https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/downtown-vancouver-visitation-real-estate-market-statistics
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Bridges over the Bow River in Calgary
https://everydaytourist.ca/calgary-visitor-information/2015/3/2/bridges-over-the-bow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_Calgary#Crossings
The 4 lane Louise_Bridge has a 2 track counterpart.
https://calgary.skyrisecities.com/news/2017/04/two-louise-bridges.26322
The Louise+Bridge & its LRT bridge is a good example of how a road & passenger rail corridor can work well.
The 4 lane Cushing+Bridge wasn't widened for buses, so the next best thing was done. A 2 lane bus bridge was built next to the Cushing+Bridge. What is easy & straightforward for Calgary to do seems to be very difficult for Vancouver & BC to achieve. Several bridges in Greater Vancouver should have bus & bike bridges built next to them.
The Cambie Bridge
Unfortunatly, backwards Vancouver planning didn't allow for 2 very wide sidewalks on the Cambie_Bridge.
https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/cambie-street-bridge-upgrades.aspx
While the current bridge is a great improvement from the previous Cambie_Bridge, there still wasn't enough interest or motivation to really have an adequate bridge. A 5 lane bridge with only 1 wide sidewalk is too half-assed. Due to Vancouver's inability to properly plan & build for the future, the once 6 lane Cambie_Bridge only has 5 lanes & still has a narrow sidewalk on its west side.
If this sidewalk can ever be built out to be much wider, then the bridge can have 2 proper bike lanes, as well as 2 sidewalks. Then the bridge could have all 6 lanes again. A 6 lane bridge makes it easier to accomodate 2 bus lanes.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Cambie+Street+Bridge
The inadequate Arthur Laing Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Laing_Bridge Another fine example of how Vancouver doesn't allow for proper big city infrastructure planning. The ALB has no sidewalks, no proper bike lanes, & especially, no bus lanes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Laing_Bridge#Since_opening
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Unless the bridge can slightly be widened on each side, safe & properly separated bike lanes will be unlikely.
https://bikehub.ca/about-us/news/arthur-laing-bridge-bike-lane-widening
- Arthur Laing Bridge (Richmond-Vancouver): As there are no sidewalks on the bridge, cyclists ride on the shoulders of the roadway. Northbound cyclists can get to the bridge via Russ Baker Way or an off-street pathway that can be accessed from the Airport Station bus loop or from the Airport Connector bridge.
https://www.richmond.ca/parks-recreation/parks-trails-cycling/cycling/cycling_maps.htm
https://www.yvr.ca/en/passengers/transportation/bicycles-and-cycling
https://evelazarus.com/?s=the+Arthur+Laing+Bridge
This bridge & the Knight+Street+Bridge & the Queensborough_Bridge are so narrow, that there should be bus & bike bridges built next to each of them.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Arthur+Laing+Bridge
The BC Coquihalla Highway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Highway_5#Accidents_and_weather
https://www.dangerousroads.org/north-america/canada/4008-coquihalla-highway.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Highway_5
https://images.drivebc.ca/bchighwaycam/pub/html/www/380.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Highway_5#Coquihalla_Highway
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/coquihalla-highway
https://transcanadahighway.com/british-columbia/bc-tch-history/highway-history-coquihalla-highway-5
https://www.wilsonvilletoyota.com/blog/uncategorized/10-most-treacherous-roads-in-north-america/
From the old and inadequate Fraser Street Bridge to the inadequate KSB
Somewhere in between 1950 & 1960, the old Fraser_Street_Bridge should have been replaced with a new 4 lane bridge, with 2 very wide sidewalks for bikes & a future provision for 2 bus lanes. Unfortunatly, backwards Vancouver has always been a city without a proper big city vision.
https://evelazarus.com/the-fraser-street-swing-span-bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Street_Bridge_(1894)#Provincial_government_headache
https://search.nbca.unbc.ca/index.php/fraser-st-road-bridge-in-vancouver-bc-1 In the late 1800s, just being able to have a bridge roadway width of 2 wagon-roads in backwater BC was amazing. Then, decades & even several generations later, any BC bridge that could provide 2 wagon-roads each way was even more amazing.
https://structurae.net/en/structures/fraser-avenue-street-bridge
As usual, Vancouver & BC lost & messed up an opportunity to have 2 great new bridges.
https://structurae.net/en/structures/knight-street-bridge
https://evelazarus.com/the-knight-street-bridge-part-2
Once again, the lack of a proper big city vision resulted in the inadequate design for the 4 lane Knight+Street+Bridge. However, it makes sense from a bottleneck planing mentality. Despite Vancouver being part of what is suppose to be a major port region and in need of proper transportation corridors, the Knight_Street_Bridge is a classic chokepoint.
Just because the Knight_Street_Bridge started out as a 4 lane joke, there immediately should have been 2 wide shoulders, which could have eventually become 2 extra lanes. Plus, there should have been a future provision to add 2 bus & HOV lanes. Two wide sidewalks & 2 wide bike lanes. However, that would go against the congestive planning mentality.
Canary Wharf, London
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Wharf
https://canarywharf.com/living/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Dogs#Society
https://offices.canarywharf.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Tower_Hamlets#Geography
https://canarywharf.com/the-estate/
https://www.propertyinsidelondon.com/chinese-get-greenlight-for-67-floor-canary-wharf-resi-tower/
Just another stump in Swiss Cottage, London, UK
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Cottage#Urban_development
https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/24198051.new-owner-pledges-finish-swiss-cottage-tower-block/
https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/regal-to-increase-numbers-of-homes-in-proposed-24-storey-block-to-make-scheme-viable/5131568.article Not 48, only 24 floors.
https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/government-approves-contentious-grid-tower
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcots_Estate Only 23 stories, not 46.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Cottage#Transport
Tallest buildings in Switzerland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Switzerland#Completed_buildings
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/country/switzerland
No office tower in Vancouver or BC in general, is as tall as the Roche_Tower, at 178 metres (584 ft). No building in strict Vancouver, whatsoever, is permitted to be as tall as Roche_Tower_2. However, some buildings outside of small Vancouver are being allowed to be taller than the tallest building in Basel.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Power outages persist in hard-hit areas after Ontario ice storm
Its suppose to be spring.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/barrie/article/central-ontario-power-restoration-timelines/
Unfortunatly, not everyone has a home power generator.
https://poweroutage.com/ca/province/ontario
https://weather.gc.ca/data/wxoimages/wocanmap0_e.jpg There is nothing like being stuck in a freezing part of Canada without any electric power.
Short Trains and Stations 40-100m
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi_Rail_Italy_Driverless_Metro#Rolling_stock
The line uses 256 ft (78 m) four-car train sets, each with the capacity to carry nearly 800 passengers,[213] similar in weight to heavy rail systems elsewhere in the United States (such as the Chicago 'L' in Chicago, Illinois). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyline_(Honolulu)#Rolling_stock
The articulated, four-car trains are 50 metres (160 ft) long. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaloniki_Metro#Stations,_depot_and_rolling_stock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Light_Rail#Current_fleet LRT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetroLink_(St._Louis)#Rolling_stock
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