North Vancouver aquatic and community centre opens this month

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/harry-jerome-community-recreation-centre-north-vancouver-july-2026-opening-date 

While a 25m lap pool is OK for North Vancouver, its a joke for Vancouver. 

https://www.cnv.org/City-Hall/About/Capital-Projects/Harry-Jerome-Community-Recreation-Centre/About-the-Centre 

https://www.dnv.org/parks-trails-recreation/new-community-recreation-centre-lynn-creek 

The Vancouver Aquatic Centre rebuild with only a  25-metre pool, not 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 

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/a-betrayal-swimmers-head-to-court-seeking-to-block-aquatic-centre-downsizing

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1ufe9gs/tbt_rip_vancouver_aquatic_centre_may_3_1974_june/

Tillikum Crossing or Bridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilikum_Crossing , https://trimet.org/tilikum Its not just a 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.

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, 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://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation-projects/other-transportation-projects/tillicum-active-transportation-bridge-project 

https://victoriachamber.ca/government-local/new-trail-crossing-at-tillicum-will-ease-commute-time/

https://www.google.com/maps/search/transportation+bridge+across+Tillicum+Road/@48.4463043,-123.4007762,121m/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDcwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D 

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/@-27.4727186,153.0207115,114m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x6b915a05dd829217:0x437d213e02184dc3!2sVictoria+Bridge!8m2!3d-27.4723464!4d153.021192!16zL20vMDE4eGc4!3m5!1s0x6b915a05dd829217:0x437d213e02184dc3!8m2!3d-27.4723464!4d153.021192!16zL20vMDE4eGc4!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDcwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D  

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/@-27.4978323,153.021529,444m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x6b915a05dd829217:0x437d213e02184dc3!2sVictoria+Bridge!8m2!3d-27.4723464!4d153.021192!16zL20vMDE4eGc4!3m5!1s0x6b915a7a2953e66d:0x294b437328652dff!8m2!3d-27.4977408!4d153.020992!16zL20vMGJ4Y3g2!5m2!1e2!1e4?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDcwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kurilpa+Bridge/@-27.4694283,153.0179192,207m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x6b915a05dd829217:0x437d213e02184dc3!2sVictoria+Bridge!8m2!3d-27.4723464!4d153.021192!16zL20vMDE4eGc4!3m5!1s0x6b915a06e6f37e19:0xd00670e4831097b6!8m2!3d-27.4693752!4d153.0181381!16s%2Fm%2F03hk8ph!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDcwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Neville+Bonner+Bridge/@-27.4746155,153.0229718,211m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x6b915a05dd829217:0x437d213e02184dc3!2sVictoria+Bridge!8m2!3d-27.4723464!4d153.021192!16zL20vMDE4eGc4!3m5!1s0x6b915b46977ffaf1:0xa646e5ed07f15ff!8m2!3d-27.4746854!4d153.0224561!16s%2Fg%2F11f2ck_0hp!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDcwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Goodwill+Bridge/@-27.4807329,153.0256448,340m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x6b915a05dd829217:0x437d213e02184dc3!2sVictoria+Bridge!8m2!3d-27.4723464!4d153.021192!16zL20vMDE4eGc4!3m5!1s0x6b915b007dffbbbf:0xed1215df6ce00aa3!8m2!3d-27.4795243!4d153.0281456!16s%2Fg%2F11njmjfj64!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDcwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

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 2 lanes each way. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clem_Jones_Tunnel#Public_transport

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Story+Bridge/@-27.463667,153.0353361,246m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x6b91579aac93d233:0x402a35af3deaf40!2sBrisbane+QLD,+Australia!3b1!8m2!3d-27.4704528!4d153.0260341!16zL20vMDFiOGpq!3m5!1s0x6b9159f50f36289f:0x48480562f6735e6a!8m2!3d-27.4636326!4d153.0358644!16zL20vMDE4MGgx!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDcwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

The Gateway Bridges

 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gateway+Bridge/@-27.4455046,153.1010181,261m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x6b91579aac93d233:0x402a35af3deaf40!2sBrisbane+QLD,+Australia!3b1!8m2!3d-27.4704528!4d153.0260341!16zL20vMDFiOGpq!3m5!1s0x6b915919cd8b7213:0x5d18b4ba74a3b7c9!8m2!3d-27.445751!4d153.1015765!16s%2Fg%2F11c1xfgwy0!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDcwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

6 lanes, plus 2 train tracks

https://www.google.com/maps/place/18B+Howard+Smith+Dr,+Port+Of+Brisbane 

A 6 lane bridge and a rail-bridge with 2 tracks.

https://www.expressway.net.au/gallery/roads/qld/stateroutes/sr24_metropolitan/index.html 

Brisbane got it right and Vancouver got it wrong. Both are major Pacific port cities, but the Vancouver version is watered down.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Iron+Workers+Memorial+Bridge 6 lanes, but should have been 8-10 lanes by now.  

