The VMV isn't supped to be real, but it sort of is.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MindVirus
https://quillette.com/2024/11/11/why-mind-viruses-are-real
https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/graduateresearch/42591/items/1.0417464 (NFC)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/welcome-to-vancouver-no-fun_b_1931606 No Fun City
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/12cs3lx/why_vancouver_is_called_a_nofun_city
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Block 265 ft (81 m) https://www.vancouverblock.org/
https://www.vancouverblock.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/history-1.jpg The lobby is the equivalent of 2 floors. Thus, the main part of the building has 14 levels. Plus 2 more window floors just below the clock. Then in-between that and the clock level is what might be a mechanical or storage floor at the 17th level. https://www.flickr.com/photos/zorro1968/7870599104/ The clock section is equivalent to 3 floors. So standing on the roof is like the 21st level.
"Burns originally envisioned a seventeen-storey structure spanning three lots, but the final design was reduced to fifteen storeys on a single 75-by-120-foot (23 by 37 m) lot." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Block#Construction
This could have been the first building in Vancouver to have a 30th floor, but its only 15. The VMV was already in place.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Block#Clock_tower
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantile_National_Bank_Building (1943) 31 floors.
| Antenna spire | 159.4 m (523 ft) |
|---|---|
| Roof | 131.1 m (430 ft) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantile_National_Bank_Building#Expansion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantile_National_Bank_Building#Tower_clock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Tower "Completed in 1914, the 38-story, 462 ft (141 m) tower was among the tallest skyscrapers outside New York City at the time of its completion."
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It would take almost 6 decades until stubborn Vancouver finally permitted a building to be of a similar height.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Centre_(Vancouver) "The skyscraper stands at just under 145m tall and 37 storeys. Royal Centre was the tallest building in Vancouver upon completion in 1973..."
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=LC+Smith+Tower+in+Seattle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Martins_Tower is a 140-metre (460 ft) office building
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Restaurant is a revolving restaurant located at Level 33 https://www.crestaurant.com.au , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F557lO6Wy_U
While a building this size (140 m) has become like a stump in Perth and Seattle, it would still be a prominent tower in stumpy Vancouver, BC.
https://www.williams.com/pipeline/northwest-pipeline/
https://pstrust.org/pipeline-safety-in-washington-state/
https://www.utc.wa.gov/public-safety/pipeline-safety
Alberta and Washington State have been able to do so much more simply, because they aren't restricted & confounded by anything like the BC Mind Virus (BCMV).
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-alberta-canada-new-oil-pipeline-agreement
BC has been so reluctant to bend over and accept the big pipe from Alberta.
Alberta pitches new West Coast oil pipeline to B.C.'s South Coast https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/livestory/energy-proposal-ab-bc-west-coast-july-2-live-updates-9.7251535 Albeta pitches and BC is expected to catch.
Its not Butman, but Bitumen, but BC is expected to ben over and submit to it.
https://www.alberta.ca/west-coast-oil-pipeline
Despite its size, Canada has less than 1% of the worlds population. BC has yet to have as many people as 1 Switzerland. Yet, the area of Switzerland can fit into BC 23 times.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/canada-day-activities-in-ottawa-cancelled-9.7255350 Despite Vancouver having such cold, crappy summer weather, it was the heat that ruined things in Ottawa.
https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/622726/Kelowna-Canada-Day-fireworks-light-up-Okanagan-Lake Vancouver was unable to get Kelowna to cancel their CD fireworks.
"You’ll find Canada Day fireworks in Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, White Rock, Abbotsford, and Port Coquitlam." https://miss604.com/2026/06/canada-day-events-around-vancouver-2026
Despite not having any Canada Day fireworks for itself, Vancouver can't stop other cities in BC or Canada from having fireworks on C Day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15-minute_city
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198222000641
Ideally, if most things are within 15 minutes, that's great.
https://unfccc.int/news/the-15-minute-city
Even in the case of urban sprawl, a lot of things can be built within 15-30 minute town centers.
