How the City Rail Link Transforms Auckland's Train Network while Vancouver is trapped by the BCMV

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmtSI3N57kM Auckland, like Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Seattle, Edmonton, Toronto & Montreal... are just some of the cities that get to have longer train than provincial Vancouver.

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

"Although the trains are capable of having extra cars added in groups of three, the CRL station platforms, as originally specified, would not be long enough to accommodate nine-car trains. The proposed new capacity is 54,000 passengers per hour with the station platforms to be made longer so they can take the longer trains..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Rail_Link#Capacity_forecast_forces_platform_enlargements 

9 car trains are possible for Auckland, because there isn't anything like a Vancouver Mind Virus (VMV) to thwart it. 

https://www.cityraillink.co.nz/meet-your-stations 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waitemat%C4%81_railway_station#Capacity Proper big city infrastructure planning and development, unlike backwards Vancouver.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waitemat%C4%81_railway_station#Electrification 

In contrast is the joke that is the two car Canada_Line. There was a deliberate decision, (apparently to save money) to not have a future station level clearance of at lest 100 m, if not even 160 m. So instead of planning for at least 5 car trains, there is only enough space for a 2.5 car joke of a train, some day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Line#Stations "The five busiest stations have platforms 50 metres (160 ft) long, while the rest of the stations have 40-metre (130 ft) platforms that can be easily extended to 50 metres." 

Being that this is a line which could eventually link YVR to the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal & eventually Waterfront station with Park Royal and even the Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal, the BC Mind Virus (BCMV) got in the way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Line#Technology "The capacity of the trains is estimated at 334 people per pair of cars (comfortably) or 400 people at crush load." 

Since each car is 20 m and the stations are designed to a maximum of 50 m, every effort should be made to try to eventually have 60 m platforms. Unfortunately, it might be difficult enough just to try to gradually have 55 m stations. Still, the initial goal should be to try to have a 3 car train of 60 m. 

Then with Selective+Door+Operation

The Dutch Are Replacing This Entire Bridge — By Moving It

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS8jNDgBr9A 

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

Wow, no VMV or BCMV was able to get the Dutch to reduce the 12 lane Van_Brienoordbrug_Bridge back to a 6 lane bottleneck, or even a 4 lane chokepoint. 

If you are Dutch and Visit Vancouver & Victoria, BC, you will be shocked as to how scaled back the infrastructure is. So far, no 12 lane crossing has been allowed in BC. Yet, for the Dutch, big city transportation infrastructure isn't a problem. 

BC is 23 times the size of Switzerland, but doesn't even have the population of one CH. 

Its very difficult to think big and tall in backwards BC. Thus, it takes a long time for big things to get approved and completed.

https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/projects/2026/09/vancouver-city-council-approves-trio-of-tall-towers

The World's Most Beautiful Bridge Just Opened

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9w7rYXvmM0

BC Ferries warns of major traffic delays on Sea to Sky Highway this weekend

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/gran-fondo-sea-to-sky-highway-traffic-delays

Time Out just named Montreal one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world

 https://dailyhive.com/canada/canadian-city-worlds-best-cycling

Vancouver City Council approves trio of tall towers

 https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/projects/2026/09/vancouver-city-council-approves-trio-of-tall-towers

Letting GPT-6 Play City Skylines 2

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du99Jm-G1UA

A Speculative Map of Montreal Metro-REM-EXO

 https://www.reddit.com/r/TransitDiagrams/comments/1w9apwg/oc_montreal_metroremexo_speculative_map/ 

What if Montreal could have a Paris scale of transportation infrastructure? Unfortunately, Greater Montreal hasn't reached the 5 million point yet, let alone 10 million people. Thus, the really big city stuff is still quite a ways off. 

At least Montreal isn't stuck with a 3 lane LGB. So far, Vancouver isn't interested in building an express bus tunnel and an LRT tunnel next to the inadequate LGB. A line from Burrard_station to Park+Royal and the Horseshoe+Bay+ferry+terminal would be getting into proper big city transportation infrastructure. Just like a tunnel between Waterfront station and Lonsdale_Quay would be.

At least Le REM wasn't designed to be a 2 car joke of a train like the YVR-Canada+Line is. 

The stations on the first 2 Skytrain lines are barely half the length of a 9 car Metro station. While a REM station can accommodate a 4 car train, the Canada+Line stations can only accommodate a 2.5 car train, but only 2 car joke trains, so far.

What If America’s Most Iconic Skyscrapers Were in Warsaw?

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

 270 Park Avenue vs NYC Giants: Size Comparison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVHedlizwSw 

 Face to Face: One World Trade Center vs. Sears Tower | The Volume Trap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiLXjQZ4k3g 

 New York’s Missing Supertall Is Finally Rising | 2 WTC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tySR84V3X4

What would the Original WTC Look like in Todays Skyline

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbbgU1c5wwA

Before and after the Pattullo Bridge

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw934knFUgc 

In the 1930s, NW was still a former tiny BC capital and an ongoing provincial backwater. It was amazing just to have plumbing and electricity in parts of Surrey. No one thought in the 1930s that Surrey could eventually become a major city, at least by BC standards. Then by the 2030s, becoming the biggest populated city in B.C. 

Unfortunately, the Pattullo Bridge and its replacement weren't designed to accommodate 2 streetcar tracks or 2 LRT tracks. Both bridges opened with just 2 lanes each way. The 4 lane Pattullo Bridge should have been designed to have 2 very wide shoulders and 2 wide sidewalks so that it could have become a 6 lane crossing with a proper safety divider for traffic. 

While the replacement bridge is also just 4 lanes, there is a 6 lane potential in the design. However, the new bridge should have opened with 3 lanes each way, plus a 4th lane for express busses. Then, a 5th lane could have been a very wide shoulder, or an outright emergency lane. 

