Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Monday, November 3, 2025
Why the SkyTrain and DLR are So Unique
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrMISsHZ85s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway , https://tfl.gov.uk/maps/track/dlr
The DLR could have been built better right from the start so that more capacity and efficiency were in place since its first day. It was never meant to rival any section of a tube line in capacity per KM.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway_rolling_stock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_(Vancouver)
While the first 2 Skytrain lines only have 80 m stations which are slightly more than half the length of a Montreal Metro train station, there should have been enough level station clearance to eventually double the length of each station. The 3rd line to YVR only has a level station clearance of 50 m, vs. the 152.4 m Montreal Metro stations. The YVR-Canada-Line should have had enough level station clearance to eventually become 160 m in length.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_(Vancouver)#Rolling_stock
Harrison Ford torches Trump over climate policy despite owning and flying private jet
That's just like when some people having a few kids & cars, are saying that there are too many people on the planet.
A lot of people will never have enough money to even own one car, let alone a private plane. There are some people that own 1 or a few cars and will be the first to complain that there are too many people with cars and trucks...
I never could understand when some ferociously bearded Range Rover drivers look like they are homeless. Are they projecting the image that because they look like a bearded wildman or caveman, it's good for the environment? Are they symbolizing that even if they lost all of their investments or their job, they would still be driving a range Rover?
Once I saw a guy sitting on the sidewalk with regular clothes with a sign asking for donations. Then I saw what looked like a caveman with scruffy cloths getting into his Jaguar, just a short distance away. Whether some guy makes a few hundred thousand dollars a year, or a few million, why would they want to look like they live on the street or the backwoods?
Then there are some billionaires who would like people in general to stop eating red meat and stop breeding so that they can have a better Champaign & caviar lifestyle. Then there is the AI server farm craze which uses so much energy, the owners wish that most of the "human herd" would cut down on their energy consumption. Yes, humans should give up and totally hand over their power to AgI control systems in order to have an inhumane world.
If someone has done well enough to own their own plane, mansion, boat & luxury car, they should be proud and might even feel fortunate. But then they wish that there weren't so many consumers & breeders taking up the Earths resources, when it should be for the cream of the septic tank.
Whether its the feudal system, kingdoms, Communism or crony capitalism, the top always enriches themselves and doesn't care if most people are closer to the sewer than those who live above it all.
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Getting to and from the Airport Doesn’t Have to be Difficult
Getting to the Airport Doesn’t Have to Suck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WDCfDHQrxQ
The Missing Transit in This Fast-Growing Canadian Province https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LGigNBLuS0
The Transit Every Airport Needs | Airport Rail Links https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YeVZVluQWI
Metro Vancouver's Future Transit Plans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVVfYwn7vmI
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Friday, October 31, 2025
Thursday, October 30, 2025
The Dark Sides of Dubai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tvpsnGtV8E
2 Years in Dubai | Brutally Honest Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tbNJcvGjOY
World Cup lodging shortfall predicted in Vancouver
The proposed 27-storey hotel tower at the edge of Stanley Park is drawing pushback from West End residents over its scale https://vancouversun.com/news/proposed-west-end-tower-that-aims-to-fill-vancouvers-hotel-shortage Parking lots and almost delapadeted buildings should be selected first. This building still seems to be in reasonable shape.
https://www.biv.com/news/real-estate/vancouver-needs-10k-more-hotel-rooms-says-report-10508458
https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouver-major-hotel-policy-overhaul-room-shortage
Lots of people in some parts of the West_End end are still accustomed to stumpy buildings, despite the very high land costs.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Vancouver-stanley-park.jpg/960px-Vancouver-stanley-park.jpg Many other cities aren't afraid to build tall close to the water or parks.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Vancouver_west_end.jpg/960px-Vancouver_west_end.jpg People shouldn't be displace just becaus of a new development. An agreement should be reached so that they can still remain in the new structure. However, it's the height issue that usually keeps popping up. A lot of people that still remember Vancouver as a provincial backwater of a city want it to remain that way for as long as possible.
