https://www.surrey.ca/news-events/news/78m-road-improvements-underway-32-avenue
Friday, May 31, 2024
District-of-North-Vancouver-considers-skytrain-rapid-bus-expansions-to-ease-congestion
A proper bus & train bridge should be built, along with a bridge with HOV & truck lanes. All that in addition to the 6 congested lanes. So much of BC is about funneling everything into just 2 or 3 lanes each way.
BC unveils-240-language-racism-reporting-helpline
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-unveils-240-language-racism-reporting-helpline-1.6906991 Too little too late?
So many restrictions were imposed in Vancouver (V-BC) during the 1960s & 70s, then also during the 1980s & 90s. This was a time in which there was still mostly White people imposing so many of the overlapping restrictions. Indeed, for most of Vancouver's history, there was a, keep it White & small mentality. That's because if enough key people could stunt & thwart the growth of Vancouver, the same would happen for BC in general.
It is important to note that a slow growth initiative isn't necessarily of a racist nature. However, since most of the people on the planet are non-white, anything to slow down the growth of Vancouver, also slows down the growth of BC. Just look at Alberta & Washington State to see how much larger Seattle, Calgary & Edmonton have become.
Of course over the past few decades, BC started to become more diversified. However, many of the restrictions from the days of the mostly White councils & governments, remain. There has been a multigenerational reluctance to build proper size infrastructure in BC, because that means building for non white people. It's an unfortunate & terrible echo from the old colonial days.
Now that BC has had several years of growing diversity, there is still another agenda that could slow down the growth of Greater Vancouver & BC at large. Environmental restrictions could be used to hold BC & Canada back. It could be a clever way to continue the, KEEP THEM OUT agenda going. BC doesn't even have the population of 1 Switzerland. Canada is nowhere near containing even just 1% of the world's population.
If Canada were to officially say that it's good to keep out most of the world, because it's good for the environment, there would be several challenges. How can so many countries with a smaller land area contain more people? Even if Canada had a dozen cities between the size of Montreal & Toronto, there would still be vast undeveloped areas.
Even if BC planned & properly built up half a dozen big cities, there would still be so much wilderness left.
Why "Nobody" Lives In The VAST MAJORITY Of British Columbia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdeZV_caT78
Certainly the housing shortage & the lack of building up a good level of infrastructure, has called for a reduction of immigration. While that might work for a while, at some point Canada might have to explain why its not even able to contain 1% of the world's population? Of course most of humanity happens to be non white, but that's not suppose to be an issue these days.
Hot Singapore & dry Dubai have been able to build up big & tall, because they aren't bound by Canadian & especially, BC type restrictions. Those cities and many more, would collapse if they were somehow Vancouverized. Short trains, narrow bridges & stumpy buildings, would tremendously impede those modern, dynamic cities.
Of course Mumbai & Lagos are HUGE 3rd world cities with major transportation issues. Yet, they have the Third_Mainland_Bridge & the Mumbai_Trans_Harbour_Link.
Indeed, most real cities couldn't properly function with so much crammed into the 3 lane joke that is the Lions_Gate_Dridge. Bus & train tunnels should have been built there decades ago. Hower, the inept Lions-Gate-Bridge has become an enduring symbol of the reluctance of Vancouver & BC to properly plan & build for the future. Even a new or improved Iron_Bridge wont be enough.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Mumbai#Rail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai#Cityscape Most cities around the world refuse to become Vancouverized. Especially a modern place like Singapore, a big city in a small area.
Switzerland is about a 23rd of the size of BC. Yet, BC doesn't even have the population of one Switzerland.
An immigration plan to attract the more wealthy people can really help to build wealth for a nation. Provided that the infrastructure is properly upgraded. Too many refugees can be a strain on a nation, thats why its imperative to mostly attract the more well off people. Unfortunately, a non-white wealthy person in Canada might cause some jealousy. So at one end of the spectrum are the wealthy immigrants & the refugees at the other. There is a middle area of migrants with general skills that can also expand the economy, but again, some people might become jealous of them.
At the end of the day, Canada still has hardly any of the worlds population & someone seems to like that.
