Saturday, June 27, 2026
Vancouver vs Surrey, BC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4EJ2MLE5BM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3NsDyUjr8 Vancouver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX4EDQ0VEnU Surrey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GuHfIK95uc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Xt8AX3MWs Cloverdale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us7K-uRxjkw
How much will Vancouver change by 2036?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJtotvMq2ls
The Lion Bridge will likely still not have an express bus and LRT tunnel near it. The Iron Bridge still might not have a proper BRT and LRT bridge next to it. The OSB and the KSB will likely not have a bus and bike bridge built beside them. There will still likely be no new Fraser Street Bridge for bikes and buses. No Boundary Road bridges to provide a direct link between the North Shore and Richmond for buses, trucks and bikes.
While the first 2 Skytrain lines will have 5 car trains, the stunted YVR-Canada Line will only have 2.5 car trains. Vancouver still might not permit any office tower to have a 40th floor, but might allow some residential towers to be on a Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane & Toronto scale.
However, BIG city thinking and planning in Vancouver has always been so difficult. Boston, SF and the City of Paris are ridiculously small cities like Vancouver with all 3 having a land area of less than 50 sq. mi. or 129.5 sq. km. Yet, Boston, SF and especially the City of Paris, have all been able to fit so much more into the same general space. That's because they aren't bound by anything like the inept and extreme Vancouver type restrictions.
Deadly heatwave continues to grip Europe, but not in cold, damp Vancouver
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2026/06/26/deadly-heatwave-continues-to-grip-europe
Europe's deadly heatwave https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2knzzwprgo
https://globalnews.ca/news/11940283/omega-block-europe-heatwave-canada-explainer While Canada can get some very hot summer days, its difficult for the heat to reach or stay in Vancouver and Victoria.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/europe-heat-wave-omega-alcohol-ban-pride-parade-france-9.7249778
https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vancouver/v6c/june-weather/53286 June 26 only got to 16 C, while that might be considered to be a heatwave up in the Arctic Circle, its pathetic for Vancouver with its short or abbreviated summers. Vancouver might only get to have 10 days in June that are over 25 C, that's hardly a heatwave.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vancouver/v6c/may-weather/53286?year=2026 Wow, Vancouver had 13 days in May that were over 20 C. Again, that's hardly a heatwave.
Vancouver and Victoria can be desirable for people who don't want to use AC for most of the year. Last night I refused to turn on the heating and opted just to just wear more clothes. Its ironic to have to dress for fall outside and at home when its supposed to be summer.
Friday, June 26, 2026
CN Tower celebrates 50 years of being a skyline icon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujWLEBhbdt8
If it were possible today, the KEEP VANCOUVER SMALL AND BACKWARDS people would still not permit any building to be a 3rd of the height of the CN_Tower. (CNT) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CN_Tower#Height_comparisons
The Harbour_Centre opened just over a year after the CNT, and is just under a 3rd of its height. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbour_Centre#Height
Unfortunately, The Vancouver Mind Virus (VMV) was able to ensure that the Canada_Line Stations aren't even quite a 3rd of the length of the 152.5 m Montreal Metro stations.
Even the North-Shore mountains aren't allowed to be as tall as the mountains north of L.A.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Shore_(Greater_Vancouver)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/LA_San_Gabriel_Mountains.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Gabriel_Mountains#Gallery
Whether you are from Toronto or Chicago, LA or SF, Melbourne or Sydney, you might be shocked as to seeing how scaled down or watered down Vancouver is. Yet, the City of Paris, despite having a slightly smaller land area than Vancouver, can fit so much more inside. Boston and SF are only slightly larger in area than the City of Vancouver, yet they can also fit in so much more.
North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant independent review goes forward
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/26/wastewater-plant-review-team-appointed/
How could a project run several billions of dollars overbudget? It was as if there wasn't any proper oversight with the project. A few of those lost billions could have gone towards a bus and train tunnel near the Lion Bridge (LGB). And, a bus and LRT bridge beside the Iron Bridge.
There are always allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement around the world. However, the Greater Vancouver Region has been stuck with several watered down versions of what should be proper BIG city size infrastructure.
Seattle could have had a heavy-rail subway...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWeMvBEbok4 ...but the LRT is still pretty good.
Is LA's Airport Train Actually Useful?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-9O8UYX3FQ
Ideally, an airport line can run from the city to the airport station. Sometimes, the airport station is just a stop on a larger line.
Was Hawaii's $10 Billion Metro Worth It?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7nTfPpOZlo
Hawaii’s New Metro Just Got Better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8feC5Eabeyw Airport in 2025
Honolulu doesn't specifically have an airport line from downtown. Eventually, one can go from downtown to the airport station and further west. Sometimes, the generic airport station is just a stop on a larger line, as will be the case in Honolulu.