https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/2030-2038-barclay-st , https://stop2030barclay.ca
https://henriquezpartners.com/projects/2030-barclay The height proposal is at lest a dozen floors too short, it should be about 20 stories taller.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/2030-barclay-street-vancouver-stanley-park-hotel-tower
https://storeys.com/marcon-barclay-street-vancouver-hotel The issue here is that a lot of people don't want a stump replaced with an atempt of a taller building. The people that live there should have the option to live in the new building. If the city and the developer could reach an agreement to allow the current residents to move into the lower floors of the tower. Then remain there at a reasonable rental rate for as long as they want. Then eventually after all the former residents have moved on or passed on, the lower floors could be repurposed into hotel rooms. If a developer in such a situation could agree to that, then the city should allow them to build 15-20 floors higher than 27 stories.
That gets back to the height restriction issue in Vancouver. Other cities have allowed tall buildings right up to the edge of a park. It seems that no one from Vancouver was able to ever stop Sydney. Rather, the Vancouver Mind Virus (VMV) never made it there to thwart big, bustling Sydney.
.jpg/960px-Global_Citizen_Festival_Central_Park_New_York_City_from_NYonAir_(15351915006).jpg)
https://bcbusiness.ca/industries/real-estate/land-values-how-the-hotel-shortage-in-vancouver-is-coinciding-with-a-boom-in-tourism The BC Mind Virus is so firmly entrenched that its still very difficult to properly upgrade things.
Vegas Casino CEO Admits Why the Strip Is Empty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd0AG9doLjY
What It's Actually Like In Las Vegas Right Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JMTd59qkoE
Las Vegas in 2026 is looking REAL BAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnybe5ekBRY
MGM Is Collapsing — The Fall of Las Vegas’s Biggest Casino Empire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nZcBSx6n0c
LV is in trouble.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Long-term plan to completely rebuild and expand Vancouver General Hospital
It's about time that backwards BC start building up a proper big city size medical center in watered-down Vancouver. Another proper big city medical complex should be built in Surrey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy%27s_Hospital#Facilities
Houston, TX has been building theirs over the past several decades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Medical_Center
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Medical_Center#Hospitals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Medical_Center#Cityscape_and_infrastructure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Hermann_Memorial_City_Medical_Center#Facilities
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Complex_Goi%C3%A2nia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_hospitals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurie_Children%27s_Hospital
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Medical_and_Dental_University#Campuses
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herlev_Hospital
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_hospital_campuses#Ranked_by_capacity
Backwater BC has been under a multigenerational, KEEP THINGS SMALL OR INADEQUATE agenda for too damn long. The overbearing implemented symbolism is too much! An inept 3 lane Lions+Gate+Bridge and an absurd Canada+Line with only 2 car trains, are classic BC Mind Virus (BCMV) B$! Even the 4 lane Pattullo+Bridge+replacement is another example of the BCMV. Somehow, Vancouver & BC fell behind with having enough hotel rooms. Its as if the city & province just didn't think that adding hotels would actually help the local tourism business. The Greater Vancouver Region should have made it easier for more hotels to be built by cutting out so much red tape.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=BC+hotels
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Surrey primed to surpass Vancouver population in the very near future
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-vancouver-population-estimates-rennie Fortunatly, the Vancouver Mind Virus won't be able to stop Surrey from having taller residential buildings. While Vancouver still won't permit any office tower to have 40 floors, Surrey will very likely have the first office tower in BC to have more than 40 stories.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-metro-vancouver-population-growth-forecast-bc-city-2038
Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast vs. Waikiki, Honolulu
https://www.racq.com.au/articles/holidays/2018/8/hang-loose-in-hawaii
https://www.reddit.com/r/GoldCoast/comments/zw8k7x/why_is_there_so_much_hate_on_surfers_paradise/
https://www.redbull.com/mk-mk/best-places-to-surf-in-the-world
.jpg/960px-Waikiki%2C_Honolulu_Panorama_(16191692896).jpg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waikiki , https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=421&searchname=timeline
.jpg/960px-Rainbow_Tower_Waikiki_(16178632002).jpg)
Why the Las Vegas Sphere Is Now a Ghost Landmark as Tourism Collapses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgeBuVNqROg
Las Vegas Just Wasted $20B — Now the City is DYING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSIRIynjOVI
Las Vegas Megaprojects: 4 Projects that will Change America in 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17wPIo6UMlE
Monday, October 27, 2025
Surrey ranks among Canada’s top cities for digital infrastructure and economic growth
Digital growth is great, especially for backwater BC.