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2024/10/15-minute-cities-canada
No matter how big a city or urban region is, 15-30 minute town centers can be built, but it can require a lot of work.
https://www.planetizen.com/news/2022/07/117975-could-la-be-15-minute-city
However, sometimes people still have to get across town for various reasons.
https://medium.com/sybarite/escape-to-a-15-minute-city-ce3707baf145 While its not impossible, to even establish 30 minute urban focal points in Greater L.A. can be challenging. If a person living in L.A. is within 15 minutes of walking or biking, or a bus or train trip from the stores and other services, that's great. However, a lot of people are still a 30-60 minute drive away from work & other places to get to. Thus, a 1 hour+ city is still unavoidable in some cases.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Urbanism/comments/1gtlylo/what_city_is_californias_best_option_for_a/
https://www.webuildvalue.com/en/facts/widest-highway-in-the-world.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/UrbanHell/comments/1s88o5e/cairo_egypt_worlds_widest_highway_32_lane_beast/
https://lisadudzikperth.wordpress.com/2018/11/14/the-widest-highways-in-the-world/
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/62901-widest-road-world-distance
https://bctimes.ca/posts/bc-15-minute-city-movement
https://ncceh.ca/resources/evidence-briefs/time-think-15-minute-cities-health-and-equity
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-15-minute-city-1.6463022
https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0412906
https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2023/05/01/your-15-minute-city-is-not-my-15-minute-city 15 to 30 minutes, but sometimes an hour+ is still required to get to where you are going.
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2024/10/15-minute-cities-canada/
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/y4ax7e/thoughts_on_vancouver_ever_turning_into_a/
https://weather.gc.ca/data/wxoimages/wocanmap0_e.jpg Today was another day of Vancouver & Victoria not even reaching 20C, let alone 30C. However, Yellowknife and Ottawa reached 30C today, but Vancouver & Victoria not even close. https://weather.gc.ca/canada_e.html
It very difficult for Vancouver to have 90-100 days of nice summer weather. Fall like weather keeps cutting into the Vancouvers shorts summers.
https://climateatlas.ca/urban-heat-island-effect
As several places get hot for the summer, Vancouver is usually stuck with a truncated summer season.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vancouver/v6c/june-weather/53286 Vancouver only got to have 2 days in June that were at least 30C.
https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/basic-page/urban-heat-islands
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/metro-vancouver-weather-rain-canada-day-2026-12478135
Nothing like cold, damp and depressing fall like weather when its supposed to be summer in Vancouver, BC. June 26 was awful!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPCgXbuWiR4
https://www.accuweather.com/en/gb/london/ec4a-2/june-weather/328328 Wow, London might actually get to have 5 June days which are at least 30C. Meanwhile, several places are sweltering at over 40C.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3q9Via14O8 Texas has more people than Australia and still plenty of wilderness and open land.
The 15 and 30 minute city concept is OK, but sometimes people still have to get across town. Fortunately, for now, one doesn't have to get permission from AI to visit another part of the city.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4EJ2MLE5BM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3NsDyUjr8 Vancouver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX4EDQ0VEnU Surrey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GuHfIK95uc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Xt8AX3MWs Cloverdale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us7K-uRxjkw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJtotvMq2ls
The Lion+Bridge will likely still not have an express bus and LRT tunnel near it. The+Iron+Bridge still might not have a proper BRT and LRT bridge next to it. The OSB and the KSB will likely not have a bus and bike bridge built beside them. There will still likely be no new Fraser Street Bridge for bikes and buses. No Boundary Road bridges to provide a direct link between the North Shore and Richmond for buses, trucks and bikes.
While the first 2 Skytrain lines will have 5 car trains, the stunted YVR-Canada Line will only have 2.5 car trains. Vancouver still might not permit any office tower to have a 40th floor, but might allow some residential towers to be on a Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane & Toronto scale.
