https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul#Cityscape
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_transport_in_Istanbul
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul#Transportation
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Istanbul_Rapid_Transit_Map.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Metro_Transportation_Map_Istanbul_2014.png-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul_Metro#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmaray#Project
The 22 m long stainless steel cars will be formed into 10 and five-car EMUs.
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/marmaray-train-contract-signed.html
5 x 72=360ft & 10 x 72=720ft
UTL is about exploring past, present and future urban technologies in science and fiction, etc...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Monday, March 7, 2016
Monday, February 29, 2016
Friday, February 26, 2016
Could the Lions Gate Bridge be closed to vehicle traffic by 2030?
"However, there is one major caveat with the plan. For the shutdown to occur, the agreement stipulates that a new replacement crossing across Burrard Inlet from Vancouver to the North Shore would have to be constructed."
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/04/lions-gate-bridge-close-vehicle-traffic-2030-government-agreement
"Any crossing replacement or expansion option would have to consider the reality that downtown Vancouver’s street grid does not possess the capacity to handle a significant increase in vehicle traffic volume. This could be further exacerbated by the City’s plan to demolish the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts, which will redirect traffic to other adjacent arterial streets." https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/lions-gate-bridge-close-vehicle-traffic-2030-government-agreement
Traffic on the Lions_Gate_Bridge should be replaced with a 6-8 lane road tunnel and a double track train tunnel. Then the LGB could become a fine bike & foot crossing.
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
China-bans-weird-buildings
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/china-bans-weird-buildings
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/22/architecture/china-weird-buildings/index.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9520245/British-designed-skyscraper-resembles-big-pants-say-angry-Chinese.html
http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/26/news/star-trek-enterprise-headquarters/
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/22/architecture/china-weird-buildings/index.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9520245/British-designed-skyscraper-resembles-big-pants-say-angry-Chinese.html
http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/26/news/star-trek-enterprise-headquarters/
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Brentwood and Oakridge Centre
B is a bustling area in Burnaby.
O is a secondary commercial, retail & residential hub in Vancouver.
NW and BC
Unfortunately for most of its history, New_Westminster never saw it self as that much of a hub city in-between Burnaby & Coquitlam, Richmond & Surrey. Things have been slowly changing in recent decades.
Monday, February 15, 2016
urban views
https://twitter.com/GreatDismal/status/645015044137201664 WG
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/02/marco-rubios-presidential-ad-vancouver-
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2016/02/15/vancouver-skyline-featured-in-marco-rubios-morning-again-in-america-campaign-ad
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=60
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=1
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/01/north-vancouver-art-gallery-polygon-waterfront
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1&status=15
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Harbour+Centre+Vancouver&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAl8jphP3KAhUOxmMKHZ9kDl4Q_AUICCgC&biw=1280&bih=699
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Harbour+Centre+Vancouver&biw=1280&bih=699&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5s8v_hP3KAhVW_mMKHZLuCJgQ_AUIBigA&dpr=1
stump
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=71673485&offset=250
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/02/marco-rubios-presidential-ad-vancouver-
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2016/02/15/vancouver-skyline-featured-in-marco-rubios-morning-again-in-america-campaign-ad
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=60
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=1
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/01/north-vancouver-art-gallery-polygon-waterfront
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1&status=15
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Harbour+Centre+Vancouver&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAl8jphP3KAhUOxmMKHZ9kDl4Q_AUICCgC&biw=1280&bih=699
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Harbour+Centre+Vancouver&biw=1280&bih=699&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5s8v_hP3KAhVW_mMKHZLuCJgQ_AUIBigA&dpr=1
stump
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=71673485&offset=250
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Oaks,_Los_Angeles
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Noble+Ave+%26+Dickens+St,+Sherman+Oaks,+CA+91403,+USA/@34.1516582,-118.4622174,2760m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x80c297c1f3da2331:0x660ec093d318c441
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Sherman+Oaks,+Los+Angeles,+CA,+USA/@34.1518908,-118.4203365,44166m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x80c297dba79cbcf3:0x39b4e3f8071ff16
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Noble+Ave+%26+Dickens+St,+Sherman+Oaks,+CA+91403,+USA/@34.1516582,-118.4622174,2760m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x80c297c1f3da2331:0x660ec093d318c441
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Sherman+Oaks,+Los+Angeles,+CA,+USA/@34.1518908,-118.4203365,44166m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x80c297dba79cbcf3:0x39b4e3f8071ff16
crushing-commutes-torontos-suburbs-intolerable
"I live in Scarborough, so the closest intersection is Finch by Morningside,"
"his job is at Islington and Steeles"
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/crushing-commutes-torontos-suburbs-intolerable-070500583.html?nhp=1
Monday, February 8, 2016
Sunday, February 7, 2016
View cones snip height of proposed Jenga tower in downtown Vancouver
Best station locations?
