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Friday, May 22, 2026

Telus Boot Tower or just another office stump in BC?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJqr-6j3yww This would be an impressive building if it was in Victoria, Kelowna, Kamloops or Prince George. Even in Lethbridge and Spokane, but not in Calgary or Seattle. That's because they been allowed to be proper big cities.

Its not even 25 stories, just like the Post office complex, but if it had at least 50 floors it would have been quite an impressive office tower for BC. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1jav5f9/burnaby_approves_bc_tel_boot_redevelopment_5/ Acording to this rendering, the main part of the Telus boot stump will still be around. Its only a smaller part of its base that will face demolition.

https://www.jarmanrealestate.com/burnaby-telus-boot-redevelopment/

Burnaby or Surrey will likely have the first office tower in BC that's at least 45 stories in the next few years. Vancouver won't permit any office tower to have a 40th floor.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/3696-kingsway-vancouver-telus-rental-housing-tower Across the street, not a 50, only a 25 story residential stump. 

Boundary Road should have already had an express bus service and eventually a rapid bus route connecting Burnaby to North Vancouver and Richmond. Unfortunately, Vancouver still doesn't seem interested in having a B.Rd. bridge to NV and Richmond, even if it would improve on regional transportation.

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Delays out of North Shore continue after truck stalls for hour on Lions Gate Bridge

 https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/02/24/stall-on-lions-gate-bridge-causing-massive-delays-out-of-north-shore/ 

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.

Friday, February 6, 2026

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

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

SkyTrain's Canada Line service disruption

(service disruption ends after 14 hours) https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-canada-line-service-disruptions-january-14-2026 

For a rapid transit line that opened in 2009, on the surface, it sure wasn't designed to be an efficient high capacity line for the future. It's still just a 2 car joke of a train. Fortunately, most real cities around the world planned for not only 6 car trains, but even 8-10 car trains. 

Unfortunatly, Vancouver has been hit very hard with a multigenerational agenda of continually imposed small scale infrastructure. Vancouver has water on 3 sides, as its on a peninsula. Since the powers that be couldn't build a Boundary+Road moat or trench, the next best thing was to symbolically show the reluctance to build proper big city size infrastructure. This stunted approach to things is about symbolically holding the scale of the city back for as long as possible. 

Despite backwards Vancouver not being able to apply a castle-moat-and-drawbridge control system, the next best thing was to symbolically keep things smaller than what normal or proper big cities allow. 

Here are some of the best examples of holding the size of things back. The 3 lane joke that is the Lions+Gate+Bridge has never had a rapid transit rail tunnel and no express bus tunnel next to it. Especially, no 6 lane highway tunnel. It's a classic BC bottleneck-chokepoint, by design.

From a 3 lane joke of a bridge to a two car Canada+Line joke of a train. It met the symbolic requirement to be shorter than the LRT in Edmonton, the C Train in Calgary and the trains in Seattle and Portland. 

The+Post+building+complex could have been Vancouver's first 50 story office tower, it's not even 25 floors. It would be impressive if it were in Victoria, Kelowna, Kamloops or Prince George. That's the unfortunate thing about Vancouver, so much is done to only be impressive to small cities or towns.  

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=The+small+Westin+Bayshore+Hotel+in+Vancouver

Things have been kept so small in Vancouver throughout its history, that any big city stuff might seem overwhelming. There has been an unofficial KEEP THEM OUT mentality, but since the city cant have checkpoints, building things small symbolically demonstrates the perpetual reluctance to not allow a big city in backwater BC. 

Since Vancouver can't control Burnaby and can't stop Surrey from eventually becoming the biggest city in BC, they are able to build things on a larger scale than Vancouver.


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=YVR-Canada+Line

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

London Drugs closing its Woodward’s location, citing safety and operational issues

 https://globalnews.ca/news/11602959/london-drugs-closing-woodwards-location-safety-issues/ 

While Kelowna is gradually fitting into its role as the 3rd largest urban area in BC, Greater Vancouver and Greater Victoria need to function more like properly growing metropolitan areas.

https://globalnews.ca/news/11602086/victoria-store-owner-frustrated-911-services-hung-up-on/ 

Giving up and letting crime take over is foolish. An effective effort needs to go towards dealing with the various urban social issues. 

Friday, October 10, 2025

Tron: Ares in little backwards Vancouver

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/tron-ares-review-9.6933888 

Unfortunatly, using special effects is the only way to make Vancouver, BC look like its a proper big city. 

