Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Monday, February 9, 2026
Sunday, February 8, 2026
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Vancouver, Burnaby and NW
Why People Hate Living in Vancouver (and want to move away) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzyITR89-3s
Vancouver, Burnaby and NW is the city, although they are 3 separate municipalities.
Burnaby, BC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqB1UXuXclc&t=265s
The BRUTAL TRUTH about Living in Washington State
Washington's Dark Side Exposed! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrhL0ih2XcI
A cold, crappy dark and damp fall and winter is common. It's almost as bad as Vancouver, Canada. However, it's important to point out that Seattle and Vancouver never froze over like Minneapolis and Winnipeg, Chicago and Toronto, NYC and Montreal, Boston and Halifax.
Is Canada No Longer A Country? Is it Just A Failed Experiment?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd1uwnBVp1o
People are leaving Toronto and Vancouver in record numbers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Jh0EymI_A&t=103s
In 2025, over 120,000 citizens and permanent residents left Canada for good—and early data shows this "Great Exodus" is only accelerating in 2026. From the housing crisis to stagnant wages, the reasons are clear, but the real question is: Where is everyone going? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDvV6v3YV-E
A very cold, crappy winter in Toronto, or perpetual cold, dreary dampness in Vancouver, is too much for some people to endure anymore.
Friday, February 6, 2026
Timelapse of the Skytrain-Canada Line from Richmond to the Vancouver Waterfront
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqqfSzQpoFc
How this new railway will reshape Auckland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpcMBDeZo7Y Of course Auckland can eventually have 9 car trains, because they aren't like backwards Vancouver is.
REM and Metro in Montreal
The REM vs. Reality: Does Montreal's new train meet expectations? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq1xpxOt7FM&t=596s
Montreal’s Biggest REM Expansion Yet! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G1oeIAfxDU&t=12s
How Montreal’s miracle metro could change everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlHqqA0onn0
Evolution of the Montreal Metro & REM 1966-2030 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zvOk2t1EpE
Why Kelowna Is the Opposite of Every Other Canadian City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D42cmFfmI84
Kelowna has over $1 BILLION in major projects either already underway or recently approved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLv1AN6Hlwg
Thursday, February 5, 2026
SF and Seattle, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seyMIhry1M8
The SF and Boston land area can almost both fit into Seattle. However, the SF Bay Area and Greater Boston still have a lot more people than the Seattle-Tacoma Area.
Unfortunatly, growing poverty and substance abuse, combined with more job losses makes for a tougher situation, overall.
Seattle's Economic slide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxB8-RotFIU
Massive layoffs hit Seattle tech companies as city struggles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLvbQGr0Xmg
Seattle’s Downtown Isn’t Coming Back the Same https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLRMYCSm1Cs
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
North Shore of Greater Vancouver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Shore_(Greater_Vancouver)
Is North Vancouver the most livable city in Canada? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX89qkSRBvg
https://www.vancouversnorthshore.com
Unfortunatly, there still isn't a commuter train from the airport to the H Bay ferry terminal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Shore_(Greater_Vancouver)#Access
There isn't even a train tunnel or a bus bridge between Downtown_Vancouver and the North Shore. Inept regional planning has been very slow to build rapid rail transit, or even a proper rapid bus bridge over the Inlet. An inadequate 3 lane Lion Bridge is so narrow that some people have living rooms or swimming pools wider than it. The 6 lane Iron Bridge that's so narrow, there isn't enough room for emergency lanes and no space for HOV lanes. Any attempt of a rapid bus will still have to be funneled into the inadequate single deck crossing.
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Monday, February 2, 2026
Seattle's Economic SUICIDE: 16K Layoffs Meet Millionaire Tax Push
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxB8-RotFIU&t=128s
If income tax was abolished and a 10% common tax was put in its place, things would be more balanced. Whether a person made 30K a year, or 300K annually, they would still pay a 10% tax on just about everything. Whether a person makes 10 million a year, or a corporation makes 100 million a year, everyone just pays a 5% & 5% common tax for local and federal rates.
Right now, huge corporations can get away with paying little to no taxes in some cases.
