Queensland vs. BC

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland#Transport

Though it might be hard to believe, World_Expo_88 in Brisbane was much more of a catalyst than Expo_86 was for Vancouver. That's because unlike Brisbane, Vancouver imposed & doubled down on various infrastructure restrictions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Expo_88#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_86#Legacy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia#Transportation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland#Cities

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia#Cities

After the Expo 88, Brisbane would go onto allowing significantly taller buildings, wider roads and especially longer trains than what backwards Vancouver is still stuck with. Of course Queensland would have larger port infrastructure than backwater BC as well.

Perhaps Australia is able to get things done on a bigger & better scale than Canada, because of the warmer year-round weather. Unfortunatly, backwards Vancouver & backwater BC seem to be hindered by something like a Mind Virus.

https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/australia/canada

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/heres-why-australians-make-more-money-canadians Fortunatly, Canada hasn't been able to convince Australia, NZ, UK, USA & France to remove blue from their national flag. Japan is surrounded by water & Switzerland has lakes & rivers, but even a speck of blue isn't allowed on the national flag.

https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2009/jun/pdf/bu-0609-4.pdf

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11f0027m/11f0027m2003018-eng.pdf

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Brisbane

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Queensland 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Brisbane+Airport+Railway+Line

LRT, Semi-metro and Heavy Rail Rapid Transit...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail#Types , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail#Comparison_to_other_rail_transit_modes

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premetro 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-metro 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_transit 

Of course when Vancouver & the greater urban region became obsessed with keeping the roads & bridges narrow, it was as if there wasn't a proper concept of having express bus lanes & dedicated rapid bus lanes.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-funding-issues-impacts-traffic-congestion

The 1959 George_Massey_Tunnel should have opened with 3 lanes each way. Plus, 2 wide emergency lanes. Then over the course of its first 2 decades, it could have become a 6 lane crossing with 2 bus & HOV lanes. 

By the 1980s, the inept 4 lane George_Massey_Tunnel should have had a parallel higher & wider bus & HOV tunnel consisting of at least another 4 lanes & at least 2 emergency lanes. Thus making it more capable as an eventual replacement to the old tunnel. Then by around 2000, there should have been a bike, truck & train bridge or tunnel as well. 

A George_Massey_Tunnel#Replacement by 2030? The first phase of this really should have been started by the 1980s. Of course the new tunnel with 8 lanes & 2 bike lanes, won't have 2 truck lanes & there won't be 2 HOV lanes. Plus, in accordance with a perpetual congestive planning mentality, there is no provision for an extension of the Canada Line to Delta.

The new tunnel should not only have had 3 general lanes each way & 1 bus lane each way, there should be 1 truck lane each way as well. Plus, 2 wide emergency lanes which could eventually be repurpose for a north & southbound rapid bus transit corridor. That's because, even if there is ever a YVR-Canada-Line to the ferry terminal, it won't be open 24 hours.

Someday the YVR-Canada-Line should not only have 2.5 car trains, but an actual 5 car train consisting of five, 20m coaches. Selective_door_operation technology would make this possible. Of course it would have simply been much better to have designed all the stations to already be at least 100m, instead of the inept 50m. Unfortunately, backward BC thinking keeps getting in the way.

https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/province-considering-filling-george-massey-tunnel-with-sand-8777369 Despite the old tunnels height restrictions, a slightly smaller version of the Road_Train could have been ideal for it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_train#Trailer_arrangements

Keeping the old tunnel as a freight corridor between Delta & Richmond would be of tremendous benefit. Delta has the Roberts_Bank_Superport & the Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal.

Richmond has the Vancouver_International_Airport & the inept Canada_Line. 

Despite budget limits at the time, the Canada_Line should have been designed to eventually have 5 car trains & ultimately, 10 car trains. It should have been envisioned as a high capacity rail link between downtown Vancouver, YVR, Richmond & Delta. With an ultimate connection between the Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal and the Horseshoe_Bay_ferry_terminal. 

For some reason Vancouver & BC never seemed to really take off in the 1980s like Calgary, Seattle & Perth. Indeed, while Vancouver seemed to continue on its sleepwalking path after Expo_86, Brisbane really started to boom after its World_Expo_88. 

