Saturday, July 11, 2026
SkyBridge between NW and Surrey, BC
Unfortunately, due to inept regional transportation planning, the SkyBridge (1990) wasn't built with any extra width for bus lanes, bike lanes and sidewalks. Everything was just expected to be crammed onto the inadequate, 4 lane Pattullo_Bridge, which only had 1 narrow sidewalk. Back in the day, there was no concept of allowing additional future space for 2 wide truck lanes, 2 car lanes and 2 bus lanes on the Pattullo_Bridge_in_1937.
It was as if someone really didn't want to ever have any bus lanes on the Patullo Bridge and the SkyTrain Bridge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyBridge_(TransLink)#Details
Then, it was as if someone still didn't want to have any bus lanes on the Stalewasem_Bridge as well. Since the train isnt running 24hrs, a BRT crossing is important.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalewasen_Bridge This new bridge should have opened with at least 3 lanes each way, plus a bus lane each way. However, an 8 lane bridge with 2 wide emergency lanes and 2 wide shoulders would look too much like big city infrastructure. Big city scale infrastructure is difficult to establish in backwards BC.
The Vancouver Mind Virus (VMV)
Any time that something can be canceled, stunted, thwarted, watered down or scaled back, that's part of the VMV.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Vancouver+Mind+Virus & the BCMV
University Bridge (Seattle)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Bridge_(Seattle)
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The University Bridge and the Burrard+Street+Bridge in V-BC used to have 6 lanes, but 2 lanes were removed for bikes. In both cases, a bike bridge should have been built next to them. Then, they both could still have 6 lanes.
First Nation files court challenge against Burrard Inlet dredging project for oil tankers
Decades ago, there should have already been a North Boundary Road bus and bike bridge beside the Iron-Bridge. Since the Iron Bridge wasn't widened to accommodate 2 express bus or 2 rapid bus lanes, a North Boundary Road bus and bike bridge would have been a huge improvement.
Canada is on the same planet as Australia, but seems to be on a different world. Asia, Europe and the US just don't seem to have the same overlapping restrictions as Canada and especially, BC.
Greater Vancouver should be on a similar city and port level as Brisbane, but the provincial backwater BC mindset keeps holding things back.
If Burrard Inlet isn't a suitable location for the tankers, then another location must be found. BC remains as a provincial backwater on the Pacific Rim and Canada has less than 1% of the worlds population. If it were possible, there are those in Canada who would like to just shut out the world and even shut Canada down.
Australia hasn't been able to do so much more than Canada simply because it doesn't have half of the year stuck in cold, crappy weather.
Friday, July 10, 2026
təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre (NW)
https://www.newwestcity.ca/parks-and-recreation/facilities/temesewtx-aquatic-and-community-centre an eight-lane 50 m pool, with dive tank and adjustable height floor
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/new-westminster-final-goodbye-canada-games-pool-1.6349916 In this case, nothing like the VMV was able to stop NW from having a new 50 m pool.
https://globalnews.ca/news/9172728/demolition-begins-new-westminster-canada-games-pool/
North Vancouver aquatic and community centre opens this month
While a 25m lap pool is OK for North Vancouver, its a joke for Vancouver.
https://www.dnv.org/parks-trails-recreation/new-community-recreation-centre-lynn-creek
https://www.hdrinc.com/ca/portfolio/delbrook-community-recreation-centre Delbrook is also only 25 m.
Of course the Vancouver Aquatic Centre rebuild with only a 25-metre pool, not matching its former 50 m. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-councillor-approve-aquatic-centre-funding-1.7565385
"What happens when a city completely ignores a binding voter decision and spends 65% more taxpayer money to deliver 50% less of what was promised?" https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2025/07/30/vancouvers-vac-50meter-pool-betrayal-legal-crowdfunding/
Pay more, get LE$$, that's the backwards BC way.
https://www.canadianarchitect.com/vancouver-aquatic-centre/
The space & building was there for several decades with a 50 m clearance.
https://www.actonostry.ca/work/current/vancouver-aquatic-centre
Yet somehow, the new building will only have a half-length pool.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-aquatic-centre-court-injunction-9.7245890
Think small and build small, because its backwards Vancouver.