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Is it Time to Stop Building Highways?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN5EJDmPQ04 Some people would like to go back to the horse & carriage days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za56H2BGamQ (induced demand) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wlld3Z9wRc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S76lKWeU_xc LA
It's not about going back to the horse & waggon, but using highways & roads more efficiently. Thus, there is still a need to have good roads, bridges & tunnels.
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Toronto's MA$$IVE Transit Transformation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufgQdU5DUI8
How Toronto Got Addicted to Cars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkO-DttA9ew
Surrey mayor disappointed by delays to Pattullo Bridge replacement
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/05/28/locke-unhappy-with-delays-to-pattullo/
Of course a bridge with at least 2 bus & HOV lanes, plus 3 general lanes each way should have been built decades ago. Apparently, its better to cram everything into just 2 lanes each way & not have a couple of emergency lanes. That way its even more likely to jam up the new bridge. Even if it open with 3 lanes each way, there should have also still been a couple of emergency lanes as well as 2 bus lanes. However, that would go against the BC bottleneck planning agenda.
NW like Vancouver can't stop Surrey from growing into the largest city in backward BC.
https://www.surrey.ca/news-events/news/statement-mayor-pattullo-bridge
https://www.pattullobridgereplacement.ca/construction/current-works/
Vancouver wants to decarbonize its large buildings. Some owners may not be able to afford it
New law requires large-building owners to report emissions, with plans to reduce greenhouse gas limits by 2040
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-bylaw-decarbonize-buildings-1.7206506
New replacement Pattullo Bridge with four lanes is too small for growing Surrey
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-replacement-crossing-capacity-small
Indeed, why build a bridge with 2 bus lanes & 2 HOV lanes & even 2 emergency lanes? Just cram everything into only 2 lanes each way. This is the epitome of BC bottleneck planning. It's also another symbolic example to water down the scale of the infrastructure. Building big & wide is indicative of planning for growth, but BC has been under a multigenerational slow growth agenda.
Bus & HOV lanes should be standard on any new bridge in Greater Vancouver. A 4 lane bridge is just another sad BC joke. Make sure that the bridge isn't designed to accommodate a future deck for LRT, because Surrey & NW won't ever need another rapid transit crossing. Properly planning for growth means thinking big, but this is small minded backwater BC.
Five of Ontario's top 10 worst roads are located in the Greater Toronto Area
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/five-of-ontario-s-top-10-worst-roads-are-located-in-the-toronto-area-1.6903196 Of course its a good idea to make sure that the roads & streets are as smooth as possible.
The Greater_Toronto_Area is gradually becoming a vast urban region like the Chicago_metropolitan_area. So many more modes of transit must be provided for the GTA. IE, trains, HOV, bus & bike lanes.
https://www.insauga.com/one-of-ontarios-worst-roads-is-among-the-busiest-streets-in-mississauga
Being from the BC Lower_Mainland, it's hard to believe that Canada's GTA is on its way to becoming like another Chicagoland. But then I always remember that Ontario, like Quebec & Alberta aren't under anything like the BC mentality & all of its restrictions.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/worst-roads-ontario-2024-1.7215979
In effect, the Burlington_Bay_James_N._Allan_Skyway went from a BC like 4 lane bridge to an 8 lane Ontario crossing in the mid 1980s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlington_Bay_James_N._Allan_Skyway#1985_twin_bridge
https://burlingtontraffic.ca/qew-burlington-bay-james-n-allan-skyway The 4th lane each way could eventually become a bus & HOV_lane.
The 4 lane Burlington_Canal_Lift_Bridge is more like a narrow Vancouver bridge. Just 2 lanes each way with no space for an emergency lane or bus & HOV lane. That's why the Burlington_Bay_James_N._Allan_Skyway crossing is still better than any bridge within the Vancouver city limits. The skyway crossing combined with the lift bridge, provides 12 lanes, because the emergency lanes usually aren't counted. Just imagine if all that was funneled into a 4 lane Vancouver bridge. Fortunately, the backward BC bottleneck mentality has never taken over Ontario.
While Oak Street in Vancouver has 6 lanes, the Oak_Street_Bridge was only designed to have 4 lanes. Thus, it's a fine example of the BC mentality and the multigenerational Vancouverization agenda. Vancouverization is all about watering things down & creating bottlenecks or chokepoints.