Unlike SW BC, the Brisbane Airport & seaport are much closer to each other. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org If you are from Brisbane & visiting Vancouver, you will be shocked to see such a short airport train. Being from Vancouver, its difficult to grasp how Brisbane was able to build such nice long trains. This is something to be very proud of, as it can move a lot of people in both directions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Airport_railway_station,_Brisbane This opened in 2001 & Vancouver's inept version had to be ready by 2010 with just 2 car trains. Yet, Brisbane designed their train to be high capacity capable as soon as it open for service. From a backwards BC perspective, it's amazing how Queensland is able to think & function on such a grand scale & to properly allocate the necessary funds. Who knows where so much of the funds went in BC? That's because not enough of it seems to have gone into the infrastructure. 

https:://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_International_Airport#Rapid_transit_(SkyTrain) 

Unfortunately, this is an embarrassment line because, that's not a 4 car train, its only two, 2 car trains on a single track. How can Vancouver ever rank as a proper city & metropolitan area, when the trains are so short & most of the bridges are so narrow?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YVR-Airport_station Why have a double track station allowing for at least 155m - 200m long trains? Do it the backwards BC way with only a single track & a 50m station. This isn't just an example of extreme cost-cutting. Its not properly designing crucial transportation infrastructure for eventual high capacity. Fortunately, most proper big urban areas are able to think & build big right from the start. Case in point is Queensland.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sir+Leo+Hielscher+Bridges,+Queensland,+Australia

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/Gateway_Bridge This 6 lane & then a 12 lane crossing was possible, because Queensland isn't under anything like the backwater BC restrictions. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges This has the potential to still have 4 lanes each way. Plus, 1 bus lane & 1 HOV lane each way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Brisbane , https://www.portbris.com.au , 

https://www.portbris.com.au/portbris-2060

Unlike backwater BC, Queensland is able to properly think, plan, invest & build for the future. Queensland just isn't hindered by anything like the BC Mind Virus (BCMV).

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=YVR-Canada+Line This is almost the worlds shortest train, because it only has 2 cars.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=old+and+new+narrow+bridges 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Brisbane+Airport+Railway+Line

Should Canada’s snowbirds boycott travelling to the U.S.?

 https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/01/17/forget-trumps-dreams-for-canada-what-about-our-snowbirds-dreams-in-florida/447531/

https://florida-first.com/why-florida-is-and-isnt-the-sunshine-state/

Florida and Queensland both consider themselves as being a Sunshine+State.

https://fortlauderdalemagazine.com/australias-sunshine-state/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_of_Florida

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida#Transportation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida#Cities_and_towns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida#Intercity_rail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland#Cities

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland#Infrastructure

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Florida

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Queensland

Metro Vancouver beaches with E.coli advisories

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/interactive-map-vancouver-beaches-e-coli-advisories-2024-9130797

Despite Vancouver being cold, depressing & damp for half of the year, the urban beaches should be in better shape. Plus, there should be a lot more hotel rooms in the metropolitan region.

Fortunately, other urban beaches around the world realize that it hurts their tourism business if they have crappy beaches.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfers_Paradise,_Queensland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfers_Paradise,_Queensland#Sport_and_recreation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfers_Paradise,_Queensland#Transport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Beach,_Florida

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Isles_Beach,_Florida

https://www.miamiandbeaches.com/things-to-do/beaches

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waik%C4%ABk%C4%AB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheraton_Waikiki_Hotel This hotel isn't 64 stories, it only has 32, but it has over 1600 rooms. Vancouver has been very reluctant to have wide buildings like this.

Number of rooms	1636
Number of suites	131
Number of restaurants	2

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Sheraton_Waikiki_from_Waikiki_Beach.jpg In Vancouver, its tough enough just to have a hotel with 700 rooms.

https://www.cntraveler.com/hotels/united-states/honolulu/hyatt-regency-waikiki-resort---spa Over 1200 rooms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_Seattle 1260 rooms.

It's been very difficult for Vancouver to think, plan & build on a big scale. Especially, with some of the most restrictive building limits around.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_Vancouver 650 rooms. Despite not being close to a beach, there should have been a provision to have a 2nd tower next to the Hyatt_Regency_Vancouver. Or, enough space to double the width of the existing building. Or, add about 20 floors to the single hotel tower. If the Royal_Centre complex was always going to just consist of 2 towers, then the office tower & the hotel tower should have been designed to eventually add another 20 stories. Not a problem for Seattle or Calgary, because they are allowed to be proper big cities.

https://www.hyatt.com/hyatt-hotels/en-US/yvrph-hyatt-vancouver-downtown-alberni Only about a quarter of Vancouver's tallest building is a hotel.

