Premetro, Semi-metro and Rapid Transit...

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-metro 

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

Of course when Vancouver & the greater urban region became obsessed with keeping the roads & bridges narrow, it was as if there wasn't a proper concept of express bus lanes & rapid bus lanes.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-funding-issues-impacts-traffic-congestion

The 1959 George_Massey_Tunnel should have opened with 3 lanes each way. Plus, 2 wide emergency lanes. Then over the course of its first 2 decades, it could have become a 6 lane crossing with 2 bus & HOV lanes. 

By the 1980s, the inept 4 lane George_Massey_Tunnel should have had a parallel higher & wider bus & HOV tunnel consisting of at least another 4 lanes & at least 2 emergency lanes. Thus making it more capable as an eventual replacement to the old tunnel. Then by around 2000, there should have been a bike, truck & train bridge or tunnel as well. 

A George_Massey_Tunnel#Replacement by 2030? The first phase of this really should have been started by the 1980s. Of course the new tunnel with 8 lanes & 2 bike lanes, won't have 2 emergency lanes & there won't be 2 truck lanes. Plus, in accordance with a perpetual congestive planning mentality, there is no provision for an extension of the Canada Line with its inept 2 car trains.

The new tunnel should have had 3 general lanes each way, plus 1 bus lane & 1 truck lane each way. Plus, 2 wide emergency lanes which could eventually be repurpose for a north & southbound rail rapid transit corridor. 

That's because someday the Canada Line can not only have 2.5 car trains, but an actual 5 car train consisting of five 20m coaches. Selective_door_operation technology would make this possible. Of course it would have simply been much better to have designed all the stations to already be at least 100m, instead of the inept 50m. Unfortunately, backward BC thinking keeps getting in the way.

https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/province-considering-filling-george-massey-tunnel-with-sand-8777369 Despite the old tunnels height restrictions, a slightly smaller version of the Road_Train could have been ideal for it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_train#Trailer_arrangements

Keeping the old tunnel as a freight corridor between Delta & Richmond would be of tremendous benefit. Delta has the Roberts_Bank_Superport & the Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal.

Richmond has the Vancouver_International_Airport & the inept Canada_Line. 

Despite budget limits at the time, the Canada_Line should have been designed to eventually have 5 car trains & ultimately, 10 car trains. It should have been envisioned as a high capacity rail link between downtown Vancouver, YVR, Richmond & Delta. With an ultimate connection between the Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal and the Horseshoe_Bay_ferry_terminal. 

For some reason Vancouver & BC never seemed to really take off in the 1980s like Calgary, Seattle & Perth. Indeed, while Vancouver seemed to continue on its sleepwalking path after Expo_86, Brisbane really started to boom after its World_Expo_88. 

Unlike SW BC, the Brisbane Airport & seaport are much closer to each other. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org Being from Vancouver, its difficult to grasp how Brisbane was ever allowed to permit such nice long trains. This is something to be very proud of, as it can move a lot of people in both directions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Airport_railway_station,_Brisbane This opened in 2001 & Vancouver's inept version had to be ready by 2010 with just 2 car trains. Yet, Brisbane designed their to be high capacity capable as soon as it open for service. From a backwater BC perspective, it's amazing how Queensland is able to think on such a grand scale & to properly allocate the necessary funds. Who knows where so much of the funds went in BC? That's because not enough of it seems to have gone into the infrastructure.

https:://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_International_Airport#Rapid_transit_(SkyTrain) 

Unfortunately, this is an imbasament because, that's not a 4 car train, its two, 2 car trains on a single track. How can Vancouver rate as a proper city & metropolitan area, when the trains are so short?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YVR-Airport_station Why have a double track station allowing for at least 150m - 200m long trains? Do it the BC way with only a single track & a 50m station. This isn't just an example of extreme cost-cutting. Its not properly designing crucial transportation infrastructure for eventual high capacity. Fortunately, most proper big urban areas are able to think & build big right from the start.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sir+Leo+Hielscher+Bridges,+Queensland,+Australia

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/Gateway_Bridge This 6 lane & then 12 lane crossing was possible, because Queensland isn't under anything like the backwater BC restrictions. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges This has the potential to still have 4 lanes each way. Plus, 1 bus or HOV lane & 1 truck lane each way.

