Saturday, November 27, 2021

2021 Nov 27

Just another place holder.

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

The BC Quagmire

BC has so many imposed restrictions which continually stunt & thwart the place. Switzerland can approximately fit into BC 23 times. Yet, BC doesn't even have the population of one Switzerland. Canada is the world's 2nd largest country in overall area. Yet, it hasn't been allowed to have 1% of the world's population.

Environmental restrictions while intentionally good, can also really slow down the growth & energy of a region.

https://vancouversun.com/news/david-suzuki-foundation-disavows-suzukis-warning-that-pipelines-will-be-blown-up-if-there-is-no-climate-change-action/wcm/715b0e4c-0ed6-4792-a255-2a51be3adcc2 Pipes can be dangerous, but so are some of the proposals to deal with them.

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2021/11/23/david-suzuki-pipeline-alberta-bc-criticism Alberta & Washington State just never became a pipedream like thwarted BC is.

https://davidsuzuki.org/story/it-will-take-more-than-electric-cars-to-drive-down-emissions/

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-april-26-2018-1.4636157/david-suzuki-should-not-be-celebrated-in-alberta-says-former-dragons-den-star-1.4636160

https://davidsuzuki.org/story/residents-spur-climate-ready-cities/

There should be a focus on various reliable power sources, not just from electric power. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_fuel#Biofuel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_fuel#Carbon-neutral_and_negative_fuels

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_fuel#Compressed_natural_gas

There should also be a reasonable amount of time to transition away from oil & gas, instead of such a madrush push.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_fuel#Nuclear_reactors Such power systems might be great for bases on the moon & Mars, etc. However, for the systemically active earth, there is always a risk. But nothing could ever go wrong, except for...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident 1979

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster 1986

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_nuclear_accident 2011

Hopefully, and some actually believe, that there will never be a mega-earthquake in California.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_Canyon_Power_Plant#Post-Fukushima_developments

Of course if there ever is a major earthquake in that part of California, the result might be a Chernobyl & Fukushima, all at once. That would be a hell of a way to reduce the population of California.

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

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

a series-of-disasters-forcing-the-bc-government-to-make-real-changes

 https://www.tricitynews.com/local-news/opinion-series-of-disasters-forcing-the-bc-government-to-make-real-changes-4784171

https://www.tricitynews.com/local-news/may-worsen-recent-flooding-metro-vancouver-receives-new-rain-warning-4787944

https://www.tricitynews.com/local-news/port-coquitlam-re-opens-trails-roads-during-welcome-dry-spell-4764329

Monday, November 22, 2021

the Eglinton Crosstown or Line 5

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_5_Eglinton#Stations_and_stops

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_5_Eglinton#Route

http://thecrosstown.ca/stations_stops

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_5_Eglinton#/media/File:Toronto_Subway_2026.png

http://thecrosstown.ca/the-project/stations-and-stops/kennedy-station

http://thecrosstown.ca/progress/tunnelling-recap

https://www.metrolinx.com/en/greaterregion/projects/kennedy.aspx

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Flexity_Freedom#Toronto

broadway subway

 https://www.canadianconsultingengineer.com/transportation/ibi-group-to-design-vancouvers-broadway-subway-expansion/1003411228/

https://www.canadianconsultingengineer.com/tag/broadway-subway/

bike and pedestrian-bridges

 https://www.canadianconsultingengineer.com/tag/pedestrian-bridge BB & PB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montopolis_Bridge Austin, TX 


The bridge was decommissioned for vehicular traffic on October 8, 2018,[5] and was subsequently converted to a bicycle and pedestrian bridge as part of the Bergstrom Expressway Project.[6]

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2019/10/16/montopolis-bridge-in-east-austin-gets-facelift-before-opening-for-hike-and-bike-trail/2497819007/

Edmonton’s Valley Line

https://www.canadianconsultingengineer.com/engineering/ccppps-2021-awards-honour-transportation-and-health-care-projects/1003413758

bike bridges

 

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/south-bay/highway-101-pedestrian-bicycle-bridge-opens-in-palo-alto/2737501/

https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2021/11/22/williston-road-south-burlington-walk-bike-bridge-interstate-89-federal-grant/8717079002/

