The Sydney Metro Train

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Metro , https://www.sydneymetro.info/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InYZw4mIWGA

https://www.sydneymetro.info/citysouthwest/project-overview

Train length	Sydney Metro North West, City and South West: 6 Carriages (with potential for 2 additional carriages to be added) Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport: 3 or 4 carriages
Headway	4 minutes (peak) 5-7 minutes (intra-peak) 10 minutes (off-peak)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Metro#Operations

"The Metro North West Line currently operates with 6-car trains running on 4-minute headways. After the addition of the Stage 2 extension to Bankstown, the stations’ platforms will be configured to allow for future use of 8-car trains and the signalling system designed to allow for 2-minute headways, both of which are planned to be introduced once increased patronage demands it. Eight-car trains have a design capacity of 1,539 customers and increasing the running frequency to ultimately 30 trains per hour (2-minute headway) would provide a maximum capacity of 46,170 passengers per hour per direction." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Metro#Capacity

Unlike backward Greater Vancouver, Sydney makes it easier to have longer trains to better handle future capacity.

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

Megaprojects: Shaping Metro Vancouver’s future

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxJ1EPJD8mw

Second Narrows Water Supply Tunnel

https://metrovancouver.org/services/water/second-narrows-water-supply-tunnel

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

 https://www.tunnelcanada.ca/members/documents/2022/papers/SES7LHY0J1K0U8CKS_SNWST_Design_and_Construction_of_a_Deep_TBM_Launch_Shaft_in_Coarse-Grained_Soils_-_Emslie_et_al_1.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHw6eLNep00

Vancouver prepares to dig a tunnel deep under Stanley Park

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/metro-vancouver-prepares-to-dig-tunnel-deep-under-stanley-park-9761677

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/stanley-park-water-supply-tunnel-vancouver-construction

https://globalnews.ca/news/10853316/stanley-park-water-tunnel-timeline/

https://vancouversun.com/news/construction-to-begin-on-new-495-million-water-supply-tunnel-in-stanley-park

https://metrovancouver.org/services/water/ConstructionDocuments/fact-sheet-stanley-park-water-supply-tunnel.pdf

https://brander.ca/watertunnel/

https://metrovancouver.org/services/water/ConstructionDocuments/stanley-park-water-supply-tunnel-engagement-summary-phase-3.pdf

https://www.mottmac.com/contentassets/89f18a046b4d49c8874e32f58b71bc90/stanley-park-water-supply-tunnel-1.png?width=1696&height=960&quality=90&rmode=crop

https://www.mottmac.com/en-us/projects/stanley-park-water-supply-tunnel/

A busy highway in Edmonton will be reduced to one lane for the rest of 2024

 https://dailyhive.com/edmonton/highway-west-edmonton-reduced-single-lane

Prince Rupert, BC

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

https://www.abbynews.com/news/bc-study-calls-prince-ruperts-downtown-northwest-bcs-most-vibrant-7627977

bike-lane-debate-flares-in-new-westminster, bc

 https://globalnews.ca/news/10850395/bike-lane-debate-flares-in-new-westminster/

https://www.reddit.com/r/NewWest/comments/ydlrlj/am_i_the_only_one_that_thinks_the_new_bike_lanes/

The Seattle Streetcar

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

https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/getting-around/transit/streetcar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Streetcar#Future_expansion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcars_in_North_America#Second-generation_streetcar_systems

https://www.theurbanist.org/2024/02/02/it-could-be-the-end-of-line-for-the-seattle-streetcar Hopefully, thais can be resolved. Otherwise, Seattle might start to emulate some of the backwards planning that is in Vancouver, BC.

https://www.ggnltd.com/seattle-streetcar-city-center-connector

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

https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/vehicles/press-release/55137917/king-county-metro-transit-service-resumes-on-south-lake-union-route-of-seattle-streetcar

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=streetcars+and+trams

The Portland Streetcar

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Streetcar#Proposed_expansions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Streetcar#Comparison_with_light_rail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcars_in_North_America#Second-generation_streetcar_systems