NV
V-BC
Tillikum Crossing or Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilikum_Crossing , https://trimet.org/tilikum Its not just a great bus and bike bridge.
The Oregon version of the Tilikum is so much better than any BC version, but it doesn't have to be. BC should be able to build first rate stuff as well.
https://www.cntraveler.com/activities/portland/tilikum-crossing This fantastic MAX-LRT and streetcar bridge is great for Portland. However, such a wonderful bridge almost seems impossible for Vancouver & Victoria, or anywhere in backwards BC.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tilikum+Crossing+Bridge
Of course the Victoria, BC (Saanich) version will be watered down.
https://roninearthworks.ca/construction-news/tillicum-bridge
https://victoriachamber.ca/government-local/new-trail-crossing-at-tillicum-will-ease-commute-time/
A Burnaby and Richmond Tillicum Bus and Bike bridge would be a great transportation link.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tillicum+St,+Burnaby,+BC
There isn't even a South+Boundary+Rd bus and bike bridge in the works. Yet, the transportation planners claim that an efficient regional express and BRT network can be established. Its just another watered down BC joke.
Victoria Bus and Bike Bridge in Brisbane
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Victoria+Bridge
Of course a bus and bike bridge makes sense in Brisbane & Calgary. That's why they aren't allowed in backwards Vancouver.
https://www.reddit.com/r/brisbane/comments/1e98dkr/the_busway_victoria_bridge_living_up_to_its_name/
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Eleanor+Schonell+Bridge
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kurilpa+Bridge
https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Neville+Bonner+Bridge
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Goodwill+Bridge
While Queensland is on the same planet as backwards BC, it might as well be on a different world.
Greater Seattle’s Most Frustrating Freeway (I-405) Is Getting a $3 Billion Fix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpFi4wBgCvw A freeway with BRT & HOV lanes can certainly move a lot more people.
In Chicago, a CTA train in the middle of the freeway always offers another option.
Story Bridge and Clem Jones Tunnel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_Bridge 3 lanes each way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clem_Jones_Tunnel (CJT) 2 lanes each way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clem_Jones_Tunnel#Public_transport
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Story+Bridge
In contrast, Vancouver is stuck with a 3 lane LGB, with no parallel bus, truck and train tunnels,. If visiting Vancouver from Brisbane, or almost any Australian city or town, you will be shocked. While Australia is allowed to have 3 big port cities on the Pacific Rim (Mel Syd & Bris), Canada has taken a Half-A$$ED approach.
While the Port_of_Prince_Rupert has a lot of potential, most of it remains as a watered down front.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Prince_Rupert#Conversion_to_an_intermodal_terminal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Harbour_(British_Columbia)#Facilities
https://gvha.ca/deep-water-terminal/terminal-information/ V-BC has potential, but its also so scaled back or watered down.
Despite Victoria wanting to remain as a quaint provincial backwater, it should eventually become a proper port city like Wellington. https://www.centreport.co.nz/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentrePort_Wellington#Containers
The Gateway Bridges in Brisbane vs the SCB in Seattle
The Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges provide a 12 lane Gateway crossing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges#Duplication
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Gateway_Bridge_aerial4.JPG
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gateway+Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_Canal_Bridge (SCB) Its a 12 lane crossing.
While Brisbane and Seattle are both on the Pacific Rim, backwards Vancouver, BC might as well be on another world. Brisbane and Seattle are allowed to function like proper big port cities, because they aren't hindered by anything like the VMV, or the Backwards BC Mentality (BBCM).