Any Potential of Reviving the 10-lane George Massey bridge project remains inconclusive
Premier Wab Kinew to visit Churchill amid port expansion talks
https://www.arcticgateway.com/port-of-churchill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Bay_Railway_(1997)
There is a lot of potential for the Port_of_Churchill.
NeeStaNan Corridor Project
https://boereport.com/2024/02/28/neestanan-corridor-project-announcement/
https://indigenomics.com/proposed-utility-corridor-revealed-at-indigenous-economic-conference/
https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=60135
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/port-of-churchill-upgrades-2025-1.7585649
Sunday, February 1, 2026
Saturday, January 31, 2026
Sydney's First 300m Towers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUuy94brhLI Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, GC City & Perth, are all allowed to have taller buildings than little stumpy provincial Vancouver, Canada.
How Sydney´s Skyline Will Change by 2030 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzz6aXvTZko Unfortunatly, the AI voice nation wasn't set to an Australian standard.
Toronto Has Several Skylines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI9WJa9Q8dA
Many large urban areas around the world have more than 1 or 2 skylines or tower clusters.
Friday, January 30, 2026
The 5 Projects That Will Shape Portland's Future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o81t9wpYkl0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Bridge Only 3 lanes each way.
https://www.oregon.gov/odot/projects/pages/project-details.aspx?project=21570
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/22/interstate-five-i-5-bridge-replacement-costs-rise/
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/16/i-5-interstate-bridge-washington-oregon/
https://bikeportland.org/2025/10/30/no-vote-an-ominous-first-for-interstate-bridge-project-397823
Tree-inspired office tower concept proposed for revived Waterfront Station project
Singapore, Perth, Sydney, Seattle, SF and Miami are allowed to have tall buildings right near the water, because they are allowed to be big and tall cities.
Vancouver has several restrictions which prevent it from becoming a proper big city.
Major upgrades for Queensborough Bridge in NW
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/queensborough-bridge-upgrades-new-westminster-richmond
Another classic BC bottleneck-chokepoint. This bridge is so narrow, because there aren't any emergency lanes, let alone any bus & HOV lanes. The narrow and inadequate Queensborough+Bridge just wasn't designed for a properly growing seaport region. A twin or duplicate bridge should have been built immediately east of the first bridge, decades ago. A parallel 4 lane bridge would allow for 3 lanes on each bridge, plus a 4th lane for buses. However, that would go against the regional congestive planning agenda.
Thursday, January 29, 2026
No plan to make 8th Avenue detour bus-only during Broadway road closure for subway construction
Given that this temporary diversion is only 1 lane each way, it should be just for buses.
25-storey, mixed-use residential tower approved for an industrial area
It might be a good idea to keep some land for industrial purposes in small Vancouver.
Whil Houston, TX has already allowed for this, it has a much larger land area than Vancouver.
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Monday, January 26, 2026
Sunday, January 25, 2026
Why Living in Vancouver, BC Has Become Impossible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puM93PmmWbI
People are leaving Toronto and Vancouver in record numbers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Jh0EymI_A
Moving From Canada to the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJAA1D_7lCs
Saturday, January 24, 2026
Phoenix, AZ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAgLCwox_jg
Phoenix might eventually get to have a building that's similar in height to the tallest in Portland, OR.
Friday, January 23, 2026
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Westham Island Bridge remains closed to vehicles
The Westham+Island+Bridge has become another 21st century joke. A new and higher bridge should have 1 wide traffic lane each way, plus 2 separated bike and foot paths. This would not only allow for safer bike crossings, but easier emergency and general vehicle access.
Barnston+Island doesn't even have a bridge. The Barnston+Island+Ferry should be replace with a bridge. Such a bridge should also have 1 wide traffic lane each way, plus 2 separated bike and foot paths.
With a proper bridge crossing Barnston_Island as well as Westham_Island would be so much easier for people to bike around in the spring & summer. Plus, a proper bridge would be more efficient for business.
https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/park/barnston-island-regional-park
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Overnight closure on Highway 1 planned in North Vancouver for pedestrian and cycling bridge
While every new bike bridge is another victory in regional mobility, Burrard_Inlet is so lacking with a bus and train tunnel and bridge. Unfortunatly, there are still enough people who prefer to have perpetual traffic congestion and chaos.
