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Wednesday, December 18, 2024

UBC-Vancouver-Burnaby-PM-Coquitlam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_(Vancouver)#Millennium_Line

The UBC segment could be the last part of the UBC-Broadway Corridor train line. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Line#University_of_British_Columbia_extension

However, the Port_Coquitlam_extension might be the very last part of that line.

Eventually, there should also be a Port_Coquitlam-Pitt_Meadows-Maple_Ridge line.

The+University+of+British+Columbia still has to allow cars & trucks & busses.

https://planning.ubc.ca/planning-development/policies-and-plans/u-boulevard-area-planning Unfortunatly, what used to be a 4 lane corridor has been reduced to only 2 lanes. For some reason, instead of widening the sidewalks to add bike lanes, 2 boulevard lanes were removed. 

https://planning.ubc.ca/about-us/what-guides-us/history-campus-planning Unlike Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton & Calgary, there just didn't seem to be any long term plan to have a train reaching into the main UBC campus. That is until recent decades. 

https://visit.ubc.ca/eat-drink-and-stay/restaurants/food-courts/university-boulevard-central-food-court/

https://archives.library.ubc.ca/general-history/a-brief-history-of-ubc/

https://www.universityendowmentlands.gov.bc.ca/Library/Area_D_Neighbourhood_Profile_Website.pdf


A UBC Station before the next millennium?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Washington_station 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_station_(Edmonton) 1992

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_station_(Calgary) 1987

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longueuil-Universite-de-Sherbrooke_station 1967

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berri-UQAM_station 1966

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George_station U Toronto1963


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Friday, May 3, 2024

The Rebuilt Museum of Anthropology, but no train to UBC yet

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/museum-of-anthropology-ubc-moa-reopening-june-2024-date

https://visit.ubc.ca/see-and-do/museums-and-art-galleries/museum-of-anthropology/

https://www.vancouverattractions.com/museum-of-anthropology-at-ubc

https://planning.ubc.ca/museum-anthropology-great-hall-renewal

https://www.cntraveler.com/activities/vancouver/vancouver/museum-of-anthropology-at-ubc


The UBC Subway Saga.

Some people are just as easily opposed to something like the-bloor-danforth-subway as they are with an expressway. That's especially the case in backwards Vancouver.

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-there-are-cons-not-just-pros-for-a-subway-to-ubc

Fortunately, many other cities have been able to get a train to their main university campus much faster than slow-moving Vancouver is attempting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_2_Bloor-Danforth#Frequency The TTC Subway should have been able to run 10 car trains by now. Even an 8 car train would be a little better than a 6 car train. However, a 6 car train is only 138m or 450 feet long. A 9 car Montreal Metro train is about 152.5m or 500 feet long. 

Of course the first 2 Skytrain lines only have 80m stations & the Canada embarrassment Line only has a level clearance for 50m stations. There should have been a proper oversight committee to make sure that the trains could ultimately be 10 cars long. At least have stations that could accommodate a 5 car train, not a 2.5 car joke of a train.

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

https://spacing.ca/toronto/2015/10/06/interchange-not-interchange-spadina-vs-st-george

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George_station

https://transportation.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/Subway-Map.pdf


A tour of Berri-UQAM metro station in Montreal, Canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suxkz8oc8vs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGill_station , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peel_station_(Montreal_Metro)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_station_(Calgary) 1987

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_station_(Edmonton) 1992

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Washington_station 2016


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Tuesday, March 22, 2022