Some people don't like the idea of Surrey eventually becoming the biggest city in BC. Yet, as long as Surrey continues to think, plan and build on a larger scale than Vancouver, Surrey will be the most populated city in BC.
There has been a strong anti growth movement or slow growth agenda in BC for several decades. Eventually, Surrey will have a taller residential building than Vancouver's tallest and Surrey will likely have an office tower than Vancouver's tallest. As of late 2025, Vancouver still has no 40 story office tower.
Brisbane Airport Railway Line
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_railway_line,_Brisbane
https://www.airtrain.com.au/travel-info/brisbane-airport
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Airtrain_NGR_Indigenous.jpg Being from backwards Vancouver, its sometimes difficult to comprehend the scale of how several cities are able to have longer trains on their airport+line. Then I'm always reminded, that its because they aren't hindered by anything like the Vancouver MV or the BC Mind Virus (BCMV).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_Airport#Rail
https://www.airtrain.com.au/catch-airtrain-to/brisbane-city/
https://www.airtrain.com.au/travel-info/frequency-and-hours/
https://www.airtrain.com.au/travel-info/network-map/
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Brisbane+Airport+Railway+Line
Honolulu’s Skyline Rail Expands to West Honolulu, and to a New Airport Station
Even if the widest parts of the H-1 could be 10 or 12 lanes, it would still get plugged up. Nevertheless, being from Vancouver, it's quite impressive to see such a wide H-1 by the airport. If you visit Vancouver from Hawaii, you might think that Vancouver is a big city like Sydney, SF or Seattle. Then you discover that the roads & bridges are much narrower than what's in those cities. The real big surprise is that Vancouver not only has shorter trains than Sydney, SF & Seattle, but even Edmonton. Fortunately, the Skyline to the airport isn't a 2 car joke of a train like Vancouver's airport line is.
https://honolulutransit.org/about/route-map , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyline_(Honolulu)#Route
https://www.honolulu.gov/dts/skyline
The Airport Segment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyline_(Honolulu)#Segment_2:_Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lelepaua_station If only Vancouver's line to the airport could have opened with 4 car trains, then with Selective_door_operation, eventually 6 car trains. Unfortunatly, backwards Vancouver has been stuck with a 2 car YVR train since 2009, but it has the potential to become a 2.5 car joke of a train, someday.
Downtown Honolulu.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyline_(Honolulu)#Segment_3:_City_Center
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyline_(Honolulu)#Ala_Moana_extension
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyline_(Honolulu)#Rolling_stock "The line uses 256 ft (78 m) four-car train sets, each with the capacity to carry nearly 800 passengers..." "Each car is 64 ft (20 m) long, weighs 72,000 lb (33,000 kg), and has 36 seats with a listed total capacity of 195 people, and sits on standard-gauge (1,435 mm) rails."
While the Skyline cars are similar in length to the YVR-Canada-Line cars, they are of a heavier construction. Plus, the trains are twice as long as any on the embarrassingly short Canada+Line trains.
While it took a long time to get the Skyline to the airport, at least the stations were all initially built to accommodate 4 car trains. Unfortunatly, the joke that is the SkyTrain-Canada+Line is still only running 2 car trains and wasn't designed to eventually have 5 car trains. Its difficult to understand why the joke-line stations are only designed to accommodate a 2.5 car train, someday.
