35-storey hotel and condo tower approved next to Robson Square in Downtown Vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/807-819-hornby-street-908-948-robson-street-vancouver-reliance-hotel-approved

Historic photos show Stanley Park more than 100 years ago

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/historic-photos-show-stanley-park-more-than-100-years-ago-12623887 

https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/via/images/historic-images/vancouverarchives/stanley-park-100-years-1920s-entrance.jpg;w=960;h=640;bgcolor=000000 A nice wide public walkway. Unfortunately, due to a lack of a proper big city vision, no 4-6 lane wide right of way was ever established through the park. 

https://stanleyparkvan.com/stanley-park-van-road-stanley-park-causeway.html 

The 3 lane wide option was never followed-up with a lower 3 lane tunnel. So, instead of 3 lanes each way, everything is funneled into just 3 lanes.

https://council.vancouver.ca/000203/pe3.htm Thus, no need to have a bridge designed to be strong enough to have at least two 3 lane decks.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Lions%27_Gate_Bridge_1938.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=index&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Lion%27s_Gate_Bridge_and_North_Vancouver.jpg/1280px-Lion%27s_Gate_Bridge_and_North_Vancouver.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=index&utm_content=thumbnail 

In Vancouver and backwards BC in general, its very difficult to build infrastructure for long-range future capacity.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Stanley_Park_Labeled_Aerial_Map.png 

After several generations, Stanley_Park has remained as a provincial gateway to backwater Vancouver.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Park#21st_century 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Highway_99#Vancouver 

While no one was able to stop the Horseshoe_Bay_ferry_terminal from being built, too many people still don't want Greater_Vancouver to have a proper big city train and highway link between West_Vancouver and Downtown_Vancouver. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Vancouver_Metropolitan_Area%2C_2018.jpg/3840px-Vancouver_Metropolitan_Area%2C_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=index&utm_content=thumbnail 

Fortunately, the BCMV never made it to Sydney, NSW and SF, CA. Thus, their CBD or downtown has good rail and highway links.

However, it was almost like part of the Vancouver MV made it to Auckland, NZ.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland_Harbour_Bridge#Clip-ons_(1967%E2%80%931969) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland_Harbour_Bridge#Alternate_proposal A parallel bus, bike and train bridge should have been built decades ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Harbour_Crossing,_Auckland#2023_Waitemat%C4%81_Harbour_Connections_proposals 

https://www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/waitemata-harbour-connections 

https://infrastructurepipeline.org/project/additional-waitemata-harbour-crossing 

https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/05/27/build-this-brilliant-bridge 

https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/04-06-2026/privately-funded-second-auckland-harbour-bridge-unlikely-to-achieve-value-for-money-nzta-report-warns

Western Canada's tallest tower project to move ahead in Downtown Vancouver

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKuZbEE5cco 

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/holborn-vancouver-western-canada-tallest-tower-bay-parkade-redevelopment-approved

Four new concert halls proposed for Downtown Vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-cultural-precinct-new-concert-halls-proposal-sites

Western Canada's tallest tower, topped off by a world-class observation deck attraction, would give Vancouver a striking new landmark

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/western-canada-tallest-tower-downtown-vancouver-skyline-natural-setting-change 

https://skyscraperpage.com/b165343/vancouver/595-west-georgia-street 

Towers instead of stumps.

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=1&status=15 

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

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

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

Unfortunately, Vancouver has such an imposed watered down or scaled back approach to the size of things. 

A 3 lane Lions+Gate+Bridge that still has no BRT, truck and LRT tunnel next to it. 

The shortsighted YVR-Canada+Line. Instead of designing longer stations that could accommodate 5 car trains, the 50 m stations can only accommodate 2.5 car trains, some day.

A free transit zone?

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-mayoral-candidate-stephanie-allen-free-transit 

A downtown Vancouver free transit zone would be a good start. Then, also a Metrotown zone in Burnaby and in downtown Surrey.

How To Get from Vancouver (YVR) Airport to Vancouver City Center - Downtown

 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

Yaletown–Roundhouse station's fare gate capacity increased by 66%

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-yaletown-roundhouse-station-additional-fare-gates-completed 

The Canada line is such a watered down version of what should have been a proper big city airport and ferry rapid transit link. Just because this infrastructure project had to be scaled down during its first phase, the stations still could have been designed to eventually accommodate 5-6 car trains. Unfortunately, the stations were only designed to accommodate a 2.5 car train. While this perfectly fits in with the inept urban transportation mentality and especially fits in with the BC congestive transportation agenda, this is another sad result. 

