Monday, February 20, 2023

vancouver/skytrain-station-access-and-safety-project-trains

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-station-access-and-safety-project-trains

vancouver-tourism-attractions-hotels-demand-ideas

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-tourism-attractions-hotels-demand-ideas

the-post-amazon-vancouver-redevelopment-construction-update

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-post-amazon-vancouver-redevelopment-construction-update

396-southeast-marine-drive-vancouver-office-towers-hungerford

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/396-southeast-marine-drive-vancouver-office-towers-hungerford

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-commercial-safeway-redevelopment-revised-skytrain-rental-housing-towers

Sydney: Urban Structure

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney#Urban_structure

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

https://www.archdaily.com/991922/3xns-quay-quarter-tower-in-sydney-wins-the-international-high-rise-award-2022-23

https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16041-3xns-quay-quarter-tower-in-sydney-transforms-and-expands-an-outmoded-1970s-skyscraper

https://www.arup.com/projects/quay-quarter-tower

https://www.bvn.com.au/project/quay-quarter

https://www.buildaustralia.com.au/projects/keys-handed-over-for-new-quay-quarter-tower-in-sydney/

https://www.multiplex.global/ca/projects/quay-quarter-tower/

https://www.bvn.com.au/article/qqt-its-a-wrap

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/quay-quarter-tower/17753

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

Sunday, February 12, 2023

TTC Subway

 

Toronto Transit Commission’s Andy Byford gives us a tour of Toronto’s underground subway tunnels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8qwkjW1uIM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvsBg1-h4Xs  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRpRxT9s--I The history and the future expansion plans for the TTC Toronto Subway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF1RH5BzDjw  little-known facts about our Toronto subway system

Edmonton Light Rail Transit

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

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK3W7n5LKq4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf4owBDsPCg

C-Train Blue Line

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2AJJ7KYs-c

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Line_(Calgary)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbrook_station_(Calgary)

"Up until the completion of the Red Line's Fish Creek–Lacombe station, all platforms for the CTrain were originally designed to service three-car trains, although there had been enough space allotted to allow four-car trains. Beginning in 2007 construction on station platforms began to expand the entire network to allow four-car trains, with the project being completed in 2017..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Line_(Calgary)#Capacity_upgrade

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Line_(Calgary)#Stations_and_route

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

Tram Trains

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sGHqsD0DRM