Honolulu like Brisbane, are very far away from the Vancouver Mind Virus (VMV) and much warmer. Thus, they are able to have longer trains to the airport, because they can build on a proper big city scale.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Brisbane+Airport+Railway+Line
Sunday, October 26, 2025
All cables and final steel girders now installed for new Pattullo Bridge
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-construction-milestone-cables-deck Unlike the old, inadequate bridge, which only has 4 narrow lanes and just 1 sidewalk, this will have 2 sidewalks and 2 bike lanes. Unfortunatly, there won't be any bus or HOV lanes. Thus, all the traffic will be funneled into just 2 lanes each way. Of course there won't be any emergency lanes or breakdown lanes, so this is another quintessential BC bottleneck by design. At least a provision for a lower deck would have provided some hope. While this bridge can eventually be widened to 6 lanes, there seems to be no serious consideration for there to be bus and HOV lanes. So it will end up like the overloaded 6 lane Iron Bridge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyBridge_(TransLink) No bike lanes and sidewalks and it wasn't built wide enough to eventually accomodate 3-4 tracks and 2 bus lanes. There is just something about backwards BC that makes it so obtuse and inept.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Westminster_Bridge Still, only a single track bridge for freight and passenger trains.
In order for this joke of a river railway crossing to be properly upgraded and efficient is for there to be at least a new double track bridge.
NW should have really had something like its own version of the Steel_Bridge in Portland.
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Saturday, October 25, 2025
Sweden and Iceland in 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96eV97y3gKg
The Ghetto in Reykjavik, Iceland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47_EyKQEQu4
Happier Living in Iceland Than In The U.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIDp5FJa15U
Friday, October 24, 2025
Chaos on East Hastings Street in Vancouver, BC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0eokh7IQq8
Life of the Homelessness in Vancouver Canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwRLD49gJhI
West Vancouver Housing directives not dependent on transit investments
West+Vancouver is so lacking with its infrastructure.
Other places don't use mountains and water as an excuse to not build proper urban transportation infrastructure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Monaco#System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco-Monte-Carlo_station
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Is LA's Airport Train Actually that Useful?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-9O8UYX3FQ
The Amazing Transit Comeback of Los Angeles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd0Zm7T1npE
Vancouver's middle-density housing unable to keep up with other Canadian cities
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Honolulu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_H-1
https://hidot.hawaii.gov/highways/special-use-lanes/
https://www.honolulupd.org/information/traffic-information-page/
https://www.wa-rock.com/project/oahu-h-1-freeway/
https://www.civilbeat.org/2015/04/honolulu-traffic-jam-a-perfect-storm-of-everything-falling-apart/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu_County,_Hawaii Land Area 601 sq mi (1,560 km2)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O'ahu 596.7 sq mi (1,545 km2)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu#Geography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu#Transportation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu#Public_transit
The Municipality of Monaco
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality_of_Monaco
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco#Administrative_divisions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Monaco
Despite being so much smaller than WV, Monaco can still have taller buildings and even wealthier people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odeon_Tower , https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/tour-odeon/2728
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/le-millefiori/9036
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/lannonciade/9037
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/parc-saint-roman/10179
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/columbia-palace/11239
The District of West Vancouver
https://www.growingcity.com/service-area/west-vancouver
While during the summer one can sort of pretend that West Vancouver is a little like Monaco, BC is still more like a movie set imitation of things.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Monaco_pano_b.jpg/960px-Monaco_pano_b.jpg Monaco has allowed for some taller buidings than what larger WV would permit.
https://metrovancouverlife.com/city-guide/west-vancouver
'Insufficient evidence' to conclude city building inspectors taking bribes in Vancouver
Allegations remain as allegations.