Instead, when either 4 lane bridge has a stalled vehicle, the 2 lanes become a 1 lane chokepoint. If there is an accident on 1 side of the bridge and a stalled vehicle on the other side, 3-4 of the lanes can instantly become blocked. 

The old and the new bridges weren't designed to have a lower deck for 2 tracks and 2 truck lanes, even though its part of a major seaport region.

In contrast, the 1932 Sydney_Harbour_Bridge opened with 6 lanes and 4 tracks. Then, in the late 1950s, two tram tracks were removed, thus allowing for the Sydney_Harbour_Bridge to become an 8 lane crossing. This was possible, because NSW wasn't thwarted by anything like a provincial backwater BC mindset, or the BCMV.

Official 25-Year World Trade Center Time-Lapse

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nYDTnqUlE8

The Dark Side of Singapore's Gleaming MRT

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOxKu6YAUkw 

Long trains, along with short headways are ideal for any high capacity system. However, if there isn't enough daily or weekly and monthly maintenance, this will indeed wear down or even fall apart.

The Dinsmore Bridge in Richmond

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/dinsmore-bridge-richmond-overnight-closures-upgrades 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinsmore_Bridge , https://aroundus.com/p/6146357-dinsmore-bridge

https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/traffic-alert-overnight-closure-of-richmond-dinsmore-bridge-for-three-months-12732035 

https://richmondarchives.ca/tag/dinsmore-bridge/

The Superman Matrix

 https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Superman+Matrix

Filming wraps for 'Shōgun' with epic fireworks display in Metro Vancouver

 https://www.nsnews.com/highlights/shogun-filming-wrap-party-fireworks-metro-vancouver-2026-12725615 

At least Port Moody wasn't thwarted by anything lik the VMV and could actually have some late summer fireworks. Vancouver no longer has any NY Eve fireworks and no Canada Day evening fireworks. However, Vancouver was able to have some fireworks on 1 evening in August. 

System from Alaska to bring 'fall-type pattern' to Metro Vancouver

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/metro-vancouver-weather-fall-type-pattern-sept-2026-12725632 

Another summer with only a few hot days and some occasional crappy cold fall like weather. Perhaps every year Vancouver will get a slightly shorter summer. 

Some people still build swimming pools in Greater Vancouver, but they are lucky if they could ever use it for half of the year. However, if a greenhouse were to be built over their pool, then they certainly could use it for half of the year. 

Then again, if they actually built a pool in a fully enclosed heated building, then its an all year round amenity. 

In Vancouver, August is always the last full month of summer. Then, most of September becomes more like spring during the day with autumn nights.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/au/melbourne/26216/august-weather/26216?year=2026 

Of course in big city Melbourne, August and September aren't pool and beach months.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/au/melbourne/26216/september-weather/26216?year=2026

Independent review of North Shore wastewater treatment plant

 https://vancouversun.com/news/independent-review-of-north-shore-wastewater-treatment-plant-approved 

https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/metro-vancouver-settles-with-acciona-in-north-shore-wastewater-treatment-plant-boondoggle-12278257

Labour unions launch campaign calling for future B.C. Ferries vessels to be built in the province

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/build-them-here-bc-ferries-9.7327339 It would make a lot of sense to have shipbuilding be a bigger part of the BC economy.

 https://surreynowleader.com/2026/08/31/b-c-unions-coordinate-to-press-province-to-make-future-ferries-locally/ 

https://www.nsnews.com/economy-law-politics/rob-shaw-its-time-to-put-bc-back-in-the-ferry-building-business-12725450

https://www.biv.com/news/commentary/rob-shaw-its-time-to-put-bc-back-in-the-ferry-building-business-12725450 Unfortunatly, the BCMV is so firmly entrenched.

https://www.bcferries.com/in-the-community/projects/new-major-vessels 

https://www.bcferriesprojects.ca/nextgen

VMV and BCMV

What is the Vancouver Mind Virus and the BC Mind Virus?

Sometimes, it can be a provincial backwater approach to things. Other times, its a total Half-A$$ED attempt towards getting something done in backwards BC.

Its taken the City of Vancouver a very long time to surpass half a million residents. Its amazing that Vancouver finally surpassed having 3 quarters of a million people. 

https://worldpopulationreview.com/cities/canada/vancouver 751,644 

It remains to be seen if Vancouver will ever have more people than Winnipeg. Indeed, Winnipeg, like Edmonton and Calgary don't have something like a Burnaby next to them, or a Surrey & Coquitlam close by. While Vancouver barely makes it into the top 10 biggest cities in Canada, Greater Vancouver is still the 3rd largest urban region in Canada. However, so much of the urban scale and infrastructure is being heled back.

The biggest cities in Canada don't have anything like a VMV to thwart or impeded their scale. Thus, Toronto, Calgary, Montreal & Edmonton all have taller buildings than stunted Vancouver. Edmonton and Montreal, like Seattle and Perth, WA are allowed to have wider bridges. Most major cities around the world have longer trains than what's in provincial Vancouver.

Is there a Canadian Mind Virus (CMV)? Of course not officially. Fortunately, nothing like a CMV ever made it to Australia. Otherwise something absurd like provincial Trade Barriers could have really thwarted things down under.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/interprovincial-trade-barriers-9.7323970 

https://www.mnp.ca/en/insights/directory/what-are-the-barriers-to-interprovincial-trade-in-canada

https://www.canada.ca/en/intergovernmental-affairs/services/internal-trade/federal-investments-internal-trade.html 

Despite Canada being surrounded by water on 3 sides, there is no blue on the national flag. Fortunately, nothing like a CMV ever got Australia, NZ, the UK, France and even the US to remove blue from their flags. 