The Boston Logan Airport is almost right beside downtown. BART to SFO is just south of the city.
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Court rejects bid to save Vancouver Aquatic Centre from permanent closure
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-aquatic-centre-injunction-request-denied
Its sad that a building from 1974 wasn't designed to be able to last for at least a century. The, KEEP VANCOUVER SMALL AND BACKWARDS crowd wins again. The new facility won't have a 50-metre lap pool, it will be reduced to a 25-metre pool.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/24/denied-injunction-vancouver-aquatic-centre
In Vancouver, just give up on a building that's barely half a century old, but in Europe things are built to last.
Why Does It Take 144 Years To Build Sagrada Familia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZKdTVBjz_s
Especially, the pyramids in Egypt an in other parts of the world.
Burrard Inlet dredging approved to boost Vancouver port's oil tanker capacity
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/burrard-inlet-second-narrows-dredging-vancouver-oil-tanker
Its so difficult for Canada to even have even one proper major port city on the Pacific Rim when Australia has Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne.
Most of the Greater Vancouver bridges are only 2 lanes each way & single track freight train bridges, when they should have been doubletracked by now.
https://gvha.ca/deep-water-terminal/shore-power-project Small town.
https://www.rupertport.com/cargo-volumes Very small town.
Five years after the heat dome, some TransLink services still lack air conditioning
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/25/bc-weather-translink-heat-air-conditioning
It was amazing, there were actually a few days in Vancouver when the temperature was at least 40C. Several places around the world have to endure weeks or even months above 40C. Last summer, it was difficult just to have some 30C days in Vancouver and Victoria.
What will the future train station at the Calgary Airport Look Like?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2nCtKvkujg
https://www.calgary.ca/major-projects/transit-blue-line-lrt-extension.html
https://www.calgary.ca/planning/projects/transit-green-blue-line-connector.html
https://pub-calgary.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=145966
How To Get from Vancouver (YVR) Airport to Vancouver City Center - Downtown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VPFqSyi1Z4
The Canada_Line could also be called Line 3 or the C-Line, but it isn't for some reason. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YVR-Airport_station
Its not just an airport line, but a line between Vancouver and Richmond.
L.A. has the C_Line_(Los_Angeles_Metro) to the LAX/Metro_Transit_Center. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinki_Sharyo_P3010
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyLink_(Los_Angeles_International_Airport)
Calgary has the CTrain , witch will eventually reach the airport.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTrain#Spur_line_to_Calgary_International_Airport
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Rental rates in some Sen̓áḵw units spark online pushback
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKVgcz6LERE
Affordable housing is essential, luxurious housing is a luxury.
Multiple heat records set across B.C.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/23/multiple-heat-records-set-monday-across-b-c
Just when you think that its summer, fall like weather will be returning soon in Vancouver.
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Whistler this morning
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/whistler-weather-road-conditions-resort-this-morning-6330538 BC is still almost totally overrun with mountains and wilderness.
Ivor Strong Bridge, Bow River, Calgary
https://www.deerfootimprovements.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ivor-Strong-Bridge-plan_.pdf
https://www.deerfootimprovements.ca/ivor-strong-bridge-2
https://www.calgary.ca/planning/projects/deerfoot-trail-improvements.html
https://www.deerfootimprovements.ca/spring-2025-construction-update-ivor-strong-bridge/
Monday, June 22, 2026
Why does Metro Vancouver have two starts to summer?
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/metro-vancouver-weather-summer-june-2026-12441747
June, July & August are the fastest 3 months in Vancouver, because they are usually the best weather months. However, there is never any guarantee of 90 days of nice summer weather.
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/metro-vancouver-weather-heat-rain-june-2026-12455681
Unfortunately, May can sometimes still look more like fall than spring. However, what really should be the summer months can still occasionally have cool, cloudy and rainy days. Then by the second week of September, there is a sense that summer is fading quickly. The later half of September is more like spring than summer, with October having some occasionally spring-like days, but colder nights.
November is totally crappy cold & damp weather, with the depressing 3 months of winter still to get through. March is usually more like fall than spring, but at least you are out of February and getting out of another winter.
Somehow, the 3 depressing, cold and damp wither months seem to always drag along, while summertime in Vancouver always runs out too quickly.
Sunday, June 21, 2026
How the Seattle to Vancouver area could become a megaregion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POcg0oFvVf8
The larger Portland, Seattle and the Vancouver, BC (V-BC) region has a lot of growth potential. However, Seattle size buildings haven't been allowed in Portland and in Vancouver, BC. Nothing like a 12 lane Ship Canal Bridge has been allowed in Portland and Vancouver. While Oregon and backwater BC haven't been able to thwart the largest city in Washington State, Seattle might eventually become more of a magnet in pulling more people into the area between Portland and V-BC.