Possible TransLink service cuts would overburden bridges and tunnels with vehicle traffic

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-funding-issues-impacts-traffic-congestion

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-trolley-bus-fleet-replacement-bidding-procurement

Loblaw parent company suffers $253M loss due to bread price-fixing settlement

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/loblaw-george-weston-limited-253-million-loss-bread-price-fixing-settlement

Some companies just can't understand why they have no sympathy from the public.

Senakw's first rental housing towers begin to take shape

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/senakw-squamish-first-nation-vancouver-towers-construction-july-2024

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

The tallest buildings in this Vancouver development should have been taller than the tallest building in NW. 

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/pier-west-1/30319 

178 m / 584 ft https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/complex/3304

https://www.newwestrecord.ca/real-estate-news/new-wests-changing-skyline-pier-west-towers-hit-top-heights-7676861

Senakw should have had at least 2 or 3 towers much taller than the Living_Shangri-La, the tallest in Vancouver. Something like the Crown_Sydney scale is banned in Vancouver, but it's OK for big city Sydney & SF.

Tip	271.3 metres (890 ft)
Observatory	250 metres (820 feet)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Sydney#Approval

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Vancouver#Tallest_proposed_and_under_construction Most of BC is a backwater wildernes that is unapealling for people, but great for wildlife & vegetation. 

The plan was to continually thwart Vancouver, Victoria & Kelowna for as long as possible. That in turn slows down the few key areas of urban grown in BC. NSW & California, just never had the same, KEEP THEM OUT MENTALITY. Thus, they were able to think & properly plan for growth.

Sydney, NSW & SF, California just were never under the extreme restrictions that Vancouver has. Plus, Syd & SF haven't been under a multigenerational agenda to keep holding those scenic cities back. 

Sydney and SF aren't afraid to build taller next to a bridge, like Vancouver is. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Sydney#Tallest_buildings_(150m+)

"The taller tower, One Rincon Hill South Tower, was completed in 2008 and stands 60 stories and 641 feet (195 m) tall.^[A][B] The shorter tower, marketed as Tower Two at One Rincon Hill, was completed in 2014 and reaches a height of 541 feet (165 m) with 50 stories." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Rincon_Hill

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_San_Francisco#Tallest_under_construction,_approved_and_proposed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_central_business_district#Transport This is what you are able to do when you aren't bound by the limiting mentality & backward agenda that Vancouver has. For some reason, Vancouver hasn't been able to get established big cities to emulate its congestive & inept planning standards. That's because most major cities want to plan & implement good transportation infrastructure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#Public_transportation

Fortunately, Sydney & SF never wanted to take the backwater Vancouver approach to things.

Canada is far off from even containing 1% of the world's human population & BC has yet to have the population of 1 Switzerland. Proper infrastructure planning like in Japan & S. Korea, the UK, CH & Germany, has already been able to accommodate more people. However, most of the world is non-white & some parts of Canada still want to hold onto the old British Colonial mentality for as long as possible.

The Fantastic Four and the Baxter Building

https://comicbook.com/movies/news/fantastic-four-first-steps-set-photos-baxter-building-launch-pad-rko-theater-london/

It's unfortunate that the F4 tower or the Baxter-Building, didn't use the likeness of the Citigroup_Center tower.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Citigroup_center.jpg "...it is 915 feet (279 m) tall and has 1.3 million square feet (120,000 m²) of office space across 59 floors."  However, if the windows went right up to the top, it would have around 75 levels above ground.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/NYC_TotR_Queens.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citigroup_Center#Architecture

BC government orders New Westminster, Port Coquitlam, and Langley City to add 8,600 homes

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-housing-supply-act-target-orders-new-westminster-langley-city-port-coquitlam

which-large-canadian-city-has-the-most-ev-chargers

 https://www.corporateknights.com/transportation/ev-faceoff-which-large-canadian-city-has-the-most-ev-chargers/