No bridge within the small city limits of Vancouver has been allowed to be as big or wide as the biggest in Perth, Seattle, Portland, Edmonton & Glasgow...

The Skytrain stations are shorter than train stations in Perth, Seattle, Calgary and Edmonton...

No office tower in Vancouver has been permitted to have a 40th floor. Of course, Perth, Seattle, Portland and Calgary have office towers over 40 stories.  

https://hollywoodnorthbuzz.com/2025/10/tron-ares-vancouver-as-real-life-grid.html 

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-landmarks-tron-ares-trailer

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/events-and-entertainment/new-tron-ares-movie-trailer-features-vancouver-sci-fi-setting-10488343 Vancouver is so smallscale, but awesome? Perhaps when compared to Victoria, Kelowna, Prince George, Prince Rupert and Nanaimo, it is.

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

YVR receives unique accolade among the world's best airports

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/yvr-worlds-best-airports-accessibility

Unfortunatly, the YVR-Airport_station has one of the shortest & narrowest stations of any major airport. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Vancouver_Airport_Skytrain_Station_2008-04-22.JPG All of the C-Line stations should have been designed to ultimately accomodate 10 car trains, at least 8 car trains. This picture shows what a 4 car train could be like. Unfortunatly, its only two, 2 car trains. Ridiculously short 50m stations can only accomodate a 2-2.5 car train, not 4 or 5, let alone 8-10 cars. Combine this with mostly very narrow bridges in the Greater Vancouver Region and you see congestion or bottleneck planning at its best in backwards BC.

In true lack of a big vision for BC, the YVR-Airport_station_Platform is so narrow & short that only 1 train at a time can stop on the very short single track station. While such small-scale train infrastructure would be impressive for Victoria, Kelowna, Prince George & Kamloops, it's hardly impressive to Seattle, WA and Perth, WA. 

https://www.yvr.ca/en/passengers/transportation/public-transportation

https://thecanadaline.com/station-guides/yvr-airport/

https://www.translink.ca/schedules-and-maps/station/yvr-airport/schedule 

Being from backwards BC, it's amazing to see how several major airports will have at least a double track airport train station. The Portland_Airport_MAX_station is another one of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Airport_station , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAX_Red_Line

Ideally, the+airport+train should be more than a 2 car joke. Even 4 car trains should be able to stop at stations with enough future clearance to accomodate 6 car trains.  


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=YVR-Canada-Line

Monday, May 12, 2025

Mountains cover 75 per cent of British Columbia

 https://www.welcomebc.ca/choose-b-c/explore-british-columbia/geography-of-b-c

Yet, somehow if Vancouver was allowed to have real big city tall buildings, the mountains of BC would be blocked out.

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

The stumpy building limits are part of the agenda to keep BC small.

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/geography-of-british-columbia

The Greater Vancouver region & lower mainland is the only part of backwater BC that has a few million people. 

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-10-highest-mountains-in-british-columbia.html

Greater Victoria & Nanaimo are far from having a million people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_British_Columbia#Mountains_and_mountain_ranges

Even Kelowna, Penticton & Vernon are nowhere near half a million residents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_British_Columbia#Western_System

https://www.britannica.com/place/British-Columbia

Switzerland can fit into BC almost 24 times, yet BC doesnt have the population of one CH.

Saturday, May 10, 2025

After 10 years, East Broadway Safeway redevelopment proposal finally faces Vancouver City Council decision

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1780-east-broadway-commercial-vancouver-safeway-proposal-public-hearing

The KEEP IT SMALL, BECAUSE ITS VANCOUVER mentality has held this back for a decade. Despite being a major regional SkyTrain intersection, various people are determined to have stunted buildings that might be impressive by Kelowna or Victoria standards. Ideally, the most vocal people would like the scale to not even rival that of what's in Kamloops & Prince George. These very expressive people are too afraid to allow Brentwood or even Oakridge size towers.  

Monday, March 3, 2025

Kelowna, BC, Canada

Kelowna and the Okanagan+Valley+Region not only should continue to be the 3rd largest urban area in BC, but really start to rise above its backwater scale.


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

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=K-V-PG-K

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Kelowna-Victoria-Prince+George-Kamloops

Kelowna-Victoria-Prince George-Kamloops

There seems to be an unwritten rule that as long as Vancouver, BC builds things that are impressive by Victoria, Prince George and Kamloops standards, that's good enough. Kelowna is set to be the biggest urban area between Greater Vancouver and Calgary. Kelowna has already been able to build taller than what's in Victoria-Prince+George-Kamloops.




or

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Park Board backs 50-metre pool for new Vancouver Aquatic Centre after outcry over proposed small replacement

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-aquatic-centre-new-50-metre-pool-feasibility-decision

Vancouver needs to build things that aren't just impressive by Prince George, Kamloops and Kelowna standards.