6 lanes, plus 2 train tracks
The Brisbane International Cruise Terminal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_International_Cruise_Terminal
https://www.portbris.com.au/cruise
https://www.arkhefield.com.au/projects/brisbane-international-cruise-terminal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_International_Cruise_Terminal#Usage
https://www.cruisecritic.com/articles/port-of-brisbane-cruise-terminal-parking-address-amenity-info
The Port of Brisbane’s future capacity
https://www.portbris.com.au/major-projects/fpe
https://www.portbris.com.au/property/land-use-planning
https://www.portbris.com.au/portbris-2060
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Port+Of+Brisbane+QLD+4178,+Australia
The Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges provides a 12 lane crossing and provides great access to the airport and seaport.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges#Duplication
Why B.C. residents' anxiety over climate change is spiking
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-residents-climate-change-anxiety-statcan Switzerland can fit into BC 23 times, yet BC still doesn't even have the population of 1 CH.
With Canada having only half of 1% of the worlds population, perhaps the environment can be used as a perpetual excuse to KEEP THEM OUT. So, despite Canada being the 2nd largest country in overall area, with vast wilderness and harsh winters, its too difficult to accommodate more of the worlds population.
Since most of the worlds countries are of a smaller area, but they still have a significant part of their land to accommodate more people. All sorts of environmental restrictions could be quite a clever way to indeed maintain a KEEP THEM OUT AGENDA. While people around the world get quite concerned when too much of the 3rd world is let into their country, there is a large pool of upper and lower middleclass to choose from.
Its just not economically viable to have too many 3rd world refuges, when more higher income people can actually help to balance things out. However, using overlapping environmental controls would be a very clever way to maintain the KEEP THEM OUT AGENDA.
While its understandable as to why Antarctica almost has no people, its strange that Canada doesn't contain even 1% of the worlds population.
Major changes to Highway 1 traffic in Metro Vancouver to last for months
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/highway-1-metro-vancouver-traffic-pattern-changes
Ultimately, this should be a 10 lane corridor between Horseshoe Bay and Hope. Plus, 2 BRT lanes, 2 LRT tracks, 2 HOV lanes and even the provision for a double track commuter rail line.
Thursday, July 9, 2026
City plans Vancouver-wide amenity cost charge on development to help pay for growth
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-amenity-cost-charge-dcls-introduction-changes
There was a time between the 1950s and 1960s when Vancouver had a taller building and a wider bridge than what was in Singapore, HK and Dubai. Then came the start of a series of Vancouver restrictions to thwart and hold back the scale of the city.
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Victoria, Q.C. and Halifax
https://victoriabuzz.com/2026/07/victoria-ranked-among-top-cities-to-live-in-canada-for-2026/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_British_Columbia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_City
https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Victoria/Nova-Scotia
https://www.tripadvisor.ca/ShowTopic-g155025-i50-k9846192-Nova_Scotia_Vs_Quebec-Quebec.html
Are People Moving To Seattle For The Weather?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvEwubAId_g
While Seattle doesn't quite get as much rain as Vancouver, BC, you still have to endure half a year of cold, damp & dreary weather. At least there usually isn't that much snow to shovel in the middle of winter.
Perhaps some people are getting fed up with 100F summers in other places.
While L.A. can easily have some 100F summer days, that's hardly the case in S.F. Indeed, SF doesn't get as hot as LA in the summer or as cold as Seattle in the winter. Honolulu just might have the best overall weather, not quite as hot during the summers in Miami and LA.
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
A free transit zone?
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-mayoral-candidate-stephanie-allen-free-transit
A downtown Vancouver free transit zone would be a good start. Then, also a Metrotown zone in Burnaby and in downtown Surrey.
B.C. government extends FIFA World Cup temporary liquor patio licences through September
This measure certainly helps to water down the No Fun City Mind Virus.