The narrow 4 lane bridge should have been designed with a provision to eventually be at least 8 lanes wide. 3 lanes each way, plus a bus & HOV lane each way, but that would conflict with the narrow mindedness of Vancouver. It's sad that at least a bus & bike bridge wasn't built next to it, but that would conflict with the BC bottleneck planning approach to things.
https://images.drivebc.ca/bchighwaycam/pub/html/www/70.html A 6 lane street funneled into a 4 lane bridge. WTH?
The Oak_Street_Bridge really should have been opened as a 10 lane bridge. Yet, Oak_Street has only 6 lanes. A 10 lane OSB could have not only allowed for 3 lanes each way, but a bus & HOV_lane each way. Then the 5th lane each way could have been an emergency lane.
At the very least, a HOV, bus & bike bridge should be built next to the OSB. However, the multi generational backward BC mentality just doesn't care.
The 4 lane joke that is the George_Massey_Tunnel, should have had a HOV, bus & bike bridge built next to it several decades ago. But that would have actually created better mobility & less congestion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Massey_Tunnel#Replacement Of course just like with the old tunnel, the new tunnel won't have a provision for LRT & emergency lanes. Thus, a LRT bridge would eventually have to be built next to it. Apparently, having a train from the Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal to the airport still doesn't make sense. That's just the backward BC way.
If you are from Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, the Pacific NW, Australia or just about anywhere, the watered down BC infrastructure will surprise you.
The Arbutus Greenway
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/arbutus-greenway-public-street-vancouver
The streetcar line was decommissioned in the 1950s. Perhaps a modern tram-train or LRV, might be built there before the 2050s. The 2 coach Canada Line is such a sad joke. It's barely a train as some streetcar & tram trains are longer, but not faster.
https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/arbutus-greenway.aspx
https://www.letsgobiking.net/beginner/143-arbutus-greenway/
https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/explore-the-arbutus-greenway.aspx
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/british-columbia/arbutus-greenway
https://www.translink.ca/plans-and-projects/projects/rapid-transit-projects/skytrain-expansion-program/skytrain-fleet-expansion All the SkyTrain stations should have been designed to eventually be able to accomodate 8-10 car trains.
The North Shore-Metrotown SkyTrain Plan
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-shore-skytrain-burrard-inlet-rapid-transit-brt-lrt-study
https://www.cnv.org/Streets-Transportation/Transportation-Planning/North-Shore-Transit-Plan
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-shore-city-councils-rapid-transit-translink-approval-plan
Monday, May 27, 2024
The big TO and Canada in general
Of course big cities & nations change over the decades & sometimes people just leave. However, there are various reasons overall that might cause people to move away. A country can be progressive & advance its living standards. However, when a country no longer listens to its citizens & newcomers, that's indicative of a stubborn and restrictive agenda. An agenda that seems to be the opposite of what the people want.
Why are so many immigrants leaving Canada? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBDlcxyZ4fo CTV
WHY People are Fleeing Canada as Fast as They Can... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B_crKgV3rs
Why are so many people LEAVING Canada lately? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pVKJt1Uh9E
Why No One Wants To Live In Canada Anymore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDzme7W7Fy8
Is Canada Is Becoming a Dystopian Nightmare? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChKwUpWNMSQ
Why Are People Leaving Canada? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kohSD5unJ3Q
Why are many Canadians deciding to live abroad? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWkOq60kP10
Cost of living and Software Engineer Salaries in Canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqyRp6pAwu8
Canada sees drop in citizen applications from permanent residents | BBC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3SFZdZFHxs
Sunday, May 26, 2024
The Pattullo Bridge replacement now delayed by 1 year
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-construction-opening-delay-2025
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pattullo-bridge-delays-1.7215198
https://www.pattullobridgereplacement.ca/construction/current-works/
The new PB should open with 6 lanes with a provision to have at least 8 lanes. A 4th lane each way could be a nice bus & HOV corridor. But once again, everything will be funneled into a 4 lane BC bottleneck.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10523439/broadway-subway-pattullo-bridge-delay/
Since the Skytrain isn't open 24hrs, 2 bus lanes should have been part of the bridge right from the start. Its sad that the multigenerational BC mentality never allowed for a much wider SkyBridge. Fortunately, Oregon was able to build their fantastic Tilikum_Crossing, because it doesn't have anything like the BC mentality to thwart it.