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-yaletown-roundhouse-station-fare-gate-expansion

Despite being downtown with several condominiums around, the Yaletown-Roundhouse_station is too small for an inner-city station.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaletown-Roundhouse_station#Station_information 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Yaletown_Roundhouse_Stn.jpg/1280px-Yaletown_Roundhouse_Stn.jpg 

There is barely enough level clarence beyond the short platform for another car. To remedy this inadequate situation, this line needs to have three full-size cars, not just some eventual 2.5 car joke of a train. 

https://www.eke-electronics.com/automatic-selective-door-operation-asdo 

Then eventually, once people got used to a 3 car train, an extra car could be added at each end, resulting in a 5 car train. Its a workaround that can eventually enable the 3rd line or the C Line to run 3-5 cars trains to meet demand. 

Then the Exp. Line and Mil. Line, or what could become A & B lines with standard 5 car trains. However, during the busy times, a 7 car train could be possible with selective-door-operation technology. 

It would have been better to have just built all of the Skytrain stations long enough for 5 car trains in the first place, with enough level track clearance for 10 car trains eventually.

City's chief planner emphasizes creating a 'Vancouver approach' to taller towers

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-higher-buildings-review-taller-towers 

Seattle, Calgary and Edmonton all have taller and wider downtowns, where as most of downtown Vancouver is confined to a small peninsula. Yet, Seattle, Calgary and Edmonton already each have a taller residential tower than what restrictive Vancouver allows. 

So far, only three buildings have been permitted to be higher than the flag at the top of the 581 ft. Harbour_Centre. 

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

As of 2026, no residential tower within Vancouver has 65 stories and no office tower has been permitted to have a 40th floor.

Backwater BC is 75% mountainous, yet there has been such a cultivated fear that somehow provincial Vancouver could block out most of the mountains by allowing significantly taller towers. 

Whenever retuning from Los_Angeles to Vancouver, you quickly realize that even the mountains just north of Vancouver are shorter than the ones in L.A. Its as if even the Vancouver mountains are under height restrictions.

TransLink to run temporary Downtown Vancouver circular bus route during FIFA World Cup

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-no-1-downtown-vancouver-south-circulator-bus-route-fifa-world-cup 

Makes sense since the city never planned for a downtown train loop like Chicago, Toronto and other proper cities did generations ago. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Circle Stdney

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Loop#Metro_Tunnel Melbourne  

There should be a permanent downtown bus loop or circle. It could run along Robson to Burrard, then along Davie to Denman and then back to Robson. Every 3-5 minutes during the day and every 5-10 minutes at night. Unfortunately, that would go against the backwards planning mentality of provincial Vancouver.

Allegedly impaired driver arrested after crashing through Nanaimo sushi restaurant

 https://nanaimonewsnow.com/2026/05/19/allegedly-impaired-driver-arrested-after-crashing-through-nanaimo-sushi-restaurant/ 

https://nanaimobulletin.com/2026/05/19/car-crashes-into-sushi-restaurant-in-downtown-nanaimo/ 

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/05/19/vehicle-crashes-into-downtown-nanaimo-restaurant/ 

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/driver-arrested-after-crashing-vehicle-into-nanaimo-restaurant-12302695 

https://www.reddit.com/r/nanaimo/comments/1thubmm/car_crashes_into_sushi_restaurant_in_downtown/ 

While side streets and regional major streets don't unusually have protective side barriers, bridges should, along with having a traffic divider.

The future of tall buildings in downtown Vancouver

https://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/help-shape-tall-buildings-may-2026.aspx

While there are some taller residential towers, no Vancouver office tower has ever been permitted to have a 40th floor.

 https://globalnews.ca/video/11827046/vancouver-tall-building-policy-review/ 

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/new-territory-vancouver-city-first-supertall-tower-could-be-first-more-to-come#:~:text=Sign%20In%20or%20Create%20an,Article%20content 

https://maps.nicholsonroad.com/heights/

West Vancouver Councilors comments on Ambleside visitors spark backlash

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/west-vancouver-councillor-ambleside-beach 

Sometimes its as if there is a harking back to a British Colonial dream to have BC as a Whiteman's paradise. Fortunately, over the decades, nonwhite people have gradually been allowed to live in WV and even buy property. Unfortunately, the KEEP+THEM+OUT mentality occasionally resurfaces.

Any dynamic city or cosmopolitan metropolis will have people from all over the world. However, for those who remember a time when WV was predominantly White, it can be upsetting for some to see a bunch of multicultural visitors to WV. That's odd, because the days of WV being some type of a Whiteman's playground are suppose to be long gone.

Curiously, there is still no highway tunnel to West Vancouver from Downtown Vancouver. No train from downtown to the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal, either. If a wall can't be built around WV, perhaps the next best thing was to symbolically not build proper big city infrastructure between downtown and WV. 