However, BIG city thinking and planning in Vancouver has always been so difficult. Boston, SF and the City of Paris are ridiculously small cities like Vancouver with all 3 having a land area of less than 50 sq. mi. or 129.5 sq. km. Yet, Boston, SF and especially the City of Paris, have all been able to fit so much more into the same general space. That's because they aren't bound by anything like the inept and extreme Vancouver type restrictions.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2026/06/26/deadly-heatwave-continues-to-grip-europe
Europe's deadly heatwave https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2knzzwprgo
https://globalnews.ca/news/11940283/omega-block-europe-heatwave-canada-explainer While Canada can get some very hot summer days, its difficult for the heat to reach or stay in Vancouver and Victoria.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/europe-heat-wave-omega-alcohol-ban-pride-parade-france-9.7249778
https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vancouver/v6c/june-weather/53286 June 26 only got to 16 C, while that might be considered to be a heatwave up in the Arctic Circle, its pathetic for Vancouver with its short or abbreviated summers. Vancouver might only get to have 10 days in June that are over 25 C, that's hardly a heatwave.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vancouver/v6c/may-weather/53286?year=2026 Wow, Vancouver had 13 days in May that were over 20 C. Again, that's hardly a heatwave.
Vancouver and Victoria can be desirable for people who don't want to use AC for most of the year. Last night I refused to turn on the heating and opted just to just wear more clothes. Its ironic to have to dress for fall outside and at home when its supposed to be summer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujWLEBhbdt8
If it were possible today, the KEEP VANCOUVER SMALL AND BACKWARDS people would still not permit any building to be a 3rd of the height of the CN_Tower. (CNT) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CN_Tower#Height_comparisons
The Harbour_Centre opened just over a year after the CNT, and is just under a 3rd of its height. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbour_Centre#Height
Unfortunately, The Vancouver Mind Virus (VMV) was able to ensure that the Canada_Line Stations aren't even quite a 3rd of the length of the 152.5 m Montreal Metro stations.
Even the North-Shore mountains aren't allowed to be as tall as the mountains north of L.A.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Shore_(Greater_Vancouver)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/LA_San_Gabriel_Mountains.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Gabriel_Mountains#Gallery
Whether you are from Toronto or Chicago, LA or SF, Melbourne or Sydney, you might be shocked as to seeing how scaled down or watered down Vancouver is. Yet, the City of Paris, despite having a slightly smaller land area than Vancouver, can fit so much more inside. Boston and SF are only slightly larger in area than the City of Vancouver, yet they can also fit in so much more.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/26/wastewater-plant-review-team-appointed/
How could a project run several billions of dollars overbudget? It was as if there wasn't any proper oversight with the project. A few of those lost billions could have gone towards a bus and train tunnel near the Lion Bridge (LGB). And, a bus and LRT bridge beside the Iron Bridge.
There are always allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement around the world. However, the Greater Vancouver Region has been stuck with several watered down versions of what should be proper BIG city size infrastructure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWeMvBEbok4 ...but the LRT is still pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-9O8UYX3FQ
Ideally, an airport line can run from the city to the airport station. Sometimes, the airport station is just a stop on a larger line.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7nTfPpOZlo
Hawaii’s New Metro Just Got Better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8feC5Eabeyw Airport in 2025
Honolulu doesn't specifically have an airport line from downtown. Eventually, one can go from downtown to the airport station and further west. Sometimes, the generic airport station is just a stop on a larger line, as will be the case in Honolulu.
The Boston Logan Airport is almost right beside downtown. BART to SFO is just south of the city.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-aquatic-centre-injunction-request-denied
Its sad that a building from 1974 wasn't designed to be able to last for at least a century. The, KEEP VANCOUVER SMALL AND BACKWARDS crowd wins again. The new facility won't have a 50-metre lap pool, it will be reduced to a 25-metre pool.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/24/denied-injunction-vancouver-aquatic-centre
In Vancouver, just give up on a building that's barely half a century old, but in Europe things are built to last.
Why Does It Take 144 Years To Build Sagrada Familia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZKdTVBjz_s
Especially, the pyramids in Egypt an in other parts of the world.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/burrard-inlet-second-narrows-dredging-vancouver-oil-tanker
Its so difficult for Canada to even have even one proper major port city on the Pacific Rim when Australia has Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne.