However, in an unrelated matter, there was a case of total $HIT-BOX mismanagement and excrement. Billions of dollars wasted in a $HIT-PIPE DREAM. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/metro-vancouver-board-votes-to-pause-nswwtp-review-until-legal-dispute-settled-1.7594512
Then there is the case as to why the Canada+Line+is+so+under-built. Apparently, as a rushed and inept cost saving measure, the Canada+Line wouldn't have 152.4m long stations like the Montreal Metro or even the Edmonton LRT stations, which range from 125m to 130m. Despite its 2 billion dollar cost the Canada-Line wasn't designed with that much future capacity in mind. The ridiculously short 50m stations should have been roughed out or level for at least 100m, if not even 160m. That would have allowed for future 5-8 car trains.
Ultimately, as a long-term, high capacity link between YVR and the 2 main ferry terminals, the stations should have had a 200m level clearance. That would have allowed for ten, 20m car trains. Unfortunatly, no provision for a 10 car train, not even a 5 car train, just an absurd 2.5 car short train, someday.
$HIT-BOX mismanagement and opting for short trains is such careless urban infrastructure planning.
The BC Mind Virus is such a horrible thing, but it officially doesn't exist. Yet, the crappy approach to things endures.
Ground broken for three towers at north end of Victoria's downtown
https://www.biv.com/news/ground-broken-for-three-towers-at-north-end-of-victorias-downtown-11378830
Despite Victoria being the most mild winter city in Canada, it was supposed to be a provincial backwater for as long as possible. Buildings were to be kept smaller than the tallest in Edmonton, QC, Winnipeg & Halifax.
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=37&status=15
In typical upside-down BC fashion, Edmonton is a mighty capital in cold winter Northern Alberta, while Victoria excels as a stunted & thwarted small city in mild SW BC.
Before Victoria could ever rival Edmonton, it would first have to rival Halifax, then Winnipeg and then Quebec_City.
Perhaps someday, Regina might equal or rival Winnipeg, but not likely Edmonton. After Toronto, Edmonton is the largest of the Canadian provincial capitals. Both cities are worlds away from the extreme imposed restrictions of Vancouver and Victoria.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Longer Trains
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit 700 foot long with 10 car trains.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit_expansion#Proposed_extensions
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit_rolling_stock#Fleet_of_the_Future_(D_and_E_series) Car length 70 ft (21 m)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit_rolling_stock#C_series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit_rolling_stock#Original_(legacy)_fleet
Long Trains
Short Trains
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Canada_Line_Train_201807.jpg/960px-Canada_Line_Train_201807.jpg , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Line#Route An airport+line connecting Vancouver & Richmond to YVR should have started out with at least 5-6 car trains, then eventually, 8-10 car trains after eventually connecting to the 2 main BC Ferry terminals. However that's a problem, because backwards BC can't seem to allow for proper long-range, bigcity infrastructure planning & development.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_777 Train length 64.98 m (213 ft 2 in)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merseyrail#Fleet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Metro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SL_C30 Train length 70 m (229 ft 7+29⁄32 in)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SL_C20 46.5 m (152 ft 6+45⁄64 in) Unlike Vancouver, Stockholm can run double-length trains. This is possible whenever longer stations are built, or at least have enough level clearance for future expansion.
The Montreal Metro in the 1960s could run ridiculous 3 car trains, but eventually realized that 6 car trains & especially 9 car trains can efficiently more more people. Thus, its a good thing that they planned to have 152.4 m stations right from the start.
While short trains and stations can initially be a cost saving measure, allowing for future level clearance can be more economically efficient, in the long run. Thus, even a tram premetro can eventually be turned into a tram-train.
Unfortunatly, in typical Vancouver fashion, the Canada+Line wasn't designed to have 10 car trains, not even 5 car trains. The 2 billion dollar joke of a train was only designed with a level clearance for 50 m stations that only can accommodate a 2.5 car train. For a line that had to be open by 2009, it's still only running 2 car trains, with no 2.5 car trains in sight as 2025 is winding down.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/NorthArmBridge.jpg/960px-NorthArmBridge.jpg A pathetic 2 car train on a bridge that should have 2 bike lanes & 2 sidewalks.