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/02/988-west-broadway cancelled office building station location
http://www.condoinvancouver.ca/hudson-
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7647
Its very convenient to have a station under a condo tower.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=hudson+condo+tower+vancouver+bc&biw=1280&bih=699&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6rOOlgv3KAhVCMGMKHeSvCpIQ_AUICSgD
https://www.google.ca/search?q=hudson+condo+tower+vancouver+bc&biw=1280&bih=699&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi05Ommgv3KAhVG8WMKHezdBk8Q_AUIBigA&dpr=1
http://www.condopedia.com/wiki/Hudson-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRVLsVDeG6M-
http://www.emporis.com/buildings/150468/the-hudson-vancouver-canada-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnlohAlMvpA
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=71672453&offset=75
http://www.condoinvancouver.ca/hudson-
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7647
Its very convenient to have a station under a condo tower.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=hudson+condo+tower+vancouver+bc&biw=1280&bih=699&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6rOOlgv3KAhVCMGMKHeSvCpIQ_AUICSgD
https://www.google.ca/search?q=hudson+condo+tower+vancouver+bc&biw=1280&bih=699&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi05Ommgv3KAhVG8WMKHezdBk8Q_AUIBigA&dpr=1
http://www.condopedia.com/wiki/Hudson-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRVLsVDeG6M-
http://www.emporis.com/buildings/150468/the-hudson-vancouver-canada-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnlohAlMvpA
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=71672453&offset=75
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
SF GH
http://www.webcor.com/projects/san-francisco-general-hospital/
http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-75m-san-francisco-general-hospital/614634
http://cenews.com/article/9891/debunking-the-myth-about-base-isolation
http://sfgharchives.com/mission-statement/
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/San+Ramon,+CA,+USA/@37.749221,-122.4049053,907a,20y,41.39t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x808fed7cffeaac4f:0xf562eebbf9253ead
http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-75m-san-francisco-general-hospital/614634
http://cenews.com/article/9891/debunking-the-myth-about-base-isolation
http://sfgharchives.com/mission-statement/
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/San+Ramon,+CA,+USA/@37.749221,-122.4049053,907a,20y,41.39t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x808fed7cffeaac4f:0xf562eebbf9253ead
Saturday, January 30, 2016
The Broadway - UBC Line
The Broadway - UBC Line will ultimately be the Coquitlam to UBC Line. Otherwise known as the Millennium_Line.
http://planning.ubc.ca/vancouver/transportation-planning/transportation-options/transit/ubc-broadway-line
http://daryldelacruz.com/blog/2014/05/05/skytrain-critics-alternative-to-broadway-subway-is-half-baked/
https://www.google.ca/search?q=ubc+subway+plans
https://www.google.ca/search?q=ubc+subway+line&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5vvneqdLKAhVBXGMKHYLEDAgQ_AUICCgC&biw=1280&bih=699
https://www.google.ca/search?q=ubc+subway+line
Given as to how slow things get done in backwater BC, the UBC segment should be done well before the next millennium.
Thursday, January 28, 2016
hard-times-in-atlantic-city
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/photos/hard-times-in-atlantic-city/ss-BBoLKFE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_City,_New_Jersey#Modern_day_challenges
https://www.google.ca/search?q=atlantic+city&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjt2uKIqszKAhVS6GMKHfnMDZwQsAQIOw&biw=1280&bih=699
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Atlantic+City,+NJ,+USA/@39.3604248,-74.435233,2579m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c0dd576e5cc721:0x4a6fcb43e9675262
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_City,_New_Jersey#Modern_day_challenges
https://www.google.ca/search?q=atlantic+city&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjt2uKIqszKAhVS6GMKHfnMDZwQsAQIOw&biw=1280&bih=699
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Atlantic+City,+NJ,+USA/@39.3604248,-74.435233,2579m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c0dd576e5cc721:0x4a6fcb43e9675262
Monday, January 25, 2016
North_American_ski_resorts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_California_ski_resorts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_Mountain_(ski_area)
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Bear+Mountain+Resort/@34.2290979,-116.8603163,5516m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x7c241172e04e8f4c
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Colorado_ski_resorts#List_of_ski_areas-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Colorado_ski_resorts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_North_American_ski_resorts
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Is Canada really the 2nd-best-country-in-the-world?