Of course the flags of England, Switzerland and Japan have no blue in them, but blue is still a very nice color to behold. 

Nothing on the scale of the 10 lane Narrows_Bridge_(Perth) is allowed in Vancouver, Victoria or Kelowna. Certainly, nothing like the Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges exists in Halifax. Even Boston and Montreal don't have a 12 lane crossing like the Gateway_Bridges. 

Despite Australia having fewer people than Canada, its been able to exist on a larger scale in some ways. Its like there is still a plan to have a big country down under.

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

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

Why New York City has a Two-Car Subway Train and provincial Vancouver is stuck with a 2 car airport train

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH37SqlW0Ks 

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R68_(New_York_City_Subway_car) 75-foot (22.86 m) length for each car. So roughly, a 2 car joke of a train is almost 46 m, or 150 ft. The absurd Canada_Line-Stations with its 2 car trains are in the 40 m to 50 m range. Thus, only two car & 2.5 car trains are only possible. In contrast, a 9 car Montreal_Metro train can be up to 152.5 m, or 500 ft.

Train length	2 car train: 150 feet (46 m) 4 car train: 300 feet (91 m) 8 car train: 600 feet (180 m)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R68_(New_York_City_Subway_car)#Description So, an 8 car, 600 foot long train is 100 feet longer than a 500 foot, 9 car Montreal train. 

The end of the line for the Franklin_Avenue_Shuttle is only a single track platform. 

Unfortunately, the YVR and the Richmond end if the Canada_Line stations are also a single track platforms. Even if this was initially decided as a cost saving measure, a double track guideway still should have been built. Then, a proper double track station could eventually be completed. Especially if the line is ever extended to the Delta Ferry terminal.

The YVR-Airport_station was deliberately designed to be narrower and shorter than what a proper big city airport station should be. Its another example of the unofficial BCMV reducing and thwarting the scale of things. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_Airport_station Almost like REM quality for Toronto, but not for provincial Vancouver. https://www.upexpress.com/en/up-express-stations/pearson-station , https://www.torontopearson.com/en/transportation-and-parking/up-express Wow, Toronto like Perth can run 3 car big city type trains. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pearson_Express#Rolling_stock Vancouver can only hope for a 2.5 car train, someday. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pearson_Express#Route Sometimes, a 2 car joke of a train might be OK to start with, but there should already be enough station clearance for at least 3-5 car trains. Then, as long as its a walk-through train, Selective_Door_Operation (SDO) can make it possible to add an extra car at both ends of a short train. SDO can be an intermediate step before having to extensively lighten each station. 

Stubborn, backwards Vancouver will eventually have to seriously consider SDO in order to have longer big city type trains. Unfortunately, as long as its stuck in the BC backwater mentality or under the spell of the BCMV, things won't improve.

https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/projects/2026/05/montreals-airport-rem-station-will-have-signature-iceberg-motif , https://montrealgazette.com/news/rem-has-begun-testing-trains-on-airport-branch Of course the YUL-P.E. Trudeau_station, like the Honolulu Airport station, will be longer and wider than the one at YVR.

Perhaps the short, single track & platform at the YVR-Airport_Station would be impressive if it were in Victoria, Prince George, Kamloops or Kelowna, but its hardly impressive when compared to the SeaTac/Airport_station, Portland_Airport_station, Lelepaua_station in Honolulu, Brisbane_Airport station, Sydney_Airport stations, the future Melbourne_Airport station and Perth_Airport station. The scale of the San_Francisco_International_Airport_station, which can accommodate 10 car trains, is on a whole other scale. All major airports and their train stations in Asia & Europe are so far beyond what Canada has. There is no reason as to why Greater Vancouver and some other cities in BC, can't be upgraded to a Pacific Rim infrastructure level, instead of  being stuck in a perpetual BC backwater mindset. 

The VMV, under the umbrella of the larger BCMV, is such a horrible impediment and it doesn't even officially exist. 

Construction closing major Highway 1 entrance overnight for two weeks

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/highway-1-metro-vancouver-entrance-overnight-closure

Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine Bridge–Tunnel

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Hippolyte-La_Fontaine_Bridge%E2%80%93Tunnel 

https://www.quebec.ca/transports/infrastructures-projets/projets/projets-routiers/montreal/tunnel-louis-hippolyte-la-fontaine/fermetures 

https://pomerleau.ca/en/projects/project/major-rehabilitation-louis-hippolyte-la-fontaine-tunnel 

https://montreal.citynews.ca/2026/08/25/major-road-construction-montreal-fall/  

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=L.H.-La+Fontaine+Bridge-Tunnel

History of George Massey Tunnel

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3kr2WaevpY

Western Harbour Tunnel

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

Sydney Harbour Tunnel

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

Vancouver SkyTrain-Canada Line - Richmond–Brighouse to Waterfront

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdJ9tXAF5s0 

Its very sad that a line which opened in 2009 with only 2 car trains, is still only using 2 car trains in 2026. The logic was to save money on construction, so instead of designing the stations to accommodate at least 5 car trains, there is only enough level clearance for 2.5 car trains, someday. The stations could have been designed with enough level clearance to eventually become doubleted in length. Unfortunately, its like a BC Mind Virus (BCMV) got in the way. The BCMV keeps thwarting so much infrastructure in Canada's most western province. 

For at least the past decade, there should have already been three, 20 m cars forming a 60 m train. Despite the absurd stations having a level clarence of only 50 m, Selective_door_operation could enable 3 car trains, not just some 2.5 car joke of a train. Even if the platforms can't ever be lengthened by 5-10 m, a 3 car train could still mostly have access to a 50 m station. Then with SDO, an extra car at both ends of the middle 3 cars would become a 5 car train.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_door_operation#International_variations 

It just would have been so much better if the stations were at least 60 m from the start. 80 m would have been better, but 100 m stations would almost look like a big city train. Unfortunately, the VMC & BCMV mindset keeps reducing the urban scale of things. 