Of course the Skybridge was never designed to have bus & bike lanes, but that's something Portland would eventually do. The extremely narrow SkyBridge should have been designed to not only have 2 bike lanes, but 2 bus & 2 HOV lanes to take some of the pressure off the old PB, as well as its replacement. But that would conflict with the narrow minded, multigenerational backward BC mentality.
After all these decades, backward BC still wants to make sure that there is no provision for a streetcar or a tram-train between Surrey & NW. That's despite Surrey eventually becoming the largest city in BC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skybridge_(TransLink) The narrow minded BC joke of a transit bridge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilikum_Crossing Perhaps, the most amazing bridge in Oregon. https://trimet.org/tilikum
Edmonton vs. Vancouver, BC
https://versus.com/en/edmonton-vs-vancouver
In some ways you can win in Alberta & in some ways win in BC. It all depends upon what you want or what you can afford & if you like -25C for a few months of the year.
Saturday, May 25, 2024
The need to protect Alberta's affordability advantage
Don't ever allow the BC mentality to takeover Alberta. If Alberta was under anything like the BC restrictions, Alberta would have collapsed years ago.
Being from the BC part of Canada, it's always amazing to see what Alberta & Washington_(state) are allowed to do, simply because they have no backward BC mentality to contend with.
Saskatchewan has the potential to become like a smaller Alberta, as long as it isn't taken over by anything like the BC mentality.
Seattle and Vancouver, BC
Seattle is about the size of Burnaby, NW & Vancouver, combined.
https://www.movingwaldo.com/where-to-live/seattle-vs-vancouver-where-should-i-live/
https://versus.com/en/seattle-vs-vancouver
https://www.globe-gazers.com/vancouver-vs-seattle/
Friday, May 24, 2024
Victoria, BC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_British_Columbia It's taken a long time just to reach a population of 100K.
Greater_Victoria eventually obtained a population of 400K.
The Capital_Regional_District has around 415K in 2021.
https://www.citypopulation.de/en/canada/britishcolumbia/admin/5917__capital 439,950 Population [2022] – Estimate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Island#Demographics
Of course in Australia, Victoria_(state) is a mighty place, far from the provincial backwater BC mentality.
Prince George, BC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George,_British_Columbia
While Edmonton has easily surpassed a million people, PG has been struggling just to have 100K people.
The Calgary–Edmonton Corridor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary-Edmonton_Corridor
Area 38,323.18 km2 (14,796.66 sq mi)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary-Edmonton_Corridor#Growth 3,230,150 as of 2021.
Calgary-Edmonton Commuter_Train_Corridor , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQQG2CTW_Cg RM Transit
More Canadians are choosing to move to Red Deer and Alberta, in general
https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/local-news/more-canadians-are-choosing-to-move-to-red-deer-7363004
Red_Deer,_Alberta is a nice place for those who want to live in-between Calgary & Edmonton. Perhaps some day Red+Deer might become like a smaller Edmonton or Calgary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Deer,_Alberta#Infrastructure
The Riverlands+Pedestrian+Bridge is great for those that don't want to cross the river on one of the regular road bridges.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-population-records-2023-to-2024-data-1.7157110
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Monday, May 20, 2024
A millennial moved from Australia to Canada for her career.
She said the people in Vancouver are welcoming, but the cost of living is high. https://www.businessinsider.com/moving-from-sydney-australia-to-canada-pros-cons-2024-5
Friday, May 17, 2024
Canada is seeing one of the worst standard-of-living declines in 40 years
https://dailyhive.com/canada/canada-worst-standard-of-living-declines-four-decades
Ontario and Quebec have been long established areas of growth and there is always room for improvement. Alberta and BC have the potential to be the western counterpart.
A Calgary to Edmonton line would make a lot of sense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQQG2CTW_Cg
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Golden Glades bike-pedestrian bridge
https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2024/05/14/golden-glades-getting-17-million-bike-pedestrian-bridge
Whether its crossing over several highways lanes, or its crossing over water, a bike & footpath bridge can really improve mobility.
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
The Pattullo Bridge saga
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-closing-two-night
The old bridge just wasn't designed for any expanded capacity. The new PB should have been designed to eventually have a 2nd deck & a provision for rapid rail transit. The new bridge should have been planned to open with a 3rd lane each way for bus & HOV. Apparently, it's better to funnel everything into 2 lanes each way. Good bike & foot paths, but no need for bus & HOV lanes at this time. WTH?
