Hospital wait times are a rising issue in Surrey

 https://surreynowleader.com/2026/08/17/letter-hospital-wait-times-are-a-rising-issue-in-surrey/

Federal plan aims to expand Port of Vancouver's terminals, railways, and trade capacity

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/port-of-vancouver-gateway-strategy-roberts-bank-terminal-2-major-projects-office 

https://vancouversun.com/news/ottawa-using-major-projects-office-to-speed-up-port-of-vancouver-expansions-heres-what-to-know 

https://www.portvancouver.com/article/preferred-construction-partner-selected-roberts-bank-terminal-2-project 

https://www.portvancouver.com/project/fraser-surrey-port-lands-transportation-improvements-project

Delta and Surrey road closures part of Metro water main project

 https://www.delta-optimist.com/local-news/delta-surrey-road-closures-part-of-metro-water-main-project-12516337 

The Delta, Roberts_Bank_Superport has the potential to be so much bigger than the inner Port of Vancouver Harbor. Unfortunately, there still seems to be no official plan to have an LRT link between YVR and the Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal. 

Surrey is set to become the biggest city in BC and needs proper big city infrastructure.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey,_British_Columbia#Economy 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey,_British_Columbia#Current_transportation_network

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. 

King George station, Surrey, BC

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

https://www.translink.ca/schedules-and-maps/route/r1/direction/0/schedule 

https://www.translink.ca/schedules-and-maps/route/r1/direction/0/map?pageSize=5

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.

BRT in Greater Vancouver

 https://www.translink.ca/plans-and-projects/projects/rapid-transit-projects/bus-rapid-transit

https://www.surrey.ca/services-payments/parking-streets-transportation/surrey-bus-rapid-transit-brt 

https://translinklistens.ca/bus-rapid-transit-program , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZXE9jaipF4

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bus-rapid-transit-translink-9.7055644 

https://www.translink.ca/news/2025/january/translinks%20bus%20rapid%20transit%20routes%20take%20step%20forward 

https://www.mapleridge.ca/your-government/city-council/maple-ridge-moves 

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1i2vtu6/new_details_and_public_engagement_for_translinks/

Vancouver Giants moving to new $360-million, 10,000-seat arena in Surrey City Centre

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-giants-new-surrey-city-centre-arena-relocation

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-giants-move-langley-surrey-whl-arena-9.7254299

New renderings of the Vancouver Giants arena in Surrey City Centre

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-giants-surrey-city-centre-arena-new-renderings 

https://globalnews.ca/news/11944703/city-surrey-new-arena-vancouver-giants/ 

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/30/vancouver-giants-moving-to-surrey-where-new-10k-seat-arena-will-be-built/

https://www.langleyeventscentre.com/

Vancouver vs Surrey, BC

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4EJ2MLE5BM 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3NsDyUjr8 Vancouver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX4EDQ0VEnU Surrey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GuHfIK95uc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Xt8AX3MWs Cloverdale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us7K-uRxjkw

The Riverview Bridge between small NW and BIG Surrey

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaqjU-fRmY8

Surrey City Centre From Above

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVoze3OYtQU

Burnaby 2050 sets the city’s long game

 https://www.straight.com/burnaby/burnaby-2050-sets-citys-long-game 

While Burnaby is smaller in area and population compared to Vancouver, its a lot bigger than tiny NW.

https://www.straight.com/burnaby/how-burnaby-approached-public-engagement-in-creating-its-latest-plan 

Unlike Vancouver, Burnaby can build taller than Vancouver, because it isn't bound by Vancouver's imposed height restrictions.

https://www.straight.com/burnaby/what-burnaby-builds-next-depends-on-urban-design-getting-it-right 

Unlike Vancouver, Burnaby has more than just a few kilometers of freeway going through it. The highway right of way was acquired when Burnaby was still mostly undeveloped. That's the same case for Richmond, Delta, Surrey, Langley & Abbotsford. 

https://www.straight.com/burnaby/in-defense-of-burnaby-middle-child-of-metro-vancouver 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Highway_1#Lower_Mainland_section There should eventually be an elevated, high-capacity interregional commuter train along BC_Highway_1. However, BC takes a very slow approach towards dealing with congestion and mobility.

Vancouver 450 ft and Fahrenheit 451

Was a 450 foot height restriction just by chance, or was it intentionally made to be very close to 451 Fahrenheit? Despite being around the same size as Paris, Boston & SF, Vancouver remains as a very restrictive city. 

Any tall building in SL City is under 450 feet. Honolulu is still stuck around the 450 foot maximum, while San Diego is stuck at 500 feet. Even Rio DeGennaro still has shorter buildings than Vancouver, BC. Washington, DC has strict height limitations like Paris. However, W,DC could eventually set up their own equivalent of La_Defense. Its a fine example of allowing tall buildings just beyond the city limits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451 (1953) By the 1950s, so many things were already banned, watered down or scaled back in provincial backwater Vancouver. Generations later, there was the No Fun City mind virus that further tried to cancel out things in such a small city with so much red tape and other ridiculous obstacles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451_(1966_film) By the mid and late1960s, the city made sure that its first office tower to have more than 29 floors wouldn't be until the 1970s. Its highly doubtful that Vancouver will have an office tower at, or over 40 stories by 2030. However, Burnaby and Surrey could, because they aren't under the extreme restrictions of the Vancouver Mind Virus (VMV). 