Most of the Greater Vancouver bridges are only 2 lanes each way & single track freight train bridges, when they should have been doubletracked by now.
https://gvha.ca/deep-water-terminal/shore-power-project Small town.
https://www.rupertport.com/cargo-volumes Very small town.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/25/bc-weather-translink-heat-air-conditioning
It was amazing, there were actually a few days in Vancouver when the temperature was at least 40C. Several places around the world have to endure weeks or even months above 40C. Last summer, it was difficult just to have some 30C days in Vancouver and Victoria.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2nCtKvkujg
https://www.calgary.ca/major-projects/transit-blue-line-lrt-extension.html
https://www.calgary.ca/planning/projects/transit-green-blue-line-connector.html
https://pub-calgary.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=145966
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VPFqSyi1Z4
The Canada_Line could also be called Line 3 or the C-Line, but it isn't for some reason. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YVR-Airport_station
Its not just an airport line, but a line between Vancouver and Richmond.
L.A. has the C_Line_(Los_Angeles_Metro) to the LAX/Metro_Transit_Center. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinki_Sharyo_P3010
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyLink_(Los_Angeles_International_Airport)
Calgary has the CTrain , witch will eventually reach the airport.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTrain#Spur_line_to_Calgary_International_Airport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKVgcz6LERE
Affordable housing is essential, luxurious housing is a luxury.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/23/multiple-heat-records-set-monday-across-b-c
Just when you think that its summer, fall like weather will be returning soon in Vancouver.
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/whistler-weather-road-conditions-resort-this-morning-6330538 BC is still almost totally overrun with mountains and wilderness.
https://www.deerfootimprovements.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ivor-Strong-Bridge-plan_.pdf
https://www.deerfootimprovements.ca/ivor-strong-bridge-2
https://www.calgary.ca/planning/projects/deerfoot-trail-improvements.html
https://www.deerfootimprovements.ca/spring-2025-construction-update-ivor-strong-bridge/
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/metro-vancouver-weather-summer-june-2026-12441747
June, July & August are the fastest 3 months in Vancouver, because they are usually the best weather months. However, there is never any guarantee of 90 days of nice summer weather.
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/metro-vancouver-weather-heat-rain-june-2026-12455681
Unfortunately, May can sometimes still look more like fall than spring. However, what really should be the summer months can still occasionally have cool, cloudy and rainy days. Then by the second week of September, there is a sense that summer is fading quickly. The later half of September is more like spring than summer, with October having some occasionally spring-like days, but colder nights.
November is totally crappy cold & damp weather, with the depressing 3 months of winter still to get through. March is usually more like fall than spring, but at least you are out of February and getting out of another winter.
Somehow, the 3 depressing, cold and damp wither months seem to always drag along, while summertime in Vancouver always runs out too quickly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POcg0oFvVf8
The larger Portland, Seattle and the Vancouver, BC (V-BC) region has a lot of growth potential. However, Seattle size buildings haven't been allowed in Portland and in Vancouver, BC. Nothing like a 12 lane Ship Canal Bridge has been allowed in Portland and Vancouver. While Oregon and backwater BC haven't been able to thwart the largest city in Washington State, Seattle might eventually become more of a magnet in pulling more people into the area between Portland and V-BC.
Right now, Vancouver, WA (V-WA) still has a wider bridge than V-BC. Most of the V-BC bridges are so damn narrow that its not possible to have an efficient regional express bus network. As long as there is a refusal to build proper BRT bridges as part of a regional system, it remains a sad joke.
The Skytrain (LRT) was built with shorter stations than what the underground stations in Seattle and Edmonton are at. Whenever possible, the Skytrain stations are shorter than the C Train stations in Calgary, DART stations in Dallas and even the Max in Portland.
The biggest mistake of the Skytrain was to not build all of the stations with a future level clearance to eventually have Montreal Metro size stations of 500 feet or 152.5 m. Instead, the first 2 lines only have 80 m stations and the line to YVR (The Canada embarrassment Line) is only 50 m. Backwater BC logic is that a 5 car Skytrain could run twice as frequent as a 9 car Montreal Metro train. Someday, a 2.5 car YVR-Canada Line train could also run much more frequently than a 9 car Montreal Metro train.