Some other examples are the LGB and the Iron Bridge. The OSB and the KSB...

Some lesser known things that happened 100 years ago in Vancouver

 https://www.nsnews.com/bc-news/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-happened-100-years-ago-in-vancouver-12723371 

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/history/this-1926-film-reel-captures-adventures-in-vancouver-a-century-ago-5038141?utm_source=north%20shore%20news&utm_campaign=north%20shore%20news%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral

Power outages affect 100s of Albuquerque customers amid high temps

 https://www.koat.com/article/power-outages-affect-100s-of-albuquerque-customers-amid-high-temps/73563843

Columbia Street On-Ramp Open | stal̕əw̓asəm (Riverview) Bridge

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzYpjubqCpQ&t=757s  

 History of the Pattullo Bridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw934knFUgc

Japan Built The World's Biggest Skyscraper — And Hid A Forest Inside It

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q-FsElynm8 

The $41 Billion Plan for Tokyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZADlkbr7Avg  

Tokyo Has Built The World's Best Subway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFpG3yf3Rxk

Port Day 2026 at Canada Place in Vancouver

 https://vancouver.page/event/port-day-canada-place-vancouver/ 

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/press-releases/2026/08/05/port-day-showcases-vancouvers-maritime-industry-at-canada-place/ 

https://vancouversbestplaces.com/top-attractions/canada-place/canada-place-port-day-vancouver/

Vancouver Port Day

https://www.vancouverconventioncentre.com/events/port-day-presented-by-the-vancouver-fraser-port-authority

 https://www.canadaplace.ca/portday 

https://www.portvancouver.com/article/port-day-showcases-vancouvers-maritime-industry-canada-place

Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is Getting MASSIVE Upgrades

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQw18DQ4TlY MA$$IVE Upgrades? Compared to what, other provincial backwaters? 

SkyTrain Front Window View - Canada Line to YVR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxTEBfxYH0g This is very sad & pathetic that the stations weren't designed to be long enough to accommodate a 5 car train. The stations can only accommodate a 2.5 car joke of a train. The real sad joke is that the line is still only running 2 car trains on what is supposed to be a major urban area on the Pacific Rim.

Unfortunately, even if Vancouver-Surrey & Abbottsford, Victoria & Nanaimo, Prince Rupert & Kitimat were all upgraded to proper big urban areas on par with Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane, or even Seattle & Calgary, BC just isn't as warm as Australia, or even NZ for half of of the year. Edmonton & Calgary, Seattle & Portland are able to have wider bridges & roads, and even longer trains than Vancouver to Richmond & Vancouver to Surrey-Langley. 

Fortunately, the Pacific Rim part of Australia hasn't been trapped in a provincial backwater mentality like the Pacific Rim part of Canada. For too long there has been a keep BC small and backwards mindset. AKA, the BC Mind Virus (BCMV).

Running short & frequent trains could be seen as a cost saving measure initially, but unless there is a genuine to have proper long big city type trains, the BCMV still wins out. The fanatical approach to keep most of the bridges in BC so narrow has made it very difficult to have a proper regional express bus network, let alone BRT. 

The 3 main seaport regions of BC, Greater Vancouver, Victoria-Nanaimo-Kitimat should become proper big city ports on the Pacific Rim. BC is 23 times the size of Switzerland, yet it doesn't even have the population of 1 CH. Canada in turn, has less than half of 1% of the worlds population. 

Surrey, BC

 https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=2&status=15 

https://skyscraperpage.com/b132164/surrey/centre-block 47 office stories? 

As originally proposed, Surrey could have had an office tower that would even be noticeable if it were in Calgary or Seattle.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/10275-city-parkway-surrey-centre-block-office-towers

"Originally, the East Tower was to be 47 storeys while the West Tower was to be 19 storeys.  City staff say the two towers are now planned to be 45 storeys and 17 storeys, although architectural plans indicate the East Tower will be 42 storeys." https://storeys.com/surrey-centre-block-office-tower

If this reduction does happen, Surrey still might be the first city in BC to have an office tower over 40 floors and Burnaby over 45 office stories. Never mind the first 50 story office tower in BC, its difficult enough just to get office floors above 39 storis in BC.

At the very least, Surrey still might have an office tower that might rival the tallest in Bellevue,_Washington. 

Vancouver has heled back the urban scale of BC almost since the beginning. That's because for over a century, practically anything big in BC was in provincial Vancouver. But Vancouver or the VMV, can't stop Surrey, Burnaby and Coquitlam from rivaling some of the things in Vancouver, such as taller buildings.   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Bellevue,_Washington#Tallest_completed_buildings

Burnaby

 https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=31&status=15 

https://skyscraperpage.com/b139592/burnaby/concord-metrotown-eight 47 stories at 187.2 m

Tower 8, a 47-storey, 375,000 SF office tower at 614 ft. height, https://vancouvermarket.ca/2022/07/22/phase-2-of-concord-metrotown-to-include-5-towers-2100-units/ 

https://www.urbanyvr.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Concord-Metrotown-phases.jpg , https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=230813&page=37 

https://www.skyscrapercity.com/threads/burnaby-developments.2444861/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic 

For the longest time, Vancouver has prevented BC from having a 40 story office tower, let alone a 50 or a 60 story office tower. Since Burnaby isn't directly affected by the VMV, Burnaby is on track to have the first office tower in BC that's over 45 floors. Indeed, a 47 story office tower at 614 feet would slightly rival the tallest in Bellevue,_Washington. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Bellevue,_Washington#Tallest_completed_buildings

Vancouver, BC

 https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=1&status=15 

No 40 story office towers on the horizon within the city limits.

https://skyscraperpage.com/b106925/vancouver/the-stack 

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/the-stack/35667 162.3 m / 533 ft Floors 38 https://www.skydb.net/building/134386807/the-stack/ 

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/harbour-centre/4144 , https://www.skydb.net/building/357382467/harbour-centre/ 

https://skyscraperpage.com/b63/vancouver/royal-centre

https://www.skydb.net/building/469710364/

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/id/4396  138 m / 453 ft Floors 35 

In accordance with an unofficial provincial backwater mentality or VMV agenda, Vancouver was able to hold back the urban scale of BC for most of its history. However, Vancouver wasn't able to prevent Burnaby, Surrey and Coquitlam from constructing taller buildings. 

