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JF: This is a general reference blog that links up to several things in addition to science & fiction, the esoteric & the mysterious. It's where mythology & technology, science & fiction, coincidence & synchronicity, occasionally merge. A vast amount of websites are referenced here so that visitors can see & compare various perspectives.

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How Vancouver commute times compare to the rest of Canada

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The Boundary Road corridor between North Vancouver, Burnaby and Richmond

Lynnwood Link extension

Ottawa to limit low-wage temporary foreign workers in Canada

Kensington (Philadelphia)

LA's Most Dangerous Hood

The Ironworkers Memorial Bridge will experience lane closures over the following week

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-brentwood-town-centre-expansion

Construction begins on new expanded Oakridge-41st Avenue SkyTrain station entrance

Surrey-Newton Guildford LRT

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Rail strike would halt B.C.'s West Coast Express

Broke and broken: Canada’s public transit in critical funding state

Toronto’s CNE is off to a rough start after record-setting rainfall on opening weekend

Quebec to limit temporary foreign workers in Montreal with six-month freeze

Singapore and Switzerland

Canada vs. Australia

Canada or Spain?

The Monorail vs. the Subway

The Columbia River Crossing project (CRC)

Potential railway stoppage could have big West Coast Express impacts

Freight Train issue blocks major Langley intersections

Transforming Nanaimo into a public transit hub for Vancouver Island

A mixed-use building development at VCC-Clark SkyTrain station with rental housing, office, childcare, grocery store, and retail uses

Surrey-Langley SkyTrain construction cost balloons by 50%

8-km-long Highway 1 widening in Abbotsford

Slate-Owned Metrotown Place Office Towers Under Receivership Listed By CBRE

Hullo Ferries celebrates a busy first year, and looks ahead to growth and expansion

Several Vancouver narrow bridge issues

The Largest European Cities

Should downtown Vancouver eventually require a 3rd major train station?

Wall Centre in downtown Vancouver

Longer Trains for Crossrail?

The World's Biggest Abandoned Skyscrapers

Why is anti-immigration sentiment on the rise in Canada?

Should the Hastings SkyTrain and North Shore SkyTrain lines be built together?

Railway rolling stock

Airport Trains and Stations

The World’s Largest Railway Stations

Is Montreal the best city in North America?

NY-NJ Hudson Tunnel Project Ramping Up

The Economies of Australia and Canada

Waterfront Station and Pacific Central Station (Vancouver, BC)

LRT, Semi-metro and Heavy Rail Rapid Transit...

Possible TransLink service cuts would overburden bridges and tunnels with vehicle traffic

Loblaw parent company suffers $253M loss due to bread price-fixing settlement

Senakw's first rental housing towers begin to take shape

The Fantastic Four and the Baxter Building

BC government orders New Westminster, Port Coquitlam, and Langley City to add 8,600 homes

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Grand Paris Express

West Vancouver seeks extension to BC government ultimatum on approving housing policies

Greece's Olympic legacy: Billions spent, Decaying facilities in ruin

North Shore-Metrotown SkyTrain would see 120,000 riders daily

Commercial Drive social housing tower

The Vancouver (stump) House

Under the Broadway Plan, 6 tower rezonings on West 11th Avenue in Fairview (Burrard to Alder)

A New vision for the Gastown waterfront railyard in downtown Vancouver

taller towers vs. stumps

Copenhagen

50% of bus service and 30% of SkyTrain and SeaBus services could be eliminated due to funding shortfall

A North Shore Skytrain on a new Ironworkers Memorial Bridge?

A Fraser River boat tour takes you under five existing and future Metro Vancouver bridges

Automated speed enforcement needed on Stanley Park Causeway and Lions Gate Bridge to improve safety

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BC Ferries criticized for lack of bike racks

Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA plans for a new I-5 bridge over the Columbia River

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Switzerland

Metro Vancouver expected to grow by 50,000 people a year