There is just one key problem with that type of BC logic. While initially constructing short stations and having short trains can save money, its not proper BIG city size infrastructure. In the long run, it costs more to try to lengthen stations for longer BIG city type trains.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rr1WUJNZVE
No office tower in Vancouver has been allowed to have a 40th floor. In fact, there are no 40 story office towers anywhere in BC.
The Iron Bridge should have had a bus, truck and LRT bridge built next to it decades ago.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Second+Narrows+Bridge
Perhaps Alberta might have to leave Canada, just because its right beside backwards and inept BC. Fortunately, the BC Mind Virus (BCMV) hasn't seemed to have messed up Alberta and Washington State, so far.
Why BC, Canada Got it Right With its New SkyTrain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqo_KAEF81k
The argument is that a mostly elevated train can move more people than an 8-10 lane elevated freeway, at much less the cost. However, any major urban grade-separated LRT system should be designed to eventually become a very high capacity conduit.
The first 2 lines only have 80 m stations, which are just a little more than half the length of a 152.5 m Montreal Metro station. Unfortunately, the line to Richmond only has a designed level clearance for 50 m stations, not even quite a 3rd of the length of a Montreal Metro station platform.
While it might seem economical to opt for short trains and stations, the Skytrain stations should have still been designed to eventually become more like a proper big city train station allowing for much higher capacity.
The first 2 lines can run the newest 5 car trains, but the 3rd line can only run 2.5 car trains, some day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironworkers_Memorial_Second_Narrows_Crossing#Collapse
After the collapse, there was a chance that the Iron_Bridge (IwB) could have been totally redesigned, but this is BC. Its very difficult in BC to design transportation infrastructure with significant future capacity. The Iron Bridge should have been built along the lines of the 12 lane Ship_Canal_Bridge (SCB) in Seattle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_Canal_Bridge
Unlike Seattle and Washington State, so much in BC is built to a provincial backwater standard. Thus, nothing on the scale of the SCB has ever been allowed in BC. https://pauldorpat.com/2014/05/17/seattle-now-then-the-ship-canal-bridge Sunce an LRT line wasn't possible for the SCB, it runs sort of parallel in a tunnel to the UW. Of course LRT to UBC is still an incomplete BC pipe dream.
The IwB should have had at least 8 lanes on an upper deck and 4 lanes on a lower deck for extra bus and truck lanes. There should have also been a provision for 2 LRT tracks on a lower deck, but that would be properly planning for the future.
Unfortunately, the Vancouver Mind Virus (VMV) ruined the Burrard-Bridge. The Burrard_Street Bridge (BSB) opened with 6 lanes and a lower level provision for a double track streetcar crossing.
Foolishly, because the city didn't want to build a parallel bike bridge, 2 lanes were removed from the BSB. This has made it very unlikely that the BSB will be able to have 2 bus lanes. No lower level streetcar crossing was ever built. Yet, a streetcar line on both side of False Creek could have been a nice thing to have up and running. Ironically, Vancouver was one of the first cities to get rid of its streetcars and will likely be one of the last to bring them back. The VMV is such a horrible thing, yet it officially doesn't exist.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Second+Narrows+Bridge
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-government-george-massey-tunnel-contractor-fired
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/15/new-agreement-for-massey-tunnel-replacement/
https://www.reddit.com/r/richmondbc/comments/1u6zwff/bc_searches_for_new_builder_for_george_massey/
https://www.infrastructurebc.com/project/fraser-river-tunnel-project/
Moving ahead on Fraser River Tunnel Project with a revised approach https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026TT0058-000706
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/15/new-agreement-for-massey-tunnel-replacement/
https://projects.eao.gov.bc.ca/p/620aa098fd30c700220f2805/project-details
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcQqiPa-Qa0 Unlike most of the buildings in Vancouver, this one in Burnaby would actually be one of the taller buildings in Calgary and Seattle.
https://skyscraperpage.com/b114729/burnaby/grand-tower-at-sky-park 230 m or 755 feet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Park_(Burnaby)
All possible, because its not under the extreme controls and restrictions that Vancouver imposes.