Cleaner beaches and more support for tourism would be of great benefit to Vancouver & BC. Especially, for taller & wider hotels, but that's what a big city would do. Vancouver is still a small-minded city that occasionally likes to pretend that its grown up.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Metro+Vancouver+beaches

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=hotel+rooms

Stumps and Towers in various cities

Every city starts out with stumps and several cities eventually have some tall towers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Brisbane#Timeline_of_tallest_buildings

https://mapfight.xyz/compare/queensland-vs-us.fl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Brisbane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_Square At 151 m (495 ft) it's just another Vancouver like stump, especially, AMP_Place. 

Queensland & especially Florida have grown substantially over the decades. A year round warm climate is certainly part of the big attraction. Something that Canada just doesn't have.

The Southeast_Financial_Center and One_Biscayne_Tower in Miami.

https://wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Miami_Skyline_2020.jpg

https://wikipedia/Miami_downtown_by_Tom_Schaefer_-_Miamitom.jpg

https://wikipedia/Southeast_Financial_Center_2016.jpg A classic tall Miami tower with some Vancouver type stumps next to it. 

https://wikipedia/One_Biscayne_Tower_from_the_southwest.jpg 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Brisbane

One_Biscayne_Tower contains 39 floors and is 492 ft (150 m) tall. Today it's just another Vancouver stump size building in downtown_Miami. 

Another Vancouver type stump is the Miami_Center, which is 484 ft (148 m) tall and has 34 floors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Miami#Tallest_buildings

The Miami_metropolitan_area, like Brisbane and the Gold_Coast, have been able to grow & flourish on a large scale, because they aren't under anything like the very restrictive Vancouver & BC limitations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District

The BC part of Canada is very mountainous like Switzerland. Usually, SW BC is the most mild part of Canada during the winter. Thus, it's the best place to avoid most of the harsh Canadian winters. Yet, there has been quite a lacking approach to building & expanding infrastructure. Combined with very strict zoning & a haft-assed approach to urban planning, one can clearly see a much larger scale of things in Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton & Portland. 

https://mapfight.xyz/map/ch 23 Switzerland's can fit into BC. Yet, BC has yet to reach the population of 1 CH.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Switzerland

Court upholds approval of B.C. port expansion

https://www.delta-optimist.com/highlights/court-upholds-approval-of-bc-port-expansion-despite-risks-to-whales-10069295 It remains to be seen if slow moving B.C. & Canada will eventually allow the Port_of_Vancouver to be on the same grand scale of what Brisbane and Singapore have allowed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts_Bank_Superport

Whether, its Delta, Surrey, Richmond, NW, Burnaby, it's all part of the Greater Vancouver_Port_facilities.

 https://www.burnabynow.com/highlights/court-upholds-approval-of-bc-port-expansion-despite-risks-to-whales-10069295

If the expansion went sideways, but not further west into Georgia Straight, the area is still limited. However, if the expansion were to go a little further west into Georgia Straight, then their might be more of an argument against it.

The Port_of_Brisbane wouldn't be as big & mighty if it was bound by anything similar to the way how Canada builds its seaports.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Brisbane#History

https://www.portbris.com.au , https://www.portbris.com.au/major-projects/fpe , https://www.portbris.com.au/major-projects/dedicated-rail-connectivity , https://www.portbris.com.au/portbris-2060

https://www.portsaustralia.com.au/members/port-of-brisbane

https://www.qic.com/Investment-Capabilities/Infrastructure/Global-Portfolio/Port-of-Brisbane

The Port_of_Singapore is so far away from the way of how Canada builds its ports.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Singapore#Since_2022

https://www.mpa.gov.sg/port-marine-ops/operations/port-infrastructure/terminals

Brisbane and Singapore are on the same ocean as the BC part of Canada. Unfortunatly, Canada doesn't seem to want to have the same port scale & presence as those 2 Pacific ports. Being from backwards Vancouver, it's hard to fathom what Brisbane and Singapore have been able to do. Then again, they don't have to contend with the backwater BC mentality and its imposed restrictions.

Since Asia is the most populated part of the planet and BC is on the edge of the Pacific Rim, there should be plans to eventually have a BC port on the scale of the Port_of_Rotterdam. Or, the Port_of_Los_Angeles and the Port_of_Long_Beach, but with better coordinated efficiency.

https://www.burnabynow.com/economy-law-politics/david-eby-bc-prepared-for-economic-defence-against-american-threats-10060694 Canada needs to expand its trading with more countries. 