Perth, WA, Australia
https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/travel-information/driving-in-wa/driving-in-perth
https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/technical-commercial/smartfreeways While WA take a spart aproach, backwards BC still takes a dumb approach to things.
https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/projects-initiatives/all-projects/metropolitan/smartfreeways/ 4 lanes each way with 2 track in the middle. You won't find that in Vancouver or anywhere in backwards BC.
https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/projects-initiatives/all-projects/metropolitan In contrast, the Metro Vancouver Region is a joke!
"Perth is Australia’s fourth biggest city, with a population of 2.3 million. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhS-fiJ14GU Perhaps surprisingly, Perth has an expansive suburban railway network. 8 lines, 85 stations and 270 km of track – it’s a large system for a relatively small city."
Bridge and Tunnel Projects in Australia
https://www.webuildvalue.com/en/reportage/sydney-harbour-bridge.html
https://www.smec.com/mm/project/west-gate-tunnel-project/
https://lpclawyers.com/bridging-the-gap-part-1-bridge-projects-in-australia
https://www.georgiou.com.au/project/mandurah-estuary-bridge-duplication/
https://www.bridgewaterbridge.tas.gov.au/about/history , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQJIdGUlFqg , https://www.bridgewaterbridge.tas.gov.au/
Vancouver mayoral candidate pitches plan to build 4,000 City-owned and affordable homes
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-mayoral-candidate-william-azaroff-pitches-affordable-homes Providing more affordable housing in Vancouver would certainly be of great benifit.
In some cases, if a developer was allowed to build Toronto, Sydney and Melbourne sise towers, provided they agreed to build some affordable housing, it could be of mutual benefit.
New pedestrian and cyclist bridge above railway proposed for Brentwood in Burnaby
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/burnaby-brentwood-pedestrian-cyclist-overpass-proposal Not just in backwards Vancouver, but throughout the Greater Vancouver Region, is a lacking of bike and foot bridges. Of course there also needs to be a regional network of bus and HOV bridges. So many of the existing bridges are too damn narrow.
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
San Francisco’s Biggest Development Projects That Will Change the City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsIBAwdmWjY
Safeway is disappearing across San Francisco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbKl6Kerfbo
Monday, January 19, 2026
Sunday, January 18, 2026
Alioto's Restaurant at Fisherman's Wharf is permanently closed and its historic building is currently being demolished to make way for a public plaza
After nearly a century in operation, the restaurant officially ended its lease with the Port of San Francisco in 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNkW8GjXTD8
Saturday, January 17, 2026
The Great SkyTrain upgrade (potential)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D2CXdZ_4Ro
Unfortunatly, the first 2 Skytrain lines were designed to only have 80m stations and trains. The 3rd line to YVR and Richmond was only designed to have 50m stations. In contrast, the Montreal Metro has stations long enough to accomodate 152.4m long trains. Thus, the greatest mistake was to not enable the Skytrain to eventually become a very high capacity train system. Combine that with mostly narrow bridges and roads in Greater Vancouver and you have the epitome of congestive urban planning.
At least by late 2025 some of the new 5 car trains were out, along with some of the old 6 car little box trains on the 1st line. The 2nd and 3rd lines are still running 2 car joke trains, but that symbolically fits right in with the, KEEP BC SMALL AND BACKWARDS mentality.
A proper big city long-term plan would have been to allow for 10 car trains, with at least 5-6 car trains at the start when each line opened.
Friday, January 16, 2026
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Public washrooms in the City of Vancouver
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-public-washroom-strategic-framework
Hardly subtropical, but no snow to shovel during this winter, so far.
Heavy snowfall in Montreal caused stress, delays and accidents
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/deux-montagnes-rem-shutdown-9.7046184
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/rem-service-disrupted-snowfall
https://montreal.citynews.ca/2026/01/15/snow-causes-rem-disruption/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/rem-down-due-to-tricky-weather-conditions/
https://www.cdpqinfra.com/en/projects/rem
Finch LRT shut down all day due to “weather conditions.”
https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2026/01/15/finch-lrt-shut-down-all-day-due-to-weather-conditions It should have been a proper subway line, protected from the crappy snow & ice. In contrast, Edmonton & Calgary are mostly surface lines and can usually run through the terrible winter conditions.