Right now, Vancouver, WA (V-WA) still has a wider bridge than V-BC. Most of the V-BC bridges are so damn narrow that its not possible to have an efficient regional express bus network. As long as there is a refusal to build proper BRT bridges as part of a regional system, it remains a sad joke.
The Skytrain (LRT) was built with shorter stations than what the underground stations in Seattle and Edmonton are at. Whenever possible, the Skytrain stations are shorter than the C Train stations in Calgary, DART stations in Dallas and even the Max in Portland.
The biggest mistake of the Skytrain was to not build all of the stations with a future level clearance to eventually have Montreal Metro size stations of 500 feet or 152.5 m. Instead, the first 2 lines only have 80 m stations and the line to YVR (The Canada embarrassment Line) is only 50 m. Backwater BC logic is that a 5 car Skytrain could run twice as frequent as a 9 car Montreal Metro train. Someday, a 2.5 car YVR-Canada Line train could also run much more frequently than a 9 car Montreal Metro train.
There is just one key problem with that type of BC logic. While initially constructing short stations and having short trains can save money, its not proper BIG city size infrastructure. In the long run, it costs more to try to lengthen stations for longer BIG city type trains.
Saturday, June 20, 2026
Friday, June 19, 2026
Thursday, June 18, 2026
History of British Columbia's Tallest Towers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rr1WUJNZVE
No office tower in Vancouver has been allowed to have a 40th floor. In fact, there are no 40 story office towers anywhere in BC.
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Delta council calls for third-party to dig into Fraser River Tunnel project
Perhaps Alberta might have to leave Canada, just because its right beside backwards and inept BC. Fortunately, the BC Mind Virus (BCMV) hasn't seemed to have messed up Alberta and Washington State, so far.
Can the SkyTrain in BC, Canada ever become a very high capacity system?
Why BC, Canada Got it Right With its New SkyTrain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqo_KAEF81k
The argument is that a mostly elevated train can move more people than an 8-10 lane elevated freeway, at much less the cost. However, any major urban grade-separated LRT system should be designed to eventually become a very high capacity conduit.
The first 2 lines only have 80 m stations, which are just a little more than half the length of a 152.5 m Montreal Metro station. Unfortunately, the line to Richmond only has a designed level clearance for 50 m stations, not even quite a 3rd of the length of a Montreal Metro station platform.
While it might seem economical to opt for short trains and stations, the Skytrain stations should have still been designed to eventually become more like a proper big city train station allowing for much higher capacity.
The first 2 lines can run the newest 5 car trains, but the 3rd line can only run 2.5 car trains, some day.
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Monday, June 15, 2026
European contractor to build new George Massey Tunnel fired by B.C. government
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-government-george-massey-tunnel-contractor-fired
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/15/new-agreement-for-massey-tunnel-replacement/
https://www.reddit.com/r/richmondbc/comments/1u6zwff/bc_searches_for_new_builder_for_george_massey/
https://www.infrastructurebc.com/project/fraser-river-tunnel-project/
B.C. searches for new builder for George Massey Tunnel replacement project
Moving ahead on Fraser River Tunnel Project with a revised approach https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026TT0058-000706
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/15/new-agreement-for-massey-tunnel-replacement/
https://projects.eao.gov.bc.ca/p/620aa098fd30c700220f2805/project-details
Sunday, June 14, 2026
Saturday, June 13, 2026
Concord Metrotown Is Nearly Topped Out in Burnaby, BC, Canada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcQqiPa-Qa0 Unlike most of the buildings in Vancouver, this one in Burnaby would actually be one of the taller buildings in Calgary and Seattle.
https://skyscraperpage.com/b114729/burnaby/grand-tower-at-sky-park 230 m or 755 feet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Park_(Burnaby)
All possible, because its not under the extreme controls and restrictions that Vancouver imposes.
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=31 BC https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=31&status=15 BC https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1&status=15
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=1 Can https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=1&status=15
Friday, June 12, 2026
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Vancouver's Expo '86 World's Fair flag poles fly the world's colours again for FIFA World Cup
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/plaza-of-nations-expo-86-flag-poles-fifa-world-cup-vancouver
Four decades later, The+Lion+Bridge+and+The+Iron+Bridge still have no bus and train crossings next to them.
Vancouver Aquatic Centre closing its doors on June 28
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/vancouver-aquatic-centre-closing-its-doors-on-june-28 "The group’s legal action is strongly connected to the city’s decision to downsize the current facility’s 50-metre pool down to the approved 25 metres."
Construction underway on second Burnaby T&T after ‘permit hell’
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/10/construction-underway-on-second-burnaby-tt-after-permit-hell "Honestly, Vancouver is a very difficult place to build in."
Of course he means the Greater_Vancouver Region.