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=streetcars+and+trams

The Dallas Streetcar

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Streetcar#Future_expansion_plans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-Line_Trolley#Future

https://www.dart.org/guide/transit-and-use/dallas-streetcar

https://www.mata.org/about/learn/

https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2023/10/dallas-wakes-up-to-a-hazy-dream-of-a-streetcar-system

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=streetcars+and+trams

Vancouver's former Olympic Line streetcar

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-olympic-line-streetcar-future

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Downtown_Historic_Railway#Olympic_Line

Fortunately, the Vancouver mentality of anti-streetcars and trams was never adopted in Seattle, Portland, Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto, Melbourne, SF & N.O...

https://montecristomagazine.com/community/vancouvers-forgotten-streetcars

https://kumtuks.ca/streetcars-and-metro-vancouver/

https://vancouversun.com/news/this-week-in-history-1890-vancouver-gets-cutting-edge-with-an-electric-streetcar-and-light-system Unfortunatly, over the course of several generations, Vancouver keeps doing the wrong thing, especially with urban transportation planning. 

https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/digitizers-blog/streetcars-before-buses-british-columbia-electric-railway/

https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcbooks/1.0376526#p6z-8r0f: Greater Victoria could have been a prper big citties like Seattle or Sydney Australia. Greater Vancouver could have been on the scale of a Montreal by now. 

https://monova.ca/the-story-of-streetcar-153

https://westendvancouver.wordpress.com/historical-background/streetcars/

https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2013/06/18/vancouver-transit-the-era-of-street-cars1/

https://buzzer.translink.ca/2017/04/from-rails-to-rubber-a-look-back-at-the-regions-transition-from-streetcars-to-buses

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=streetcars+and+trams

Thousands without power, trees down in B.C. as storm sweeps through on Monday

 https://globalnews.ca/news/10850151/bc-storm-monday-power-outages-pooling-water/

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/wind-warning-issued-for-vigorous-storm-in-metro-vancouver-9755993

https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouver-wind-rain-storm-live-updates-thousands-lose-power

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/overnight-power-outages-expected-after-destructive-b-c-storm-1.7097643

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/11/04/metro-vancouver-delta-capilano-wind-warning-trees-fall/

NYC "A" train subway service to be suspended for 5 months

 https://pix11.com/news/transit/a-train-subway-service-to-be-suspended-for-5-months-what-to-know

https://new.mta.info/maps/subway-line-maps/a-line

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_Division_(New_York_City_Subway)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Division_(New_York_City_Subway)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60th_Street_Tunnel_Connection

Edmonton's historic Mill Creek Trestle Bridge is being replaced

 https://dailyhive.com/edmonton/mill-creek-trestle-bridge-replaced-edmonton

https://www.edmonton.ca/projects_plans/roads/mill-creek-ravine-trestle-bridge-replacement

https://hermis.alberta.ca/ARHP/Details.aspx?DeptID=1&ObjectID=4664-0060

https://www.edmonton.ca/projects_plans/roads/mill-creek-pedestrian-bridges

https://islengineering.com/project/mill-creek-pedestrian-bridges/

https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/edmonton_archives/edmonton-bridges

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=6f9421d312f5455c85ccbbe29727bd24

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Bridges_in_Alberta

TransLink seeking creative ‘retirement plans’ for old SkyTrain cars

 https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/11/03/vancouver-skytrain-cars-proposal-refurbish-retirement-expo-line/

At least a couple of them should be in a special exhibit to show more evidence of backwater BC planning that was supported by inept Vancouver planning. 

Why have trains as long as those in Montreal (152.5m), when Greater Vancouver is all about excelling in congestive planning?