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/01/15/line-6-finch-west-lrt-delays-snowstorm-ttc-updates/
https://www.ttc.ca/riding-the-ttc/Line-6-Finch-West
Some Ontario civil servants told to get to office in snowstorm or take vacation day
https://globalnews.ca/news/11615259/ontario-office-mandate-snow-day
As Australia & NZ get some intense summer weather, Canada is constantly reminded that winter isn't always a fun time. While its sunny and well above freezing in Vancouver & Victoria, Toronto & Montreal are stuck right in the middle of total winter conditions.
Early nightly closures at Oakridge-41st Avenue SkyTrain station for construction extended by two months
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/oakridge-41st-avenue-skytrain-station-early-closure-2026
While some improvements are possible with the very short Canada+Line stations, there was a lack of vision to allow for enough level clearance to be able to double the length of the stations.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-oakridge-41st-avenue-station-upgrade-design-renderings
Indeed, the stations should have been at least 100m long, but only can be 50m. So instead of eventually having 5 car trains, only 2.5 car trains will be the maximum. WTH?
Snowfall leads to accidents, road closures across Montreal
https://montrealgazette.com/news/weather/montreal-snowfall-warning-road-conditions
https://globalnews.ca/news/11614578/montreal-storm-road-conditions/
https://montreal.citynews.ca/2026/01/15/heavy-snow-montreal-winter-conditions/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/deux-montagnes-rem-shutdown-9.7046184
Vancouver residents decry lack of government action after London Drugs closure
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-london-drugs-closure-gastown-residents
Vancouver and BC just gave up and let that part of the city go to $HIT!
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/david-eby-warning-london-drugs-closure
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
UBC students hold a fake party for 18-year unfulfilled promise of SkyTrain
https://www.ams.ubc.ca/news/ubc-students-celebrate-18-years-of-skytrain-delays
The UBC-Broadway+Corridor should have been built to the Tri-Cities_(British_Columbia) in 1 or 2 phases. Unfortunatly, the days of a line from Coquitlam to UBC are still so far away.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-14-billion-transit-plan-the-b-c-liberals-conveniently-forgot
The Millennium_Line was built in the middle first, when it should have started with UBC, Vancouver and Burnaby. Instead, it started from East Vancouver, through Burnaby, then to Port_Moody and ending at Lafarge_Lake-Douglas_station in Coquitlam. At least there+will+likely+be+a+UBC+Station+before+the+next+millennium.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=UBC-Broadway+Corridor
The early days of Vancouver's iconic Marine Building
It could have been the cities first 30 story tower, but it's not even up to 25 floors.
SD and SF vs. LA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izx7Y_qw_NQ
San Diego and SF have their downtowns right up to the water, but Downtown LA is a good ways inland.
SkyTrain's Canada Line service disruption
(service disruption ends after 14 hours) https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-canada-line-service-disruptions-january-14-2026
For a rapid transit line that opened in 2009, on the surface, it sure wasn't designed to be an efficient high capacity line for the future. It's still just a 2 car joke of a train. Fortunately, most real cities around the world planned for not only 6 car trains, but even 8-10 car trains.
Unfortunatly, Vancouver has been hit very hard with a multigenerational agenda of continually imposed small scale infrastructure. Vancouver has water on 3 sides, as its on a peninsula. Since the powers that be couldn't build a Boundary+Road moat or trench, the next best thing was to symbolically show the reluctance to build proper big city size infrastructure. This stunted approach to things is about symbolically holding the scale of the city back for as long as possible.
Despite backwards Vancouver not being able to apply a castle-moat-and-drawbridge control system, the next best thing was to symbolically keep things smaller than what normal or proper big cities allow.
Here are some of the best examples of holding the size of things back. The 3 lane joke that is the Lions+Gate+Bridge has never had a rapid transit rail tunnel and no express bus tunnel next to it. Especially, no 6 lane highway tunnel. It's a classic BC bottleneck-chokepoint, by design.
From a 3 lane joke of a bridge to a two car Canada+Line joke of a train. It met the symbolic requirement to be shorter than the LRT in Edmonton, the C Train in Calgary and the trains in Seattle and Portland.
