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Saturday, February 28, 2026

Friday, February 27, 2026

TransLink's 99 B Line and 503 Fraser Highway Express are serve some of the most important corridors in the Metro Vancouver

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQdrpK1B1Ac

Thursday, February 26, 2026

2 WTC finally finds tenant and to begin construction

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o92XG2SH8aA

Transforming unused offices into apartments and condos

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc0TTfC6wMQ SF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmtKv2VUwOo

Mumbai Pune Missing Link Project connecting both cities near completion

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https://www.reddit.com/r/InfrastructurePorn/comments/1qyflbs/mumbai_pune_missing_link_project_connecting_both/

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Why Montreal’s Metro Is the Most Beautiful in North America

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBwUkoSZdcI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zvOk2t1EpE expansion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCJP...

Burrard Inlet's lift rail bridge stuck, unable to open for large ships to pass through Second Narrows for days

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/second-narrows-rail-bridge-malfunction The tunnel should have been built wide enough to eventually accom...

Vancouver council boosts budget for roads, sidewalks by $70M

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More than 60 per cent of Vancouver’s arterial roads, local streets considered in fair to very poor condition https://www.biv.com/news/econo...

B.C. economy stuck in low gear as trade risks cloud 2026 outlook

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https://www.biv.com/news/commentary/opinion-bc-economy-stuck-in-low-gear-as-trade-risks-cloud-2026-outlook-11920362 A stunted or thwarte...

How Vancouver House Became a Tower of Empty Promises

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https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1recv0m/how_vancouver_house_became_a_tower_of_empty/

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

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

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

Vancouver port applies to dredge Burrard Inlet this year to fuel oil exports

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https://www.biv.com/news/transportation/vancouver-port-applies-to-dredge-burrard-inlet-this-year-to-fuel-oil-exports-11915974 The Secon...

Monday, February 23, 2026

Why are so many commercial truckers failing road-side safety checks in B.C.?

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https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1rcys2s/why_are_so_many_commercial_truckers_failing/ Its as if BC can just strive to be subs...

Vancouver is STUCK, because its Too Expensive to Buy, Too Costly to Build...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNJDvl8jLz0

Seattle, WA

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https://www.reddit.com/r/CityPorn/comments/1rc5hlj/seattle Another scenic city thats allowed to have taller buildings than Vancouver, BC.

Cities Skylines II

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/949230/Cities_Skylines_II/ https://store.steampowered.com/category/sim_building_automation

Saturday, February 21, 2026

The Pattullo Bridge Replacement

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https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026TT0025-000178 Its only 2 lanes each way for the foreseeable future. No bus lanes and no HOV lanes, it...

The Iona Shit-Pipe

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https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1r9preq/good_day_for_a_walk_at_iona/ https://metrovancouver.org/services/liquid-waste/iona-i...

Friday, February 20, 2026

Seattle Just Revealed a 20-Year Growth Plan

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aezaPtqc4Xg

Aerial view of downtown Vancouver in 1969

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https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1r960mq/tbt_aerial_view_vancouver_downtown_coal_harbour_c This was still a time when Vancouve...

Central Park, NYC

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https://www.reddit.com/r/CityPorn/comments/1r92f3b/new_york_most_iconic_city_in_the_world/

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Winter Sunset in Vancouver

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https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1r9km3y/van_city_sunset/

B.C. residential sector reeling despite strong December data

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https://www.biv.com/news/real-estate/bc-residential-sector-reeling-despite-strong-december-data-economist-11901674 Corporate housing is ...

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

City of London, UK

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London https://www.reddit.com/r/CityPorn/comments/1r7smha/bank_london https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Monterrey, Mexico

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterrey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterrey#Economy https://www.reddit.com/r/CityPorn/comments/1r7q7gx...

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

San Francisco just approved a 67-story, 820-foot residential tower at 10 South Van Ness

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-oBDIsEHSQ SF is finally allowing a building within a few blocks of City Hall to be much taller than th...

Friday, February 13, 2026

Texas’ Tallest Supertall Is Completed — And It’s Not in Houston

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHy0ho73OWE

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Toronto Line 5 Subway

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00oSL8evCRg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAAAhJ4oeH4

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Left The UK For Russia (And Will Never Go Back)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxeNaZqRiEw Living in China and Never Moving Back to America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJAN1xjwb...

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Eglinton LRT is a GAME CHANGER: Eglinton to Mount Dennis under 20 Mins!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qayp0AhnldY Riders raise concerns about Eglinton Crosstown accessibility issues https://www.youtube.co...