What European housing models could do for Canada’s affordability problems

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/the-mix/what-european-housing-models-could-do-for-canadas-affordability-problems-9750777

The City of Paris, Île-de-France region

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele-de-France

Île de Montréal - Island of Montreal

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

 https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9gion_m%C3%A9tropolitaine_de_Montr%C3%A9al

Vancouver quietly proclaimed Chip Wilson Day

 https://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-quietly-proclaimed-chip-wilson-day-as-billionaire-installed-sign-calling-b-c-ndp-communist-1.7096391

https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-election-chip-wilson-ndp-communist-sign-vancouver-mansion

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/chip-wilson-vancouver-ndp-signs

The old SkyTrain cars are finally entering their retirement phase

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-mark-i-cars-ideas-reuse-proposal

Such ridiculously small, plastic railcars. They were designed to be even smaller that the steel ones in Chicago, which can have longer trains than backward Vancouver.

Service interrupted on Metro's green line, REM back to normal

 https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/public-transit-troubles-service-interrupted-on-metro-s-green-line-rem-back-to-normal-1.7094960

Unlike BC, at least Montreal has a good level of infrastructure, when its working.

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/metros-green-line-service-interrupted-again-because-of-water-infiltration

https://montreal.citynews.ca/2024/11/01/service-green-line-montreal-metro/

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bonaventure/@45.4985644,-73.5665737,693m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x4cc91a541c64b70d:0x654e3138211fefef!2sMontreal,+QC!3b1!8m2!3d45.5018869!4d-73.5673919!16zL20vMDUycDc!3m5!1s0x4cc91a5d23cb7eb9:0x8cce01ab91b1d89d!8m2!3d45.4980335!4d-73.5668115!16zL20vMDRzNzRu!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAyOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://www.google.com/maps/place/REM+%C3%8ELE-DES-SOEURS+Station/@45.4703096,-73.5380778,127m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x4cc91a541c64b70d:0x654e3138211fefef!2sMontreal,+QC!3b1!8m2!3d45.5018869!4d-73.5673919!16zL20vMDUycDc!3m5!1s0x4cc911564250dde1:0x6e42f617ef20d4a4!8m2!3d45.4703598!4d-73.5384674!16s%2Fg%2F11t9lr6r37!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAyOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

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

Vancouver's inept Knight Street and Bridge

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-knight-street-video-concern

The Knight_Street_Bridge was deliberately designed to not have a couple of emergency lanes. No truck lanes and especially no bus and HOV lanes. No proper bike lanes, just 2 narrow sidewalks. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Street_Bridge#Infrastructure

Thus, the Knight_Street_Bridge is one of the best examples of BC bottleneck planning.

https://images.drivebc.ca/bchighwaycam/pub/html/www/695.html

The Knight_Street_Bridge is so narrow and inept, that a new HOV, bus and bike bridge should be built right next to it.

The incredibly inept Fraser_Street_Bridge should have been rebuilt or replaced by the 1970s, especially by the 1990s. The city and the Provincial_government didn't seem to understand that a new bridge there would be great as a HOV, bus and bike bridge. A couple of wide emergency lanes would have made it a lot easier for emergency vehicles to go between Vancouver & Richmond.

Despite Oak Street being 6 lanes wide, the BC bottleneck mentality wanted to force everything into a 4 lane Oak_Street_Bridge. Even if there was no concept to have bus lanes in the late 1950s, the OSB should have had 6 lanes, plus 2 wide emergency lanes and 2 wide sidewalks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Street_Bridge#Infrastructure

By now, there should have been a HOV, bus & bike bridge built next to the narrow & inept Oak_Street_Bridge. 

The multigenerational inept Vancouver & BC planning agenda is all about creating more congestion. 

Fortunately, the 8 lane Champlain+Bridge also has 2 passenger train tracks. This was possible, because Montreal and Quebec don't have anything like the Vancouver & BC mentality to hinder them.

Why have a provision for 10 car SkyTrains, when a 2-4 car train can enable more congestion? That's the backward BC way.

It's amazing that the Montreal+Metro was designed to have 9 car trains even back in the 1960s. Montreal and Quebec just don't have anything like a backwater BC mentally to contend with.