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Opposition to Canadian high-speed rail project grows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaBTC6ihflo
Japan is so much smaller than Canada, yet they found the room for a fast train network. Switzerland can fit into BC 23 times and they were able to have an extensive railway system in a small area.
The W Line (RTD) Denver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W_Line_(RTD) Since 2013.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Transportation_District#Light_rail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Center_station_(RTD) The last multitrack station heading towards the mountains. It has 3 tracks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rocks_College_station While this station is doubletracked, this part of the W line is single tracked.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County_Government_Center-Golden_station The end of the line with 3 station tracks on a single track section.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Transportation_District#Primary_services
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Denver_RTD_rail_stations
Monday, June 8, 2026
The Unusual transportation approaches used in Vancouver
Vancouver is such an unusual and backwards city with its inefficient and congestive approach towards transportation infrastructure.
Getting rid of the streetcars and interurban trams was utterly foolish! Fortunately, such MADNE$$ wasn't adopted in Melbourne, SF, Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia and New Orleans.
Just because a no freeways mandate was chosen for Vancouver, the streets should have been kept wide enough for busses as well as other vehicles.
https://movementyvr.ca/the-case-of-vancouvers-nine-missing-bus-lanes
Despite most of the Vancouver bridges being too narrow, some bridge lanes were removed, because the city wasn't interested in building parallel bike bridges.
Since most of the bridges are so narrow, there isn't enough room for proper express bus lanes. Of course the city isn't interested in building parallel bus bridges next to the narrow bridges.
Since Vancouver is supposed to be a major, properly functioning city in Western Canada, the city should have pressed the designers of the first 2 Skytrain lines to make sure that all of the 80 m stations could gradually be extended to 152.5 m, the same as the 500 foot long Montreal Metro stations and trains.
Unlike the first 2 Skytrain lines, the Canada Line was only designed to ultimately have 50 m stations and trains. A 2 billion dollar line to YVR could have been designed in such a way that would have allowed it to look and function like a proper big-city passenger train.
A commuter train to the North Shore keeps taking a long time to be finalized.
https://northshoreconnects.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/BIRT-Benefits-Assessment_Final.pdf
Think small and build backwards, or not at all.
Sunday, June 7, 2026
Stubborn BC
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stubborn
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stubborn
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/stubborn
https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/stubborn
There has been an ongoing level of stubbornness in the BC part of Canada for several decades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia#Cities
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia#Transportation
Mostly narrow bridges and short trains.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia#Public_transit
TSN's FIFA World Cup broadcast studio is at Jack Poole Plaza
Jack_Poole_Plaza provides plenty of inlet views.
https://www.vancouverconventioncentre.com/facility/spaces/outdoor-plazas
https://do604.com/venues/jack-poole-plaza
The unofficial Stubborn Vancouver Mind Virus was clearly against sunbornvancouver.ca .
https://www.sunbornvancouver.ca/project The pictures clearly show that the small ship hotel would hardly block out all of the views of the inlet. Its not even close in scale to the largest_cruise_ships.
https://www.sunbornvancouver.ca/public-dock Actually, a new public viewing platform would be provided with this project.
Vancouver ranked best World Cup host city by Sports Illustrated, Toronto No. 3
The magazine cited Vancouver’s transit, walkability and mild summer weather in ranking it first https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/soccer-world-cup-city-rankings-9.7226811
Harbor Drive Pedestrian Bridge in SD
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_Drive_Pedestrian_Bridge Actually, its a pedestrian and a bicycle crossing.
An Ogre in West Vancouver
The Ogre of WV is on the loose.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/ogre
A LARGE, aggressive dangerous beast of a man can easily be called an OGRE!
Saturday, June 6, 2026
Citizens group renews request for North Shore sewage plant inquiry
The money wasted could have gone towards a bus bridge and a train tunnel, or vice versa.
https://northshoreconnects.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/BIRT-Benefits-Assessment_Final.pdf
https://www.nsnews.com/opinion/letter-a-third-north-shore-crossing-wont-happen-3095100
Friday, June 5, 2026
2 out of 3 is bad, but 4 bridges?
Apparently, 2 of the 3 Skytrain bridges were never designed to also accommodate bikes.
Unfortunately, all 3 Skytrain bridges weren't designed to have any express bus lanes, never mind any for a proper rapid bus network.
In the 1980s, once it was revealed that Skytrain wouldn't be providing a 24 hour service, there wasn't a serious effort to convince the public of the importance of having a 24 hour regional express bus network. Transportation redundancy is difficult to grasp in backwards BC.
All 3 of there's transportation bridges should have had enough future space for at least a 3rd track. Upon opening, each bridge should have had 2 bus lanes that also could be for emergency vehicles. Each bridge should have had 2 bike lanes and 2 sidewalks.