Monday, July 6, 2026
BRT in Greater Vancouver
https://www.translink.ca/plans-and-projects/projects/rapid-transit-projects/bus-rapid-transit
https://www.surrey.ca/services-payments/parking-streets-transportation/surrey-bus-rapid-transit-brt
https://translinklistens.ca/bus-rapid-transit-program , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZXE9jaipF4
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bus-rapid-transit-translink-9.7055644
https://www.mapleridge.ca/your-government/city-council/maple-ridge-moves
Metrotown to North Shore Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/metrotown-to-north-shore-rapid-transit.aspx
Unfortunately, the Second Narrows Crossing wasn't designed to have a lower deck for BRT, or express busses and LRT. The bridge was never widened to 10 lanes, so there isn't enough space to have 2 proper BRT or express bus lanes and no HOV lanes. There was no proper planning to even have 2 emergency lanes or 2 wide shoulders.
https://www.translink.ca/plans-and-projects/projects/bus-projects/rapidbus-projects
https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/transportation-2040.aspx
New replacement George Massey Tunnel to cost $8.5 billion and opening in September 2031
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-tunnel-new-replacement-cost-timeline-update
Of course with all the extra delays costs, there still won't be an LRT tube and no HOV lanes. While the new tunnel will be 4 lanes each way, there should have been an extra section for 2 LRT tracks and 2 rapid bus lanes. BC has a problem providing 24hr rapid rail transportation, so 24hr BRT is essential.
A 10 lane version of an Alex_Fraser_Bridge with a provision for LRT, could have been completed a few years ago. However, just because some people didn't want a bridge crossing that part of the river, the plan was scrapped. The result is more cost and delay in what should have been completed a few decades ago.
If ever a proper LRT and rapid bus crossing can be built parallel to the new tunnel, then that 8 lane tunnel could still have 3 general lanes each way, plus the 4th being an HOV lane. A parallel LRT and rapid bus needs to be built between Richmond and Delta so that there can be an efficient connection between YVR and the 2 ferry terminals.
Something like a Tilikum_Crossing between Richmond and Delta should have already been built decades ago, but there just isn't proper transportation planning in backwards BC.
Either an extension of an improved YVR-Canada Line, or an LRT like the C Train or MAX_Train. Since such a train won't be running 24 hours a day, there would need to be a Rapid bus_crossing as well. Such redundancy is important, especially if there is an occasional problem with the train. A Streetcar_Crossing would also be nice, because the Skytrain, LRT and BRT can't go everywhere. Where as express and local buses and streetcars can fill in the gaps.
Of course more bicycle and footpaths can be a great improvement.
Sunday, July 5, 2026
Saturday, July 4, 2026
Phoenix and LV
Arizona's Tallest Building Ever Is Coming to Downtown Phoenix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N3UsUXEAxc
The interstate 11 corridor between Phoenix, AZ and Las Vegas, NV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SEkd7OGodw
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_11
https://indyroads.com/index.php/Ultimate_Interstates:Corridor_11
https://pirg.org/resources/interstate-11-from-phoenix-to-las-vegas-arizona-and-nevada/
BC Lions build temporary 18,500-seat home stadium in Kelowna
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-lions-apple-bowl-stadium-kelowna-temporary-cfl
https://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/article_c9cec7b2-2091-4b86-9ddf-0196a9d6814f.html
https://theprogress.com/2026/06/11/crews-transforming-kelownas-apple-bowl-for-cfl-games-this-summer/
Friday, July 3, 2026
Its only spring in Van and Vic, but certainly summer in Tor and Mon and Hal
https://weather.gc.ca/data/wxoimages/wocanmap0_e.jpg Van and Vic at around 20C, while Tor is 29 & Mon 26C and Hal 26C
The Vancouver Mind Virus (VMV) and its occasional No Fun City B$
The VMV isn't supped to be real, but it sort of is.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MindVirus
https://quillette.com/2024/11/11/why-mind-viruses-are-real
https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/graduateresearch/42591/items/1.0417464 (NFC)
https://commons.bcit.ca/evolution1079/2025/09/10/why-is-vancouver-called-no-fun-city
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/welcome-to-vancouver-no-fun_b_1931606 No Fun City
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/12cs3lx/why_vancouver_is_called_a_nofun_city
Vancouver Block (1912)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Block 265 ft (81 m) https://www.vancouverblock.org/
https://www.vancouverblock.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/history-1.jpg The lobby is the equivalent of 2 floors. Thus, the main part of the building has 14 levels. Plus 2 more window floors just below the clock. Then in-between that and the clock level is what might be a mechanical or storage floor at the 17th level. https://www.flickr.com/photos/zorro1968/7870599104/ The clock section is equivalent to 3 floors. So standing on the roof is like the 21st level.