Never mind Calgary and Seattle, strict Vancouver has only permitted 2 buildings to be taller than the 2 tallest in Bellevue,_Washington. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Bellevue,_Washington#Tallest_completed_buildings 

Vancouver Italian restaurant forced to remove pergola on patio

 https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/vancouver-italian-restaurant-forced-to-remove-pergola-on-patio-owner-says/ 

https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/12040083/

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/video/2026/08/29/vancouver-restaurant-owner-frustrated-by-red-tape/

Another case of the Vancouver Mind Virus (VMV) causing so much interference and hindrance. 

https://jf-databits.blogspot.com/search?q=Red+Tape+and+BS+in+backwards+BC

Townhouse development considered for single-family neighbourhood in Shaughnessy

 https://www.biv.com/news/economy-law-politics/townhouse-development-considered-for-single-family-neighbourhood-in-shaughnessy-12720195 

Canada's economy was surging in Q2. Now, it braces for new tariff headwinds

 https://www.biv.com/news/economy-law-politics/canadas-economy-was-surging-in-q2-now-it-braces-for-new-tariff-headwinds-12716855

Closure of Britannia Pool delayed until 2027

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/britannia-vancouver-pool-maintenance-2027

the Broadway Construction project

 https://globalnews.ca/news/12039357/gregor-robertson-challenged-broadway-construction-project/

The L.A. Freeway Map and plan That Never Happened

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

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-EasLeG_LA 

the real cost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS6WrJZKbjs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbiI9ainetY

S mon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcQ-dU38ZYs

The Entire History of Los Angeles

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfvai87mW-Q

Atlanta

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ljG1ow2HcE 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5hnleKu18k 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXTaT0aLvLQ  

 How The Southeast Is Slowly Turning Into America's Next Mega-City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYlA_e2hjGE

Skyscrapers, Towers and stumps

https://skyscraperpage.com/database/metro , https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/links 

The DC Metro is not open all night long. The last train usually runs around midnight.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Uly8R0K-Q

All The Non-Passenger Train types in the NYC Subway

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIvU2NzY71A

More than 1,000 free parking spots will be added to several REM stations

 https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/more-than-1000-free-parking-spots-added-at-several-rem-stations/

Wow, in backwards BC, its so difficult to have places with 1000 parking spots. 

Highway 99 Tunnel Program Update

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvaPpt2R69Y 

A parallel bridge or tunnel should have been built decades ago.

There should have been 3 + 1 express bus lane each way, but also a temporary HOV lane each way. Then eventually, becoming 4 general lanes each way with the 5th becoming a totally separate BRT line each way. 

Unfortunately, no 10 lane tunnel, just like no 10 lane bridge. Thus, whenever the 8 lane tunnel finally opens, there should be serious planning for a parallel BRT and LRT bridge or tunnel. 

An extension of the YVR-Canada Line to the mall and ferry terminal would be of great benefit. However, since BC doesn't have 24hr train service, 24hr BRT can fill in the gaps.

Billionaires' Row Ruins Every Tower It Builds — Now It's Getting Another One

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbvXrS9tj0Y

Public Transit in Berlin

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ti4kv2TH9w

West Coast Express in SW BC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlFzR5_3RWM 

https://www.translink.ca/about-us/about-translink/operating-companies/west-coast-express 

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

Daily ridership	7,200 (weekdays, Q1 2026)[1]
Ridership	1,734,200 (2025)[2]

https://www.translink.ca/schedules-and-maps/west-coast-express 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Express#Operation 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Express#Stations 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Express#Future_plans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Express#Supplementary_bus_service

The SeaBus

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

The 1.75-nautical-mile (3.24 km) crossing takes 10 to 12 minutes in each direction with a cruising speed of 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h), with a 3 to 5 minute turnaround and, therefore, operates on a 15-minute turn-around schedule.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaBus#Service

By now, the SeaBus shouldn't just be every 15 minutes, it should be every 7.5 minutes. 8 trips per hour, each way would be quite an improvement. 

Unfortunately, there still seems to be no plan to have a bus tunnel and an LRT tunnel near the LGB.

New RapidBus ride between Park Royal and Metrotown starts early September

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/r2-marine-willingdon-rapidbus-route-launch-september-2026-metrotown-translink 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R2_Marine_Dr Finally, a better connection between Park_Royal_Exchange, Lonsdale_Quay, Phibbs_Exchange, Kootenay_Loop and Metrotown_station. 

https://www.translink.ca/plans-and-projects/projects/bus-projects/r2-marine-willingdon-rapidbus 

https://www.cnv.org/streets-transportation/transportation-projects/past-projects/marine-main-r2-rapidbus-upgrades

https://movementyvr.ca/r2-and-brt/ 

https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/metrotown-to-north-shore-rapid-transit.aspx 

Unfortunately, 2 bus lanes weren't added to a widened Iron Bridge, or a parallel bus-bridge. A North Boundary Road bus-bridge over the Inlet and a South Boundary Road bus-bridge to Richmond, would dramatically improve bus connections between the North Shore and Richmond. 

