Urban Tech Links: UTL

  https://calgarysun.com/opinion/columnists/leong-calgary-can-learn-from-new-zealands-upzoning-experience

If you are from  Prince_George ,  Kamloops , Victoria or  Kelowna , you might think that Vancouver is a big & tall place.  https://en.wi...

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/burnaby-central-railway-miniature-confederation-park

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/seniors-affordable-housing-rapidly-aging-population https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-property-tax...

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/leave-canada-cost-to-live https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-residents-moving-alberta-record

  https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/purple-line-problems-burnaby-councillors-clash-over-north-shore-bus-rapid-transit-routes-7731155

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-no-2-bus-route-articulated-buses-upgrade Get people so frustrated for taking the bus, only to st...

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/hilton-hotel-888-west-broadway-vancouver This is part of the southern extension of downtown Vancouver, yet...

  https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/two-more-towers-up-to-80-storeys-tall-more-rental-housing-could-be-coming-to-burnabys-brentwood-8461...

  https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouvers-plan-to-turn-no-mans-land-into-a-destination-waterfront-park  Slow-moving Vancouver, a...

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/port-of-vancouver-statistics-2023? https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/baltimore-bridge-collapse-remi...

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/3805-3919-nanaimo-street-vancouver-coromandel-bc-government-housing Proper big planning should have been i...

  https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/investigation-into-baltimore-bridge-collapse-picks-up-speed-as-divers-search-for...

  https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/vehicles/article/55000169/stadlers-flirt-h2-train-achieves-gunness-world-records-title

  https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/infrastructure/press-release/55000116/orange-county-transportation-authority-octa-octa-metrolink-to-st...

  https://patch.com/california/los-angeles/metro-celebrates-bus-only-lanes-sepulveda-boulevard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepulveda_Boule...

  https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/infrastructure/press-release/53100019/massachusetts-bay-transportation-authority-mbta-mbta-removes-sev...

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/how-safe-bridges-at-ports-of-los-angeles-and-long-beach/3373516/ Of course there are bridges in and...

  https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2024/03/26/florida-sunshine-skyway-bridge-disaster-collapse/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_...

  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/francis-scott-key-bridge-baltimore-collapse-container-ship/ The  Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_in_Baltimore  is a ...

  https://parametric-architecture.com/walking-internet-and-the-cyberflaneur-how-is-technology-changing-our-way-to-experience-cities/ Are peo...

  https://parametric-architecture.com/10-tallest-proposed-buildings-around-the-world  Of course this list keeps changing every year. https:/...

  https://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-worlds-most-amazing-circular-buildings/20110720.htm  It certainly makes for an int...

  https://www.masstransitmag.com/bus/infrastructure/press-release/53099441/infrastructure-canada-federal-provincial-funding-to-support-addit...

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/fraser-valley-metro-vancouver-regional-rail-west-coast-express https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-t...

https://medium.com/@ejasp2/metropolis-v-s-blade-runner-1982 http://www.visionsofthecity.com/alphaville.htm There are certain Sci-Fi and  noi...

  https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/real-estate-news/vancouver-neighbourhood-divided-high-density-housing-vs-better-amenities-8453134 The k...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Eg6L_yeYU

  https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation-projects/other-transportation-projects/colquitz-river-bridges Finally, some bus lanes.

Vancouver needs bus-bridges as much as Calgary, but of course Vancouver is slow to the party, once again. The 4 lane bottleneck, AKA the  Cu...

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1065-pacific-street-vancouver-rental-housing-wall-financial-corporation So many rental towers could be muc...

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/port-moody-is-now-a-transit-oriented-development-city Port_Moody  is very small,  25.85 km 2  (9.98 sq mi)...

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacque_Fresco https://www.forbes.com/2007/10/13/jacque-fresco-prediction-tech-future07-cx_1015fresco.html?sh...