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=31 BC https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=31&status=15 BC https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1&status=15
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=1 Can https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=1&status=15
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/plaza-of-nations-expo-86-flag-poles-fifa-world-cup-vancouver
Four decades later, The+Lion+Bridge+and+The+Iron+Bridge still have no bus and train crossings next to them.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/vancouver-aquatic-centre-closing-its-doors-on-june-28 "The group’s legal action is strongly connected to the city’s decision to downsize the current facility’s 50-metre pool down to the approved 25 metres."
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/10/construction-underway-on-second-burnaby-tt-after-permit-hell "Honestly, Vancouver is a very difficult place to build in."
Of course he means the Greater_Vancouver Region.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaBTC6ihflo
Japan is so much smaller than Canada, yet they found the room for a fast train network. Switzerland can fit into BC 23 times and they were able to have an extensive railway system in a small area.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W_Line_(RTD) Since 2013.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Transportation_District#Light_rail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Center_station_(RTD) The last multitrack station heading towards the mountains. It has 3 tracks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rocks_College_station While this station is doubletracked, this part of the W line is single tracked.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County_Government_Center-Golden_station The end of the line with 3 station tracks on a single track section.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Transportation_District#Primary_services
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Denver_RTD_rail_stations
Vancouver is such an unusual and backwards city with its inefficient and congestive approach towards transportation infrastructure.
Getting rid of the streetcars and interurban trams was utterly foolish! Fortunately, such MADNE$$ wasn't adopted in Melbourne, SF, Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia and New Orleans.
Just because a no freeways mandate was chosen for Vancouver, the streets should have been kept wide enough for busses as well as other vehicles.
https://movementyvr.ca/the-case-of-vancouvers-nine-missing-bus-lanes
Despite most of the Vancouver bridges being too narrow, some bridge lanes were removed, because the city wasn't interested in building parallel bike bridges.
Since most of the bridges are so narrow, there isn't enough room for proper express bus lanes. Of course the city isn't interested in building parallel bus bridges next to the narrow bridges.
Since Vancouver is supposed to be a major, properly functioning city in Western Canada, the city should have pressed the designers of the first 2 Skytrain lines to make sure that all of the 80 m stations could gradually be extended to 152.5 m, the same as the 500 foot long Montreal Metro stations and trains.
Unlike the first 2 Skytrain lines, the Canada Line was only designed to ultimately have 50 m stations and trains. A 2 billion dollar line to YVR could have been designed in such a way that would have allowed it to look and function like a proper big-city passenger train.
A commuter train to the North Shore keeps taking a long time to be finalized.
https://northshoreconnects.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/BIRT-Benefits-Assessment_Final.pdf
Think small and build backwards, or not at all.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stubborn
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stubborn
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/stubborn
https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/stubborn
There has been an ongoing level of stubbornness in the BC part of Canada for several decades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia#Cities
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia#Transportation
Mostly narrow bridges and short trains.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia#Public_transit
Jack_Poole_Plaza provides plenty of inlet views.
https://www.vancouverconventioncentre.com/facility/spaces/outdoor-plazas
https://do604.com/venues/jack-poole-plaza
The unofficial Stubborn Vancouver Mind Virus was clearly against sunbornvancouver.ca .
https://www.sunbornvancouver.ca/project The pictures clearly show that the small ship hotel would hardly block out all of the views of the inlet. Its not even close in scale to the largest_cruise_ships.
https://www.sunbornvancouver.ca/public-dock Actually, a new public viewing platform would be provided with this project.
The magazine cited Vancouver’s transit, walkability and mild summer weather in ranking it first https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/soccer-world-cup-city-rankings-9.7226811
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_Drive_Pedestrian_Bridge Actually, its a pedestrian and a bicycle crossing.
The Ogre of WV is on the loose.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/ogre
A LARGE, aggressive dangerous beast of a man can easily be called an OGRE!