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Thornton+Tunnel+North+Entrance Its only a single track tunnel and freight train bridge. Any major seaport region should have double track bridges and tunnels.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Riverview+Bridge Its only 4 lanes, but has a potential to become a 6 lane crossing. https://www.pilingcanada.ca/bridging-the-past-into-the-future/

The New_Westminster (rail)_Bridge should have opened with 2 tracks and had enough future width for a 3rd track.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Westminster_Bridge#Proposed_changes

https://www.pilingcanada.ca/the-new-westminster-railway-bridge-seismic-upgrade-project/ 

https://cib-bic.ca/en/projects/trade-and-transport/new-westminster-rail-bridge/

https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=britishcolumbia/newwestminsterrailwaybridge/ 

https://www.portvancouver.com/article/expansion-centralized-scheduling-system-new-westminster-rail-bridge

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 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Brisbane+International+Cruise+Terminal+-+BICT/@-27.3843417,153.1353248,3859m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x6b91579aac93d233:0x402a35af3deaf40!2sBrisbane+QLD,+Australia!3b1!8m2!3d-27.4704528!4d153.0260341!16zL20vMDFiOGpq!3m5!1s0x6b93e1443f384133:0x7d95aec9aca010fd!8m2!3d-27.3806396!4d153.1547845!16s%2Fg%2F11h2lg2bl5!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDcwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

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/@-27.3761759,153.1504237,6497m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x6b91579aac93d233:0x402a35af3deaf40!2sBrisbane+QLD,+Australia!3b1!8m2!3d-27.4704528!4d153.0260341!16zL20vMDFiOGpq!3m5!1s0x6b915f6ba3c9b3ff:0x502a35af3de88e0!8m2!3d-27.3837161!4d153.1679033!16zL20vMDg2emJs!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDcwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Is there room for an oil shipping terminal at Roberts Bank with a second container port planned?

 https://vancouversun.com/business/oil-shipping-terminal-roberts-bank-second-container-port-planned-is-there-room 

https://www.portvancouver.com/article/joint-media-release-vancouver-fraser-port-authority-and-gct-enter-mou-explore-partnership

https://www.portvancouver.com/project/roberts-bank-terminal-2 

https://globalterminals.com/about/projectupdates/rbt2 

Tsawwassen First Nation seeks consultation on Alberta's proposed new oil pipeline and export terminal in Metro Vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/tsawwassen-first-nation-alberta-oil-pipeline-metro-vancouver-export-terminal

Major changes to Highway 1 traffic in Metro Vancouver to last for months

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/highway-1-metro-vancouver-traffic-pattern-changes

Saint John, NB and St. John's NFL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_John,_New_Brunswick 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador

 https://www.reddit.com/r/newfoundland/comments/mm0xrj/would_you_rather_live_in_st_johns_or_saint_john/ 

https://www.envisionsaintjohn.com/cnn-names-saint-john-one-best-places-visit-2024 

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=259167

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://www.reddit.com/r/VictoriaBC/comments/gc8bid/anyone_who_lived_in_both_halifax_and_victoria_and/ 

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 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax,_Nova_Scotia

The best places to live in Canada

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-cities-best-live-canada-2026 

https://www.expertsforexpats.com/advice/relocation/best-places-to-live-in-canada 

https://www.tangerine.ca/en/thejuice/wealth/canadas-best-cities-for-wealth-life-balance

L.A. City and LA County

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

East-west mobility on the North Shore

 https://www.nsnews.com/opinion/letter-an-open-letter-on-east-west-mobility-on-the-north-shore-12518792

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

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-fifa-world-cup-temporary-liquor-patio-licences-labour-day-weekend-extension 

This measure certainly helps to water down the No Fun City Mind Virus.

The list of world's most livable places

 https://dailyhive.com/canada/worlds-most-livable-city-canada

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.translink.ca/news/2025/january/translinks%20bus%20rapid%20transit%20routes%20take%20step%20forward 

https://www.mapleridge.ca/your-government/city-council/maple-ridge-moves 

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1i2vtu6/new_details_and_public_engagement_for_translinks/

West Georgia Street

 https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/west-georgia-complete-street.aspx

41st Ave RapidBus

 https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/41st-ave-rapid-bus.aspx 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RapidBus_(TransLink)

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 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RapidBus_(TransLink)

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. 