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mopac+Mobility+Bike+and+Pedestrian+Bridge/@30.2414535,-97.8107348,218a,35y,39.38t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x8ae827dd1ff5e0ed!2sCircuit+of+the+Americas!8m2!3d30.1345808!4d-97.6358511!3m4!1s0x865b4b195cfe9cfd:0xc2243e2695a7f1b2!8m2!3d30.2427204!4d-97.8106504 , https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mopac+Mobility+Bike+and+Pedestrian+Bridge/@30.2427204,-97.8106504,3a,75y/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipNhdcj5qqk2WHQVF2b09t5z2gelVV2u4sgmdc-g!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNhdcj5qqk2WHQVF2b09t5z2gelVV2u4sgmdc-g%3Dw152-h86-k-no!7i3840!8i2160!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x8ae827dd1ff5e0ed!2sCircuit+of+the+Americas!8m2!3d30.1345808!4d-97.6358511!3m4!1s0x865b4b195cfe9cfd:0xc2243e2695a7f1b2!8m2!3d30.2427204!4d-97.8106504

https://vancouverbikeguide.com/top-five-vancouver-cycling-bridges/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9ESzjP_jKE Vancouver-Richmond North_Arm_Bridge 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Arm_Bridge#/media/File:NorthArmBridge.jpg

Sunday, November 14, 2021

Denver

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_Expansion_Project#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTD_Bus_%26_Rail#Light_rail

ontario-plans-two-new-highways-people-hate-where-they-will-be-located

 https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/11/ontario-plans-two-new-highways-people-hate-where-they-will-be-located/

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2021/11/12/politics-not-logic-is-behind-doug-fords-new-drive-to-build-highway-413.html

https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/11/people-protesting-ontario-proposed-highway-413-ford-insists-it-will-be-built/

fifteen-fifteen-skyscraper-vancouver

 https://www.dezeen.com/2021/10/22/ole-scheeren-fifteen-fifteen-skyscraper-vancouver/

adjaye-associates-stepped proposal-of a supertall-in new-york

 https://www.dezeen.com/2021/10/20/adjaye-associates-proposal-supertall-new-york/

Hudson's-Detroit-skyscraper-is the 2nd tallest-building-in Michigan

 https://www.dezeen.com/2018/11/07/shop-architects-hudsons-detroit-skyscraper-tallest-building-michigan  https://www.hudsonssitedetroit.com/

https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2021/03/10/hudsons-site-tower-downtown-detroit/6938527002/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson%27s_Site_Development_(Detroit)

https://www.bedrockdetroit.com/property/hudsons-site/

https://detroit.curbed.com/2020/3/20/21188357/detroit-development-hudsons-tower-coronavirus-construction

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=113129

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=71&status=15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1TP39Wp3z0

new-york-skyscrapers

 https://www.dezeen.com/tag/new-york-skyscrapers

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=NYC , 

https://the-loaf-etc.blogspot.com/search?q=NYC

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

Thursday, July 15, 2021

this-66-storey-behemoth-will-have-burnabys-best-view

 https://www.burnabynow.com/real-estate-news/photos-this-66-storey-behemoth-will-have-burnabys-best-view-3958367


https://www.burnabynow.com/real-estate-news/this-wild-burnaby-residential-tower-will-be-the-tallest-in-bc-photos-3889099

opinion-3200-a-month-for-this-dump-burnaby-rents-are-out-of-control

 https://www.burnabynow.com/real-estate-news/opinion-3200-a-month-for-this-dump-burnaby-rents-are-out-of-control-3958797

opinion-densifying-this-burnaby-neighbourhood-will-be-insanely-lucrative-for-the-city-and-developers

 https://www.burnabynow.com/opinion/opinion-densifying-this-burnaby-neighbourhood-will-be-insanely-lucrative-for-the-city-and-developers-3955461

burnaby-city-councillors-say-translink-has-not-done-thourogh-consultations-for-proposed-gondola-project

 https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/burnaby-city-councillors-say-translink-has-not-done-thourogh-consultations-for-proposed-gondola-project-3959989

opinion-are-burnabys-monster-houses-why-we-have-street-parking-wars?

 https://www.burnabynow.com/opinion/opinion-are-burnabys-monster-houses-why-we-have-street-parking-wars-3959188

site-selected-for-new-burnaby-mountain-fire-hall-study

 https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/site-selected-for-new-burnaby-mountain-fire-hall-study-3959014

Madrid Metro

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

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

Saturday, July 10, 2021

Eglinton-Crosstown-West-Extension

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_5_Eglinton#Eglinton_West_LRT

 https://www.infrastructureontario.ca/Eglinton-Crosstown-West-Extension/

https://www.pedelta.com/eglinton-crosstown-lrt-in-toronto-p-31-en

https://wjkuwait.com.kw/featured-projects/eglinton/

ttc

Scarborough City Centre Station

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarborough_City_Centre#Transportation