How-developers-office-buildings-apartments-more-walkable-cities

 https://www.corporateknights.com/buildings/how-developers-office-buildings-apartments-more-walkable-cities/

Grand Paris Express

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Paris_Express#Line_15

West Vancouver seeks extension to BC government ultimatum on approving housing policies

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/west-vancouver-bc-government-housing-ultimatum

Greece's Olympic legacy: Billions spent, Decaying facilities in ruin

 https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/greece-grapples-with-olympic-legacy-decaying-facilities-and-renewed-promises/ar-BB1qLh5X

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1144355/athens-2004-the-squandered-legacy

https://www.politico.eu/article/how-the-olympics-rotted-greece/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2723515/Athens-Olympics-leave-mixed-legacy-10-years-later.html

North Shore-Metrotown SkyTrain would see 120,000 riders daily

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-shore-skytrain-burrard-inlet-rapid-transit-brt-lrt-study

Since the planned North_Shore train won't be running 24 hours a day, there should be at least 1 bus & 1 HOV lane for each direction. There should also be 2 truck lanes & at least 2 wide emergency lanes. Unfortunately, the Ironworkers-Memorial-Bridge-replacement-concept only depicts 3 general lanes each way, plus only 2 extra lanes that could become a bus & HOV lane. The shoulders don't look like they will be as wide as a regular lane, but still might barely function as an emergency lane for fire-trucks, etc. There also doesn't look like any provision for a bike & foot path for both sides of the bridge. 

Thus, once again, it's a narrow-minded Vancouver & especially a backward BC bridge, being designed to be narrower than what it should be.

https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/infrastructure/2023/07/province-planning-study-on-future-of-ironworkers-bridge

https://vancouvertraces.weebly.com/the-first-and-second-narrows-crossings.html

Commercial Drive social housing tower

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/800-commercial-drive-vancouver-social-housing-tower-approved

What would be a very tall building for Quesnel or Williams Lake, still gets some small minded Vancouver people upset.

The Vancouver (stump) House

https://upload.wikimedia.org/Vancouver_House

Vancouver_House is a small building compared to what's allowed in real cities.  

155.6 m / 511 ft

Floors52 https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/vancouver-house/13987 Its almost 230 feet shoter than a simialar building in Calgary. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/TELUS_SKY

225.4 m / 740 ft

Floors59 https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/telus-sky/15466

Since Telus_Sky is in Calgary, it's not under any of the Vancouver type restrictions.

 https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2020/03/06/lights-out-at-vancouver-house/

So many things are mixed up or upside-down in backward Vancouver. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/Calgary_Skyline_May_2018 

https://upload.wikimedia.org In 1984 the taller tower was the tallest in Western Canada. The stump next to it would be equivalent to one of the tallest towers in backwater BC.

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

https://upload.wikimedia.org/Telus_Sky_September_2017 

https://upload.wikimedia.org Just another stump in Calgary, but it would be a significant size tower in watered down Vancouver.

125 m / 410 ft

Floors30 https://www.skyscrapercentre.com/building/encana-place/12685 




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

Under the Broadway Plan, 6 tower rezonings on West 11th Avenue in Fairview (Burrard to Alder)

All would demolish existing rental buildings. How many renters will be displaced? https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2024/07/26/six-tower-sites-w11th-ave-pine-to-alder-all-sites-include-rental-buildings/

A New vision for the Gastown waterfront railyard in downtown Vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/downtown-vancouver-central-waterfront-gastown-railyard-farrells-arup

Every time that Vancouver has a chance to have what would be a tall building in Seattle or Calgary, its canceled. 

https://x.com/CityHallWchVAN/status/1517347123225718785

taller towers vs. stumps

 

https://westendneighbours.wordpress.com/2023/05/09/public-hearing-may-9-includes-57-60-storey-towers-1080-barclay/

https://westendneighbours.wordpress.com/archives/2499-2/

https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2024/04/29/s101s-understanding-shadow-studies-why-they-matter/

https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2024/06/17/broadway-plan-shenanigans/

Copenhagen

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

Denmark - The State of Happiness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTJnu6lAhvM

50% of bus service and 30% of SkyTrain and SeaBus services could be eliminated due to funding shortfall

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-metro-vancouver-public-transit-service-cuts-2026

Such a backward city & region. Everything has to be watered down in backwater BC.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-funding-service-bc-conservatives-john-rustad

A North Shore Skytrain on a new Ironworkers Memorial Bridge?

