Urban Tech Links: 2018

When the bridge's new east span opened in 2013, the 15-foot-wide shared-use path that debuted with it was essentially a "bridge to nowhere." Later in 2016, the path was extended as far as Yerba Buena Island. But there still isn't a clear way to bike or walk into San Francisco from the East Bay.

Now, the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA), along with Caltrans and a team of engineers, have come up with a preliminary design plan to extend the path all the way into the city, via Yerba Buena Island and across the west span of the bridge into downtown San Francisco.

On Monday, November 19, locals can check out the preferred design at a public presentation at the Bay Area Metro Center (375 Beale St.). In addition to a question-and-answer session, the presentation will include a virtual reality experience where you can "stand" on the proposed path.

https://hoodline.com/2018/11/proposal-for-full-bay-bridge-bike-path-gains-steam-but-needs-cash?pd00=7c14a275-afd5-413d-b1af-5c415e13c729&pd01=e1e48877-051d-471e-bbb9-ae621b49198d&pd02=pl-search&pd99=6e0401e8-435c-49fd-8324-8fe46c9e930e

https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25323156347_636c52a351_k-e1528163700824.jpg
https://www.kqed.org/news/11700881/the-10-best-places-to-watch-the-worst-bay-area-traffic-congestion?pd00=a1b5b157-06a8-47e1-b04c-f63d3d577bbe&pd01=e1e48877-051d-471e-bbb9-ae621b49198d&pd02=pl-search&pd99=d48c6017-d22e-413e-bd73-ab8e53743fa5

Friday, November 2, 2018

Montreal train-reseau-electrique-métropolitain

http://dailyhive.com/montreal/montreal-skytrain-train-reseau-electrique-metropolitain

Montreal can always do more, simply because its not trapped under a Vancouver like mentality.

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

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-subway-granville-station-street-location-vancouver

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/ubc-broadway-subway-funding-campus

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-new-trains-model-rotem-2020

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

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-mayors-council-broadway-subway-surrey-lrt-march-2018

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

http://www.robertsbankterminal2.com/wp-content/uploads/RBT2-Project-Components1.png
https://www.portvancouver.com/development-and-permits/status-of-applications/deltaport-third-berth-project/

https://www.portvancouver.com/development-and-permits/status-of-applications/deltaport-terminal-road-and-rail-improvement-project/

http://www.robertsbankterminal2.com/

email: centerm.expansion@portvancouver.com

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/port-of-vancouver-roberts-bank-terminal-2-expansion

Centerm Expansion Project

https://www.portvancouver.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Centerm-Project-Map.jpg ,
https://www.portvancouver.com/development-and-permits/development/centerm-expansion-project

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/port-of-vancouver-roberts-bank-terminal-2-expansion

Sunday, October 28, 2018

HK-M Bridge and Tunnel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong%E2%80%93Zhuhai%E2%80%93Macau_Bridge

https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1525313 ,
https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1520318

Monday, October 22, 2018

metropolitan_areas_by_population

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

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Sunday, October 14, 2018

mec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmtCtP5UXRk

Skytrain-Canada-Line-Oakridge-41st-Avenue-Station-upgrades

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-canada-line-oakridge-41st-avenue-station-upgrades

It's so difficult to get things done in BC when there are so many restrictions & limitations.

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/oakridge-centre-redevelopment-vancouver-2018-design

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/oakridge-centre-redevelopment-architecture-august-2018

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/oakridge-centre-688-west-41st-avenue-vancouver

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

toronto-downtown-relief-line-approved-by ontario-government

http://dailyhive.com/toronto/toronto-downtown-relief-line-approved-ontario-government-2018

oakridge-centre-redevelopment-hudsons-bay

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/oakridge-centre-redevelopment-hudsons-bay-hbc

Friday, October 5, 2018

https://la.curbed.com/2018/10/4/17937044/olympic-tower-carwash-south-park

History of the Ambassador_Hotel_(Los_Angeles)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambassador_Hotel_(Los_Angeles)#/media/File:Ambassador_Hotel_1921.jpg ,

https://vimeo.com/40819968

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambassador_Hotel_(Los_Angeles)#Demolition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-v0yB_1UZM

Its is so sad and tragic that such an American historical landmark was bulldozed.

https://la.curbed.com/2013/6/28/10227470/watch-a-supercut-of-the-lost-ambassador-hotels-film-roles

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

the Cumberland Gap Tunnel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPJZmpl1tiU

Monday, September 24, 2018

canadas-skylines

https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/infographic-future-canadas-skylines

https://www.drawingninja.com/t/tallest-building-in-canada.html

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=5&status=15

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

the-bow tower

https://www.cisc-icca.ca/projects/the-bow-2

https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/infographic-future-canadas-skylines

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

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=5&status=15

urban bridges

http://www.waiward.com/project/bridges

https://www.stantec.com/en/markets/transportation/bridges

https://www.stantec.com/en/projects/canada-projects/a/anthony-henday-drive-southeast ,
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Edmonton,+AB/@53.5069857,-113.570762,1100m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x53a0224580deff23:0x411fa00c4af6155d!8m2!3d53.544389!4d-113.4909267

"Over the last 40 years, population growth meant additional traffic along I-75 in Lee County—one of Florida’s main north-south thoroughfares. To address the traffic increase, the Florida Department of Transportation is widening 33 miles of I-75 from four to eight lanes. The goal? Enhance mobility for people, commerce, and industry."
https://www.stantec.com/en/projects/united-states-projects/i/i-75-caloosahatchee-river-bridge-widening

Early analysis determined that there was some reserve capacity for additional weight on the existing piers and foundations, indicating that pier cap extensions were a feasible approach for supporting a widened bridge deck. A more conventional pier widening scheme would require construction from the foundation level up.
https://www.cisc-icca.ca/projects/whitemud-drive-quesnell-bridge-widening/

Saturday, September 22, 2018

urban

https://jf-databits.blogspot.com/search?q=urban

Thursday, August 23, 2018

Miami

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Miami#Tallest_buildings_list

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=52&status=15

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

http://data.websitebox.com/data/users/0009/251/uploads/Future-miami-skyline-from-Brickell-Magazine1.jpg

http://www.get2livingmiami.com/New-Projects

https://cdn.geekwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Gallery_4-546x1260.jpg ,
https://www.geekwire.com/2017/amazon-leases-major-new-seattle-office-tower-pointing-continued-growth-hometown/

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/dramatic-new-3d-images-show-ongoing-boom-alter-seattles-skyline/

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/boom-view-time-lapse-video-seattle-growth-goes-viral-look-panocams-best-shots/

Portland-architecture-firm-aims-really-high-proposal-tower-tallest-west-coast

https://cdn.geekwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/William-Kaven-Post-Office-PR-HIGH-RES-630x709.jpg
"A proposed redevelopment project in Portland would reshape that city’s skyline, with plans that include, among other things, towering skyscrapers connected by a glass-enclosed botanical bridge that would be 680 feet in the air and span a distance of 236 feet.
Of the two tallest central towers, one would exceed 970 vertical feet..."
https://www.geekwire.com/2017/portland-architecture-firm-aims-really-high-proposal-tower-tallest-west-coast

Portland hasn't been allowed to grow as tall as Seattle, SF & LA.

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