Nevermind Seattle, strict Vancouver, BC will have less tall buildings than Bellevue.

As of 2025, Vancouver, BC only has 2 buildings taller than what's in Bellevue,_Washington. Eventually, Bellevue will have at least 5 building that are at 600 feet, while Vancouver will only still have two buildings over 600 feet.

Nevermind Toronto, Vancouver must have no building that would rival the tallest in Mississauga and Vaughan.

https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/projects/2024/11/massive-master-planned-community-aims-to-bring-tallest-towers-to-vaughan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Canada#Under_construction

Since BC was never able to build a wall or create a forcefield around it, the next best thing was to continually water everything down as much as possible. Thus, the symbolism to have short trains, mostly narrow bridges & short buildings, is all part of not properly planning for growth.

Singapore and Sydney don't have this problem, as they don't have to contend with anything like Vancouver's type of restrictions.

Toronto is a big city like Chicago. Montreal has restrictions, but not as extreme as Vancouver. Unfortunatly, Montreal has yet to become a big city on the scale of Melbourne, let alone Paris or NYC. 

Friday, January 24, 2025

View cone changes enable 26-storey West End social housing tower

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1111-broughton-street-vancouver-social-housing-tower

There has been a muntigerational fear and cultivation to use the local mountains_of_British_Columbia as an excuse to keep Vancouver thwarted & backwards. Yet, most of BC is a mountainous wilderness. Indeed, there are only a handful of cities or urban areas in BC to flourish and thrive. Greater Vancouver & Greater Victoria-Prince+George-Kamloops and Prince Rupert. 

Kelowna, Vernon & Penticton are set to be the largest urban region between Vancouver & Calgary.  

https://www.hellobc.com/travel-ideas/mountains , https://peakvisor.com/adm/british-columbia.html

Montreal & Toronto are specks when compared to the wilderness ladndmasses of Quebec & Ontario. NYC & Chicago have hardy overtaken NY State & Illinois. Greater Seattle takes up a small part of Washington State. Calgary & Edmonton are small areas within the Albertan landmass.  

Yet somehow, if Greater Vancouver was allowed to become a proper metropolis, it would overwhelm BC. An area where Switzerland can fit into 23 times. Yet, BC has yet to reach the population of 1 Ch. Canada is nowhere close to containing 1% of the worlds population.

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

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


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Kelowna-Victoria-Prince+George-Kamloops

or

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Victoria-Kelowna-Kamloops-Prince+George

Friday, December 13, 2024

Main Cities in BC, Canada

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

Despite the BC part of Canada being big enough to contain Switzerland some 23 times over, BC has yet to reach the population of just one CH.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_British_Columbia#Metropolitan_areas

So much urban infrastructure in BC hasn't been designed for future higher capacity demands.

https://www.nsnews.com/real-estate/bc-cities-turning-to-ai-to-speed-up-housing-approvals-9949325

With so many narrow bridges, there should have been several bus & bike bridges built to augment them. Of course Vancouver would opt to have shorter underground train stations than what Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton & Seattle have. Short stations means short trains, which means less capacity.


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

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


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

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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George,_British_Columbia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_District_of_Fraser%E2%80%93Fort_George


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

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


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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_District_of_Okanagan-Similkameen


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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson-Nicola_Regional_District


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

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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan,_British_Columbia

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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtenay,_British_Columbia

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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_St._John,_British_Columbia

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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert,_British_Columbia

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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_District_of_Kitimat%E2%80


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=K-V-PG-K

The removal of some Broadway Plan tower height limits

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-plan-amendments-vancouver-december-2024-approved

Most of BC is a mountainous wilderness that will likely always remain unpopulated. While there are dozens of cities_in_British_Columbia, there are only a few key regions for major population areas. 

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

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


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

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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George,_British_Columbia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_District_of_Fraser%E2%80%93Fort_George


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

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


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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_District_of_Okanagan-Similkameen


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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson-Nicola_Regional_District


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

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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan,_British_Columbia

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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtenay,_British_Columbia

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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_St._John,_British_Columbia

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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert,_British_Columbia

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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_District_of_Kitimat%E2%80%93Stikine