Friday, February 27, 2026
Building the Green Line: Phase 1 in Calgary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V9jgnsAEMk
Designing a Futureproof Transit System https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiTjlcv_1IU
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Burrard Inlet's lift rail bridge stuck, unable to open for large ships to pass through Second Narrows for days
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/second-narrows-rail-bridge-malfunction
The tunnel should have been built wide enough to eventually accommodate 2 tracks. Either there should have been a provision to build a 2nd fright bridge and tunnel, or simply have designed a double track bridge and tunnel that could easily and regularly be maintained.
This all symbolically fits in with with the narrow-minded mentality to not build proper big city infrastructure.
Vancouver council boosts budget for roads, sidewalks by $70M
More than 60 per cent of Vancouver’s arterial roads, local streets considered in fair to very poor condition https://www.biv.com/news/economy-law-politics/not-sexy-but-fundamental-vancouver-council-boosts-budget-for-roads-sidewalks-by-70m-11921125
The cities roads and streets are so inadequate, but Vancouver isn't allowed to become a proper big city.
The decision to not carve up small Vancouver with freeways between the 1950s and 1970s was a wise and novel idea at the time. However, there wasn't any proper foresight over the past several generations to make sure that the cities mostly narrow bridges didn't become bottleneck-chokepoints.
By now, every bridge should have had a bus and HOV bridge built next to it. Instead, 2 lanes were removed from the Burrard Bridge, 1 lane from the Cambie Bridge and 2 from the Granville Bridge.
Conveniently, no bike bridges were ever built next to those bridges. Apparently, what was disguised as a cost saving measure by not building proper bike-bridges, the decision was made to remove traffic lanes from some bridges. This all seems to be part of the bottleneck planning mentality.
It's amazing how several cities around the world are able to build bike-bridges, simply because they aren't under anything like the backwards Vancouver planning agenda.
B.C. economy stuck in low gear as trade risks cloud 2026 outlook
A stunted or thwarted BC helps to maintain its provincial backwater mentality.
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Delays out of North Shore continue after truck stalls for hour on Lions Gate Bridge
The LGB bottleneck is indicative of how some people don't want Vancouver to become a properly planned functioning big city.
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1mehud6/theres_a_single_car_stopped_in_the_only/
Unfortunatly, Vancouver still isn't allowed to function like a real proper big city. For several decades, so many key people, especially urban planners don't want to have a wider structural crossing to at least match what Prince George and Kamloops have. Or, to match what Kelowna has and especially don't want to have what Ft. McMurray has.
Indeed, most proper major cities by now would have had a 6-8 lane tunnel right under the park and close to the LGB. Georgia Street is already 7 lanes wide in the first few bloks closest to the park, so the potential for a 7-8 lane tunnel should be possible.
An 8 lane tunnel would be best in that the 3 & 4 lane counterflow on Georgia could easily feed into an 8 lane tunnel. Then once in the tunnel there world be 3 standard lanes each way, plus a bus lane each way.
A commuter train tunnel or an extension of the YVR-Canada Line should also run close to where the LGB is. Unfortunatly, some key people for several decades don't seem to want or understand the benefits of having a train connecting YVR with both of the regional bc-ferries terminals. That's because it could actually help to relieve transportation congestion. https://www.bcferries.com/current-conditions/TSA-SWB
It's always amazing to see what other cities around the world can do, simply because they aren't trapped within the backwards Vancouver mindset or don't have a backwater BC mentality to thwart them.
https://www.th.gov.bc.ca/atis/lgcws/index.html
This has to be one of the worlds best examples of bottleneck-chokepoint planning around.
https://www.translink.ca/schedules-and-maps/skytrain A rail rapid transit connection to both ferry terminals and YVR would be a huge improvement, but it's still not likely in the foreseeable future.
Vancouver port applies to dredge Burrard Inlet this year to fuel oil exports
The Second Narrows Crossing Area
https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/glaciermedia/images/climate-enviro-solutions/oceans/proposed-burrard-inlet-dredging.jpg;w=960 A commuter rail, rapid bus and HOV bridge was never built next to the Iron Bridge, which doesn't even have any emergency lanes. The freight train bridge and tunnel east of it, wasn't designed to eventually accomodate 2 tracks. Taking a narrower bridge and tunnel approach symbolically fits right in with the narrow-minded mentality that is BC.
https://www.bchydro.com/energy-in-bc/projects/second-narrows-crossing-project.html
Monday, February 23, 2026
Why are so many commercial truckers failing road-side safety checks in B.C.?
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1rcys2s/why_are_so_many_commercial_truckers_failing/
Its as if BC can just strive to be substandard, because it has such a provincial backwater mentality.
Seattle, WA
https://www.reddit.com/r/CityPorn/comments/1rc5hlj/seattle Another scenic city thats allowed to have taller buildings than Vancouver, BC.
Saturday, February 21, 2026
The Pattullo Bridge Replacement
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026TT0025-000178 Its only 2 lanes each way for the foreseeable future. No bus lanes and no HOV lanes, it's just another classic BC funnel for congestion.
Friday, February 20, 2026
Aerial view of downtown Vancouver in 1969
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1r960mq/tbt_aerial_view_vancouver_downtown_coal_harbour_c This was still a time when Vancouver didn't allow any office tower to have a 30th floor. As of 2026, no office building in Vancouver has been permitted to have a 40th floor. However, Burnaby & Surrey are planning to have their first office building over 40 stories. That's because they aren't under the extreme height restrictions that Vancouver imposes.
Seattle had its first 50 story office tower in 1969. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeco_Plaza
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Square The first 50 story office tower in Australia (1967) was possible because they don't have anything like the height restrictions in Vancouver.
Toronto had its first 50+ story office tower in 1967. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto-Dominion_Centre#Late_20th_century
SF had its first office buiding over 50 stories open in 1969. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/555_California_Street 52 stories, but the equivalent of 60 when counting all of the mechanical plant floors.
Thursday, February 19, 2026
B.C. residential sector reeling despite strong December data
Corporate housing is alright for those who can afford it. However, unless there is more social or affordable housing, more people will be on the streets.
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
San Francisco just approved a 67-story, 820-foot residential tower at 10 South Van Ness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-oBDIsEHSQ
SF is finally allowing a building within a few blocks of City Hall to be much taller than the LA City Hall.
Friday, February 13, 2026
Thursday, February 12, 2026
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Left The UK For Russia (And Will Never Go Back)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxeNaZqRiEw
Living in China and Never Moving Back to America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJAN1xjwbSY
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Eglinton LRT is a GAME CHANGER: Eglinton to Mount Dennis under 20 Mins!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qayp0AhnldY
Riders raise concerns about Eglinton Crosstown accessibility issues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXbAdrUBV38 Any modern transit system needs to be safe and easy for the disabled and elderly to use.
Monday, February 9, 2026
After more than 15 years, Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown LRT finally opens
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