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

The very short-platforms of the Skytrain-Canada-line-are-nearing-capacity

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/short-platforms-trains-skytrain-canada-line-built-nearing-capacity

50 m instead of 152 m like in Montreal.

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

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

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

Major redevelopment next to Richmond-Brighouse Station reaches milestone

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/6340-no-3-road-richmond-paramount-construction

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/richmond-translink-transport-2050-canada-line-steveston

http://viewstar.ca/

Vancouver: Burrard Inlet

 https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1397397764334506000/photo/1

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

An AI-company-uses-deepfake-technology-seamlessly-dub-favorite-actors-dialogue

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9613749/AI-company-uses-deepfake-technology-seamlessly-dub-favorite-actors-dialogue.html

Portland's Unbuilt Freeways

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

In the 1970s, Portland made the radical decision to rip up its oldest freeway and replace it with a city park.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2_yNrP0hCY

The compelling case for removing urban freeways. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6WtYTThkdU

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

Helsinki is Tearing Up Its Freeways https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdvYcWxycgY 

A lot of times existing streets & roads can be made to be more efficient with enabling people to get around. However, there has to be a good coordinated transit & road system.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-23/the-unfinished-history-of-u-s-freeway-revolts

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

https://direct.mit.edu/rest/article-abstract/doi/10.1162/rest_a_01244/113170/Freeway-Revolts-The-Quality-of-Life-Effects-of?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Urban Honolulu

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punchbowl_Crater#/media/File:Oahu_from_the_air_2004.jpg

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu#/media/File:Honolulu01_(cropped).JPG

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Honolulu#/media/File:Honolulu01.JPG

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

https://www.de-simone.com/projects/project/ko_olani-tower/

Deep Cove and Belcarra, BC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Cove,_North_Vancouver  

While the locals would be freaked out if a highway bridge was ever built between Deep Cove and Belcarra, a bus+and+bike+bridge should be considered. Such a typical bridge should have 2 bus lanes and 2 emergency vehicle lanes, plus 2 bike lanes and 2 sidewalks. Then, even a provision for a lower deck to accommodate an LRT line. Unfortunatly, the Greater Vancouver Region doesn't have such a proper bus and bike bridge network.  

The inadequate Iron+Bridge should have had a bus+and+bike+bridge built next to it several decades ago. The joke that is the Lions+Gate+Bridge should have become a bus+and+bike+bridge several decades ago, if an 8 lane tunnel had been built. Such a tunnel could have 3 lanes each way with the 4th being an HOV lane. Then, the very narrow bridge could just be a nice bus, bike & pedestrian crossing.

While the Pitt_River_Bridge is designed to potentially accommodate 8 lanes and 2 LRT tracks, even it should have a parallel bus and bike bridge. Then, an 8 lane Pitt_River_Bridge could have 3 general lanes each way with the 4th being an HOV lane. Then the SkyTrain could easily be extended to Pitt_Meadows and eventually, Maple_Ridge. 

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

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Arm#Buntzen_Generating_Station , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKXHGD5Xvus , https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/buntzen-lake-powerhouses , https://montecristomagazine.com/community/the-buntzen-lake-powerhouses# , https://evelazarus.com/the-buntzen-power-stations-on-indian-arm

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anmore 

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vancouver_(district_municipality) 

Switzerland can fit into British_Columbia almost 2 dozen times. Yet, BC doesn't even have the population of one CH. 

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-housing-affordability  

Backwater BC is so far behind with several things. Proper urban and transportation planning is one of them.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=bus+and+bike+bridges

la dodger-stadium-chavez-ravine-history

 https://www.vox.com/videos/2021/5/17/22439387/dodger-stadium-chavez-ravine-history

Cultus Lake Waterpark owner interested in acquiring Playland

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pne-playland-financial-assistance-cultus-lake

world-population

 https://worldpopulationreview.com/en

https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/world-population-projections/

electric-vehicles-in Canada

 https://globalnews.ca/news/7861399/electric-vehicles-canada/

the-technologies-building-the-smart-cities-of-the-future

 https://www.technocracy.news/the-technologies-building-the-smart-cities-of-the-future/

https://www.technocracy.news/technates-building-private-cities-outside-of-u-s-government-control/

mountains

 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Downtown_Seattle_seen_from_Bainbridge_Island.jpg , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_metropolitan_area

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Vancouver_Skyline_and_Mountains.jpg 2009

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Vancouver_Metropolitan_Area%2C_2018.jpg/640px-Vancouver_Metropolitan_Area%2C_2018.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Vancouver#Politics_and_government

Extinction-Rellion-Vancouver-plans-an-afternoon-takeover-of-Lions-Gate-Bridge

 https://www.straight.com/news/extinction-rebellion-vancouver-plans-an-afternoon-takeover-of-lions-gate-bridge

Some people really gravitate towards a shutdown mentality. Indeed, if a country could be perpetually disrupted or shutdown, that would dramatically reduce the influx of people.

https://www.straight.com/news/vancouver-police-arrest-seven-extinction-rebellion-protesters-foiling-plan-to-blockade-lions

Most of the world is non-white & Canada doesn't even have 1% of the world's population. For some, just to think that Canada might contain half of 1% of the world's' population is too much. There is a reluctance to improve & expand on infrastructure, because that would mean building for more non-white people.

While the British Colonial mentality has been gradually fading away, there is still a strong KEEP THEM OUT mentality. That's especially been the case in BC with its reluctance to build up a proper level of infrastructure, is very apparent.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Lions+Gate+Bridge

Urban Tech Intersection

 https://urban-tech-intersection.blogspot.com/

Why COVID-19 will end up harming the environment

 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/why-covid-19-will-end-up-harming-the-environment

Edmonton Transportation

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

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

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local%E2%80%93express_lanes#Canada

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta#Municipalities

Fort McMurray

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Fort_McMurray_wildfire 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_Highway_63#2016_wildfire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_Highway_63#Construction

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Fort_McMurray_Athabasca_River_Bridges_2.png

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta#Municipalities

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local%E2%80%93express_lanes#Canada