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-united-north-shore-skytrain-ironworkers-memorial-bridge

Either a rapid-bus crossing first, or a train crossing with 2 buss lanes for whenever the train is shut down. The NW Skybridge wasn't designed to have 2 bus & 2 bike lanes & 2 footpaths. Thus, the SkyBridge to Surrey remains as a fine inept example of backward BC planning. 

The North-Arm-Bridge to Richmond was also not designed to have 2 bus lanes, 2 bike lanes & 2 footpaths. Just one combined bike & footpath. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Arm_Bridge

Unfortunately, Greater Vancouver doesn't want to provide 24hr trains. Yet, there seems to be a reluctance to have a series of regional bus-bridges, because most of the existing bridges are too narrow to have 2 extra bus lanes.

https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/infrastructure/2023/07/province-planning-study-on-future-of-ironworkers-bridge

https://vancouvertraces.weebly.com/the-first-and-second-narrows-crossings.html

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=North+Shore+of+Greater+Vancouver

A Fraser River boat tour takes you under five existing and future Metro Vancouver bridges

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/paddlewheeler-riverboat-tours-mv-native-new-westminster-fraser-river-cruises Unfortunatly, most bridges in BC are built to conform to a narrow-minded standard.

Had there been a proper urban vision between NW & Surrey 50-100 years ago, there would have been a lot more bridges by now. It seems that NW just wanted to be a provincial backwater. Eventually, Surrey kept growing & now its planning to become the largest city in BC. Back in the day, just like little NW, Surrey never saw it self as ever becoming a major river city like Portland, Calgary, Edmonton or Winnipeg. 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:New_Westminster 

By the late 1800s and especially by 1910, Portland really started to see itself as a major river city. Just look at how many more bridges there are than what's in between NW & Surrey. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Portland,_Oregon#Bridges

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crossings_of_the_Willamette_River Most of these bridges aren't freeway or expressway crossings. They are just for general street access.

There should have been something like the Tilikum_Crossing between NW and Surrey by now. There also should have been something like a Tilikum_Crossing between Vancouver and Richmond. 

Fortunately, the backwater BC mentality never made it down to Oregon.

https://www.travelportland.com/attractions/portland-bridges

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_Portland,_Oregon

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

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=New+Westminster

Automated speed enforcement needed on Stanley Park Causeway and Lions Gate Bridge to improve safety

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/stanley-park-causeway-vancouver-automated-speed-enforcement

A new highway tunnel, as well as a new water tunnel under the park would make such a big difference.

https://westendneighbours.wordpress.com/2023/11/01/stanley-park-water-supply-tunnel

History of (the inept) Lions Gate Bridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHqi7Kijedw

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

george-massey-tunnel-new-replacement-contractor-selected-bc

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-tunnel-new-replacement-contractor-selected-bc

BC Ferries criticized for lack of bike racks

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-ferries-bike-racks

Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA plans for a new I-5 bridge over the Columbia River

https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2024/03/07/interstate-5-bridge-columbia-river-new-construction

The Columbia_River_Crossing between Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA 

https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2024/03/07/interstate-5-bridge-columbia-river-new-construction

https://thirdbridgenow.org/benefits-impacts

https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/dec/15/clark-county-council-areas-state-legislators-agree-third-bridge-needed-over-columbia-river

This won't be some inept V-BC narrow bridge.

Netherlands

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

A very flat & low land that's about the same size as Switzerland, but with twice the population.

https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/netherlands/switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland has 8.9 million people & can fit into BC about 23 times. BC has yet to reach the population of one Switzerland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland#Largest_cities

Unless BC claims to have a different set of physics than that of CH, mountains can't be used as an excuse for limited urban growth & density.