270 Park Avenue, NYC

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DTF01QizRQ

Why The ES Building Makes So Much Money

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5mkZIy-TI4

Rockefeller Center, NYC

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c19_h-H5l4k

A closer look at the Eglinton Crosstown LRT

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_v8f4rdDuw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7leokldqB4

Monday, February 9, 2026

After more than 15 years, Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown LRT finally opens

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDy4t0vCQ_c Line 5 Eglinton is officially open https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LskGlwZf6s https://www.yo...

Sunday, February 8, 2026

Riding the Eglinton LRT: Better Than You Think

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

Saturday, February 7, 2026

Vancouver, Burnaby and NW

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Why People Hate Living in Vancouver (and want to move away) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzyITR89-3s Vancouver, Burnaby and NW is the ...

The BRUTAL TRUTH about Living in Washington State

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Washington's Dark Side Exposed! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrhL0ih2XcI A cold, crappy dark and damp fall and winter is common. I...

Is Canada No Longer A Country? Is it Just A Failed Experiment?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd1uwnBVp1o People are leaving Toronto and Vancouver in record numbers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Friday, February 6, 2026

Timelapse of the Skytrain-Canada Line from Richmond to the Vancouver Waterfront

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqqfSzQpoFc How this new railway will reshape Auckland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpcMBDeZo7Y Of...

REM and Metro in Montreal

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The REM vs. Reality: Does Montreal's new train meet expectations? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq1xpxOt7FM&t=596s Montreal’s B...

Why Kelowna Is the Opposite of Every Other Canadian City

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D42cmFfmI84 Kelowna has over $1 BILLION in major projects either already underway or recently approved ...

Thursday, February 5, 2026

SF and Seattle, etc.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seyMIhry1M8 The SF and Boston land area can almost both fit into Seattle. However, the SF Bay Area and...

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

North Shore of Greater Vancouver

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Shore_(Greater_Vancouver) Is North Vancouver the most livable city in Canada? https://www.youtube.com/w...

Atlanta's newest skyscraper

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

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

How Michigan Built a Super Highway Using Only U-Turns

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba2nA-NIWRA

Why This “Anti-Car Labyrinth” Is Actually Brilliant

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAhlfWt25sA

Monday, February 2, 2026

L.A. Metro approves underground Sepulveda Transit Corridor

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https://tunnellingjournal.com/metro-approves-underground-sepulveda-transit-corridor https://stc-lametro.hub.arcgis.com/pages/fc2a940c6cd...

Vancouver International Airport achieves all-time historic annual record of 26.9 million passengers in 2025

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-international-airport-yvr-all-time-passenger-record-2025-statistics

Seattle's Economic SUICIDE: 16K Layoffs Meet Millionaire Tax Push

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxB8-RotFIU&t=128s If income tax was abolished and a 10% common tax was put in its place, things wou...

Golden Ears Bridge access road to be widened by TransLink

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/golden-ears-way-widening-maple-ridge-translink

Regular Canada Line service resumes after stalled train causes long delays

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-stalled-train-vancouver

Any Potential of Reviving the 10-lane George Massey bridge project remains inconclusive

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-bridge-replacement-ian-black-bc-conservatives Even if the tunnel crossing was expanded decad...

Premier Wab Kinew to visit Churchill amid port expansion talks

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/premier-wab-kinew-to-visit-churchill-amid-port-expansion-talks/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/man...

NeeStaNan Corridor Project

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https://boereport.com/2024/02/28/neestanan-corridor-project-announcement/ https://indigenomics.com/proposed-utility-corridor-revealed-at-i...

Sunday, February 1, 2026

San Diego's Coaster is currently a slow, windy, and even unreliable commuter rail service.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ISi451udps

Paris, France

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris https://www.reddit.com/r/CityPorn/comments/1qgdq8j/paris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_metropo...

Parramatta, NSW

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parramatta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parramatta#Transport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parramatta_r...

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Sydney's First 300m Towers

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUuy94brhLI Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, GC City & Perth, are all allowed to have taller buildings th...

Why Greater Toronto Has Several Skylines

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI9WJa9Q8dA Of course many large urban areas around the world have more than 1 or 2 skylines or tower cl...

Why Alberta is Spending $10.7 Billion on 'Slow' Trains

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIFhhnApXV8

Why LA Built the World's Longest Light Rail line

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnhA_GEqD7w

Friday, January 30, 2026

Board of Metro Vancouver meets to address affordability and spending

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https://globalnews.ca/news/11645564/board-of-metro-vancouver-affordability-spending/

The 5 Projects That Will Shape Portland's Future

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o81t9wpYkl0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Bridge Only 3 lanes each way. https://www.oregon....