"Burns originally envisioned a seventeen-storey structure spanning three lots, but the final design was reduced to fifteen storeys on a single 75-by-120-foot (23 by 37 m) lot." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Block#Construction
This could have been the first building in Vancouver to have a 30th floor, but its only 15. The VMV was already in place.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Block#Clock_tower
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantile_National_Bank_Building (1943) 31 floors.
| Antenna spire | 159.4 m (523 ft) |
|---|---|
| Roof | 131.1 m (430 ft) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantile_National_Bank_Building#Expansion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantile_National_Bank_Building#Tower_clock
Smith Tower in Seattle, WA (1914)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Tower "Completed in 1914, the 38-story, 462 ft (141 m) tower was among the tallest skyscrapers outside New York City at the time of its completion."
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It would take almost 6 decades until stubborn Vancouver finally permitted a building to be of a similar height.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Centre_(Vancouver) "The skyscraper stands at just under 145m tall and 37 storeys. Royal Centre was the tallest building in Vancouver upon completion in 1973..."
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=LC+Smith+Tower+in+Seattle
St Martins Tower, Perth, WA (1978)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Martins_Tower is a 140-metre (460 ft) office building
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Restaurant is a revolving restaurant located at Level 33 https://www.crestaurant.com.au , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F557lO6Wy_U
While a building this size (140 m) has become like a stump in Perth and Seattle, it would still be a prominent tower in stumpy Vancouver, BC.
Hundreds of Miles of New Gas Pipelines Proposed in Washington State
https://www.williams.com/pipeline/northwest-pipeline/
https://pstrust.org/pipeline-safety-in-washington-state/
https://www.utc.wa.gov/public-safety/pipeline-safety
Alberta and Washington State have been able to do so much more simply, because they aren't restricted & confounded by anything like the BC Mind Virus (BCMV).
Alberta-BC oil pipeline
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-alberta-canada-new-oil-pipeline-agreement
BC has been so reluctant to bend over and accept the big pipe from Alberta.
Alberta pitches new West Coast oil pipeline to B.C.'s South Coast https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/livestory/energy-proposal-ab-bc-west-coast-july-2-live-updates-9.7251535 Albeta pitches and BC is expected to catch.
Its not Butman, but Bitumen, but BC is expected to ben over and submit to it.
https://www.alberta.ca/west-coast-oil-pipeline
Despite its size, Canada has less than 1% of the worlds population. BC has yet to have as many people as 1 Switzerland. Yet, the area of Switzerland can fit into BC 23 times.
The Emerging BRT Network in Indianapolis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T2bL1YPEVY
In contrast, unless Greater Vancouver builds a regional network of BRT bridges, it will mostly just be another half-assed transportation joke in backwards BC.
https://www.translink.ca/plans-and-projects/projects/rapid-transit-projects/bus-rapid-transit
Thursday, July 2, 2026
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
'Extreme weather' wipes out Ottawa's Canada Day activities, including fireworks
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/canada-day-activities-in-ottawa-cancelled-9.7255350 Despite Vancouver having such cold, crappy summer weather, it was the heat that ruined things in Ottawa.
https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/622726/Kelowna-Canada-Day-fireworks-light-up-Okanagan-Lake Vancouver was unable to get Kelowna to cancel their CD fireworks.
Why do some people think that Toronto is The Next New York?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eJcCpoXx50
Its really more like becoming another Chicago. They are the 2 biggest cities on the Great Lakes.
No Canada Day Fireworks in Vancouver, yet again
"You’ll find Canada Day fireworks in Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, White Rock, Abbotsford, and Port Coquitlam." https://miss604.com/2026/06/canada-day-events-around-vancouver-2026
Despite not having any Canada Day fireworks for itself, Vancouver can't stop other cities in BC or Canada from having fireworks on C Day.