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

Italy & Japan also have plenty of mountains, but that hasn't prevented them from proper planning & infrastructure development.

https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/switzerland/netherlands A very flat country with about double the population of CH.

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

Metro Vancouver expected to grow by 50,000 people a year

 https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/metro-vancouver-expected-grow-50,000-people-year

Of course all the real big cities around the world are able to properly plan & build up an appropriate level of infrastructure, were as Greater Vancouver keeps taking a scaled back approach. Especially within the small city limits of  Vancouver.

Little backwater NW should have been properly planned as a gateway between Surrey, Burnaby & Coquitlam, decades ago. However, there has been a multi-generational resistance mentality & its quite apparent in the stunted infrastructure.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9489375/pattullo-replacement-six-lanes-debate Open the new P Bridge with only 4 lanes & no emergency lanes, because 2 extra bus & HOV lanes would be what a proper big city would do. Make sure that there is no provision for a LRT deck, because NW & Surrey only needs one rail transit line. A provision for a 2nd deck would ensure future truck capacity, but that would mean to properly plan for growth. This multi-generational congestive planning approach in BC is so absurd. 

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-replacement-crossing-capacity-small

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skybridge_(TransLink) When the SkyBridge between NW & Surrey opened in 1990, there was no provision to have 2 bus & HOV lanes. Of course there were no bike lanes & footpaths on the bridge. Apparently, it was better to just squeeze all bike & foot traffic onto the very narrow Pattullo_Bridge, which only has 1 sidewalk no wider than a bathtub.

https://evelazarus.com/aborted-plans-a-third-crossing-for-the-north-shore While V-BC celebrated the cancelation of a series of freeway plans through the small city between the 1950s & into the early 70s, there was never a proper follow-up to a North Shore rapid-transit crossing.

https://www.nsnews.com/opinion/letters-lets-get-going-on-a-third-crossing-for-north-shore-6436538 It is pathetic & embarasing that a bike, bus & train bridge wasn't built across the North+Shore inlet at least by the mid 1980s.

https://www.nsnews.com/opinion/almost-two-thirds-of-north-shore-readers-say-a-new-bridge-is-needed-6423723 It is absurd that there wont be a train, bus & bike bridge crossing the inlet by 2025 or even 2030. https://council.vancouver.ca/010313/tt2.htm

The only hope seems to be an eventual replacement or some kind of upgrade to the Iron Bridge. Transportation_in_Vancouver has always been on a smaller scale than what it should be. 

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/a-look-at-six-possible-routes-for-rapid-transit-across-burrard-inlet

https://globalnews.ca/news/3765300/little-hope-of-third-crossing-to-north-shore-as-traffic-woes-worsen/

https://viewpointvancouver.ca/2016/08/26/first-rule-for-a-third-crossing

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/this-week-in-history-1967-wacky-bennett-and-tom-terrific-team-up-to-push-for-a-third-crossing

BC doesn't even have the population of one Switzerland. Yet, local people already say that BC is too populated. WTH?

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=North+Shore+of+Greater+Vancouver

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=V-BC

Should-Vancouver-get-dedicated-bus-lanes-on-these-routes?

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/should-vancouver-get-dedicated-bus-lanes-on-these-routes-9238789

So many narrow streets & especially narrow bridges makes for quite a challenge. Almost every bridge in Greater Vancouver should have had bus & bike bridges built next to them decades ago. Unfortunately, the congestive planning approach keeps winning out.

Victoria and New Westminster, BC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_British_Columbia

Unlike little Victoria, New_Westminster is part of an urban region with over a few million people.

https://www.britannica.com/place/New-Westminster

Victoria like NW, was started off as just a backwater provincial capital. 

Despite the reluctance for most of its history, Greater_Victoria might start to exceed Halifax,_Nova_Scotia. Then eventually, it could catch up to Quebec_City and Winnipeg, which are known for their very cold winters. Of course as more people in Canada realize that SW BC has the mildest winters, there will be more growth. 