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/first-nations-vancouver-dcl-social-housing-exemptions?

https://vancouversun.com/news/metro-vancouver-projected-to-hit-three-million-residents-this-year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey,_Briti...

  https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/real-estate/bcs-city-planner-shortage-could-slow-housing-progress-8435105 Almost 2 dozen Switzerland ar...

https://hollywoodnorthbuzz.com/2024/03/vancouvers-bentall-5-tower-as-encom-for-tron-ares-saturday.html

  https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Vancouver+Cruise+Ship+Season Seattle  is always able to do more, simply because its not ...

  https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/future-of-burnaby-forests-tree-urban-forest-management-strategy-8379402 Most of BC remains as a wild...

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/150-west-pender-street-534-550-cambie-street-vancouver-expanded-concept-parkade

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/arthur-erickson-place-vancouver-zero-carbon-building This could have been the first office tower in Vancou...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH9FU7Gd6v8 https://openai.com/sora#capabilities https://openai.com/research/video-generation-models-as-wo...

  https://www.straight.com/just-announced/vancouver-auto-show-2024 Well, the cancel (car) culture hasn't been able to ban such vehicles ...

https://globalnews.ca/news/10293868/environment-minister-road-funding/   https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/guilbeault-no-new-roads-1.7114867 ...

For some,  Coober_Pedy  just might be the epitome of  underground_living .  https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/45520/20230821/humans-live...

  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13053349/Struggling-dad-eight-kids-Don-Parkes-earns-125K-year-cost-living-crisis.html Living+in+A...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDuvDi7LYhY The $1BN Race to Save The Golden Gate Bridge  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcV1btTEAVg A  B...

  https://plazaperspective.com/wide-street-paradise Wide+streets  have a lot of multimodal potential, simply because of their extra width.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_(Los_Angeles) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_(San_Francisco) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  https://www.si.com/nfl/2024/01/15/wild-photo-bills-steelers-fans-might-be-sitting-piles-snow

  https://globalnews.ca/news/10222836/canadians-ditching-cars-bicycles-winter Well, that might be a little easier in SW  BC  than in most of...

  https : //therabbitportal.blogspot.com/2024/01/metro-and-subway-systems.html https://moovitapp.com/index/p/en/public_transit-Rabbit_Hole-I...

https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_dad=portal&_pageid=2762,3101387&_schema=PORTAL 1000_de_La_Gauchetiere  has 51 floors. No o...

  https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/events-and-entertainment/no-fireworks-in-vancouver-for-new-years-eve-2023-8043481  Another fine example...

The  Tilikum_Crossing  is such a great bridge, that's why it's in Oregon and not in BC. Portland's Tilikum Crossing: A Bridge fo...

  https://biv.com/article/2023/12/vancouver-offices-face-first-tenants-market-20-years Vancouver has the shortest assortment of office tower...

  https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20231219_33  This is big. https://japantoday.com/category/business/storied-us-steel-to-be-acquired...

  https://thegaijinghost.com/blog/omoide-yokocho-tokyo-blade-runner-question Japanese Aesthetics in Blade Runner Movie - NOT in the Original...

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-federal-bill-passenger-train-prioritization By now, Canada should have had all of its major cities ...

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/13044-10392-king-george-boulevard-oviedo-towers-surrey Since Surrey doesn't have the extreme control m...

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Avenue_Bridge_(Minneapolis)  2 lanes & 2 tram-train tracks, bike & walkways. https://en.w...

Boston  is such a ridiculously small city  with an area of 48.4 sq mi (125 km 2 ) & less than 700,000 people. "Boston is the second...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_urban_parks_by_size https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Bay_(San_Diego) https://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

The  transit_mall  is a great concept, but there is always the potential for improvement. Nicollet_Avenue  in  Minneapolis , was never wide ...

  https://www.theurbanist.org/2023/06/19/seattle-plans-to-extend-and-upgrade-third-avenue-transit-mall-in-2024/ Should it become Vancouveriz...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM5NmJyXEeM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie-IX_BRT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie-IX_BRT#Future_plans https://www.stm.info/en/about/major_projects/...

"The new two-span bridge, with three lanes in each direction, a shoulder wide enough for buses and a multipurpose path for pedestrians ...