Kitsilano in Vancouver, BC
Neighborhoods are always changing, sometimes gradually & sometimes quickly. There are a lot of nice old houses in Kitsilano that are worth preserving. In several cases, infill developments can occur without having to teardown the older buildings.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-nimby-kitsilano-2560-trafalgar-street
It seems that not enough people in the neighborhood were allowed to properly voice their concerns.
https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/2560-2580-trafalgar-st-2
https://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/kitsilano.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsilano_Beach
https://www.destinationvancouver.com/vancouver/neighbourhoods/kitsilano
The city should have been providing more incentives to retain the older houses, by allowing upgrades & or additions. Over the decades, Vancouver has lost several houses, simply because of half-assed policies.
Of course if a new owner has paid 2.5, 5 or 10 million dollars for a property, they should be able to build what they want. However, there should have been incentives to save the older houses whenever possible. An infill development can be a guesthouse, or just a separate unit to be rented out for some extra income.
Monday, May 13, 2024
The Sixth Street Viaduct and the West 7th Street Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_Street_Viaduct Los Angeles
https://www.lusas.com/case/bridge/west_7th_street_bridge.html Fort Worth, Texas
Of course similar bridges can be seen in various cities.
https://aecollab.com/projects/bridges/west-7th-street-bridge
https://ftwtoday.6amcity.com/66-mile-bike-trail-connects-fort-worth-dallas
https://laist.com/news/transportation/6th-street-bridge-bike-lanes-how-protective-are-they
Thursday, May 9, 2024
The first fully completed new generation SkyTrain in Metro Vancouver
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-mark-v-new-generation-train-inside-interior-design
So the newest trains will only have 5 coaches. So many metros & subways today have 6, 8 or 10 car trains. The SkyTrain should have been designed to ultimately have 152.4 m or 500 long stations like the Montreal Metro. The joke that is the Canada Line, was only designed to ultimately have 2.5 car trains, not 5, let alone 10. Of course BC wouldn't plan for 8-10 car trains, because that would be indicative of properly preparing for growth. BC has shown a continual reluctance to build up to a proper size infrastructure.
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Vancouver Island Rail Corridor
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-island-corridor-foundation-thomas-bevan
The Island_Rail_Corridor has so much potential, but sleepy BC or backwater BC is very slow-going, as usual. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-island-rail-delay-2023-1.6778609
https://www.islandrail.ca/rail/rail-service-plans/
https://tc.canada.ca/en/binder/47-vancouver-island-rail-corridor
The Leaside Bridge and The Aurora Bridge
The 6 lane Leaside_Bridge opened on October 29, 1927. The bridge wouldn't have to be Vancouverized, or narrowed, if a bus & bike bridge was built next to it. Turning the Leaside_Bridge into a 5 or 4 lane crossing would be like taking the backward BC approach to things.
The 6 lane Aurora_Bridge opened on February 22, 1932. If a bus & bike bridge was built next to it, that would greatly improve the overall crossing area. However, some people would like to have the 6 lane bridge, Vancouverized. Funneling it into a 5 or 4 lane choke point is a BC type of approach that Washington State should avoid.
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Toronto’s road construction season
https://globalnews.ca/news/10464912/toronto-construction-season-traffic-solutions/
Driving on parts of the Gardiner that's temporarily reduced to 2 lanes each way for repairs, can give people in the GTA a sense of what it's like driving in stunted Vancouver.
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/03/19/gardiner-construction-phase-two-dufferin-strachan/
The mostly six lane Gardiner should have been designed to have had at least a 4th lane each way so that it could have been used as a bus & HOV lane.
https://bayview-news.com/2024/03/bayview-leaside-commuters-face-impact-of-2024-road-work.html/
Nothing like the Gardiner_Expressway or the Don_Valley_Parkway was ever allowed in Vancouver. That's because a clearing of houses would have been required. Thus, it's been tough enough just to have something like a 6 lane Lake_Shore_Boulevard (LSB) in Vancouver.
Kingsway_at_the_Vancouver-Burnaby boundary, is funneled into a 4 lane bottleneck.