How FIFA World Cup match days turn Pacific Boulevard into an outdoor extension of BC Place Stadium

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/fifa-world-cup-pacific-boulevard-bc-place-stadium-fan-zone-outdoor-concourse

San Francisco Megaprojects

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC0fClq7qeM

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/ 

https://www.dot.nv.gov/projects-programs/programs-studies/future-i-11-alternatives-analysis-las-vegas-valley-to-i-80

The Western Sydney Airport

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzoZVgeC9rI

Inside the W, DC Metro’s Oldest and Newest Trains

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi8OogN53hQ 

W-DC

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/ 

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

The Design of some of Alaska's Cities

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG3iIDyaPEA

Calgary Stampede parade kicks off 10 days of western fun

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-stampede-parade-2026-9.7257432 

https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/calgary/t2p/july-weather/52479 21C

Did New York Waste $25 Billion on a Ghost Town?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXa3qE0iWrY

Tampa’s Most Hated Interchange Is Finally Being Rebuilt

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc5Kop5ZcEg

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 

https://weather.gc.ca/canada_e.html

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  

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

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

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://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/VancouverBlock.jpg/500px-VancouverBlock.jpg

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://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Mercantile_Bank_Building.jpg

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." 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/L_C_Smith_Building%2C_Seattle%2C_1914

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://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Royal_Centre_Vancouver.jpg/500px-Royal_Centre_Vancouver.jp 

Fortunately, Seattle+and+Perth never adopted anything like the VMV approach to things. Thus, they are able to have longer airport trains, wider bridges and significantly taller buildings.

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://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/St_Martins_Tower%2C_Perth.jpg

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.columbiariverkeeper.org/2026/hundreds-of-miles-of-new-gas-pipelines-proposed-in-washington/

https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/business-inputs/article/2026/07/02/summit-carbon-solutions-pipeline-new

https://www.williams.com/pipeline/northwest-pipeline/ 

https://pstrust.org/pipeline-safety-in-washington-state/

https://www.utc.wa.gov/public-safety/pipeline-safety 

https://www.transmountain.com/news/trans-mountains-puget-sound-pipeline-shipping-products-to-washington-state-refineries-since-1954

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/07/02/proposed-oil-pipeline-to-b-c-coast-spurs-alarm-in-washington-state/ 

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.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/agreement-between-bc-and-ottawa-supports-new-alberta-pipeline/ 

Its not Butman, but Bitumen, but BC is expected to ben over and submit to it.

https://www.bigwestcountry.ca/2026/07/02/alberta-pitches-new-bitumen-pipeline-to-b-c-coast-with-tmx-pembina-partners/ 

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. 

Why Is Auckland So Unique?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2aLRpob9L4

EVERY US Metro System

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgOxFvHamP4

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

https://translinklistens.ca/bus-rapid-transit-program 

https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/images/plans-and-projects/rapid-transit-projects/bus-rapid-transit/ct_regional_base_map_2.jpg?w=100%25&extension=avif&hash=C5327021BD9DC87024877CA69878F879

Federal government commits up to $3 billion for new replacement George Massey Tunnel

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/new-george-massey-tunnel-federal-funding-commitment

'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.

After Decades, Europe and Africa Will Finally Be Connected

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m30lU3A1pRY

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.

Movement YVR reiterates the need for a low-income bus pass with protest on Wednesday

 https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/07/01/movement-yvr-low-income-translink-pass/

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.

Delta Mayor puts pressure on BC government after firing of Massey Tunnel replacement project contractor

 https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/30/delta-mayor-pressure-ndp-government-firing-massey-tunnel-project-contractor/ 

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/16/it-is-a-sham-delta-councillor-blasts-province-over-massey-tunnel-replacement-project/

North Vancouver bus crash sends two to hospital

https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/north-vancouver-bus-crash-sends-two-to-hospital-12494242

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-vancouver-bus-crash-june-2026

Transit-friendly Metro Vancouver areas for quick grocery trips...

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/transit-friendly-grocery-stores-metro-vancouver

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 

https://www.deloitte.com/global/en/industries/government-public/perspectives/urban-future-with-a-purpose/15-minute-city.html

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

https://www.oecd.org/en/blogs/2025/04/from-the-15-minute-city-to-the-30-minute-region-rethinking-how-we-live-and-connect.html 

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

https://laist.com/brief/news/climate-environment/how-15-minute-cities-could-save-time-reduce-emissions-and-build-community 

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/

Can a special map unveil a huge potential for solving the B.C. housing crisis?