Despite its overall area, Canada is far from housing even 1% of the world's population. Australia even has less people, but somehow they don't seem to have their own version of KEEP CANADA SMALL. 

Being from the provincial backwater that is BC, its always amazing to see how Queensland can flourish, because it doesn't have the mutigenerational hindrances that backwards BC imposes.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=B.C.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Brisbane & Queensland 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Brisbane+Airport+Railway+Line

Several Metro Vancouver beaches closed to swimming due to E. coli

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/metro-vancouver-beaches-e-coli-1.7588222

https://www.vch.ca/en/service/public-beach-water-quality

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Beach_(Vancouver)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Beach_(Vancouver)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Beach

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsilano_Beach

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho_Beach

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Banks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Bay,_Vancouver

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreck_Beach , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreck_Beach#Swimming_and_ocean_water_quality

Its imarapartive that an urban beach be reasonably clean, especially the water.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alki_Point,_Seattle , https://visitseattle.org/neighborhoods/west-seattle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bondi_Beach

https://thecapetownblog.com/best-beaches , https://www.go2africa.com/african-travel-blog/cape-towns-best-beaches

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coney_Island , https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/beaches/3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copacabana,_Rio_de_Janeiro

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/best-beaches-in-france , https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2016-07-27/the-best-beaches-in-france

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Mile,_Durban

https://www.visitmelbourne.com/regions/melbourne/see-and-do/nature-and-wildlife/beaches-and-coastlines

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Beach,_Florida , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Beach_(Miami_Beach) , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Isles_Beach,_Florida

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica_State_Beach , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California#Climate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfers_Paradise,_Queensland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadbeach,_Queensland

Waikīkī beach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waik%C4%ABk%C4%AB  ,  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waik%C4%ABk%C4%AB#Water_quality  ,

https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/25/us/hawaii-waikiki-beach-closed-sewage/index.html

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Metro+Vancouver+beaches

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=BC+beaches

How Expo 88 changed Brisbane forever and for the better

 https://www.bie-paris.org/site/en/latest/infocus/entry/the-making-of-a-city-how-expo-88-changed-brisbane-forever

World_Expo_88 didn't just help to put Brisbane on the map, it was quite a catalyst for Brisbane.

https://bie-paris.org/site/en/latest/blog/entry/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-expo-1988-brisbane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Expo_88#The_Fair

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Expo_88#Legacy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railways_in_South_East_Queensland#Future

"six-car passenger trains" https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/programs/queensland-train-manufacturing-program Fortunatly, the backwards BC mentality or BCMV, wasn't able to reach & influence Queensland. A 6 car urban train is what Vancouver should have had decades ago. The Montreal Metro was designed to have 9 car trains, ever since the 1960s. Vancouver really needs 10 car trains, but its tough enough just to eventually run 5 car trains.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busways_in_Brisbane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_Point_Green_Bridge For some strange reason, Vancouver and the metropolitan region, never got around to building a series of similar bridges. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwill_Bridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Schonell_Bridge A nice bus-bridge for Brisbane, Calgary has its version, but of course Vancouver is very slow to building any bus-bridges. Apparently, its better to just funnel everything onto a narrow bridge that's already overloaded with general traffic flow. 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Brisbane+Airport+Railway+Line

Second Harbour Crossing, Auckland

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Harbour_Crossing,_Auckland   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Harbour_Crossing,_Auckland#2023_Waitemat%C4%81_Harbour_Connections_proposals  

https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/5312416/Debate-continues-over-second-harbour-crossing

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/majority-of-auckland-wants-additional-harbour-crossing/6IV4J64EVYPT7D46F6PE3E2L54 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/second-auckland-harbour-crossing-next-steps-revealed-technical-work-to-begin-soon/4VSLTUM7XVGPTFNESXOAHBEQIM/

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/aucklands-second-harbour-crossing-could-be-practical-and-a-thing-of-beauty-garth-falconer/WALMPRJ3NZHT3MOQRGUMBSX2HE   

"With the second bridge in place, traffic lanes would be split and shared, with northbound lanes on the new six-lane bridge and south bound traffic on the eight-lane Auckland Harbour Bridge. 