Indeed, just because the Canada Line was designed as if it was only to start out with short premetro train stations, there should have been a long-term plan to eventually have proper big city trains. One of the biggest mistakes for what should be a proper big city metro train, is to design short stations that are almost impossible to double, let alone tripple in length.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Canada+Line+is+so+under-built
Ontario Breaks Ground on Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital
https://trilliumhealthworks.ca/new-mississauga-hospital.html
https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=168394
If only Vancouver would permit a medical building to be of similar height...
Adelaide, SA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Adelaide#Cityscape
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Adelaide#Tallest_buildings
After several decades, Adelaide will finally have a couple of buildings that will even be tall by Perth standards.
Winnipeg
https://streets.mn/2017/12/01/twenty-urbanist-observations-from-a-trip-to-winnipeg
If you are from narrow-minded Vancouver, you might be amazed as to how wide some of the streets are in Downtown_Winnipeg.
https://www.tourismwinnipeg.com/plan-your-trip/neighbourhoods/display,neighbourhood/5/downtown
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_Main_(Winnipeg) "Standing at 141.7 metres and 42 storeys, it is the tallest building in Winnipeg as well as in Manitoba."
https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=108830 466 feet.
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=58&status=15
It took several decades for Winnipeg to finally have a building taller than the Foshay_Tower in Minneapolis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foshay_Tower "It has 32 floors and stands 447 feet (136 m) high..."
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Foshay_Tower_Highsmith.jpg/500px-Foshay_Tower_Highsmith.jpg While the Foshay Tower would be like the 2nd tallest building in Winnipeg, it's become a stump in Minneapolis.
https://versus.com/en/minneapolis-vs-winnipeg Greater M might have 4 million people before Greater W has even 1 million people.
https://worldmeasure.com/cities/minneapolis-usa/compare/winnipeg-can
Bike and foot bridges
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humber_Bay_Arch_Bridge Toronto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwill_Bridge Adelaide
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Adelaide_skyline%2C_December_2022_b.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Adelaide_Oval_Exterior_April_2024.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Adelaide_Oval_Footbridge.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provencher_Bridge#The_pedestrian_bridge A very nice sidewalk and unlike Vancouver, no lanes had to be removed from the bridge.
Of course Vancouver should have had several of these bridges across the Fraser River. Even Burnaby & NW should have had a few, but this is backwards BC.
Monday, October 20, 2025
City of Burnaby cuts permitted size of new multiplex homes due to public outcry
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/burnaby-small-scale-multi-unit-housing-policy-amendments
While a 2 floor house might be cosy, a four-floor house simply provides more living space.
Back in the day, an owner could build as big as they wanted to, within reason. Would the no 4th floor crowd like to remove all of the historical evidence and history of Burnaby houses with 4 levels?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/burnaby-multiplex-housing-changes-9.6944251
This might be more evidence of the the backwards BC mentality. Ignorant people don't seem to realize that over a century ago, many houses had 4 floors or levels.
So now there is a LETS GO BACKWARDS push to a time before the 4 floor houses.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark495 "Constructed in 1909, this house was built for Angus MacDonald (1857-1943) and his wife, Margaret Isabella Thompson MacDonald (1862-1939)."
So far, the anti 4th floor crowd hasn't been able to remove the historical evidence that a lot of older homes had 4 levels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnaby_Art_Gallery , https://www.burnaby.ca/services-and-payments/venue-rentals/burnaby-art-gallery
Given today's land costs, a 3 floor house has less living area than a 4 floor house. You used to get more house for the money. There are plenty of 2 story jokes in Burnaby & the Greater Vancouver Region.
https://burnabybeacon.com/p/uncovering-burnaby-hart-house-restaurant Counting the attic and basement level, this house easily has 4 floors.
https://evelazarus.com/overlynn-burnabys-most-haunted-mansion Another nice, big 4 story house that todays NIMBYs might not allow, if built today.