Mercer_Island,_Washington is a well to do enclave like WV. Yet, MI has a good highway and train link to Seattle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Island,_Washington#Transportation 

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

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=West+Vancouver+councillors+comments

Why Seattle Is the Opposite of Every U.S. City

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mElYsvaXFiY Despite almost having as much rain and crappy fall & winter weather as Vancouver, the biggest city in Washington State is able to do so much more than any city in provincial backwater BC. 

Seattle’s Downtown Isn’t Coming Back the Same https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLRMYCSm1Cs&t=95s  

Seattle’s Mega Transformation by 2030 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=014ctHVOCTs

Police incident sparks early morning SkyTrain chaos in downtown Vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-skytrain-incident-april-28

Gateway landmark condo and hotel tower proposed beside Granville Street Bridge in Downtown Vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/601-beach-crescent-vancouver-condo-hotel-pinnacle-international-tower-revised-concept "The proposal now envisions a 650-ft.-tall, 67-storey tower..." 

While this would be the 2nd tallest in Vancouver, in several other cities it would just be an average tall building.

"We don't know where the money's going"

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/downtown-eastside-organizations-larry-campbell

Major upgrades to busy Queensborough Bridge will close lanes until 2027

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/queensborough-bridge-upgrades-lane-closures-new-westminster-richmond 

When the Queensborough_Bridge opened in 1960, there wasn't any serious consideration for future capacity. The QB should have had 2 wide shoulders and 2 wide emergency lanes. Then, by the 1980s 2 bus lanes could have been opened. Then, by around 2000 the QB could have had 3 lanes each way, plus 1 bus lane each way.

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/04/02/construction-to-close-queensborough-bridge-lanes-overnight-until-2027

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation-projects/other-transportation-projects/queensboroughbridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensborough_Bridge Unfortunatly in 2026, the QB remains as a 4 lane funnel. Just 2 lanes each way as its another classic BC bottleneck-chokepoint, by design. There is enough space east of the bridge for a new northbound bridge to be built. 

New_Westminster has always been a small city, because it never absorbed what would become the Tri-Cities. Thus, a narrow QB fits in with such a little provincial backwater. However, as part of the BC Lower_Mainland its part of a region with over 3 million people. This puts NW in the position of being a regional hub city. 

https://604now.com/queensborough-bridge-upgrades-richmond-new-westminster-2026-2027/

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/queensborough-bridge-upgrades-new-westminster-richmond

https://www.patrickjohnstone.ca/2013/07/alas-queensborough-bridge-works.html

http://archives.newwestcity.ca/permalink/24422 , http://archives.newwestcity.ca/permalink/99415/  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensborough,_New_Westminster , https://www.newwestcity.ca/database/rte/122554-QB.PDF

Bike+bridges aren't a problem in many Australian cities and around the world. However, as usual, its more difficult to get such things done in backwards BC.

https://www.newwestcity.ca/database/files/library/Q2Q_Bridge_Brochure_2015_02_02.pdf  

https://www.patrickjohnstone.ca/2013/07/connecting-qb-to-quay.html There should have been a proper bike and foot bridge between Queensborough and downtown NW, decades ago. 

https://www.newwestcity.ca/planning-building-and-development/projects-on-the-go/articles/3475.php

 https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Queensborough+Bridge

The Dunsmuir Tunnel in Downtown Vancouver, SkyTrain service to be reduced on weekends until June

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/downtown-vancouver-skytrain-service-delays-weekends Had the old railway tunnel been originally designed to be double tracked, it could have been converted into a double level, 4 track LRT tunnel, instead of a 2 track LRT tunnel.

Ideally, if a subway or metro line doesn't have 4 tracks, 3 would be the next best thing. Then, 2 tracks could always remain operational while the 3rd is being repaired. For the most part, Skytrain is just a double track system. Unfortunately, the YVR-Canada Line is even single tracked at the end of the line in YVR and in downtown Richmond. 

The Canada Line should have been the 1st phase of an eventual south extension to Delta and the BC ferry terminal. Plus, a north extension from Waterfront_station_in Vancouver to Lonsdale_Quay and the ferry terminal. This would be a vital link between Canada_Line and the two regional ferry terminals. Unfortunately, Vancouver and BC are about maintaining congestion and transportation inefficiency.

Perhaps someday, if Vancouver is ever allowed to function like a proper big city, the Dunsmuir_Tunnel could be extended under Stanley Park and the 1st Narrows to Park Royal and to the ferry terminal. However, what's more likely to happen is that after the Dunsmuir_Tunnel reaches Waterfront_station, the line will continue east. 

https://evelazarus.com/the-dunsmuir-tunnel 

https://buzzer.translink.ca/2022/04/new-tunnel-technology-will-transform-your-skytrain-trip/ 

https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/construction-progress-photo-of-cpr-dunsmuir-tunnel-10 

https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/construction-progress-photo-of-cpr-dunsmuir-tunnel-9

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.