https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfg1WP7kjZI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Metro_SubwayLink
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Why Baltimore Built America's Saddest Metro
WMATA Metro Trains arriving and departing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkULs_7vgDA
https://www.wmata.com/content/dam/wmata-com/maps/system-map-rail.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Metro Daily ridership of 545,900 (weekdays, Q1 2026)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Metro#Busiest_days
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Metro#System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Metro#Architecture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Metro#Planned_or_proposed_projects
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Coquitlam’s Upcoming 60,000-Sq.-Ft. Aquatic And Community Centre
https://604now.com/fraser-mills-community-centre-coquitlam-renderings-2026/
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/fraser-mills-community-centre-coquitlam-design While an aquatic centre with a 25-metre, five-lane lap pool seems OK, it should have been designed for double the scale. Of course the rebuilt Vancouver Aquatic Centre will also just have a 25-metre pool, when it should be 50 m.
https://letstalkcoquitlam.ca/FraserMills
https://www.coquitlam.ca/1329/Fraser-Mills-Development
https://www.beedie.ca/residential/fraser-mills-master-planned-community/
Richmond has announced that it is starting to roll out the new residential speed limit that’ll apply citywide.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/richmond-drivers-speed-limit-30
While Richmond has a couple of freeways, having slower residential streets makes sense. However, the major streets and roads require faster speeds than a country road, but still slower than a freeway. Richmond has airport road traffic and lots of truck traffic between Vancouver, Delta & NW.
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Monday, July 13, 2026
The missing element in urban infrastructure
If a bridge or tunnel is too narrow to accommodate bus and bike lanes, then a separate crossing should be built near it. Many bridges and highway tunnels don't have a provision for LRT or commuter rail, so then a rail crossing should be built near it.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=the+missing+element
Missed Connections in Transportation Infrastructure
https://www.reddit.com/r/geography/comments/1m2eav7/what_is_that_one_piece_of_infrastructure_that/
https://thecmigroup.ca/press-room/what-lurks-beneath-the-hidden-infrastructure-crisis/
https://www.mammoet.com/resources/urban-plannings-top-three-challenges-and-how-to-beat-them/
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2017/11/the-five-is-of-failed-urban-planning/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275125003075
https://metropolismag.com/viewpoints/scott-burnham-infrastructure-reprogramming/
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=the+missing+element
Saturday, July 11, 2026
SkyBridge between NW and Surrey, BC
Unfortunately, due to inept regional transportation planning, the SkyBridge (1990) wasn't built with any extra width for bus lanes, bike lanes and sidewalks. Everything was just expected to be crammed onto the inadequate, 4 lane Pattullo_Bridge, which only had 1 narrow sidewalk. Back in the day, there was no concept of allowing additional future space for 2 wide truck lanes, 2 car lanes and 2 bus lanes on the Pattullo_Bridge_in_1937.
It was as if someone really didn't want to ever have any bus lanes on the Patullo Bridge and the SkyTrain Bridge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyBridge_(TransLink)#Details
Then, it was as if someone still didn't want to have any bus lanes on the Stalewasem_Bridge as well. Since the train isnt running 24hrs, a BRT crossing is important.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalewasen_Bridge This new bridge should have opened with at least 3 lanes each way, plus a bus lane each way. However, an 8 lane bridge with 2 wide emergency lanes and 2 wide shoulders would look too much like big city infrastructure. Big city scale infrastructure is difficult to establish in backwards BC.
The Vancouver Mind Virus (VMV)
Any time that something can be canceled, stunted, thwarted, watered down or scaled back, that's part of the VMV.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Vancouver+Mind+Virus & the BCMV
University Bridge (Seattle)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Bridge_(Seattle)
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The University Bridge and the Burrard+Street+Bridge in V-BC used to have 6 lanes, but 2 lanes were removed for bikes. In both cases, a bike bridge should have been built next to them. Then, they both could still have 6 lanes.
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