There could be dedicated public transport lanes in both directions, and on the eastern side of the Auckland Harbour Bridge, two of the outside lanes can be freed exclusively for walking and cycling.

This plan would reduce the loading on the existing bridge."  https://reseturban.co.nz/news/fresh-thinking-needed-on-second-auckland-harbour-crossing 

Wow, this would be a duplication on the scale of what Brisbane did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges#Duplication 

https://briscycle.com/moreton-bay/gateway-bridge-cycleway/ 

https://www.brisbane-australia.com/sir-leo-hielscher-bridges.html

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/queensland-mourns-sir-leo-hielscher-who-brought-gateway-bridge-expo-88-20250805-p5mkg2.html

BC TransLink's busy No. 2 bus route sees upgrades with articulated buses for more capacity

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-no-2-bus-route-articulated-buses-upgrade

Get people so frustrated for taking the bus, only to start driving more on the inadequate BC roads & bridges. 

Expo_86 should have had a sub-theme of showing the world how Vancouver & BC would continue to take an inept approach for several decades. In contrast, the World_Expo_88 in Brisbane is a place where transportation infrastructure isn't thwarted by any Vancouver or BC type restrictions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane#Rail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busways_in_Brisbane Of course Brisbane would get moving on better busways several years before slow-moving Vancouver would.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_transport_in_Brisbane 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Cook_Bridge,_Brisbane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translink_(Queensland) 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Brisbane+Airport+Railway+Line

Brisbane future of state train-travel-passed-crucial-tests

 https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/as-brisbane-slept-the-future-of-state-s-train-travel-passed-crucial-tests-20220716-p5b23z.html 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Brisbane+Airport+Railway+Line

Competing proposals for Deltaport expansion

 https://www.delta-optimist.com/local-news/competing-proposals-for-deltaport-expansion-still-not-over-11215614 

Of course BC just has to move so much slower than Queensland on infrastructure projects.

https://www.northdeltareporter.com/local-news/gtc-canada-asking-ottawa-to-fast-track-delta-port-expansion-8253203

https://www.delta-optimist.com/local-news/roberts-bank-terminal-2-project-moving-closer-to-reality-10662481 

https://www.delta-optimist.com/local-news/delta-auto-terminal-project-creates-richmond-marine-terminal-opportunity-10964896 

https://www.northdeltareporter.com/local-news/procurement-for-roberts-bank-terminal-2-to-begin-this-summer-8010975  

Delta has the big seaport and Richmond has the airport, and for such a long time the highway is only 2 lanes each way.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/malcolm-brodie-richmond-mayor-retirement  

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Richmond+and+Delta

The Queensland Government announced that the nation of Australia will see a new National Aquatic Centre (NAC)

 https://swimswam.com/new-national-aquatic-centre-nac-will-host-swimming-more-for-2032-olympic-games

https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/australias-peak-aquatic-sports-deliver-push-for-world-leading-national-aquatics-centre-in-brisbane/

https://minister.infrastructure.gov.au/mcallister/media-release/new-beenleigh-aquatic-centre-makes-splash

The+Brisbane+Aquatic+Centre is already so far beyond the old & the new watered down Vancouver+Aquatic+Centre.

Bigger and better, just like having a longer train to the Brisbane Airport. Vancouver is stuck with a 2 car train of a joke. It's all part of the symbolism to refuse to build proper big city size infrastructure. AKA, the BCMV.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Brisbane+Airport+Railway+Line

Miami's Signature Bridge

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbEjBsfhLcs

It's amazing what can be done when people from Vancouver or just about anywhere from the BC part of Canada can't stop it. 

https://www.i395-miami.com/

https://www.i395-miami.com/the-project/

It doesn't matter if it's the Greater Miami Area or Brisbane, Queensland, these places can think big & build big because they are so far away from the cold, rainy backwater BC mentality. 

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2024/04/02/i-395-signature-bridge-taking-shape/

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2023/08/01/massive-signature-bridge-project-builds-to-2027-opening/

the-next-big-project-after-cross-river-rail-is-the-brisbane-subway

 https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/the-next-big-project-after-cross-river-rail-is-it-time-to-dust-off-the-brisbane-subway-20220617-p5auhk.html

How Florida just out snowed some of Canada's biggest snow making cities?

 https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weather/forecasts/how-did-florida-just-out-snow-some-of-canadas-biggest-snow-making-cities

Several people temporarily leaving cold Canada to live in cold Florida for the winter, WTH?

https://www.mtfxgroup.com/post/a-canadian-snowbird-s-guide-to-florida/

https://www.zoocasa.com/blog/moving-canada-florida/

https://www.snowbirdadvisor.ca/guide-floridas-east-coast-canadian-snowbirds

https://www.sonomad.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-spending-a-first-winter-in-florida-for-canadian-snowbirds

https://www.fox13news.com/weather/florida-eh-why-snowbirds-in-canada-love-heading-south

Many people might have been better-off visiting Queensland, the other Sunshine+State. 