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

https://www.translink.ca/plans-and-projects/projects/bus-projects/rapidbus-projects 

Long Combination Vehicles

 https://www.ontario.ca/page/long-combination-vehicle-program 

https://www.peopledriving.ca/courses/longer-combination-vehicles-lcv-course-calgary/

Australian Road Train

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

https://auto.howstuffworks.com/road-trains.htm

https://medium.com/knowledge-stew/the-incredible-road-trains-of-australia-ff80cdfc3d11

https://www.jalopnik.com/2182789/semi-truck-australian-road-train-length-american-comparison/ 

https://www.thedrakegroup.com.au/drake-trailers-news/the-longest-road-train-in-history-still-holds-the-world-record/

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/u76ufr/an_australian_road_train_king_of_the_outback/

The Articulated Bus

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articulated_bus#Use 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articulated_bus#Design

HOV Lanes vs Bus Lanes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-occupancy_vehicle_lane

 https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/driving-and-cycling/traveller-information/routes-and-driving-conditions/hov-lanes 

https://vtpi.org/tdm/tdm19.htm

A bus lane will always have more potential to move more people than a HOV lane.

https://www.drivesmartbc.ca/lanes/qa-bus-and-hov-lanes 

Even if a vehicle is carrying 4-5 people in a HOV lane, a bus carrying 40-50 people is still much more efficient transportation.

https://roadsafetystrategy.ca/en/listing-directory/roadsafetystrategy/bus_and_high_occupancy_vehicle_lanes 

https://www.liveabout.com/high-capacity-articulated-or-double-decker-2798841

https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/w9zja7/whenever_im_riding_the_bus_this_question_keeps/

The UK’s £49BN Heathrow Gamble with Heathrow Airport

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-yXy6NLWGY

the BART Exhibit at the Western Railway Museum

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rNohBQM9bk  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFl_cekEViw star trek

Why Canada's Longest Runway Exists in Calgary

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvPyRHaN2FE 

Why Does Calgary Have FOUR Runways? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hdc1NbCMhw

The $16 billion Hudson River Tunnel project in NYC

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7rngqeU2BE  

 How America is Building the Impossible $20B Tunnel Under the Hudson River https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZDf2eFfPC4

Nashville's Skyline

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt5U6uaxiLc

New Westminster (NW), BC

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuLLhzG5HKI 

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/new-westminster-pier-park-expansion-fraser-river-waterfront-bosa-development

BRT in backwards BC

 Of course Greater Vancouver really needs a big city BRT network, but unless a proper series of bus and bike bridges are built, its all just a Half-A$$ED joke of an attempt.

https://www.pattullobridgereplacement.ca/about/projectoverview Of course the new bridge opened without any express bus lanes, especially no BRT corridor. Yet, Skytrain isn't a 24hr system, but a bus can be.

https://www.railforthevalley.com/latest-news/translinks-hype-and-hoopla-about-brt-is-just-another-wet-squibb 

https://www.railforthevalley.com/tag/brt 

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

Stockholm, SV

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm#Public_transportation 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Metro Unfortunatly, provincial Vancouver isn't allowed to have proper long big city type trains like in Stockholm or the Montreal Metro.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Metro#Rolling_stock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SL_C30 , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SL_C20 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm#Roads

Reykjavík, Iceland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Reykjavik 

The BC part of Canada has more than 10 times the population of Iceland. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Region_(Iceland) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk#Roads Once an urban area is busy enough, there should be a 3rd or 4th lane each way, so that there can be a bus lane or express bus lane each way. Of course, a proper BRT system requires its own right of way. Thus, its usually separated from the general traffic lanes.

Reykjavík has some overpasses and a bridge that are at least 6 lanes wide. 

A key overpass with four lanes each way. This already has enough space for eight lanes.

This already has the space for three lanes each way. Nine lanes with enough space for 10. 

In contrast, the Knight+Street+Bridge between Vancouver and Richmond becomes a classic 2 lane each way BC bottleneck-chokepoint. Unless a parallel bus and bike bridge is built, it will remain as an inefficient crossing. A parallel bridge could have 2 express bus lanes and 2 HOV lanes, plus 2 wide bike lanes and 2 footpaths. Two truck lanes would also be good, since Greater Vancouver is supposed to be a major port region.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keflav%C3%ADk_International_Airport 

There is enough space for this to be a big airport, someday.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Keflav%C3%ADk+International+Airport/@63.9799068,-22.6378612,4682m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x4929fdfce2ab799f:0x27f88d0a15c328cd!8m2!3d63.9814869!4d-22.6281862!16zL20vMDRkMTlz!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDgxOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

NYC's Subway is Expanding with some New Stations

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0FXQf5ByiI

Philadelphia's City Hall Tower

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

Unfortunately, the L.A. City Hall isn't quite as tall, even though its a much larger city.

The 14 lane George Washington bridge vs...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH6Q8yWjYpM There are wider sections of freeways in the US, but the double deck GWB has the most lanes. 

Wow, in backwards Vancouver, or almost anywhere in backwater BC, just having 2 lanes each way is tough enough. A consistent 3rd lane each way could be for busses and a 4th lane for HOVs. Given that Greater Vancouver is supposed to be a major port region, several of the bridges should also have a truck lane each way. However, there is only one bridge in backwards BC that has 5 lanes each way. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mann_Bridge#New_bridge Unfortunatly, it wasn't designed to have a lower deck. Such a lower deck could have had 2 freight train tracks, 2 commuter train tracks and even a provision for 2 BRT lanes. 

