Urban Tech Links: UTL: December 2017

Saturday, December 30, 2017

Trains in LA

http://multiversevectors.blogspot.ca/search?q=LA

Friday, December 29, 2017

the LV Intersection: LVI

http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/search?q=LVI

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSGZ3nhU8AAGpC7.jpg , https://twitter.com/ClarkCountyNV/status/946206580630007810

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRgjag2XcAE8C4F.jpg , https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/dec/19/county-scraps-proposal-for-elevated-expressway/?utm_content=buffer39172&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

https://twitter.com/ClarkCountyNV/media

https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/with-5-projects-coming-to-completion-mgm-to-see-cash-flow-jump/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Las_Vegas#Tallest_buildings

http://the-loaf-etc.blogspot.ca/2017/12/the-lv-intersection-lvi.html

Las Vegas Is Tearing Down This Empty Hotel That Never Opened

https://gizmodo.com/vegas-is-tearing-down-the-empty-hotel-that-never-opened-1573647365

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontainebleau_Resort_Las_Vegas#Future_development

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Las_Vegas#Tallest_buildings

http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/search?q=LVI

Thursday, December 28, 2017

abandoned hotels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzZhStFAT0M

https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/laughlins-abandoned-emerald-river-resort-remains-an-eyesore

https://www.ktnv.com/news/fountainebleau-las-vegas-plans-to-cover-exposed-portions-of-building

https://gizmodo.com/vegas-is-tearing-down-the-empty-hotel-that-never-opened-1573647365

http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/search?q=LVI

http://movie-tourist.blogspot.ca/2015/08/dark-passage-1947.html

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

http://urbanyvr.com/butterfly-westbank-first-baptist

http://urbanyvr.com/richmond-lansdowne-mall-redevelopment

http://urbanyvr.com/onni-group-3355-north-road-burnaby

Tuesday, December 26, 2017

building-access-over-railroad-crossings-to-ease-bc traffic-congestion

http://vancouversun.com/business/local-business/building-access-over-railroad-crossings-to-ease-traffic-congestion

http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/cruise-ship-growth-facing-bottlenecks-in-vancouver
expansion required

Saturday, December 23, 2017

http://www.desertsun.com/pages/interactives/agua-caliente-checkerboard-land-leasing/

Friday, December 22, 2017

UK-Christmas-chaos

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5204609/Drivers-warned-face-Christmas-chaos.html

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Such short platforms and trains for the SkyTrain-Canada Line

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/short-platforms-and-trains-is-the-skytrain-canada-line-under-built-and-nearing-capacity

Unfortunately the multibillion dollar Canada+Line was designed to have very short stations. Much shorter than any underground stations in Edmonton & Seattle, especially Montreal & Toronto. Planning & building proper big city size infrastructure in BC has mostly been difficult through the decades. There has been a multi-generational mindset & agenda to hold BC back.

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-skytrain-richmond-tsawwassen

How could such a backwater BC agenda be so powerful since the 1800s? Well, if you can't build a wall around BC or generate a Star Trek like force field around Greater Vancouver, you can at least continually demonstrate a reluctance to build proper size infrastructure. Originally, BC was supposed to be a Whiteman's paradise. Thus, there was a strong resentment to build anything for nonwhites. Somehow, since BC was starting to be more multicultural since the 1960s & 70s, then even morso by the 1990s, one would think that there would be proper big city infrastructure built-up.

Instead, it was like the White British Colonial mentality continued right into modern times. Hospitals & schools weren't being properly expanded. Most bridges or crossing were kept narrow. Unfortunatly, such narrow-mindedness also went towards the planning & building of short trains. It was as if there was such a resentment to plan & build big for nonwhites, so almost everything has been kept small or backwards in BC.

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-light-rail-skytrain-mistakes-underbuilt

BC has had such a slow growth agenda for several decades. Thus, by symbolically building inadequate infrastructure, it is hope that frustrated people will go elsewhere, or don't even show up. WTH? Fortunately, this agenda hasn't taken over Edmonton & Calgary or Seattle WA & Perth WA.

Most of the world is nonwhite & in most of the world the major cities are allowed to think & build big. Despite the size of Canada, it has less than 1% of the world's population. During the colonial times there was a strong KEEP THEM OUT mentality. However, while Canada has embrace multiculturalism for several decades, Canada has yet to contain 1% of the worlds population, let alone 2%. So much infrastructure, especially in backwards BC has been heled back or thwarted. Yet, the Pacific Rim has a big portion of the worlds population.

Pacific cities like Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane, Seattle, Portland, SF, LA & SD, just don't have the same impose restrictions & inept planning like Vancouver & Victoria have.

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

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=C+Line