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Marpole+Bridge/@49.1996678,-123.1276435,848m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x548675f84f6c0721:0xbea3ccce242f45a8!8m2!3d49.1995219!4d-123.1268811!16zL20vMGZqMjYx?hl=en&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYwMy4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D This was allowed to fall apart and eventually catch fire. It was never doubletracked and the interurban trams were phased out by the 1950s. Yet, most of the highways and general road system in SW BC cities are just 2 lanes each way. It was as if there was no need to have a 3rd lane for trucks and a 4th or 5th lane for buses & HOVs.
https://stevestonheritage.ca/2024/06/21/marpole-cp-rail-bridge
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Oak+Street+Bridge
The transportation infrastructure was set up for congestion, right from the start. Having a short Skytrain & small stations might have made economic sense in its initial phase. However, there was a failure to not design it to eventually become a proper big-city size train with much longer stations.
Overnight full closures planned for George Massey Tunnel (GMT)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Massey_Tunnel
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-tunnel-closure-june-2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Massey_Tunnel#Construction_and_maintenance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Massey_Tunnel#Replacement
https://www.highway99tunnel.ca/tunnel-construction/
Thursday, June 4, 2026
Why Los Angeles Buried Its Own Subway Tunnel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J9Nk4cP2eo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahuenga_Pass
https://www.cppoa.org/about/cahuenga-pass-history
https://www.beforethe101.com/post/hollywood-bowl-treasure-curse-of-cahuenga-pass
https://calisphere.org/item/8ab93650c12b0e4a44fc4f93c245a4af/
https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/zw5c16/cahuenga_pass_1920/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_Line_(Los_Angeles_Metro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/LAMetro/comments/1qcc6z2/really_happy_with_the_direction_of_the_b_line_and/
African migrants flee into the mountains as South Africa's xenophobic violence surges
https://www.dw.com/en/foreigners-flee-south-africa-after-anti-migrant-protests/video-77412123
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0269pwxg3o
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/05/20/south-africa-new-waves-of-xenophobic-attacks
In Dubai, E 11 is known as "Sheikh Zayed Road"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_11_road_(United_Arab_Emirates) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlDku6jVTt0
https://uaescript.com/sheikh-zayed-road-e11-dubai/
https://www.bayut.com/area-guides/sheikh-zayed-road/
https://propsearch.ae/dubai-thoroughfares/sheikh-zayed-road
https://www.expedia.ca/Sheikh-Zayed-Road.dx6147375
https://www.reddit.com/r/DubaiPetrolHeads/comments/1qq9iv9/sheikh_zayed_road_now_a_days_be_like/
North Vancouver mayor seeks a third term, but still no 3rd crossing
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/linda-buchanan-north-vancouver-third-term
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-shore-burrard-inlet-vancouver-third-crossing-bridge
https://evelazarus.com/aborted-plans-a-third-crossing-for-the-north-shore/
https://evelazarus.com/third-crossing-here-we-go-again
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020TRAN0041-000351
https://council.vancouver.ca/010313/tt2.htm
https://evelazarus.com/saving-history-twinning-the-lions-gate-bridge
https://www.nsnews.com/opinion/letter-a-third-north-shore-crossing-wont-happen-3095100
https://movementyvr.ca/release-the-real-solution-for-metro-vancouvers-most-congested-crossing/
https://movementyvr.ca/r2-and-brt
https://viewpointvancouver.ca/2016/08/26/first-rule-for-a-third-crossing/
The story of El Paso, Texas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUW9KGbVmcQ
Why El Paso Is the Opposite of Every U.S. City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuwv2Rfirts
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Why are there no freeways in Vancouver?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g1amH6Epvo
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/bpcvpc/tbt_ocean_parkway_proposal_1960
https://evelazarus.com/project-200-and-the-waterfront-freeway
https://voony.wordpress.com/2010/03/21/the-case-for-rapid-transit-in-1970
https://viewpointvancouver.ca/2008/01/29/revising-the-revision/
SkyTrain YVR-Canada Line
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_(Vancouver)#Canada_Line , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxTEBfxYH0g
https://buzzer.translink.ca/2010/08/canada-line-and-the-olympics "For the 17-day Games period, the Canada Line carried over 3,881,986 passengers, with the most ever riding on Friday, February 19: 287,000 riders!"
https://www.bcaviationcouncil.org/canada-line-continues-to-break-records-translink/
TransLink's Hyundai Rotem EMU cars have been operating since 2009 and have played a massive role for the City of Richmond, Vancouver and YVR. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ouk0VifwM
https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2009tran0002-000047.htm "During the Olympic Games, there were approximately 230,000 daily trips on the Canada Line."