Hastings_Street_in_downtown_Vancouver is funneled into a 5 lane cokepoint & gets even narrower.
The Knight_Street corridor isn't all 6 lanes wide. There are a few 4 lane chokepoints. An urban 6 lane corridor is essential, because a 3rd lane each way can be a bus & HOV lane. However, the congestive Vancouver approach is to funnel everything into a 4 lane bottleneck. Fortunately, most cities have allowed enough extra space for bus & HOV lanes.
Is Toronto construction just as safe & easy as last year?
https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-kicks-off-busy-billion-dollar-construction-season/
Of course all the various construction projects can't be done in one year, as it can take several years or even decades.
Stanley Park Causeway and Lions Gate Bridge reopen after a fallen tree incident
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/05/07/stanley-park-causeway-closed-for-fallen-tree/
Perhaps the best example of Vancouverization is the 3 lane chokepoint that is the Lions-Gate-Bridge-and-roadway-through-Stanley-Park. No parallel bus-tunnel or bus-bridge, because that would actually help to efficiently move more people around.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10480945/lions-gate-bridge-closed-tree-down Especially, don't have a high capacity rapid transit rail tunnel though there, because that would go against the constrictive planning agenda of Vancouver & BC.
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/lions-gate-bridge-reopens-after-downed-tree-forces-closure-1.6877368
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/fallen-tree-closes-stanley-park-causeway Bottelneck or chokpoint planning has been a crucial part of the Vancouverization agenda for generations.
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/traffic-alert-lions-gate-bridge-closed-downed-tree
Vancouver, BC is such a backward city. Fortunately, the Vancouverization mentality hasn't been adopted by most cities.
TTC subway slow-speed zones is really affecting trains
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/05/07/ttc-subway-trains-slow-speed-zones/
Of course Boston has had its slow train problems as well.
https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2023/09/12/mbta-red-line-slow-zones-shutdowns
Monday, May 6, 2024
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Some of the Best Aquariums in the World
https://www.headout.com/blog/best-aquariums-in-the-world/
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/the-worlds-most-beautiful-aquariums
https://www.thetravel.com/bucket-list-aquariums-in-the-world/
https://worldcitiesranking.com/best-aquariums-top10/
https://aquadecorbackgrounds.com/blog/10-largest-aquariums-in-the-world/
https://tourscanner.com/blog/best-aquariums-in-the-world/
https://www.celebritycruises.com/blog/best-aquariums-in-the-world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Aquarium
https://www.vanaqua.org/explore/special-events/monsters-of-the-abyss
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/jessica-biel-meets-jessica-seal-vancouver-aquarium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_aquariums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_aquarium#Public_aquariums_today
Traffic impacted in downtown Vancouver due to BMO marathons
https://globalnews.ca/news/10475853/traffic-impacted-in-downtown-vancouver-due-to-bmo-marathons/
While such events are for a good cause, the traffic gets even more congested.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/05/04/vancouver-marathon-road-closures/
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/05/04/vancouver-marathon-road-closures/
Unfortunately, Vancouver planning never allowed for any bus tunnels, especially under Burrard Inlet & False Creek. All the underground train stations weren't built to easily become as long as the Montreal Metro stations, which are 152.45 m or 500 feet.
Friday, May 3, 2024
New Museum of Anthropology at UBC
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/museum-of-anthropology-ubc-moa-reopening-june-2024-date
https://visit.ubc.ca/see-and-do/museums-and-art-galleries/museum-of-anthropology/
https://www.vancouverattractions.com/museum-of-anthropology-at-ubc
https://planning.ubc.ca/museum-anthropology-great-hall-renewal
https://www.cntraveler.com/activities/vancouver/vancouver/museum-of-anthropology-at-ubc
UBC Subway
Canada's High Food Prices
https://www.dal.ca/sites/agri-food/research/canada-s-food-price-report-2024.html
This is quite a problem.
Most people can't cut their food intake in half, just to save on food costs.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/costco-food-prices-canada-mexico?
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/groceries-local-market-compared-loblaws
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/ca/investing/why-are-prices-so-high/
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/loblaw-ceo-addresses-boycott-message-employees
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/ca/personal-finance/food-inflation/
https://www.retailcouncil.org/truth-of-canadian-grocery-price-inflation/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/food-costs-world-canada-1.3474241
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