 2 dedicated bus & HOV lanes.

A 6 lane elevated section could go right there. A nice 2 lane bridge that should have been twinned or duplicated decades ago. The same for the rail line as well. A single track and a 2 lane bridge are indicative or symbolic of the antigrowth mentality or agenda. 

There is nothing wrong with higher levels of immigration for such a vast country, if the infrastructure is allowed to keep up. However, decades of an antigrowth agenda is forced to collide with immigration.

This 2 lane 1963 highway tunnel should have been twinned by the early 1990s. Now the 1960s highway infrastructure is even farther away from being adequate.

Spences+Bridge is another 2 lane wonder, with no emergency lanes and no divider. 

Savona+Bridge also meets the backwater BC standard by only having 2 lanes, with no wide emergency lanes and no divider. 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kamloops,+BC/@50.6530262,-120.3776251,160m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m16!1m9!3m8!1s0x537a66c7aa6b6aaf:0x881b41e937e7f1f9!2sBritish+Columbia!3b1!8m2!3d53.7266683!4d-127.6476205!10e5!16zL20vMDE1anI!3m5!1s0x537e2cd33d0d3b31:0xd23e96aa9a6945e7!8m2!3d50.674522!4d-120.3272675!16zL20vMDF3ajE3!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://www.google.com/maps/place/R.W.+(Rolf+Wallgren)+Bruhn+Bridge/@50.8358134,-118.9947739,174m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m16!1m9!3m8!1s0x537a66c7aa6b6aaf:0x881b41e937e7f1f9!2sBritish+Columbia!3b1!8m2!3d53.7266683!4d-127.6476205!10e5!16zL20vMDE1anI!3m5!1s0x537ee90068c15d23:0x669386a2a005d716!8m2!3d50.8360309!4d-118.9939614!16s%2Fg%2F11vwq02dl3!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Revelstoke+Suspension+Bridge/@51.0062434,-118.2203159,192m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m16!1m9!3m8!1s0x537a66c7aa6b6aaf:0x881b41e937e7f1f9!2sBritish+Columbia!3b1!8m2!3d53.7266683!4d-127.6476205!10e5!16zL20vMDE1anI!3m5!1s0x537937491061a343:0xb88365d308abe089!8m2!3d51.0063885!4d-118.2201286!16s%2Fg%2F11gnpb6r3f!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Columbia+River+Bridge/@51.4839714,-117.1830525,1170m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m16!1m9!3m8!1s0x537a66c7aa6b6aaf:0x881b41e937e7f1f9!2sBritish+Columbia!3b1!8m2!3d53.7266683!4d-127.6476205!10e5!16zL20vMDE1anI!3m5!1s0x5379b5debedfdda3:0x1b8d0d3bead3846f!8m2!3d51.4842419!4d-117.1806309!16s%2Fg%2F11g8_2_6wc!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Frenchman's+Bridge/@51.2988904,-116.8970772,376a,35y,0.67h,44.93t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m16!1m9!3m8!1s0x537a66c7aa6b6aaf:0x881b41e937e7f1f9!2sBritish+Columbia!3b1!8m2!3d53.7266683!4d-127.6476205!10e5!16zL20vMDE1anI!3m5!1s0x5379c1b7e53bd251:0xfb9e2572de7fcac9!8m2!3d51.3023971!4d-116.8957702!16s%2Fg%2F11v3ltcw_v!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4487081,-116.3233593,253a,35y,86.67h/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D