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1eu70hl/skytrains_canada_line_marks_15th_anniversary/
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/5t97h9/this_is_why_the_canada_line_has_been_far_less/
https://globalnews.ca/news/90468/canada-line-races-toward-capacity/
https://www.reddit.com/r/askvan/comments/1fsfptv/why_are_the_current_canada_line_cars_designed_the/
Delta to allow outdoor booze consumption at certain events
The amendment would authorize the general manager of Parks, Recreation and Culture to approve uses on a case-by-case basis https://www.delta-optimist.com/local-news/delta-to-allow-outdoor-booze-consumption-at-certain-events-12333571
Sometimes a bunch of cantankerous, constipated old people just can't stop young people from having fun.
Six arrested after chaotic B.C. chase involving dogs, helicopter, emergency team
Sometimes the level of stupidity and foolishness is just too much!
Nothing like driving very fast in a stolen vehicle for some. However, they didn't seem to understand that doing that on an island dramatically limits where they can go, especially when there is only one main island highway.
Its not like they could just hop onto a ferry to Delta and escape into the BC_Interior.
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Restaurants and hospitality operators across British Columbia are welcoming a three-year pilot project from the provincial government to expand liquor purchasing options
https://globalnews.ca/news/11887557/bc-bars-restaurants-welcome-change-liquor-policy/
Its strange as to why BC has to be so slow in getting things done better.
Racism is a risk when Vancouver and Toronto hosts the World Cup
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/national-sports/racism-is-a-risk-when-vancouver-hosts-world-cup-but-measures-exist-bc-ag-sharma-12361474 So, this is basically the same article repeated.
https://www.britannica.com/place/British-Empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire#Rivalry_with_other_European_empires
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire#Expansion_and_colonial_conflict_(1707%E2%80%931783)
Despite its overall area, Canada has less than 1% of the worlds population. A global population that is mostly nonwhite.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire#Consolidation_and_global_dominance_(1783%E2%80%931815)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire#Britain's_imperial_century_(1815%E2%80%931914)
For its first century, Canada was supposed to be primarily for people from Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire#Changing_status_of_the_white_colonies
That was the British Colonial Agenda, but eventually the British_Empire had to acknowledge that most of the worlds population is nonwhite. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire#Decolonisation_and_decline_(1945%E2%80%931997)
There are strong arguments that Canada should be able to gradually contain a little more of the worlds population. Since a lot of the worlds population is from warmer areas, a lot of people might not like the Canadian Winter season. SW BC just happens to be the most mild part of Canada during the winter. The Lower_Mainland of BC and SE Vancouver_Island have been very reluctant to think big and build on a grand scale.
The Lions+Gate+Bridge and the Johnson+Street+Bridge are both classic 3 lane BC bottleneck-chokepoints. They are both fine examples of not wanting to build for a growing population on a world that is composed mostly of nonwhite people.
Toronto and Southern Ontario just never had the same level of small scale thinking as in SW BC. In fact, it the backwards BC approach to things just never caught on in Toronto, Melbourne and SF. They never got rid of their streetcars and trams like Vancouver and Victoria did.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/lzvgg7/the_british_empire_at_its_territorial_peak_oc/
As Canada started to become more multicultural in the 1960s and 70s, predominantly White city councils in BC kept imposing a small-scale approach to things.
Will some people start to say that by keeping most of the world out of Canada is good for the environment? There are already some people that would like to use nonwhites as being too much of a carbon footprint and that Canada should never have 1% of the worlds population. This would be a very clever and sinister way to perpetuate the KEEP THEM OUT agenda.
The days of Canada being officially under a British Colonial, White authority management power structure are long gone. As of 2026, Canada has yet to have half of 1% of the worlds population.
History of Anti-immigration rallies in major cities across Australia
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-26/march-for-australia-anti-immigration-rally/106269414
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_for_Australia
https://racismnoway.com.au/about-racism/timeline/timeline-2020-2029
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_Australia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_for_Australia#Links_between_organisers_and_far-right_extremism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_violence_in_Australia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Australia_policy
https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/white-australia-policy
Singapore vs Dubai in the Battle for the Best Airport in the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV9id0J1K2M
Both are so far away from the provincial Vancouver restrictions and small-city thinking.
Why Singapore Is the Anti-Dubai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUPAJprHKX8
Why Singapore Is so Well Designed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyfJgJBB3Vk
Seoul's Subway System Is Decades Ahead of many others
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPlGQDpx4xg
While there could be a reasonable argument that if a subway or elevated line isn't expected to be that busy in its first few years, then just build half-size stations and run half-length trains. However, in the case of backwards Vancouver, what should have been stations that were designed to accommodate at least 5 car trains, were only designed for an eventual 2.5 car train. Thus, it will be challenging enough just to modify the incredibly short Canada Line stations to gradually accommodate 3 full-size 20 m cars, not just some 2.5 car joke of a train for a 50 m station.
Fortunately the Skyline_(Honolulu) stations can accommodate a 4 car train right from the start. Someday, with SDO a 4 car train could become a 6 car train.