https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=2355 , https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark858
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38429
https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=3799
https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/image-image.aspx?id=3799#i3
https://www.facebook.com/groups/6522750987837395/posts/9414677511978047 BIG and wide, something that todays NIMBYs don't want.
https://do604.com/venues/overlynn-manor , https://moviemaps.org/locations/10w
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/im-being-watched-paranormal-investigator-notes-presence-in-haunted-burnaby-mansion Unfortunatly, it's the NIMBYs that are watching to make sure that things are scaled back.
https://theprovince.com/life/the-stories-behind-10-magnificent-mansions-of-metro-vancouver
Vancouver ends 2025 cruise ship season with 1.2 million passengers
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-cruise-ship-season-2025-statistics
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/10/20/bc-cruise-ship-season-ends-in-rough-waters/
The need to accommodate newer, much larger ships seen as a long-term priority https://www.biv.com/news/hospitality-marketing-tourism/cruise-ship-terminal-still-possibility-delta-8271541
https://globalnews.ca/news/5209572/bc-cruise-ship-industry-size-concerns/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/about-here-lions-gate-bridge-cruise-ships-tourism-1.5373466# The low and narrow LGB has become quite an impedament for the region! A chokepoint for ships, as well as cars.
The Vegas Sphere Dream Collapses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d8TpXjMOAc
How Vegas destroyed itself and became a ghost town in just six years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AViHArzuXw
Las Vegas's Deadly Construction Mistakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwgNhzC-x0E
The Harmon Las Vegas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E75pzPzvTrI
Las Vegas Is a Warning for America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jldyx_CCCi4
Sunday, October 19, 2025
Public backlash to 'gigantic' multiplex homes in Burnaby, B.C., has council scaling back
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/public-backlash-gigantic-multiplex-homes-120000935.html
A four-floor next to a two floor joke. People don't seem to realize that over a century ago, Burnaby had several houses with four levels. You got a lot more house for the money back then. So now the NIMBYs want to push things back before the era of the 4 floor houses.
There is nothing wrong with a two floor house, its just that there is a lot more living space in a 4 floor house.
Saturday, October 18, 2025
The Lower Mainland remains a hub for economic development in B.C.
SW BC has the potential to be a major urban region, but the lack of proper big city transportation infrastructure has been stunting the area.
Friday, October 17, 2025
The Telus building in Burnaby
https://www.facebook.com/groups/5469899289701886/posts/32594624393469342
This could have been the first 40 story office tower in Burnaby, as well as for backwater BC. It's not even 30. Vancouver and BC in general, still have no 40 story office towers. However, Burnaby or Surrey will likely have the first office tower over 40 stories, eventually.
Since Calgary and Seattle aren't affected by the BC mind virus & don't have anything like Vancouver's strict height restrictions, they can build taller structures.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bow_(skyscraper) 58 stories, but 60 floors in total above ground.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bow_(skyscraper)#Building_details
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Center 76 stories, but 79 floors in total. Standing on the roof would be 80 floors up.
L.A.'s Forgotten pedestrian Bridge Network Abandoned - Oceanwide Plaza (Los Angeles’ Graffiti Towers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2eam0Zhdac
The Abandoned - Oceanwide Plaza (Los Angeles’ Graffiti Towers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=840EVoHAyvE
Honolulu's Driverless Metro Line Just Got a Lot Better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezr1WM2bw-Y Starting with 4 car trains, there should be a potential to eventually have 6 car trains, if the demand warrants it.
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Seattle Link light Rail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_light_rail Seattle was wise just like Edmonton to have long underground train stations. Unfortunatly, Vancouver always seems to opt for the congestive planning approach.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_light_rail#Lines Of course an all underground or all elevated line would be better than on the street. Thus, this is like a modern streetcar or a tram-train.