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoreline,_Washington  ,  https://www.shorelinewa.gov A lot of places are experiencing growing pains, becaus...

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/tesla-vancouver-new-facility-950-raymur-avenue

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-r6-scott-road-rapidbus-launch-date-2024 https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=BRT

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/maple-ridge-bus-rapid-transit-brt-support https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=BRT

UDi  is a counterpart to UTP.   https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/2023/12/urban-tech-portal.html The  BC  part of Canada has so much pote...

  https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/12/04/sfu-burnaby-gondola-pushback-neighbourhood/ The  Portland_Aerial_Tram  goes over some houses, but...

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/us-federal-government-vancouver-seattle-high-speed-rail-funding-proposal

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-transit-oriented-development-legislation-vancouver-view-cones There has been a multigenerational plan to ...

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-langley-skytrain-expo-line-station-names

  https://www.abbynews.com/local-news/expanding-highway-1-to-cut-gridlock-through-fraser-valley-enters-next-phase-7115872 https://dailyhive....

  https://za.investing.com/magazine/things-that-are-surprisingly-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-thought/

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Bridge_(Niagara_Falls)

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEvQSq6fQUQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California_freeways https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_A...

  https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/desperate-metro-vancouver-renews-35b-infrastructure-plea-to-feds-7848918 https://www.vancouv...

  https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the-lions-gate-bridge-6614814 The  LGB  is a crossing...

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-rapid-transit-brt-corridors-route-planning-finalized

  https://vancouversun.com/news/three-new-bus-rapid-transit-corridors-announced-for-metro-vancouver

  https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/letter-burnaby-gondola-project-wont-solve-the-regions-transportation-problem-7832313

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiTS6RYr_Vw  ,  https://www.youtube.com/@ReseauexpressmetropolitainREM/videos Le REM, un nouveau trait d’u...

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

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/alain-bertaud-metro-vancouver-urban-planning-economics

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-immigration-permanent-resident-targets-update

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/200-street-2040-corridor-plan-langley-township-rapid-transit

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/west-end-waterfront-plan-english-bay-sunset-beach-draft-design

  https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-subway-tunnel-boring-progress-opening-timeline

"A SkyTrain from downtown to Horseshoe Bay would provide a solution to the North Shore’s traffic crisis,..."   https://www.vancouv...

  https://www.constructionworld.in/transport-infrastructure/metro-rail-and-railways-infrastructure

  https://www.constructionworld.in/urban-infrastructure

  https://www.constructionworld.in/transport-infrastructure/highways-and-roads-infrastructure/roadway-firms-compete-for-highway-assets-roadw...

  https://english.khabarhub.com/2020/10/140961/ https://www.newbusinessage.com/Articles/view/18327 https://kathmandupost.com/valley/2023/02/...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GI0zANA3S4 Inside the World’s Largest Cargo Shipping Bottleneck Today  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS...

  https://www.eadweardmuybridge.co.uk/muybridge_image_and_context/modern_city/

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Royal_Shopping_Centre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Royal_Exchange https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Centre   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_City_Centre_station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gra...

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

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway%E2%80%93City_Hall_station

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakridge%E2%80%9341st_Avenue_station   https://oakridgepark.com/ https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-oakr...

  https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the-burrard-bridge-7129420 bridges

  https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/north-false-creek-development-expo-vancouver-erickson-podmore-plans-images-7216130 https://w...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IirLC9q5e-I

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stantec_Tower https://www.stantec.com/en/projects/canada-projects/s/stantec-tower-edmonton https://en.wikipe...

  https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/revised-parking-policy-ignites-debate-party-split-at-burnaby-council-7692152 https://edmontonparking...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p6SxAC5924   The Comprehensive "Metro" Network of Melbourne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwiAx...

  https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouver-arbutus-corridor-rail-signs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2G_bLEGwmY

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZTmpAXpSaU Melbourne's Landscape  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJZaEbmlzRs

  https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/montreal-metro It would have been total chaos if the  Montreal_Metro  (MM) only had 80m ...