Essentially, in any proper big urban area, the bridges should not only provide at least 3 general lanes each way, but a bus and HOV lane each way. That's 5 lanes each way, plus on some crossings that are closer to port activity, there should even be a 6th lane each way. That's the case with the Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges. Unfortunately, unlike Queensland, BC has been very reluctant towards bridge duplication or twinning. 

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/driving-and-cycling/traveller-information/routes-and-driving-conditions/hov-lanes 

https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/bus-hov-lanes-different-2918490

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1d3fixq/hov_and_bus_lanes_how_to_deter_abuse/ 

While Australia has Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane as its major Pacific Rim gateways, Canada just has provincial Vancouver, Victoria and Prince Rupert as port gateway cities. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges#Design

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Gateway_Bridge_aerial4.JPG

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges#Duplication A 12 lane crossing.

The Port_of_Brisbane and the Brisbane_Airport are excellent port facilities in Queensland. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Brisbane#Facilities

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_Airport#Rail Far away from the inept transportation planning in Greater Vancouver, Brisbane was able to do things correctly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_line,_Brisbane Unfortunatly, backwards BC just can't seem to properly plan big city type infrastructure.

The YVR-Canada_Line is a total embarrassment! 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Line#Stations Not 150 m, not 100 m, only a 50 m level clarence was allowed for the stations. Even the first 2 Skytrain lines only have 80 m stations, when they should have almost been twice as long. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Line#Technology Aparently, the inept planning was due to cost saving measures. Thus, instead of designing the stations to be long enough to accommodate 5 car trains, they were only designed to ultimately have 2.5 car trains. Since 2009, the Canada_Line still only has 2 car joke trains. 

The Tilikum_Crossing in Portland vs the North_Arm_Bridge between Vancouver and Richmond. The Tilikum_Crossing accommodates 2 bike lanes, 2 footpaths, 2 MAX-LRT tracks, 2 articulated_bus lanes and even streetcars can cross on it. Such a fine bridge just hasn't been allowed in BC.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/NorthArmBridge.jpg 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Arm_Bridge#Details This bridge should have been wide enough to eventually accommodate 2 bike lanes, 2 footpaths and especially, 2 BRT lanes, the the Skytrain doesn't run on a 24hr schedule. 

Given that most of the bridges in BC are so narrow, there needs to be proper bus, bike & HOV bridges built.

Transportation infrastructure doesn't have to be such a sad joke in backwards BC. 

Why This 18-Lane Monster is the Busiest Highway on Earth (401)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geJiJNnf4kA

How Europe Is Building the World’s Longest Immersed Tunnel Between Denmark and Germany

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY83HGWDeAQ 

The $10 Billion Tunnel That Rewrites Europe's Map | Fehmarnbelt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvjY0ihchYs

City of Vancouver outlines three preliminary Kitsilano Outdoor Pool renewal concepts

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/kitsilano-outdoor-pool-vancouver-feasibility-study-renewal-redevelopment-options 

Hopefully, the VMV won't try to reduce its size like it did with the Aquatic Centre. 

Why Missouri is Spending $3B on One Road (I-70)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO2uEUlnLnc

Why doesn't Winnipeg and Manitoba have Freeways?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aiUT57IBlE

Surrey BC's new $2.8 Billion Hospital

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

Even though Surrey might not be directly affected and thwarted by the VMV, the BC Mind Virus (BCMV) can still hold things back. 

Vancouver PNE vs...

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-pne-fair-weekend-playland-aug-2026 

At the same time that the madness of Vancouver was making the PNE smaller, the CNE was allowed to grow in size. If anything like a Vancouver Mind Virus had an influence in Toronto, the city would have become a backwards mess. 

https://www.tourguys.ca/post/cne-vs-canadas-wonderland-best-toronto-theme-parks-for-kids-teens-families-2025-guide 

In 1981 Canada's Wonderland had just opened. But the CNE is also on. Which one do you decide to go to - the shiny new theme park or a Torontonian classic? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItiWGErRyZM

Toronto would go onto becoming as big as Chicago. However, the GTA still isn't quite as big as the overall Chicagoland Area. Vancouver is still stuck in its provincial backwater trap mentality.

Surrey-Langley SkyTrain

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-langley-skytrain-community-signing-panels-construction-progress 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Surrey-Langley+SkyTrain

Pedestrian and cyclist bridge above Upper Levels Highway opens in North Vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/crosscut-bridge-casano-loutet-overpass-highway-1-north-vancouver-completion 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vancouver,+BC/@49.3260588,-123.0479353,592m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x548673f143a94fb3:0xbb9196ea9b81f38b!8m2!3d49.2827291!4d-123.1207375!16zL20vMDgwaDI!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDgxOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

What If Atlanta had Built A REM

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nSkoC1PrDA

Broadway Subway SkyTrain Construction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAevWIf3LLw

Vancouver Skytrain: Commercial Drive to Lincoln Station https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PO0v_JdD1A

Mount Pleasant subway station (SkyTrain)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pleasant_station_(SkyTrain) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_Vancouver

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-neighbourhood-brooklyn-mount-pleasant

Hullo Ferries surpasses 1.5 million passengers on third anniversary

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/hullo-ferries-nanaimo-vancouver-third-anniversary 

Now, if only provincial, backwater Vancouver could ever have a proper big city size commuter ferry system like what Sydney and SF Bay_Area have...

Broadway–City Hall station

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway-City_Hall_station Has a 5 car train potential.

https://thecanadaline.com/station-guides/broadway-city-hall 2.5 car train potential, but still only just 2 coaches per train. 

https://thecanadaline.com/station-history/broadway-city-hall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairview,_Vancouver

REM operator apologizes for lack of communication during morning disruptions

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/rem-operator-apologizes-for-lack-of-communication-during-service-outages-wednesday-morning-9.7312084  

https://exo.quebec/en

At least the REM started out on a grander scale than the Skytrain. With SDO, a 4 car train could easily become 6. Then, as long as there is enough level station clearance, longer platforms should be possible. 