The+Post+building+complex could have been Vancouver's first 50 story office tower, it's not even 25 floors. It would be impressive if it were in Victoria, Kelowna, Kamloops or Prince George. That's the unfortunate thing about Vancouver, so much is done to only be impressive to small cities or towns.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=The+small+Westin+Bayshore+Hotel+in+Vancouver
Things have been kept so small in Vancouver throughout its history, that any big city stuff might seem overwhelming. There has been an unofficial KEEP THEM OUT mentality, but since the city cant have checkpoints, building things small symbolically demonstrates the perpetual reluctance to not allow a big city in backwater BC.
Since Vancouver can't control Burnaby and can't stop Surrey from eventually becoming the biggest city in BC, they are able to build things on a larger scale than Vancouver.
Ritz Carlton Million-Dollar Condos at 50% Off: Progressive Portland’s Freefall Continues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4zn4qpo-Ww
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritz-Carlton,_Portland
https://oregonbusiness.com/ritz-on-the-fritz-downtown-high-rise-appears-headed-for-sale/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_216 , https://www.block216.com/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portland/comments/1m7gtqc/portlands_newest_skyscraper_home_to_ritzcarlton/
Mild Victoria, BC
Victoria has been a provincial backwater for most of its history. Despite being in a mild winter setting, it's so small when compared to Edmonton, Winnipeg, Quebec City and Halifax.
https://www.onevictoriaplace.ca
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=37&status=15
While Edmonton was eventually allowed to have a tall building, even by Toronto, Calgary and Montreal standards, Victoria was always supposed to have shorter buildings than Winnipeg, Quebec City and Halifax. That's part of the KEEP THINGS SMALL mentality on V. Island.
Victoria should have had its first LRT line by now, but that might improve urban mobility. Eventually, Victoria and Nanaimo will merge into one linear urban area. Eventually, the Comox_Valley_Regional_District will have over 100,000 people, the Regional_District_of_Nanaimo will have over 200,000 people, the Cowichan_Valley_Regional_District will exceed 100,000 people and the Capital_Regional_District will have over 450,000 people.
Of course there doesn't seem to be any big regional scale planning from Sooke to Courtenay. Perhaps the island's urban planners will wait until there is 800,000 and over a million residents on the island.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Island#Demographics
So, as more people discover that Victoria and Vancouver are the mildest winter cities in Canada, more people just might want to move there. Especially, when Canadian Snowbirds don't feel as comfortable with Florida, Texas & California.
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
About 90% of TransLink's first two Bus Rapid Transit lines will have bus-only lanes
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-king-george-langley-haney-place-brt-bus-lanes-proposal
Since the metropolitan area has rivers and an inlet, there should have been a regional network of bus bridges by now. Instead, BC insists on overloading the mostly narrow bridges in the Greater Vancouver Region.
Monday, January 12, 2026
Sunday, January 11, 2026
The 17 Mile Area That BROKE California's Megalopolis Why Los Angeles Is Americas Most Confusing City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vzfvk1sl3E
Why Los Angeles Is America's Most CONFUSING City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJWb50AUAxc
Why Los Angeles Is Americas Most Confusing City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUclitPknhE
LA
The Houston intersection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5ikK8b39Hs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cF27fXGveA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enRYHV94MWs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjtabpArILE
Houston's Unbelievable North Highway Improvement Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69aGW4L6VO0
Saturday, January 10, 2026
From 6 to 4 lanes
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10163196613962377&set=a.10152101514842377
Several cities are able to build bike and foot bridges in their downtowns. Unfortunately, backwards Vancouver has taken a congestion approach to transportation planning for several decades. The Burrard-Bridge could have remained 6 lanes wide if a proper bike+bridge had been built next to it.
https://www.cyclingthread.com/bicycle-bridges-18-stunning-routes-18-unique-crossings-2025
https://momentummag.com/here-are-10-incredible-bicycle-bridges-around-the-world/
https://www.arch2o.com/10-amazing-bridges-passageways-bikes
https://medium.com/@raydelahanty/what-is-north-americas-busiest-bike-bridge-3ac84cf8b8c3
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Burrard+Street+Bridge
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Tilikum+Crossing+in+Portland Unfortunately, it looks like the biggest city in BC won't be getting anything like the Tilikum Bridge in the foreseeable future.
