Saturday, December 12, 2020

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Monday, October 5, 2020

ICR

 

https://www.railwaygazette.com/knowledge-hub/urban-railway-operators/commuter

commuter rail

 https://www.railwaygazette.com/knowledge-hub/urban-railway-operators/commuter

Metro and Subway Rapid Transit

 https://www.railwaygazette.com/knowledge-hub/urban-railway-operators/metro

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_rail_terminology#Heavy_rail

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

https://www.railwaygazette.com/metro-report

Medium-capacity rail system

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-capacity_rail_system

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEPTA#Rapid_transit , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEPTA#Subway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail#Higher_capacity

https://www.railwaygazette.com/knowledge-hub/urban-railway-operators/light-rail-/-tramway

Light Rail Transit

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail#Lower_capacity

https://www.railwaygazette.com/knowledge-hub/urban-railway-operators/light-rail-/-tramway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEPTA_subway%E2%80%93surface_trolley_lines

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

singapore-lta-orders-more-trains-to-standardise-nsewl-fleet

 https://www.railwaygazette.com/vehicles/singapore-lta-orders-more-trains-to-standardise-nsewl-fleet/57477.article

BART

 https://www.railwaygazette.com/metros/bart-cbtc-contracts-awarded/57483.article

Thursday, August 13, 2020

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8624311/Thousands-cars-form-mile-long-line-Dallas-food-bank-unemployment-benefits-reduced.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8624311/Thousands-cars-form-mile-long-line-Dallas-food-bank-unemployment-benefits-reduced.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8624837/Steiner-Studios-signs-deal-build-multi-million-dollar-film-TV-production-facility-Brooklyn.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8624837/Steiner-Studios-signs-deal-build-multi-million-dollar-film-TV-production-facility-Brooklyn.html

https://www.vancourier.com/heritage-group-applauds-revamped-design-for-chateau-laurier-addition-1.24186111

https://www.vancourier.com/heritage-group-applauds-revamped-design-for-chateau-laurier-addition-1.24186111

https://www.vancourier.com/calgary-bucks-trend-of-rising-home-prices-in-second-quarter-says-statcan-report-1.24178978

https://www.vancourier.com/calgary-bucks-trend-of-rising-home-prices-in-second-quarter-says-statcan-report-1.24178978

https://www.vancourier.com/vancouver-home-sales-jump-to-3-128-in-july-while-prices-rise-amid-lower-supply-1.24181282

https://www.vancourier.com/vancouver-home-sales-jump-to-3-128-in-july-while-prices-rise-amid-lower-supply-1.24181282

https://www.vancourier.com/surrey-delta-commercial-truck-parking-projects-move-forward-1.24184017

https://www.vancourier.com/surrey-delta-commercial-truck-parking-projects-move-forward-1.24184017

the-strathcona-park-homeless-camp-in-vancouver-here-to-stay

https://www.vancourier.com/opinion/is-the-strathcona-park-homeless-camp-in-vancouver-here-to-stay-1.24184481

https://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/proposed-marpole-redevelopment-seeks-new-heights-1.24071098

https://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/proposed-marpole-redevelopment-seeks-new-heights-1.24071098

revamped-design-for-controversial-waterfront-station-tower

https://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/revamped-design-for-controversial-waterfront-station-tower-just-released-1.24069285

concord-pacific-pays-1-billion-for-st-paul-s-hospital-site

https://www.vancourier.com/concord-pacific-pays-1-billion-for-st-paul-s-hospital-site-1.24185182
SPH
https://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/vancouver-council-approves-rezoning-for-new-st-paul-s-hospital-false-creek-flats-site-1.23999892
https://images.glaciermedia.ca/polopoly_fs/1.23999906!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_size/aerial-view-of-site.jpg

https://www.vancourier.com/news/how-do-you-explain-vancouver-s-downtown-eastside-to-tourists-it-s-complicated-1.23920263

https://www.vancourier.com/news/how-do-you-explain-vancouver-s-downtown-eastside-to-tourists-it-s-complicated-1.23920263

vancouver-council-approves-28-storey-rental-tower-on-west-broadway

https://www.vancourier.com/news/vancouver-council-approves-28-storey-rental-tower-on-west-broadway-1.24174052

Urban Tech DL

 

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

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/13/empty-apartments-in-manhattan-reach-record-high-topping-13000.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/13/empty-apartments-in-manhattan-reach-record-high-topping-13000.html

Monday, July 6, 2020

drexel-innovation-neighborhood Philadelphia

https://www.samschwartz.com/drexel-innovation-neighborhood

second-avenue-subway nyc

https://www.samschwartz.com/second-avenue-subway

hudson-bergen-light-rail-traffic-engineering-services

https://www.samschwartz.com/hudson-bergen-light-rail-traffic-engineering-services