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_3_Scarborough

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_2_Bloor%E2%80%93Danforth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T_series_(Toronto_subway)

the Eglinton Crosstown

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_5_Eglinton

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

https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2021/07/33-bloor-street-east-toronto/

https://www.blogto.com/city/2020/11/heres-what-trains-eglinton-crosstown-lrt-will-look-like/

https://www.blogto.com/city/2020/02/eglinton-crosstown-lrt-opening-date-delayed-2022/

https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/light-rail/eglinton-crosstown-under-way-underground/

https://www.urbaneer.com/blog/the_eglinton_crosstown_lrt

http://www.thecrosstown.ca/TheNextPhaseBegins

https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2013/08/how-dig-11km-through-centre-city

https://www.infrastructureontario.ca/Eglinton-Crosstown-LRT/

TTC

trutch-street-renamed-approved

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/trutch-street-rename-approved

400-westland-insurance-employees-save-on-foods-coming-to-surreys-king-george-hub

 https://www.surreynowleader.com/business/400-westland-insurance-employees-save-on-foods-coming-to-surreys-king-george-hub/

race-to-build-high-speed-calgary-edmonton-rail-on-with-second-pitch

 https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/race-to-build-high-speed-calgary-edmonton-rail-on-with-second-pitch-1.5502158

Monday, June 14, 2021

Black Mirror's Darkest Episodes

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai4d_f8HK4s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror timeline https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz6yLg9MGu4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror#Series_1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2-piATRsLc croc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxY7OTZoFEI ark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opxq8ESnfW8 san j

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l912iOfgs9w be r b phone sim

https://www.styledemocracy.com/tubi-tv/

two-ttc-trains-nearly-collided-last-june-and-the-details-are-just-coming-to-light-now

 https://www.cp24.com/news/two-ttc-trains-nearly-collided-last-june-and-the-details-are-just-coming-to-light-now-1.5456480


subway

Alameda

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alameda_(island)

 https://ktla.com/news/california/triple-digit-temps-forecast-in-parts-of-california-as-state-faces-prolonged-heat-wave/

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

https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=526

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alameda,_California#/media/File:Oakland_and_Alameda.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alameda_County,_California

bike bridge

 

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7479639,-122.2356653,3a,60y,354.56h,68.56t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smmVx63nqF0jcRghAZOlsKQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7503241,-122.2361119,3a,42.1y,163.85h,86.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sr0xRthbRGcD23ev_Wor9jg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Robert+W.+Crown+Memorial+State+Beach/@37.7501385,-122.2359548,325m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x91da17540e2f2ff3!8m2!3d37.7661819!4d-122.2719691


bb

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

bottleneck

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

lengthened train platforms


"Platforms at IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line stations between 103rd Street and 238th Street, including those at 191st Street, were lengthened to 514 feet (157 m) in 1948, allowing full ten-car express trains to stop at these stations. Unlike the other stations being extended on the line, the 191st Street station could already accommodate ten-car trains, but because the platforms were 480 feet (150 m) long, not all doors of the first and last cars could open at the station. On April 6, 1948, the platform extension project at 191st Street was completed." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/191st_Street_station#Mid-20th_century

"Platforms at IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line stations between 103rd Street and 238th Street, including those at 181st Street, were lengthened to 514 feet (157 m) in 1948, allowing full ten-car express trains to stop at these stations." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/181st_Street_station_(IRT_Broadway%E2%80%93Seventh_Avenue_Line)#Service_changes_and_station_renovations


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R110B_(New_York_City_Subway_car) 67'


lrt & subway


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

Auckland-named-worlds-liveable-city

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-9663891/Auckland-named-worlds-liveable-city-2021-London-New-York-fail-make-50.html

one-vanderbilt tower

 https://nypost.com/2021/06/09/time-lapse-video-captures-construction-of-one-vanderbilt/

Examples_of_infill_stations

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infill_station#Examples_of_infill_stations

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

London Underground System

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So2HM-VI35w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R2cdiFb71w

Singapore's Gigantic Subway System

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j93PAnmZbVk

Point Roberts

This US City Could Be Sold To Canada

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARYL03Dq8cg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7_5FTEaLHc

Tallest buildings in BC

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_British_Columbia#Tallest_under_construction_or_proposed

Remnants of Portland's Unbuilt Freeways

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeV31IcUkPM

Chicago O'Hare International Airport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O'Hare_International_Airport

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/O%27Hare_from_ISS_12-06-2019.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/FAA_O%27Hare_Diagram.svg/390px-FAA_O%27Hare_Diagram.svg.png

The Chicago "L" Train

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_%22L%22

Denmark is Building a Tunnel to Germany

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpIkuOrJlF4

Monday, May 31, 2021

British_Columbia_Electric_Railway#Interurban_Rail_Lines

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Electric_Railway#Interurban_Rail_Lines

Helsinki is Tearing Up Its Freeways

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


Finland and Estonia are planning to construct a 15 billion dollar tunnel across the Gulf of Finland, connecting the capital cities of Helsinki and Tallinn. A Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel would transform the economies of the region, creating a twin city metropolitan area and improving connectivity between Finland and the rest of Europe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvpNG1FBXss