If Selective+Door+Operation (SDO) can ever be implemented on the YVR-Canada Line then it can go from being a 2 car joke of a train to a 3 car attempt of a train. Then, once people got used to 3 car trains, an extra car could be added at both ends, thus allowing for a 5 car train.
Ultimately, the YVR-Canada+Line should have been designed as a proper big-city size train with 8-10 cars. There seems to be such a lack of proper long-term transportation infrastructure planning in BC. To just build a small-scale line as a symbolic demonstration of reluctance towards the Pacific Rim is so absurd.
Fortunately, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane never opted for such a short train.
There Is a Hidden City Under Seoul Nobody Talks About. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIewf8sOZ0I
Burnaby 2050 sets the city’s long game
https://www.straight.com/burnaby/burnaby-2050-sets-citys-long-game
While Burnaby is smaller in area and population compared to Vancouver, its a lot bigger than tiny NW.
Unlike Vancouver, Burnaby can build taller than Vancouver, because it isn't bound by Vancouver's imposed height restrictions.
https://www.straight.com/burnaby/what-burnaby-builds-next-depends-on-urban-design-getting-it-right
Unlike Vancouver, Burnaby has more than just a few kilometers of freeway going through it. The highway right of way was acquired when Burnaby was still mostly undeveloped. That's the same case for Richmond, Delta, Surrey, Langley & Abbotsford.
https://www.straight.com/burnaby/in-defense-of-burnaby-middle-child-of-metro-vancouver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Highway_1#Lower_Mainland_section There should eventually be an elevated, high-capacity interregional commuter train along BC_Highway_1. However, BC takes a very slow approach towards dealing with congestion and mobility.
Monday, June 1, 2026
Metro Vancouver faces new water restrictions
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/water-restrictions-metro-vancouver
Its not like there is a shortage of rain during the fall and winter. Its a lack of not building more reservoirs to store the rainwater and to use more lakes in SW BC.
Vancouver International Airport eyes new routes to Vietnam and South America for trade ambitions
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-yvr-airport-vietnam-south-america-routes-trade-goals
With such a provincial backwater approach to things, its taken this long for backwards BC to get around to this.
Yaletown–Roundhouse station's fare gate capacity increased by 66%
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-yaletown-roundhouse-station-additional-fare-gates-completed
The Canada line is such a watered down version of what should have been a proper big city airport and ferry rapid transit link. Just because this infrastructure project had to be scaled down during its first phase, the stations still could have been designed to eventually accommodate 5-6 car trains. Unfortunately, the stations were only designed to accommodate a 2.5 car train. While this perfectly fits in with the inept urban transportation mentality and especially fits in with the BC congestive transportation agenda, this is another sad result.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-yaletown-roundhouse-station-fare-gate-expansion
Despite being downtown with several condominiums around, the Yaletown-Roundhouse_station is too small for an inner-city station.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaletown-Roundhouse_station#Station_information
There is barely enough level clarence beyond the short platform for another car. To remedy this inadequate situation, this line needs to have three full-size cars, not just some eventual 2.5 car joke of a train.
https://www.eke-electronics.com/automatic-selective-door-operation-asdo
Then eventually, once people got used to a 3 car train, an extra car could be added at each end, resulting in a 5 car train. Its a workaround that can eventually enable the 3rd line or the C Line to run 3-5 cars trains to meet demand.
Then the Exp. Line and Mil. Line, or what could become A & B lines with standard 5 car trains. However, during the busy times, a 7 car train could be possible with selective-door-operation technology.
It would have been better to have just built all of the Skytrain stations long enough for 5 car trains in the first place, with enough level track clearance for 10 car trains eventually.
AI uncertainty hangs over Vancouver office market
Some experts say shifting job needs are making future demand for office space harder to predict https://www.biv.com/news/technology/ai-uncertainty-hangs-over-vancouver-office-market-12348582
Was Vancouver somehow generations ahead of AI in not allowing tall office towers. In many cities a 30 story office tower is like a stump. Even a 40 story office tower would just be average, at best.
Given the strict height limitations of Vancouver, the 30 story TD_Tower wasn't completed until 1972.
That means that during its construction, Vancouver had its first office tower rising over 29 floors in 1971.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TD_Tower_(Vancouver)
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/the-stack/35667 38 floors
https://www.canadianarchitect.com/the-stack-zero-carbon-office-tower-officially-opens/ 37 story
https://www.mmoser.com/projects/the-stack-rooftop-vancouver 37 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amieA9XHAVQ
https://macleans.ca/culture/building-vancouver-stack-work-life-balance/ 37
https://www.oxfordproperties.com/lease/office/31191 36
https://www.adamson-associates.com/project/the-stack-1133-melville/ 36
https://www.reddit.com/r/skyscrapers/comments/1k7dt3j/the_stack_vancouver_bc/
https://www.urbanyvr.com/oxford-properties-announces-major-tenants-of-the-stack-at-1133-melville/
Sunday, May 31, 2026
City's chief planner emphasizes creating a 'Vancouver approach' to taller towers
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-higher-buildings-review-taller-towers
Seattle, Calgary and Edmonton all have taller and wider downtowns, where as most of downtown Vancouver is confined to a small peninsula. Yet, Seattle, Calgary and Edmonton already each have a taller residential tower than what restrictive Vancouver allows.