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
The 15-30 minute city concept
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15-minute_city
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198222000641
Ideally, if most things are within 15 minutes, that's great.
https://unfccc.int/news/the-15-minute-city
Even in the case of urban sprawl, a lot of things can be built within 15-30 minute town centers.
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2024/10/15-minute-cities-canada
No matter how big a city or urban region is, 15-30 minute town centers can be built, but it can require a lot of work.
https://www.planetizen.com/news/2022/07/117975-could-la-be-15-minute-city
However, sometimes people still have to get across town for various reasons.
https://medium.com/sybarite/escape-to-a-15-minute-city-ce3707baf145 While its not impossible, to even establish 30 minute urban focal points in Greater L.A. can be challenging. If a person living in L.A. is within 15 minutes of walking or biking, or a bus or train trip from the stores and other services, that's great. However, a lot of people are still a 30-60 minute drive away from work & other places to get to. Thus, a 1 hour+ city is still unavoidable in some cases.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Urbanism/comments/1gtlylo/what_city_is_californias_best_option_for_a/
Monday, June 29, 2026
The widest highways and Roads in the world
https://www.webuildvalue.com/en/facts/widest-highway-in-the-world.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/UrbanHell/comments/1s88o5e/cairo_egypt_worlds_widest_highway_32_lane_beast/
https://lisadudzikperth.wordpress.com/2018/11/14/the-widest-highways-in-the-world/
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/62901-widest-road-world-distance
Sunday, June 28, 2026
15-minute City Movement Gains Momentum in BC
https://bctimes.ca/posts/bc-15-minute-city-movement
https://ncceh.ca/resources/evidence-briefs/time-think-15-minute-cities-health-and-equity
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-15-minute-city-1.6463022
https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0412906
https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2023/05/01/your-15-minute-city-is-not-my-15-minute-city 15 to 30 minutes, but sometimes an hour+ is still required to get to where you are going.
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2024/10/15-minute-cities-canada/
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/y4ax7e/thoughts_on_vancouver_ever_turning_into_a/
The LGB only has 3 lanes
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1uhkaiq/why_would_craftsman_collision_depict_the_lions/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Gate_Bridge Too narrow for proper bus and HOV lanes. Not strong enough for an LRT train and express bus deck.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Bridge 7 lanes and 2 train tracks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Harbour_Bridge 8 lanes and 2 train tracks.
30C and 86F
https://weather.gc.ca/data/wxoimages/wocanmap0_e.jpg Today was another day of Vancouver & Victoria not even reaching 20C, let alone 30C. However, Yellowknife and Ottawa reached 30C today, but Vancouver & Victoria not even close. https://weather.gc.ca/canada_e.html
It very difficult for Vancouver to have 90-100 days of nice summer weather. Fall like weather keeps cutting into the Vancouvers shorts summers.
The urban-heat-island-effect
https://climateatlas.ca/urban-heat-island-effect
As several places get hot for the summer, Vancouver is usually stuck with a truncated summer season.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vancouver/v6c/june-weather/53286 Vancouver only got to have 2 days in June that were at least 30C.
https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/basic-page/urban-heat-islands
Saturday, June 27, 2026
Will it rain until Canada day in Metro Vancouver?
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/metro-vancouver-weather-rain-canada-day-2026-12478135
Nothing like cold, damp and depressing fall like weather when its supposed to be summer in Vancouver, BC. June 26 was awful!
The City of London within Greater London
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPCgXbuWiR4
https://www.accuweather.com/en/gb/london/ec4a-2/june-weather/328328 Wow, London might actually get to have 5 June days which are at least 30C. Meanwhile, several places are sweltering at over 40C.
How The Texas Triangle Is Slowly Turning Into America's Next Mega-City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3q9Via14O8 Texas has more people than Australia and still plenty of wilderness and open land.
The 15 and 30 minute city concept is OK, but sometimes people still have to get across town. Fortunately, for now, one doesn't have to get permission from AI to visit another part of the city.
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.