Pittsburgh broadway-avenue-schematic-design

https://www.samschwartz.com/broadway-avenue-schematic-design

brooklyn-bridge-rehabilitation

https://www.samschwartz.com/brooklyn-bridge-rehabilitation-outreach

brooklyn-queens-connector

https://www.samschwartz.com/brooklynqueens-connector


https://www.samschwartz.com/filter

montreal-heat-wave

https://dailyhive.com/montreal/montreal-heat-wave-weather-july-6-2020

toronto-heat-warning

https://dailyhive.com/toronto/toronto-weather-july-forecast-heat-warning

The tallest buildings in Vancouver, BC

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


https://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/12-architecturally-interesting-developments-coming-to-vancouver-1.24056597


https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-house-westbank-beach-district
https://images.dailyhive.com/20200705174716/Screen-Shot-2020-07-05-at-5.46.52-PM.png


https://rennie.com/rennie-post/10-of-the-tallest-buildings-in-vancouver


https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1059-1075-nelson-street-vancouver-tower-rezoning-approved


https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/lougheed-town-centre-tower-pinnacle-international-development-burnaby


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

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/construction-site-of-former-canada-post-building-1.5363928

The+Post should have been the first 55 story office complex in 2020s Vancouver. It doesn't even have 25 floors.

the Fear of Heights In Downtown Victoria

https://douglasmagazine.com/opinion-building-heights-victoria-bc


https://www.reddit.com/r/VictoriaBC/comments/f3elli/what_does_this_city_have_against_tall_buildings/

the Gilmore SkyTrain station & towers

https://www.burnabynow.com/news/burnaby-s-biggest-construction-project-is-keeping-some-up-late-1.24162985


https://www.burnabynow.com/news/public-hearings-scheduled-for-gilmore-area-residential-towers-in-burnaby-1.24080942

Cineplex’s Rec Rooms in burnaby

https://www.burnabynow.com/news/does-this-company-s-178m-losses-put-its-2-burnaby-projects-in-doubt-1.24165048


https://www.burnabynow.com/cineplex-sues-former-buyer-cineworld-seeking-damages-over-failed-deal-1.24164824

Saturday, July 4, 2020

The Reason Streets were Switched to Cul-De-Sacs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9vDcfH03gs

Interstate 170 (Maryland) and I 70

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_170_(Maryland)


https://www.interstate-guide.com/i-170-md , https://www.aaroads.com/guides/i-170-md


http://baltimorefuture.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-170-scar-from-dark-past.html


https://reason.com/2015/05/08/the-wound-in-west-baltimore


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_70_in_Maryland#Highway_in_Baltimore


http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Fort_McHenry_Tunnel.html



https://www.google.com/maps/place/Baltimore,+MD,+USA/@39.2943061,-76.643661,2270m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c803aed6f483b7:0x44896a84223e758!8m2!3d39.2903848!4d-76.6121893

metro-vancouver-home-sales-statistics

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-home-sales-statistics-june-2020


https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/greater-vancouver-home-sales-start-to-tick-up-as-prices-hold-steady-1.1460444

the-nelson-street-towers

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1059-1075-nelson-street-vancouver-tower-rezoning-approved

https://images.dailyhive.com/20200630122957/1059-1075-nelson-street-vancouver-f6.jpg
https://images.dailyhive.com/20200630122955/1059-1075-nelson-street-vancouver-f7.jpg

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

urban issues

Black Lives Matter protesters shut down Bay Bridge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZJJAce75eI


Protesters have been arrested after blocking traffic on the Bay Bridge in San Francisco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIQgUO24Rfk


https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Bridge-westbound-lanes-shut-down-by-protest-15339602.php


Protesters that were arrested on the Bay Bridge Sunday after shutting down traffic on the upper deck are holding a news conference outside the Hall of Justice in San Francisco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4gHT7p8fis

U.S._stadiums_by_capacity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._stadiums_by_capacity

sd

Homeless in Los Angeles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D9pZEjSxXQ LA


'On the Streets' is a 12-part video series about homelessness in Los Angeles. Journalist and filmmaker Lisa Biagiotti tackles this complex issue by putting faces to the statistics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUsJcPc8g0A Mar 25, 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Biagiotti , 
https://www.journalismfestival.com/speaker/lisa-biagiotti , 
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3081603

https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-biagiotti-onthestreets-20151118-htmlstory.html ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUsJcPc8g0A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZinfOSMv8b0

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/deepsouth-an-interview-wi_b_6247510

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/707242445226913794/amD1BLvq_400x400.jpg

San Francisco

https://komonews.com/news/project-seattle/san-francisco-and-seattle-a-tale-of-two-cities-fighting-a-homeless-crisis SF

SFBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCaOeyjHgaE


San Francisco Turned into a Filthy Slum; Who Did It?

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

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Is Seattle is Dying.?



KOMO's Eric Johnson explores the impact the drug and homelessness problem is having on our city and possible solutions in "Seattle is Dying."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpAi70WWBlw&feature=emb_rel_end


https://www.facebook.com/SeattleLooksLikeShit


https://komonews.com/news/project-seattle/san-francisco-and-seattle-a-tale-of-two-cities-fighting-a-homeless-crisis

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

t

Friday, May 22, 2020

q

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

11

City of the Future: Singapore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi6r3hZe5Tg

Singapore is one of the best countries in the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4fwfYVYxR4

Read my review of Marina Bay Sands Hotel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u33D9BhT6NA

Saturday, May 16, 2020

3

Monday, May 11, 2020

6

Sunday, May 3, 2020

1

1

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

5

Monday, April 13, 2020

Alton Towers Resort

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton_Towers opened on 4 April 1980 (as theme park)  4-4