Someday, SDO could even allow a 9 car Montreal Metro train to have 11 car trains like in NYC on the 7. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_(New_York_City_Subway_service)#Fleet 11 car trains. 

Paris

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3e8P87slSw

How Engineers Choose Between Asphalt and Concrete Roads

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

Should San Diego Cancel the Uptown Streetcar plan?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0wlKL8AulQ

Car drives into McArthurGlen luxury store in Richmond

 https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/car-drives-into-mcarthurglen-luxury-store-in-richmond-12675519 

Buildings in BC can be designed in such a way that makes it very difficult to crash into a structure.

The Oakridge–41st Avenue Station

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/oakridge-41st-avenue-station-early-closure-construction-august-2026

 https://www.richmond-news.com/highlights/vancouver-canada-line-station-close-early-august-2026-12675151 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Oakridge-41st+Avenue 

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-skytrain For a line of B$ to have opened in 2009 and is still only using 2 car joke trains is a pretty sad example of inept transportation infrastructure planning. 

Even using the argument that it was necessary to have a watered down or scaled back the YVR-Canada+Line to save money, this line of B$ still could have been designed to eventually become a proper big city like train. As long as the 50 m stations were designed with a future level clearance of 130 m to 153 m, the underground stations could have been as long as the Montreal Metro stations, or at least as long as the underground Edmonton LRT stations.

The YVR-Canada Line since 2009

The Canada_Line opened with 2 car trains and is still running just 2 car trains. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ouk0VifwM&t=817s

https://thecanadaline.com/station-history No reasonable attempt was made to make sure that the stations could eventually accommodate at least 5 car trains. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Line#Stations The inadequate 50 m stations can only accommodate a 2.5 car train, not a 5 car train.

https://globalnews.ca/news/5778392/canada-line-10-year-anniversary/

https://buzzer.translink.ca/2024/08/skytrains-canada-line-marks-15th-anniversary/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Line#Technology 

https://www.atkinsrealis.com/en/projects/the-canada-line 

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/01/31/Canada-Line-New-Stop-Years-Making/ 

https://www.bb-gi.com/investment/canada-line/ 

 Airport to Downtown Vancouver Transit Guide (Don't Take a Taxi!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bNYrJhUgu0

https://www.railforthevalley.com/latest-news/zweisystem/should-we-convert-the-canada-line-to-light-rail-2 

 This $9 Train Saves You $40 at Vancouver Airport (YVR to Canada Place) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxUpww86dow

Fortunately, the REM trains in Montreal can accommodate 4 car trains, as does the Skyline_(Honolulu). 

The big mistake for all 3 of the Skytrain lines was not having all of the stations to be capable of accommodating 6-8 car trains. Plus, allowing for a future level station clearance of 153 m-160 m. That would have allowed Greater Vancouver to start of with short REM & Skyline type trains, with the capability to eventually have trains as long as those on the Montreal_Metro.  

Proper big city transportation infrastructure is so difficult to plan and build in backwards BC.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=YVR-Canada+Line

Hospital wait times are a rising issue in Surrey

 https://surreynowleader.com/2026/08/17/letter-hospital-wait-times-are-a-rising-issue-in-surrey/

The Copenhagen's metro vs.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzamwVH3CXU 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_Metro , https://m.dk/en/ 

The Copenhagen_Metro is open for service 24 hours a day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_(Copenhagen_Metro)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_Airport#Metro 

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

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

https://www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/planning/the-metro-gdk962923 

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

"The trains are 39 m (127 ft 11+3⁄8 in) long, 2.65 m (8 ft 8+3⁄8 in) wide, and weigh 52 t (51 long tons; 57 short tons). Each train consists of three articulated cars with a total of six automated, 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) wide doors, holding up to 96 seated and 204 standing passengers (300 in total)." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_Metro#Trains 

With Selective_door_operation technology, a 3 car train could become a 5 car train without having to lengthen the stations. People would simply access & leave the train in the middle 3 cars, but not the end cars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_door_operation#International_variations

New South Wales H set trains

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

Train length	81.55 m (267 ft 6+5⁄8 in)
Car length	20.34 m (66 ft 8+3⁄4 in) (OD) 20,435 mm (67 ft 1⁄2 in) (ON/ONL)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_H_set#Design 

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

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

Example of selective door operation. The doors in the first 2 carriages are not opened, because the platform is too short for an 8-carriage OSCAR train. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_door_operation (SDO)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Selective_Door_Operation.jpg/960px-Selective_Door_Operation.jpg 

This platform can accommodate 6 out of an 8 car heavy-rail train. 

This means that an extra car or 2 can be added to a shorter train, even if the station isn't long enough. 

Thus, before lengthening the stations on the first 2 Skytrain lines, a 5 car train could become a 7 car train. Perhaps even a 9 car train, like with the Montreal Metro trains. Eventually, the stations on the first 2 Skytrain lines could be lengthened for 7 car trains and whenever possible, 9 car trains.

Unfortunately, the 50 m level station clearance for the YVR-Canada Line trains wasn't designed for 5 car, 100 m trains, just a 2.5 car joke of a train. However, with some platform modifications and some very slight station lengthening, three 20 m cars might be possible, instead of a 2.5 car joke of a train.  

Then, once a 3 car, 60 m train is adapted to a 50-55 m platform, SDO can enable an extra car at each end to become a 5 car train. Perhaps ultimately, there could even be an extra 2 cars at each end of the middle 3 car train, to become a 7 car train.