Riverside Centre, Brisbane and QV1, Perth

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1097 40floors, 466ft 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Centre,_Brisbane "Completed in 1986, it contains 40 storeys and rises 146 metres (479 ft) above ground." https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=170&searchname=timeline , https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=170&status=15

Brisbane and Perth have a similar looking office tower.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QV1 "QV1 is a 40-storey modernist skyscraper in Perth, Western Australia. Completed in 1991, the 163-metre (535 ft)..."

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1263 40 floors, 533ft https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=168&searchname=timeline 

The big question is, will WA ever permit some Gold Coast size resedential towers? https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=712&status=15

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=51&status=15

https://www.quora.com/Why-doesn-t-Australia-build-up-the-west-coast-north-of-Perth-with-resorts-as-in-Queensland-It-could-bring-in-people-from-the-UK-to-help-develop-it-then-settle-there-afterwards

While cold Canada has a lot more towns that could gradually be expanded into proper cities, the warm coast of WA has tremendous potential for urban growth. Yet, most of the state can or will likely remain undeveloped. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/WesternAustralia/comments/19azez6/is_there_a_reason_why_there_are_so_few_cities_on/

Winter Storm Enzo Buries the Sunshine State With Historical and Record-Breaking Snowfall

 https://www.thetravel.com/its-snowing-in-florida-winter-storm-enzo-buries-the-sunshine-state-with-historical-and-record-breaking-snowfall/

Fortunately, Queensland, the other Sunshine+State doesn't seem to have this occasional problem. 

https://www.wftv.com/news/local/winter-weather-hits-florida-snowfall-panhandle-cold-temperatures-ahead/LWNQZFAJVJHANILT4XKXY3BSXA/

https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/regional/florida/florida-snow-map-snowfall-totals/67-4991fbb5-f9e3-4978-9cd4-a6f5a4d7b7e2

The Tsawwassen, Delta Dilemma

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/tsawwassen-town-centre-redevelopment-delta-housing-supply-rejection 

Unfortunatly, there are some serious examples of poor transportation planning in backwards BC. There never seemed to be a multistage plan to gradually have at least 5 car trains running between YVR and the BC Ferry terminal. Indeed, the YVR-Canada Line has stations that are only designed to eventually accomodate a 2.5 car train, not 5 cars. Plus, no train tunnel or bridge into Delta. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts_Bank_Superport

https://www.delta-optimist.com/local-news/competing-proposals-for-deltaport-expansion-still-not-over-11215614 

https://www.portvancouver.com/project/deltaport-truck-staging-facility 

Despite being on the same ocean, but half a world away, the Port_of_Brisbane has much better highway and freight railway infrastructure in place. 

While the YVR Line or the Canada (Embarrassment) Line only runs trains that are a 2 car joke, Brisbane actually has a proper big city Airport_railway_line with longer trains. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_railway_line,_Brisbane#Criticism While long trains are better for capacity, a frequent number of trains per hour is also important.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_Airport_railway_station,_Brisbane  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_Airport#Rail  

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Airtrain_NGR_Indigenous.jpg

Fortunately, Queensland was never stunted by anything like a BC Mind Virus (BCMV).

Richmond, B.C, mayor won't seek re-election after 25 years in the role

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/bc-news/richmond-bc-mayor-wont-seek-re-election-after-25-years-in-the-role-11219802 

A 10 lane bridge could have been completed last year, but this guy was against it. The new 8 lane tunnel isn't expected to be completed until at least 2030. 

Unlike backwards BC, Queensland was able to twin or duplicate the 6 lane Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridge.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges#Design 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges#Duplication 

https://www.mageba-group.com/de/en/1023/Australia/Australia/19745/Gateway-Bridge.htm 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_Motorway (Brisbane)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_Program_(Greater Vancouver) Of course the BC version was watered down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Brisbane#Transport_links