Toronto is the largest provincial capital in Canada & is more on the scale of the state capitals of Melbourne & Sydney. One might have to go back to the Edmonton of the 1960s, to see when it was just starting to emerge from being a provincial backwater like Victoria. Despite the very cold winters and the lack of Chinook-winds, Edmonton has become the largest provincial in Canada, after Toronto. 

For Greater Victoria to ever catch up to or rival Edmonton, there would have to be a Victoria-Naimo urban region. There would have to be a proper passenger & freight corridor of 2 fenced off tracks & eventually at least 4 tracks. Plus, a proper highway with truck, bus & HOV lanes & parallel bike paths.

Over the decades, the Vancouver Island_Rail_Corridor was allowed to become dormant, as it just happened to fit in with the backwater BC approach to things. However, the half-assed planning approach that is so common in backward BC, has to be challenged & corrected.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Rail_Corridor#Railway_dormancy_and_delayed_re-openings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Rail_Corridor#Rapid_transit_on_E&N_in_Victoria

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/transportation-reports-and-reference/reports-studies/vancouver-island/island-rail

https://www.islandrail.ca/rail/rail-service-plans 

530-columbia-street-new-westminster-marriott-hotel-tower-redevelopment

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/columbia-theatre-530-columbia-street-new-westminster-marriott-hotel-tower-redevelopment

NW has to stop pretending that it's just another backwater & realize that its part of an urban region with over a few million people.

Vancouver's-new-bus-lanes-automated-enforcement-proposal

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-new-bus-lanes-automated-enforcement-proposal

tiktok-vancouver-office-bentall-centre

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/tiktok-vancouver-office-bentall-centre

sacred-waters-development-in langley-township

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/sacred-waters-development-langley-township-redevelopment-86-avenue-carvolth

aimforce-development-group-vancouver-developer-mortgage-foreclosure

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/aimforce-development-group-vancouver-developer-mortgage-foreclosure

BC Okanagan Valley Region

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

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/okanagan-valley

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

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/okanagan-valley-electric-regional-passenger-rail-over-pr-lrt-kelowna There should be a properly separated highspeed train between Kelowna & Kamloops. Plus, a proper highway with truck, bus & HOV lanes. 

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

the next generation of TTC subway trains

 https://dailyhive.com/toronto/new-ttc-subway-trains

new-ttc-subway-trains

 https://dailyhive.com/toronto/new-ttc-subway-trains

Vancouver is overhauling its longstanding view corridor and shadow policies

 https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/vancouver-overhauls-longstanding-view-protection-policy-to-boost-housing-production

The+Vancouver+view+corridor+agenda has been so firmly entrenched for so long that the city remains perpetually stunted. Just look at how scaled back the overall infrastructure is.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10616897/vancouver-city-council-removes-view-cones For most of the history of BC since coloial times, Vancouver was the only place for a major city to exist.

https://storeys.com/vancouver-view-cones-no-match-density Thus, buy holding back & thwarting the scale of Vancouver, BC was also stunted.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-public-view-cones-protected-public-views-changes-increased-housing-1.7255487

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/should-vancouver-relax-some-view-corridor-building-restrictions-to-allow-for-more-housing-1.6584076

https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/projects/2023/12/preserving-vancouvers-vista-insight-into-the-citys-view-protection-policy

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/review-vancouver-view-cones-density-1.6985425

https://viewpointvancouver.ca/2018/02/12/urbanist-melody-ma-the-vancouver-view-corridors-why-they-are-important/

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=the+Vancouver+view+corridor+agenda

Has Vancouver’s Lost Lagoon become a ’44-acre mud puddle?’

 https://globalnews.ca/news/10620618/vancouver-lost-lagoon-mud-puddle/

Such a pathetic joke. Why not just turn it into an open toilet?