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/ubc-map-bc-housing-land-bcplm

Vancouver Giants moving to new $360-million, 10,000-seat arena in Surrey City Centre

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-giants-new-surrey-city-centre-arena-relocation

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-giants-move-langley-surrey-whl-arena-9.7254299

New renderings of the Vancouver Giants arena in Surrey City Centre

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-giants-surrey-city-centre-arena-new-renderings 

https://globalnews.ca/news/11944703/city-surrey-new-arena-vancouver-giants/ 

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/30/vancouver-giants-moving-to-surrey-where-new-10k-seat-arena-will-be-built/

https://www.langleyeventscentre.com/

EV battery repurposing megafactory opens in Metro Vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/worlds-largest-ev-battery-repurposing-factory-metro-vancouver

Woman killed in North Vancouver bicycle crash

 https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/woman-killed-in-bicycle-crash-north-vancouver-rcmp-say-12488230

North Vancouver's Harbour Swimming Deck in Burrard Inlet could open in 2027

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-vancouver-harbour-swimming-deck-lonsdale-new-update

Metro Vancouver governance questioned as B.C. municipal spending jumps 94% in 14 years

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-spending-metro-vancouver-governance

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/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1s9ojbz/worlds_widest_highway_32_lane_beast_in_cairo_egypt/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UrbanHell/comments/1s88o5e/cairo_egypt_worlds_widest_highway_32_lane_beast/

https://www.google.com/maps/place/29%C2%B056'15.8%22N+31%C2%B030'56.6%22E/@29.9377216,31.5149237,234m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d29.937725!4d31.5157222!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYyNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D  

https://www.google.com/maps/place/29%C2%B056'15.8%22N+31%C2%B030'56.6%22E/@29.9891766,31.2269416,474m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d29.937725!4d31.5157222!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYyNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://www.google.com/maps/place/29%C2%B056'15.8%22N+31%C2%B030'56.6%22E/@29.98744,31.219617,141m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d29.937725!4d31.5157222!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYyNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/29%C2%B056'15.8%22N+31%C2%B030'56.6%22E/@29.99198,31.2361279,240m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d29.937725!4d31.5157222!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYyNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/29%C2%B056'15.8%22N+31%C2%B030'56.6%22E/@29.932223,31.5267813,198m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d29.9377222!4d31.5157222!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYyNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D 

https://www.facebook.com/pinoycanadaofficial/posts/widest-highway-in-the-world-18-lanes-9-express-way-9-collectors%EF%B8%8F/2872079332819117/ 

https://lisadudzikperth.wordpress.com/2018/11/14/the-widest-highways-in-the-world/

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/62901-widest-road-world-distance

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://theprovince.com/opinion/op-ed/gary-lai-how-far-is-vancouver-on-its-way-to-becoming-a-15-minute-city 

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 100-Foot Mistake That Changed Phoenix Forever

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUrn0Xe7sFE

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://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1uhkaiq/why_would_craftsman_collision_depict_the_lions/#lightbox 

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.

Vancouver vs any other major Canadian city

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-residents-share-easy-living-here

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://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/heat-dome-to-bring-90-to-100-degree-temperatures-to-200-million-in-us-from-late-june-to-early-july/1905879 

https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/basic-page/urban-heat-islands

The troubled $3.9-billion North Shore sewage treatment plant

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-shore-wastewater-treatment-plant-metro-vancouver-independent-review-team

Can Metro Vancouver stop industrial investment from leaving the region?

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-256-street-industrial-lands-area-plan-maple-ridge-metro-vancouver-investment

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.

New Zealand

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu0v9h21Dn4 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_g6-4swJ_s North and South

Australia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNg97yY2TJA  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MDcPI8R2SQ

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. 

Metro Vancouver mayors’ compensation needs to be reviewed, councillors say

 https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/06/26/metro-vancouver-mayors-salaries-need-review-councillors-say/

Granville and Broadway

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/loblaws-city-market-south-granville-skytrain-station-vancouver-open 

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

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.

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

https://www.cntower.ca/

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. 

FIFA World Cup sends Metro Vancouver public transit ridership to new six-year high

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/fifa-world-cup-vancouver-translink-ridership-high-six-years-new 

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.

Metro Vancouver public transit ridership to new six-year high

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/fifa-world-cup-vancouver-translink-ridership-high-six-years-new

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.

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.