The money wasted could have gone towards a bus bridge and a train tunnel, or vice versa.
https://northshoreconnects.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/BIRT-Benefits-Assessment_Final.pdf
https://www.nsnews.com/opinion/letter-a-third-north-shore-crossing-wont-happen-3095100
Apparently, 2 of the 3 Skytrain bridges were never designed to also accommodate bikes.
Unfortunately, all 3 Skytrain bridges weren't designed to have any express bus lanes, never mind any for a proper rapid bus network.
In the 1980s, once it was revealed that Skytrain wouldn't be providing a 24 hour service, there wasn't a serious effort to convince the public of the importance of having a 24 hour regional express bus network. Transportation redundancy is difficult to grasp in backwards BC.
All 3 of there's transportation bridges should have had enough future space for at least a 3rd track. Upon opening, each bridge should have had 2 bus lanes that also could be for emergency vehicles. Each bridge should have had 2 bike lanes and 2 sidewalks.
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Marpole+Bridge/@49.1996678,-123.1276435,848m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x548675f84f6c0721:0xbea3ccce242f45a8!8m2!3d49.1995219!4d-123.1268811!16zL20vMGZqMjYx?hl=en&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYwMy4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D This was allowed to fall apart and eventually catch fire. It was never doubletracked and the interurban trams were phased out by the 1950s. Yet, most of the highways and general road system in SW BC cities are just 2 lanes each way. It was as if there was no need to have a 3rd lane for trucks and a 4th or 5th lane for buses & HOVs.
https://stevestonheritage.ca/2024/06/21/marpole-cp-rail-bridge
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Oak+Street+Bridge
The transportation infrastructure was set up for congestion, right from the start. Having a short Skytrain & small stations might have made economic sense in its initial phase. However, there was a failure to not design it to eventually become a proper big-city size train with much longer stations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Massey_Tunnel
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-tunnel-closure-june-2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Massey_Tunnel#Construction_and_maintenance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Massey_Tunnel#Replacement
https://www.highway99tunnel.ca/tunnel-construction/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J9Nk4cP2eo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahuenga_Pass
https://www.cppoa.org/about/cahuenga-pass-history
https://www.beforethe101.com/post/hollywood-bowl-treasure-curse-of-cahuenga-pass
https://calisphere.org/item/8ab93650c12b0e4a44fc4f93c245a4af/
https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/zw5c16/cahuenga_pass_1920/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_Line_(Los_Angeles_Metro)
https://www.reddit.com/r/LAMetro/comments/1qcc6z2/really_happy_with_the_direction_of_the_b_line_and/
https://www.dw.com/en/foreigners-flee-south-africa-after-anti-migrant-protests/video-77412123
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0269pwxg3o
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/05/20/south-africa-new-waves-of-xenophobic-attacks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_11_road_(United_Arab_Emirates) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlDku6jVTt0
https://uaescript.com/sheikh-zayed-road-e11-dubai/
https://www.bayut.com/area-guides/sheikh-zayed-road/
https://propsearch.ae/dubai-thoroughfares/sheikh-zayed-road
https://www.expedia.ca/Sheikh-Zayed-Road.dx6147375
https://www.reddit.com/r/DubaiPetrolHeads/comments/1qq9iv9/sheikh_zayed_road_now_a_days_be_like/
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/linda-buchanan-north-vancouver-third-term
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-shore-burrard-inlet-vancouver-third-crossing-bridge
https://evelazarus.com/aborted-plans-a-third-crossing-for-the-north-shore/
https://evelazarus.com/third-crossing-here-we-go-again
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020TRAN0041-000351
https://council.vancouver.ca/010313/tt2.htm
https://evelazarus.com/saving-history-twinning-the-lions-gate-bridge
https://www.nsnews.com/opinion/letter-a-third-north-shore-crossing-wont-happen-3095100
https://movementyvr.ca/release-the-real-solution-for-metro-vancouvers-most-congested-crossing/
https://movementyvr.ca/r2-and-brt
https://viewpointvancouver.ca/2016/08/26/first-rule-for-a-third-crossing/