Why free public transport doesn't fix traffic (and what does) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6md7gny4pY
Edmonton LRT and Calgary C Train
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Edmonton+LRT While Edmonton had a good head start over Calgary, they understood even back in the 1970s to build their underground stations to be at least 125 m.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Calgary+C+Train Fortunately, Calgary will follow the Edmonton example to have underground stations that are longer than what foolish Vancouver has.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=LRT
Governor A.E. Driscoll Bridge, NJ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driscoll_Bridge "With a total of 15 travel lanes and 6 shoulder lanes, it is the world's widest and one of the busiest motor vehicle bridges."
Then, at the other end of the spectrum is the inadequate 3 lane Lions+Gate+Bridge. With such a narrow bridge, there is no space for 2 bus lanes & 2 train tracks. Therefore, a proper bigcity tunnel should be built close to it. At least 4 general lanes, plus 2 bus lanes & a provision for 2 HOV lanes. Then, a train tunnel as well. Unfortunatly, there has been a multigenerational mentality to keep this bottleneck as the quintessential chokepoint of BC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_Bridge_(New_Jersey) , https://www.google.com/maps/place/Thomas+A.+Edison+Bridge/@40.5091685,-74.3011625,163a,52.4y,2.42t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x89c16ee1df5d209b:0xdd0751ebab1cc053!2sGarden+State+Pkwy,+New+Jersey,+USA!3b1!8m2!3d39.9829858!4d-74.2135159!16zL20vMDFteTR5!3m5!1s0x89c3ca1a70e049d1:0x2914e30747c23776!8m2!3d40.5091745!4d-74.3004127!16zL20vMDl0NDN2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAxMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Bridge_(New_Jersey) , https://www.google.com/maps/place/Victory+Bridge/@40.5074377,-74.2925202,211a,43.3y,2.59t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x89c16ee1df5d209b:0xdd0751ebab1cc053!2sGarden+State+Pkwy,+New+Jersey,+USA!3b1!8m2!3d39.9829858!4d-74.2135159!16zL20vMDFteTR5!3m5!1s0x89c3ca13987bf5e1:0x3d2fa4ecd0499cb7!8m2!3d40.507557!4d-74.2918867!16zL20vMGMyZ2Jx?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAxMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
The Battle continues over Vancouver Aquatic Centre
https://globalnews.ca/video/11480236/battle-continues-over-vancouver-aquatic-centre-renovations
There isn't officially a Vancouver Mind Virus (VMV), but somehow through the decades, the KEEP VANCOUVER SMAL AND BACKWARDS mentality keeps manifesting.
https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/aquatic-centre-25vs50m-officials-misled "This scandal exposes how Vancouver’s development approval processes can be corrupted if staff predetermine outcomes and manufacture justifications rather than conducting evidence-based analysis. If municipal staff can systematically mislead elected representatives on a project this significant—with technical evidence this clear—what other decisions have been corrupted in the past or could be corrupted in the future?"
Why have a modern full-size pool, when there can be a half size, Half-A$$ED pool? That's the VMV resurfacing again.
https://vancouversun.com/news/proposed-vancouver-aquatic-centre-seeks-height-density-relaxations "Swimmers have mounted a court petition over plans to replace the 50-metre Olympic-sized pool with one half that length"
A scaled down Vancouver+Aquatic+Centre is part of the pay more to get less mentality. One of the most obvious ways to perpetuate the BC antigrowth agenda is to go backwards and build smaller infrastructure. Where does the money go if it's not always going towards proper big city size infrastructure?
Half sized buildings, half sized trains, half sized bridges, that's the VMV & BCMV in action.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=SHIT-BOX
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Lions+Gate+Bridge An absurd 3 lane bridge without a parallel bus and train tunnel to help relieve this quintessential chokepoint.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Canada+Line A 2 car train that should have started with 5 cars, but can only be expanded into a 2.5 car train, someday.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Richmond-Delta+Tunnel No provision for a train tunnel, because that would make it easier to have a line connecting YVR with the Tsawwassen+ferry+terminal. Just like there is no desire to have a train between YVR and the Horseshoe+Bay+ferry+terminal.
This Vancouver and BC Mind Virus is horrible, because it keeps stunting the potential of BC by watering down the infrastructure.