Urban Tech Links: UTL: October 2023

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

"A SkyTrain from downtown to Horseshoe Bay would provide a solution to the North Shore’s traffic crisis,..." https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/letter-horseshoe-bay-skytrain-north-vancouver-7753960

When the decision and implementation to put a major ferry terminal at Horseshoe_Bay in West_Vancouver was done, there didn't seem to be any sense of proper long-range urban transportation planning. It didn't matter if it was 2010 or 2020, there still seemed to be no need to build or at least an official plan for a rail rapid transit connection between WV, PR, downtown Vancouver and YVR.

https://www.vancouversnorthshore.com/neighbourhood/horseshoe-bay

https://www.bcferries.com/routes-fares/schedules/daily/HSB-NAN

The lack of an official plan to eventually link the Horseshoe_Bay_ferry_terminal and the Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal to YVR might as well be just another science fiction story.

The Greater Victoria, Swartz_Bay_ferry_terminal should also have a long-term plan for an intercity rail link to Downtown_Victoria and connect with the Duke_Point_ferry_terminal and the Departure_Bay_ferry_terminal in Nanaimo.

For some reason, Vancouver, Victoria and BC in general, doesn't seem to want to be a leader in transportation planning & development.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Horseshoe+Bay

Friday, October 27, 2023

Inside the World’s Largest Cargo Shipping Bottleneck Today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS_pnCWNb4Y

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

ed muybridge_image_and_context/modern_city

https://www.eadweardmuybridge.co.uk/muybridge_image_and_context/modern_city/

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Park Royal Shopping Centre

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R2_Marine_Dr

Vancouver Pacific Centre

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

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

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

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

Lonsdale Quay

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

Broadway–City Hall station

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway%E2%80%93City_Hall_station

Oakridge–41st Avenue station

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakridge%E2%80%9341st_Avenue_station

https://oakridgepark.com/

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-oakridge-41st-avenue-mall-underground-second-entrance

Friday, October 20, 2023

things-you-probably-didn't-know-about-the-burrard-bridge

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the-burrard-bridge-7129420

bridges

north-false-creek-development-expo-vancouver-erickson-podmore-plans

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/north-false-creek-development-expo-vancouver-erickson-podmore-plans-images-7216130

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/history/video-architect-arthur-erickson-thoughts-vancouver-bc-canada-7517490

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

The Mega-Railway in Melbourne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IirLC9q5e-I

Stantec Tower

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

https://www.stantec.com/en/projects/canada-projects/s/stantec-tower-edmonton

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

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

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

a revised-parking-policy-ignites-debate-party-split-at-burnaby-council

https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/revised-parking-policy-ignites-debate-party-split-at-burnaby-council-7692152

https://edmontonparkingguide.ca/ice-district-central-parkade/#:~:text=Did%20you%20know%20there%20are,or%20other%20event%20more%20memorable.

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Alldritt Tower

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

The City of Vancouver has a longterm plan for an extensive streetcar network. But it may not happen anytime soon.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouver-arbutus-corridor-rail-signs

A new highway under the Sydney Harbour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2G_bLEGwmY

Saturday, October 14, 2023

Victoria's West Gate Tunnel project in Melbourne

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

Melbourne's Landscape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJZaEbmlzRs

Montreal Metro

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/montreal-metro

It would have been total chaos if the Montreal_Metro (MM) only had 80m stations, just like on the first 2 SkyTrain lines. An absolute disaster if it only had 50m stations like on the very underbuilt Canada Line. Unfortunatly, Vancouver took the watered down approach, decades after what Montreal did right.

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

When starting in the 1960s, the MM could have 3 & 6 car trains and a 9 car train during busy times, in recent decades, it's just 6 and 9 car trains.

Streetcars and trams, along with buses, can help any Metro train or Subway system. Unlike Montreal and Vancouver, cities like Melbourne, Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, SF and New Orleans, retained some of their tram or streetcar lines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPM-10

9 articulated cars per train

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPM-10#Specifications

Of course a good urban transportation network keeps evolving and the REM trains are a nice addition. The REM trains should eventually be at least as long as those on the Sydney Subway.

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

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=REM+Train

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