Lower bowl of Vancouver stadium sells out months ahead of Grey Cup

 https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/07/12/bc-place-lower-bowl-grey-cup-tickets-sold-out

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/grey-cup-tickets-selling-bc-place-lower-sells-out

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

Owner	Province of British Columbia
Operator	BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo)
Executive suites	50[1]
Capacity	54,500 27,695 (lower bowl) 22,120 (MLS)[2]
Record attendance	65,061 (September 2, 2023, Ed Sheeran, +–=÷× Tour)[3]

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

Of course the biggest stadium in BC would still have to have less capacity than Edmonton's, Perth's & Seattle's.

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

Owner	City of Edmonton
Capacity	42,500 (1978–1979) 43,346 (1980–1981) 59,912 (1982) 60,081 (1983–2007) 59,537 (2008–2012) 56,302 (2012–present) 31,000 (lower bowl)
Record attendance	66,835 (U2 360° Tour)

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

The stadium's total capacity is 61,266, including standing room, making it the third-largest stadium in Australia (after the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Stadium Australia).^[7] The stadium can be extended up to 65,000 seats for rectangular sports. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Stadium

Owner	Government of Western Australia VenuesWest
Operator	VenuesLive[4][5]
Capacity	61,266[1] 65,000 (Rectangular)[2] 70,000 (Concert)[3]
Record attendance	73,092, Ed Sheeran concert 12 March 2023

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

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

Owner	Washington State Public Stadium Authority
Operator	First & Goal Inc.
Executive suites	111
Capacity	68,740 (NFL) Expandable to 72,000 (for special events) 37,722 (MLS / XFL) Expandable to 68,740 (for special events) 10,000 (NWSL)
Record attendance	Concert: 77,286 (Ed Sheeran, August 26, 2023) Soccer: 69,274 (Seattle Sounders FC vs. Toronto FC, November 10, 2019)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumen_Field#Funding

false-creek-south-comprehensive-development-plan-process-contractor

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/false-creek-south-comprehensive-development-plan-process-contractor

A neighbourhood in Calgary was just named one of the most liveable in Canada

 https://dailyhive.com/calgary/calgary-neighbourhood-most-livable-canada-downtown-west-end

It's amazing that after all these years, no one was able to Vancouverize 6 & 5th Ave SE. They remain as nice 5 lane wide streets. Sure, Calgary used to have waggon roads, but no one from Vancouver has been able to get Calgary to go back to 2 or 3 lane waggon roads. 

If you are from Calgary & visit Vancouver, nothing can prepare you as to how backward & restrictive Vancouver is.

Fortunately, Alberta was never merged into backward BC.

New Costco store location with a gas station set for Metro Vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/costco-south-surrey-new-location-164-street-metro-vancouver

Vancouver can't stop Surrey from eventually becoming the largest city in BC. Eventually, Surrey will have some taller buildings than what Vancouver permits.

Some looming Vancouver view cones changes

 https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/07/10/vancouver-view-cones-changes

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=the+Vancouver+view+corridor+agenda 

vancouver-view-cone-relaxations-building-heights-approved

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-view-cone-relaxations-building-heights-approved

Vancouver's view cone restrictions

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-view-cone-shadowing-opinion-public-amenities

While there are some taller residential towers, Vancouver has never permitted an office tower to have a 40th floor. Victoria has never permitted any office building to have a 20th floor. In recent years, office tower demand isn't what it used to be. However, short, stumpy buildings & narrow bridges help to keep Vancouver & Victoria as perpetually stunted cities. Melbourne & Sydney are about as far away from the BC backwater mentality as one can get. However, even today, there are people that would have liked Sydney to not be much bigger than Hobart & Melbourne just a little larger than Adelaide. Even Auckland was never interested in adopting the very restrictive Vancouver & BC backwater approach to things. 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=the+Vancouver+view+corridor+agenda

All about the 3.2-km-long railway tunnel deep under Burnaby and its fake house

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/thornton-tunnel-burnaby-fake-house-canadian-national-cn-railway

stanley-park-beach-avenue-park-board-bike-lane-changes-rejected

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/stanley-park-beach-avenue-park-board-bike-lane-changes-rejected

Construction to begin on new Holdom Avenue road overpass above railway in Brentwood in Burnaby

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/holdom-avenue-overpass-burnaby-cn-railway-construction-design

BC urban planning

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bob-williams-bc-urban-planning-legacy

Backwater BC & especially Vancouver & Victoria, have been under a multigenerational thwarting agenda. Short trains & short buildings along with narrow bridges, all help to perpetually stunt BC.