Six B.C. cities named 'most livable' but none are among the most affordable

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-bc-canada-most-livable-cities

Tree-inspired office tower concept proposed for revived Waterfront Station project

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/601-west-cordova-street-vancouver-waterfront-station-tower-cadillac-fairview-james-cheng Singapore, Pert...

Major upgrades for Queensborough Bridge in NW

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/queensborough-bridge-upgrades-new-westminster-richmond Another classic BC bottleneck-chokepoint. This br...

Thursday, January 29, 2026

No plan to make 8th Avenue detour bus-only during Broadway road closure for subway construction

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/east-8th-avenue-detour-main-quebec-broadway-closure-subway-construction-bus-delays-congestion Given that...

25-storey, mixed-use residential tower approved for an industrial area

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/320-360-west-2nd-avenue-vancouver-strand-development-industrial-rental-housing-tower-mount-pleasant-approv...

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

LA’s $24 Billion plan for a new Subway Line

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62PlMN_mzSg https://www.metro.net/projects/sepulvedacorridor/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepulveda_...

35-storey hotel and rental housing tower proposed for Helmcken Street in Granville Entertainment District

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1105-1109-granville-street-helmcken-vancouver-hotel-bonnis-properties

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Dallas’ $8B Gamble to Rebuild the City

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJitOoB0KoA

Pattullo Bridge fully closes for a week as work on new crossing continues

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-closure

Monday, January 26, 2026

Is CANADA Finished?

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

New 24/7 bus lanes planned for East Hastings Street segment

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/east-hastings-street-kaslo-boundary-vancouver-translink

East Broadway street closure a repeat of past devastating disruptions, Vancouver business owners say

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lJOqJuvrGs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmQeTSMrme4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_DXbxOzcuM

Inside Boston's $25 Billion Urban Transformation

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

8th Avenue is now the 'New Broadway' for four-month subway construction detour

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-main-quebec-8th-avenue-subway-construction-detour-vancouver

Hyatt brand coming to Listel Hotel redevelopment on Robson Street

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/hyatt-unbound-collection-listel-hotel-vancouver-robson-redevelopment

Australia Day

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day , https://www.australiaday.org.au/about Australia Day 2026 should be celebrated ‘loudly an...

Portland’s Problem Isn’t One Thing — It’s a Chain Reaction

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tPtuHDlO9g

Sunday, January 25, 2026

Why Living in Vancouver, BC Has Become Impossible

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puM93PmmWbI People are leaving Toronto and Vancouver in record numbers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Could Melbourne’s Flinders St. Station have been DEMOLISHED for this?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-UY7uilDnM https://tunnellingjournal.com/melbourne-srl-orders-four-creg-epbms/ https://tunnellingjour...

Saturday, January 24, 2026

A Metro Line Orange County is a MUST Build

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ07mssixYw

Northern California's Bay Area is mostly known for Oakland and San Francisco, along with San Jose

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_bsaF5TTEE GG Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ01925tEMk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWP1Acu...

The City of Memphis Built Light Rail in 1993 and Now It's Abandoned

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZSKfDj_rhI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MATA_Trolley#Reopening_and_resuspension

Phoenix, AZ

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAgLCwox_jg Phoenix might eventually get to have a building that's similar in height to the tallest ...

Kelowna International Airport (YLW), the second busiest airport in British Columbia in terms of passenger volumes

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/kelowna-international-airport-ylw-terminal-building-expansion-completion

City of Vancouver eyes federal and provincial loans to demolish Dunsmuir and Georgia viaducts

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/dunsmuir-georgia-viaducts-vancouver-demolition-northeast-false-creek-plan-federal-provincial-loans-update

Friday, January 23, 2026

LA Metro passes railway project to connect San Fernando Valley and West LA

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm_yGbMi3Vs

Thursday, January 22, 2026

26-storey rental housing tower proposed for West Broadway near future South Granville SkyTrain station

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1668-west-broadway-vancouver-rental-housing-unicorn-properties

Is Minnesota's Light Rail Too Perfect?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYw4A0lM4q8

Westham Island Bridge remains closed to vehicles

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https://www.delta-optimist.com/local-news/barge-secured-to-help-transfer-goods-as-westham-island-bridge-remains-closed-to-vehicles-1177878...

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Overnight closure on Highway 1 planned in North Vancouver for pedestrian and cycling bridge

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https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/overnight-closure-on-highway-1-planned-in-north-vancouver-next-month-11773135 While every new bike bri...