It wasn't until 1973 when Vancouver allowed its first building to be taller than the Los_Angeles_City_Hall. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_City_Hall 

The Scotia_Tower (stump) is a good reference point to visualize the small scale of backwater Vancouver, as its about the same height as the Los_Angeles_City_Hall at 453'. 

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/scotia-tower/4396 453'

https://skyscraperpage.com/b65/vancouver/the-scotia-tower 452' 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Wall_Centre It opened in 2001 at 157.8 m (518 ft). Its 49 feet shorter than the Philadelphia_City_Hall.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_City_Hall Opened in 1901 at 548 ft (167 m).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451_(2018_film) By 2018 it was quite apparent that Vancouver was in the process of allowing for more buildings over 450 feet. However, nothing has been permitted to reach 700 feet, so far. A tower over 1000 feet would help to water down its provincial mindset. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Vancouver_panorama_%2849988799796%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/3840px-Vancouver_panorama_%2849988799796%29_%28cropped%29.jpg

SF, Sydney & Auckland are just as scenic as Vancouver & warmer throughout the year. They all have taller building than what Vancouver currently permits. Seattle is just as scenic as Vancouver, but its allowed to function like a proper big city, because it doesn't have the imposed restrictions like Vancouver has. While its cold, damp & depressing like Vancouver during the fall & winter, Seattle usually gets noticeably hotter summers than Vancouver, BC. The tallest building in Seattle is the 76 story B of A office tower. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/LA_Skyline_Mountains2.jpg/1280px-LA_Skyline_Mountains2.jpg While the L.A. City Hall looks like a stump there, in Vancouver it would still be one of the prominent buildings.

Everything is so small or scaled back in Vancouver. Even the Greater Vancouver mountains aren't allowed to be as tall as the ones in L.A. While the San_Francisco_Bay & Port_Phillip Bay by Melbourne are big next to their cities, English_Bay in_Vancouver is so much smaller. Its even smaller than Elliott_Bay by Seattle. 

Vancouver really needs to have bus and HOV bridges built next to its mostly narrow & congested bridges. Only a 5 car Skytrain is the max on the first 2 lines and ultimately, just a 2.5 car joke of a train on the YVR-Canada Line. 

Selective+Door+Operation can allow a short train to have an extra car at each end, despite a shorter platform. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Vancouver_sunset_%28J%29.jpg/3840px-Vancouver_sunset_%28J%29.jpg 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Los_Angeles_with_Mount_Baldy.jpg/3840px-Los_Angeles_with_Mount_Baldy.jpg

Australia like the USA, has some big & tall cities on the Pacific Rim. However, Vancouver symbolically kept watering down its size, because that's how you demonstrate a reluctance towards proper urban planning & growth. 

Oddly enough, the imposed small scale Vancouver mentality & agenda wasn't adopted by most cities around the world. Officially, there is no Vancouver Mind Virus (VMV), but somehow something like it keeps manifesting, just like the BCMV. 

Despite its size, Canada has less than 1% of the worlds population. Its been difficult enough just for Canada to even have half of 1% of the worlds population. 

One expects Melbourne and Sydney to be proper big cities. However, Australia has big stuff at both ends of the country. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges#Design Its a 12 lane crossing in Brisbane. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrows_Bridge_(Perth) 10 lanes with 2 commuter train tracks in the middle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_Skytower It has 90 floors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q1_(building) Almost has 80 floors.

Perth Central_Park_(skyscraper) at 51 floors and 108_St_Georges_Terrace at 50. Very restrictive Vancouver still won't permit any office tower to have a 40th floor. Calgary and Seattle each have a few over 50 stories.

So far, provincial Halifax hasn't been allowed to be on a similar scale as Boston and Montreal. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_L._Macdonald_Bridge 3 lanes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Murray_MacKay_Bridge 4 lanes. 

The scale of Vancouver is kept below that of Calgary & Seattle or even Auckland, in some ways.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Gate_Bridge A classic 3 lane BC bottleneck-chokepoint. No parallel bus and truck tunnels and especially, no LRT tunnel. 

Provincial backwater Victoria isn't allowed to be on a similar scale of Wellington, NZ.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Street_Bridge Another BC 3 lane wonder.

The Riverview Bridge or New Pattullo Bridge or stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dwmw0UYT_8 

The NW-Surrey Bridge and there should be a couple more.

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.

Surrey Langley SkyTrain Progress

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

Surrey-Langley Skytrain | From Bakerview 166 St Station to Langley City Centre St.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQtJJ-j49F4

Get ready for more traffic delays on Surrey's King George

The project is part of early works for the future BRT https://www.delta-optimist.com/local-news/get-ready-for-more-traffic-delays-on-surreys-king-george-12219129

Surrey mayor pitches 200,000 sq. ft. convention centre for Cloverdale Fairgrounds

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-mayor-brenda-locke-cloverdale-fairgrounds-convention-centre-proposal