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/06/28/bc-building-code-proposed-changes-for-ses

BC government consultant recommends single-staircase residential buildings of up to 6 storeys

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-single-staircase-residential-buildings-consultant-report-findings

Once again, backward BC is slow to realizing this.

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/06/28/bc-building-code-proposed-changes-for-ses/

broadway-plan-street-concepts

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-plan-great-street-vancouver-concepts

Sewer line break prompts water restrictions, beach closures in Vernon

 https://globalnews.ca/news/10609045/vernon-sewer-line-break-water-restrictions-beach-closures/

Is there a shitty+BC+agenda?

paris-olympics-river-seine-plan-b

 https://globalnews.ca/news/10606203/paris-olympics-river-seine-plan-b/

federal-board-longshore-foreman-union

 https://globalnews.ca/news/10609523/federal-board-longshore-foreman-union/

5585-oak-street-vancouver-shawn-oaks-redevelopment-concept

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/5505-5585-oak-street-vancouver-shawn-oaks-redevelopment-concept

Over 5 million sq ft of office space in Metro Vancouver is currently vacant

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-office-vacancy-rate-q2-2024

Most new office buildings should be designed in a way that they can be repurposed if the need should arise. Besides Honolulu & San Diego, Vancouver has some of the smallest office buildings for a major city. While Honolulu doesn't like their office buildings to have more than 30 floors, Vancouver has never permitted an office tower to have a 40th floor. Phoenix has allowed only one 40 story office tower. 

The big problem is that Vancouver is so far behind with apartment rental and hotel towers.

canada-household-debt-third-highest-in-the world

 https://dailyhive.com/canada/canada-household-debt-third-highest-in-world

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-13595529/moved-Manchester-Canada-love-four-things-consider-choosing-emigrate-including-cost-living.html

Will building a new Vancouver City Hall cut costs?

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/city-of-vancouver-city-hall-office-lease-costs

Vancouver used to have a Sea festival

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sea-festival-files-for-bankruptcy-protection-1.545832

https://shrineodreams.wordpress.com/tag/vancouver-riots/

https://vancouversun.com/news/this-day-in-history-july-11-1970

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/marine-history-festival-founders/article983586/

Fortunately, Seattle is still able to have their festival after all these years. They just never seemed to have the same problems that Vancouver had.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Seattle+Seafair

Seattle's Seafair 4th of July celebration

 https://www.komonews.com/news/local/seattle-seafair-4th-fourth-of-july-celebration-7000-pounds-fireworks-festivities-festival-firework-show-20-minutes-when-do-gates-open-start-summer-score-lake-union-space-needle-park-washington-where-to-go

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

https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/how-to-watch-seafair-summer-fourth-of-july-fireworks/281-0be0ef47-4f76-4570-b8f8-8a9c6b13ca72

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seafair#Events

https://www.seafair.org/

https://visitseattle.org/events/seafair-weekend-festival/

Proposed Vancouver view cone policy relaxations

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-view-cone-changes-proposal-2024

Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside at risk of losing 2 bathrooms due to lack of funding

 https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/07/02/downtown-eastside-at-risk-losing-2-bathrooms/

Some say that the city has been going to shit for several years now.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10598334/dtes-public-toilet-funding

Is this part of the+shitty+BC+agenda? Of course urban living standards should be improved for everyone.

Hastings Mill, V-BC

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

If Vancouver could have been started at least a few decades earlier, it might have been allowed to be a big city like Seattle or even SF.

https://blog.castac.org/2015/05/hastings-mill

https://forbiddenvancouver.ca/the-hastings-mill

https://hastingsmillmuseum.ca/our-history

https://scoutmagazine.ca/you-should-know-how-an-original-piece-of-vancouver-landed-deep-on-the-west-side/