Vancouver General Hospital campus redevelopment plan to deliver 3.2 million sq. ft. of new healthcare space

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-general-hospital-vgh-campus-master-plan-rezoning-application-proposal

The Dark and Disturbing Downfall of Dubai

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKnfFL20d70 https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Dubai

Perth, WA, Australia

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https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/travel-information/driving-in-wa/driving-in-perth https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/technical-commercial/s...

Bridge and Tunnel Projects in Australia

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https://www.webuildvalue.com/en/reportage/sydney-harbour-bridge.html https://www.smec.com/mm/project/west-gate-tunnel-project/ https://l...

Vancouver mayoral candidate pitches plan to build 4,000 City-owned and affordable homes

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-mayoral-candidate-william-azaroff-pitches-affordable-homes Providing more affordable housing in...

Westham Island Bridge remains closed as damage assessment continues

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https://www.delta-optimist.com/local-news/westham-island-bridge-remains-closed-as-damage-assessment-continues-11769626 https://www.ctvne...

These train stations in Chicago were closed for four years...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OHn9CBNCU

New pedestrian and cyclist bridge above railway proposed for Brentwood in Burnaby

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/burnaby-brentwood-pedestrian-cyclist-overpass-proposal Not just in backwards Vancouver, but throughout th...

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Inside San Diego's $30 Billion Waterfront Plan

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIwbPkNOtbE SD

San Francisco’s Biggest Development Projects That Will Change the City

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsIBAwdmWjY Safeway is disappearing across San Francisco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbKl6Kerfbo

How Dallas Is Becoming America's Next Mega City

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbusmhG2QMI

The Tacoma, Washington streetcar

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJVJeYrWEoQ Of course Tacoma, Seattle and Portland would all get some of their streetcar routes back lo...

Monday, January 19, 2026

Fraser River bridge in Metro Vancouver closed after vessel collision

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/westham-island-bridge-delta-vessel-collision https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Westham+Island

Sunday, January 18, 2026

San Francisco is attempting one of the most ambitious urban recoveries in the United States

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6VU3h5j2z8 SF

Alioto's Restaurant at Fisherman's Wharf is permanently closed and its historic building is currently being demolished to make way for a public plaza

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After nearly a century in operation, the restaurant officially ended its lease with the Port of San Francisco in 2022. https://www.youtube....

Japan’s SHARPEST Railway Curve

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

The Q Line streetcar in Detroit, Michigan

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9BIvioNjtg Not a problem for Michigan, but very difficult to revive in the BC part of Canada. https://...

Saturday, January 17, 2026

The Great SkyTrain upgrade (potential)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D2CXdZ_4Ro Unfortunatly, the first 2 Skytrain lines were designed to only have 80m stations and trains....

Why Seattle’s light rail network is about to double in size!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6HItXil-aw

The L.A. Mega Plan

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eZh--ABfZg

Friday, January 16, 2026

Denny Bus Lane in Seattle

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https://www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/15/katie-wilson-orders-denny-bus-lane-to-help-route-8-riders https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/01/...

New 33-storey hotel tower for Granville Entertainment District approved

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1167-1193-granville-street-davie-vancouver-hotel-deecorp-rezoning-approved

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Public washrooms in the City of Vancouver

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-public-washroom-strategic-framework https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/metro-vancou...

Heavy snowfall in Montreal caused stress, delays and accidents

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https://montreal.citynews.ca/video/2026/01/15/heavy-snowfall-in-montreal-caused-stress-delays-and-accidents/ https://www.ctvnews.ca/mont...

Finch LRT shut down all day due to “weather conditions.”

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https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2026/01/15/finch-lrt-shut-down-all-day-due-to-weather-conditions It should have been a proper subway li...

Canadian Weather on January 15

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https://weather.gc.ca/data/wxoimages/wocanmap0_e.jpg https://weather.gc.ca/canada_e.html https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Toron...

Some Ontario civil servants told to get to office in snowstorm or take vacation day

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https://globalnews.ca/news/11615259/ontario-office-mandate-snow-day As Australia & NZ get some intense summer weather, Canada is con...

Early nightly closures at Oakridge-41st Avenue SkyTrain station for construction extended by two months

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/oakridge-41st-avenue-skytrain-station-early-closure-2026 While some improvements are possible with the v...

Snowfall leads to accidents, road closures across Montreal

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https://montrealgazette.com/news/weather/montreal-snowfall-warning-road-conditions https://globalnews.ca/news/11614578/montreal-storm-r...

Vancouver residents decry lack of government action after London Drugs closure

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-london-drugs-closure-gastown-residents Vancouver and BC just gave up and let that part of the ...