Friday, January 9, 2026
Original cars on SkyTrain's Canada Line set to be refurbished
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-canada-line-original-trains-refurbishment
Perhaps allowing for enough future station clearance to accommodate 10 car trains would require too much forward thinking in backwards BC. However, this line should have been started with at least 5 car trains. Unfortunatly, the very short stations were only designed to accommodate 2.5 car trains. As of 2026, only 2 car joke trains are still being run.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_(Vancouver)#Canada_Line It's one thing to say that having very short stations can save on construction costs, but to not allow for significant future expansion defeats the purpose. Someone clearly didn't want the Canada_Line to eventually have proper, long big city trains.
There still is hope that this Half-A$$ED, small-scale line can become a little closer to that of a proper big city train, someday.
Feb 12, 2020 https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/canada-line-continues-to-break-records-translink-3116818 "On an average weekday last year, the Canada Line had an average of 150,000 boardings, continuing to “outperform projections,” according to TransLink."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Line "During the 17 days of the 2010 Winter Olympics, the line carried an average of 228,190 passengers per day."
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=YVR-Canada+Line
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Four Lane Pattullo Bridge Replacement Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-ING5Pfrdk
The old bridge has 4 narrow lanes and no traffic divider. However, the new bridge won't have any bus or HOV lanes and no emergency lanes.
Chokepoint-bottleneck planning remains firmly entrenched in backwards BC.
Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain transit system turns 40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeSQtHusn1A
The history of SkyTrain 1985-2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEt76BgRP5E
Expo Line Extension (Surrey - Langley) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CavX1TWYUsE
Surrey Langley Skytrain Construction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRARdwNIbls
17 years and waiting for UBC SkyTrain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIEhFrTuqkc
YVR-Skytrain: Canada Line https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvwFeKtbyxU
London Drugs closing its Woodward’s location, citing safety and operational issues
https://globalnews.ca/news/11602959/london-drugs-closing-woodwards-location-safety-issues/
While Kelowna is gradually fitting into its role as the 3rd largest urban area in BC, Greater Vancouver and Greater Victoria need to function more like properly growing metropolitan areas.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11602086/victoria-store-owner-frustrated-911-services-hung-up-on/
Giving up and letting crime take over is foolish. An effective effort needs to go towards dealing with the various urban social issues.
Sunday, January 4, 2026
The Transamerica Pyramid in SF
The Transamerica_Pyramid was permitted to be about 400 feet taller than the LA+City+Hall.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transamerica_Pyramid#Gallery
The very narrow pyramid in SF is almost twice the height of the tallest pyramid in Egypt. Will LA ever be allowed to have a pyramid tower as tall or taller than the one in SF?
Does Los Angeles have the Most Confusing Skyline?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ljqamDgwg
Back in the day, the KEEP L.A. SHORT crowd really wanted to make sure that no building in SoCal was as tall as the tallest Egyptian_pyramid. Thus, the Giza_pyramid_complex was taller than anything in LA until the late 1960s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza "Initially standing at 146.6 meters (481 feet), the Great Pyramid was the world's tallest human-made structure for more than 3,800 years."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_City_Hall#History "It has 32 floors and, at 454 feet (138 m) high..." https://calisphere.org/item/cf1903e53170db536690f3f8690925a0 Just a little pyramid on top of a building that is shorter than the tallest pyramid in Egypt.
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Pyramids_from_afar_%282%29.tif/lossy-page1-800px-Pyramids_from_afar_%282%29.tif.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giza
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/vintage-photos-los-angeles-1940s-1960s
Of course LA would eventually allow some buildings to be twice as tall as the tallest Egyptian pyramid.
https://www.commercialcafe.com/blog/evolution-downtown-la-visual-timeline/
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=26&status=15
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=LA+City+Hall
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Transamerica+Pyramid+in+SF
Saturday, January 3, 2026
The new bridge next to Pattullo Bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUGCUqTphCU
This new bridge should have had 2 wide emergency lanes and 2 bus lanes and 2 HOV lanes. While there is a potential for the bridge to eventually have 3 lanes each way, for the foreseeable future everything will just be crammed into 2 lanes each way.
It was a mistake to not have designed this bridge to eventually have a lower deck for buses and LRT.