So far, only three buildings have been permitted to be higher than the flag at the top of the 581 ft. Harbour_Centre.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Vancouver
As of 2026, no residential tower within Vancouver has 65 stories and no office tower has been permitted to have a 40th floor.
Backwater BC is 75% mountainous, yet there has been such a cultivated fear that somehow provincial Vancouver could block out most of the mountains by allowing significantly taller towers.
Whenever retuning from Los_Angeles to Vancouver, you quickly realize that even the mountains just north of Vancouver are shorter than the ones in L.A. Its as if even the Vancouver mountains are under height restrictions.
Singapore, Honolulu and Houston
Honolulu and San Diego...
Honolulu is very reluctant to allow buildings to go much higher than 450 feet. SD can't go higher than 500 feet, because of the airport being so close. However, that's not the case in Boston.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu#Economy
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=421
Will Honolulu ever have some Miami or Singapore size buildings? That remains to be seen. For now, Honolulu like San_Diego will remain free of 50 story hotels and condos and 40 story office towers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_San_Diego
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=120
If SD can ever relocate its airport, then it can have much taller buildings. Once Edmonton closed an airport that was too close to its downtown, the city eventually had the tallest building in Western Canada.
Honolulu got a nice airport train station long before SD.
Vancouver 450 ft and Fahrenheit 451
Was a 450 foot height restriction just a chance, or was it intentionally made to be very close to 451 Fahrenheit? Honolulu is still stuck around that maximum, while San Diego is at 500 feet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451 (1953) By the 1950s, so many things were already banned, watered down or scaled back in provincial Vancouver. Generations later, there was the No Fun Vancouver mind virus that further tried to cancel out things in such a small city with so much red tape and other ridiculous obstacles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451_(1966_film) By the mid and late1960s, the city made sure that its first office tower to have more than 29 floors wouldn't be until the 1970s. Its highly doubtful that Vancouver will have an office tower over 40 stories by 2030. However, Burnaby and Surrey could, because they aren't under the extreme restrictions of Vancouver.
It wasn't until 1973 when Vancouver allowed its first building to be taller than the Los_Angeles_City_Hall. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_City_Hall
The Scotia_Tower (stump) is a good reference point to visualize the small scale of backwater Vancouver, as its about the same height as the Los_Angeles_City_Hall at 453'.
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/scotia-tower/4396 453'
https://skyscraperpage.com/b65/vancouver/the-scotia-tower 452'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451_(2018_film) By 2018 it was quite apparent that Vancouver was in the process of allowing for more buildings over 450 feet. However, nothing has been permitted to reach 700 feet, so far. A tower over 1000 feet would help to water down its provincial mindset.
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SF, Sydney & Auckland are just as scenic as Vancouver & warmer throughout the year. They all have taller building than what Vancouver currently permits. Seattle is just as scenic as Vancouver, but its allowed to function like a proper big city, because it doesn't have the imposed restrictions like Vancouver has. While its cold, damp & depressing like Vancouver during the fall & winter, Seattle usually gets noticeably hotter summers than Vancouver, BC. The tallest building in Seattle is the 76 story B of A office tower.
Everything is so small or scaled back in Vancouver. Even the Greater Vancouver mountains aren't allowed to be as tall as the ones in L.A. While the San_Francisco_Bay & Port_Phillip Bay by Melbourne are big next to their cities, English_Bay in_Vancouver is so much smaller. Its even smaller than Elliott_Bay by Seattle.
Vancouver really needs to have bus and HOV bridges built next to its mostly narrow & congested bridges. Only a 5 car Skytrain is the max on the first 2 lines and ultimately, just a 2.5 car joke of a train on the YVR-Canada Line.
Selective+Door+Operation can allow a short train to have an extra car at each end, despite a shorter platform.
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Australia like the USA, has some big & tall cities on the Pacific Rim. However, Vancouver symbolically kept watering down its size, because that's how you demonstrate a reluctance towards proper urban planning & growth.
Oddly enough, the small scale Vancouver mentality & agenda wasn't adopted by most cities around the world. Officially, there is no Vancouver Mind Virus (VMV), but somehow it keeps manifesting, just like the BCMV.
Despite its size, Canada has less than 1% of the worlds population.