Toronto snow

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https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Toronto+snowstorm https://jf-databits.blogspot.com/search?q=Toronto+snow https://jfdatalinks....

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

UBC students hold a fake party for 18-year unfulfilled promise of SkyTrain

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https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/ubc-students-birthday-party-skytrain-delay-2026-11742303 https://www.ams.ubc.ca/news/ubc-s...

The early days of Vancouver's iconic Marine Building

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https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/history/historic-photos-the-early-days-of-vancouvers-iconic-marine-building-11736257 It could have be...

SD and SF vs. LA

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izx7Y_qw_NQ San Diego and SF have their downtowns right up to the water, but Downtown LA is a good ways ...

SkyTrain's Canada Line service disruption

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

Is Canada Repeating Japan's Worst Mistake?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrMztTZ8AAk

Ritz Carlton Million-Dollar Condos at 50% Off: Progressive Portland’s Freefall Continues

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4zn4qpo-Ww https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2025/07/portlands-newest-skyscraper-home-to-ritz-carlton...

Mild Victoria, BC

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Victoria has been a provincial backwater for most of its history. Despite being in a mild winter setting, it's so small when compared to...

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Skylines in Australia and New Zealand

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

About 90% of TransLink's first two Bus Rapid Transit lines will have bus-only lanes

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-king-george-langley-haney-place-brt-bus-lanes-proposal Since the metropolitan area has rivers ...

Hudson’s Bay sign removed from historic Vancouver building

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/hudsons-bay-sign-permanantly-removed-downtown-vancouver

Monday, January 12, 2026

Is Seattle the Opposite of a Natural City?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-mQyPCrqAs

Sunday, January 11, 2026

The 17 Mile Area That BROKE California's Megalopolis Why Los Angeles Is Americas Most Confusing City

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vzfvk1sl3E Why Los Angeles Is America's Most CONFUSING City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJWb50...

The Houston intersection

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5ikK8b39Hs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cF27fXGveA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enRYHV94MWs ht...

Saturday, January 10, 2026

The $40B Plan To Extend New York City

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDgVKA4ish8

From 6 to 4 lanes

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10163196613962377&set=a.10152101514842377 Several cities are able to build bike and foot bridge...

Friday, January 9, 2026

Original cars on SkyTrain's Canada Line set to be refurbished

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-canada-line-original-trains-refurbishment Perhaps allowing for enough future station clearance ...

Thursday, January 8, 2026

Vancouver has 29 hotel projects totalling 5,800 rooms in development plans

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https://www.biv.com/news/real-estate/vancouver-has-29-hotel-projects-totalling-5800-rooms-in-development-pipeline-11714817

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Four Lane Pattullo Bridge Replacement Project

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-ING5Pfrdk The old bridge has 4 narrow lanes and no traffic divider. However, the new bridge won't ...

Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain transit system turns 40

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeSQtHusn1A The history of SkyTrain 1985-2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEt76BgRP5E Expo Line ...

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

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https://globalnews.ca/news/11602959/london-drugs-closing-woodwards-location-safety-issues/ While Kelowna is gradually fitting into its r...

Sunday, January 4, 2026

Vancouver International Airport gains 24-hour public transit coverage as NightBus expansion fills SkyTrain overnight gap

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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/n10-yvr-downtown-nightbus-vancouver-airport-translink

The Transamerica Pyramid in SF

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The Transamerica_Pyramid was permitted to be about 400 feet taller than the LA+City+Hall . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transamerica_Py...

Does Los Angeles have the Most Confusing Skyline?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ljqamDgwg https://archinect.com/news/article/150013536/watch-a-century-of-downtown-l-a-s-development-...

Saturday, January 3, 2026

How Los Angeles Is Building Rail Under a Living City for the 2028 Olympics

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

The new bridge next to Pattullo Bridge

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUGCUqTphCU This new bridge should have had 2 wide emergency lanes and 2 bus lanes and 2 HOV lanes. Whil...

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Bridges in Fort McMurray, Alberta

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_McMurray , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FCkJ8ZZ9VI https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/o...

Crews cleared multi-vehicle crash blocking Lions Gate Bridge southbound

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https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/12/31/vehicle-incident-blocking-lions-gate-bridge Another year has gone with no plans to have an expre...

Pacific Central Station in Vancouver

Architecture Codex #135 Pan Am Building, NYC by Walter Gropius

Are Elevated or Underground Metro Systems Better?

Sideways Chicago vs. Tilted Toronto: Great Lakes Urbanism

Building the Green Line: Phase 1 in Calgary