Wednesday, December 18, 2024

UBC-Vancouver-Burnaby-PM-Coquitlam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_(Vancouver)#Millennium_Line

The UBC segment could be the last part of the line. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Line#University_of_British_Columbia_extension

However, the Port_Coquitlam_extension might be the very last part of the line.

Eventually, there should also be a Port_Coquitlam-Pitt_Meadows-Maple_Ridge line.

The+University+of+British+Columbia still has to allow cars & trucks & busses.

https://planning.ubc.ca/planning-development/policies-and-plans/u-boulevard-area-planning Unfortunatly, what used to be a 4 lane corridor has been reduced to only 2 lanes. For some reason, instead of widening the sidewalks to add bike lanes, 2 boulevard lanes were removed. 

https://planning.ubc.ca/about-us/what-guides-us/history-campus-planning Unlike Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton & Calgary, there just didn't seem to be any long term plan to have a train reaching into the main UBC campus. That is until recent decades. 

https://visit.ubc.ca/eat-drink-and-stay/restaurants/food-courts/university-boulevard-central-food-court/

https://archives.library.ubc.ca/general-history/a-brief-history-of-ubc/

https://www.universityendowmentlands.gov.bc.ca/Library/Area_D_Neighbourhood_Profile_Website.pdf


A UBC Station before the next millennium?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Washington_station 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_station_(Edmonton) 1992

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_station_(Calgary) 1987

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longueuil-Universite-de-Sherbrooke_station 1967

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berri-UQAM_station 1966

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George_station U Toronto1963