Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
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
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waikiki , https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=421&searchname=timeline
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Monday, October 27, 2025
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 to the airport. 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, Bringing Faster, More Sustainable Public Transit to Oahu with a New Airport Station
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
Downtown.
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. 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 and much warmer. Thus, they are able to have longer trains to the airport, because they can build on a larger 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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Friday, October 24, 2025
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
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
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 A line connecting Vancouver & Richmond to the airport should have started out with at least 5-6 car trains, then eventually, 8-10 car trains whenever 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.
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
Friday, October 17, 2025
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.
Norwood Bridge, Winnipeg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwood_Bridge
https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/marylandtwinbridge.shtml , https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Maryland+Twin+Bridge./@49.878361,-97.1621997,142m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x52ea73fbf91a2b11:0x2b2a1afac6b9ca64!2sWinnipeg,+MB!3b1!8m2!3d49.8954221!4d-97.1385145!16zL20vMHBtcTI!3m5!1s0x52ea751cd08bee2b:0xb81b866868f19f89!8m2!3d49.8781505!4d-97.1615856!16s%2Fg%2F11svlw38s2!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAxMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Quesnell Bridge, Edmonton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quesnell_Bridge "The bridge is the widest road bridge in Edmonton with 8 total lanes (4 westbound and 4 eastbound)."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quesnell_Bridge#History , https://www.google.com/maps/place/Quesnell+Bridge/@53.5065044,-113.567235,101m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x53a0224580deff23:0x411fa00c4af6155d!2sEdmonton,+AB!3b1!8m2!3d53.5461663!4d-113.4937356!16zL20vMG5saDc!3m5!1s0x53a021cf936ec1bf:0x66e58cc40db0b3bd!8m2!3d53.5065313!4d-113.5665535!16s%2Fg%2F11cn9l8kzw!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAxMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_MacDonald_Bridge , https://www.google.com/maps/place/James+Macdonald+Bridge/@53.5358173,-113.4882233,303m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x53a0224580deff23:0x411fa00c4af6155d!2sEdmonton,+AB!3b1!8m2!3d53.5461663!4d-113.4937356!16zL20vMG5saDc!3m5!1s0x53a02241785584f1:0x7cdb45f31cfcea7!8m2!3d53.5358043!4d-113.4879451!16s%2Fm%2F0406q8t!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAxMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
B.C. set to open Western Canada's first new medical school in decades
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sfu-new-medical-school-9.6938486
Unfortunatly, for most of the history of backwater BC, there was a strong British Colonist antigrowth and anti-non-white immigration.
Ontario and Quebec were able to build more infrastructure and other stuff, and then eventually also Alberta. Primarily as a result of having more economic wealth.
A new big medical school in BC would be nice, but so would be more hospital expansion.
Granville Bridge, Vancouver, etc.
https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/granville-bridge.aspx
Even after 3 tries, Vancouver still couldn't quite get the Granville_Street_Bridge correct. Of course the 3rd bridge wasn't designed to have a lower deck for streetcars or tram-trains. Even though it was generally designed to be a car, truck and bus bridge, the sidewalks should have been double width and have an inner railing. If the city couldn't wait until late March, it should have had the official dedication in early March, not in crappy February 1954.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Street_Bridge#Third_bridge_(1954) "On February 4, 1954, the current Granville Street Bridge opened to traffic after five years of planning and construction; its dedication ceremony was attended by 5,000 spectators after it had been delayed a week due to heavy snow."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Street_Bridge#21st_century Unfortunatly, new bike lanes and extra sidewalks couldn't be installed below the 8 lane deck. Thus, Vancouver went for strike 3 and removed 2 lanes from the bridge. The Burrard+Street+Bridge lost 2 lanes and the Cambie+Bridge lost 1 lane. A bike and foot bridge could have been built on the west side of the Burrard Bridge, then no lanes would have been removed. The Cambie Bridge already had a wide sidewalk on its east side. The west sidewalk should have been widened, then no lane would have been removed.
The Granville+Bridge could have had 6 lanes and 2 bus lanes. Now, if there are ever 2 bus lanes, there will only be 2 general lanes each way.
Several cities around the world have bike & foot bridges and don't have to remove lanes from the existing bridges.
For a congested city to have removed 5 lanes from 3 bridges, could there even be more of a reduction of lanes Well, there are some who would like to have the LGB just for bike and foot traffic.
That would be OK if an 8 lane tunnel could be built near it. As its projected, the new & improved tunnel between Richmond & Delta won't be ready unto 2030. Since things move so slow in constipated, backwater BC, a First_Narrows_Tunnel might not be completed until 2040.