The redevelopment of former TransLink bus depot near Oakridge Park mall in Vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/mayfair-west-grosvenor-vancouver-oakridge-redevelopment-revised-concept

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. 

https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260625-paris-dream-turns-to-nightmare-as-rooftop-dwellers-bake-in-historic-heatwave

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://calgaryherald.com/news/calgary-airport-rail-project-one-step-closer-as-province-begins-master-plan 

https://pub-calgary.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=145966

How to Save The American Mall

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2QNlJSX07A

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

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.

Egypt is Building a New Nile River

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnND5qkf0Xs

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.

The Riverview Bridge between small NW and BIG Surrey

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaqjU-fRmY8

Should Granville Street stay pedestrian-only after the World Cup?

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/granville-street-pedestrian-only-vancouver-2026-12457547

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/

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ivor+Strong+Bridge

Province faces backlash after planning to buy 2,200 condos for affordable housing

 https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/22/province-faces-backlash-planning-buy-2200-condos-affordable-housing/

YVR planning to double cargo capacity

 https://vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2026/06/22/yvr-planning-to-double-cargo-capacity/ 

https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/yvr-plans-to-double-cargo-movements-in-five-years-12136914 

https://news.yvr.ca/yvr-double-cargo-volumes-over-five-years

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-international-airport-yvr-cargo-volumes-doubling-five-year-plan

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.

This Megacity Solved Traffic in a Weird Way

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzGOhdgef4U 

Mexico City

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. 

What’s Inside the Secret 28th Floor of This Skyscraper? (Buffalo City Hall)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkZMgMkUr0U 

https://www.arthurchandler.com/buffalo-city-hall

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

The Dallas sprawl

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A098C4amqU

Some City Halls in North America

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFf1oRBt8jY

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.

Ironworkers Memorial marks 68th anniversary of Second Narrows Bridge collapse

 https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/memorial-marks-68th-anniversary-of-second-narrows-bridge-collapse-12442469 

The Iron Bridge should have had a bus, truck and LRT bridge built next to it decades ago.

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

BRT in Denmark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zlfd1MReWI

https://ecity.solarisbus.com/en/e-mobility/bus-rapid-transit-in-denmark-aalborg

Delta council calls for third-party to dig into Fraser River Tunnel project

 https://www.delta-optimist.com/local-news/delta-council-calls-for-third-party-to-dig-into-fraser-river-tunnel-project-12430212

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.

The BIG Problem with Finishing the Sagrada Família

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BPwtOkasuc

Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing Collapse of 1958

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironworkers_Memorial_Second_Narrows_Crossing#Collapse 

After the collapse, there was a chance that the Iron_Bridge (IwB) could have been totally redesigned, but this is BC. Its very difficult in BC to design transportation infrastructure with significant future capacity. The Iron Bridge should have been built along the lines of the 12 lane Ship_Canal_Bridge (SCB) in Seattle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_Canal_Bridge 

Unlike Seattle and Washington State, so much in BC is built to a provincial backwater standard. Thus, nothing on the scale of the SCB has ever been allowed in BC. https://pauldorpat.com/2014/05/17/seattle-now-then-the-ship-canal-bridge Sunce an LRT line wasn't possible for the SCB, it runs sort of parallel in a tunnel to the UW. Of course LRT to UBC is still an incomplete BC pipe dream.

The IwB should have had at least 8 lanes on an upper deck and 4 lanes on a lower deck for extra bus and truck lanes. There should have also been a provision for 2 LRT tracks on a lower deck, but that would be properly planning for the future. 

Unfortunately, the Vancouver Mind Virus (VMV) ruined the Burrard-Bridge. The Burrard_Street Bridge (BSB) opened with 6 lanes and a lower level provision for a double track streetcar crossing.

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the-burrard-bridge-7129420 

Foolishly, because the city didn't want to build a parallel bike bridge, 2 lanes were removed from the BSB. This has made it very unlikely that the BSB will be able to have 2 bus lanes. No lower level streetcar crossing was ever built. Yet, a streetcar line on both side of False Creek could have been a nice thing to have up and running. Ironically, Vancouver was one of the first cities to get rid of its streetcars and will likely be one of the last to bring them back. The VMV is such a horrible thing, yet it officially doesn't exist. 

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

Victoria generating more demand than Vancouver for renters

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-popular-canada-renters 

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-least-affordable-housing-world

Cost of Massey Tunnel replacement up to $11 billion

 https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/17/massey-tunnel-replacement-project-costs-increase/

Mounting criticism over beleaguered new George Massey Tunnel project

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-tunnel-new-conservatives-delta-city-criticism