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/01/canada-2nd-best-country-in-the-world
http://roadwarriorvoices.com/2015/12/18/this-country-was-named-the-best-place-in-the-world-to-live-for-the-12th-straight-year/
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/generalmoney/the-best-countries-to-live-your-life/ss-BBop5xt
http://247wallst.com/special-report/2015/12/21/most-livable-countries/
https://www.google.ca/search?q=the+25+best+countries+to+live+in+the+world&oq=the+25+best+countries+to+live+in+the+world&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8
http://roadwarriorvoices.com/2015/12/18/this-country-was-named-the-best-place-in-the-world-to-live-for-the-12th-straight-year/
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/generalmoney/the-best-countries-to-live-your-life/ss-BBop5xt
http://247wallst.com/special-report/2015/12/21/most-livable-countries/
https://www.google.ca/search?q=the+25+best+countries+to+live+in+the+world&oq=the+25+best+countries+to+live+in+the+world&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Trams, Subways and Urban-rail...
http://mic-ro.com/metro/news.html , http://www.urbanrail.net
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metro_systems#List
https://www.google.ca/search?q=subways+of+the+world&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjogpLIvaXKAhUS5WMKHdzyApIQsAQINw&biw=1280&bih=699
http://www.urbanrail.net/au/melb/melbourne.htm-
http://www.urbanrail.net/au/melb/melbourne-map.htm
Monday, January 11, 2016
urban parks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Park
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2011/09/stanley-park-vs-central-park
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2566/4209320611_b1bba5e279_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/4270206096_6ea4493efa_b.jpg
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/High+Park/@43.6512524,-79.4236074,4827m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x1bcc825a300ee67
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2011/09/stanley-park-vs-central-park
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2566/4209320611_b1bba5e279_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/4270206096_6ea4493efa_b.jpg
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/High+Park/@43.6512524,-79.4236074,4827m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x1bcc825a300ee67
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Canada's tallest buildings
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/insight/canadas-tallest-building-is-coming-in-2018-184039669.html
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=7&status=15
http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/01/one-grows-even-taller-design-continues-evolve
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=1&status=15
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=7&status=15
http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/01/one-grows-even-taller-design-continues-evolve
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=1&status=15
This month, Burnaby council will seek public input to develop a vision for the area around Gilmore Station, which is west of Brentwood Station.
The preliminary concept calls for several residential and office towers, including a signature building of up to 65 storeys.
http://www.straight.com/news/606896/city-burnaby-will-host-open-house-concept-major-redevelopment-around-gilmore-station
Sunday, January 3, 2016
ctbuh .org
Van-con...
The Penthouse at Living Shangri-La Vancouver, the tallest building in Vancouver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Oq3Vt6uxTo
Fairmont Pacific Rim Estates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpYoq6Sag5w
Down-town Vancouver, Jameson House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFqIESxL1tU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnlohAlMvpA Hudson
Vancity Real Estate Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYPy0z1KpQY-
http://www.myvancouverproperty.ca/downtown-vancouver-condos-sale-
https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialVCB
investment example
http://www.myvancouverproperty.ca/downtown-vancouver-condos-sale/l/details-51561678
historic-aerial-photos-of winnipeg...
http://news.buzzbuzzhome.com/2015/05/historic-aerial-photos-winnipeg.html ,
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=58&searchname=timeline ,
http://news.buzzbuzzhome.com/2015/12/photos-evolution-winnipegs-skyline-century.html ,
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=71174747&offset=25
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=17&status=15
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=58&searchname=timeline ,
http://news.buzzbuzzhome.com/2015/12/photos-evolution-winnipegs-skyline-century.html ,
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=71174747&offset=25
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=17&status=15
Saturday, January 2, 2016
Many Ports Not Prepared For Era Of Megaships
http://www.ibtimes.com/giant-container-ships-arrive-us-shores-many-ports-not-prepared-era-megaships-2246620?ref=yfp
https://www.google.ca/search?q=the+gerald+desmond+bridge+replacement+project&oq=the+Gerald+Desmond+Bridge&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l2.3876j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8
https://www.google.ca/search?q=the+gerald+desmond+bridge+replacement+project&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFrqzY-YvKAhUG8mMKHenUCOsQ_AUICSgD&biw=1280&bih=699
https://www.google.ca/search?q=the+gerald+desmond+bridge+replacement+project&oq=the+Gerald+Desmond+Bridge&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l2.3876j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8
https://www.google.ca/search?q=the+gerald+desmond+bridge+replacement+project&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFrqzY-YvKAhUG8mMKHenUCOsQ_AUICSgD&biw=1280&bih=699
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
quebec-citys-future-flagship-building-is-a-65-storey-skyscraper-that-critics-say-is-more-suited-to-dubai
boring-vancouver-skyline-may-take-dramatic-turn-with-proposal-of-innovative-new-buildings
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Monday, November 23, 2015
Could the world's tallest building at 230 storeys high be actually built in the...Iraqi city of Basra?
http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1881789/move-aside-dubai-could-worlds-tallest-building-230-storeys-high-be
http://www.dezeen.com/2015/11/19/worlds-tallest-tower-the-bride-basra-iraq-ambs-architects/
http://curbed.com/archives/2015/11/20/tallest-tower-world-iraq.php
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/nov/20/the-worlds-tallest-building-planned-in-ex-warzone-basra-iraq
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3323834/Lofty-ambition-pie-sky-Architect-releases-plans-build-giant-Vertical-City-dwarf-Burj-Khalifa-IRAQ.html
http://www.bibleprophecyblog.com/2015/11/bride-tower-in-southern-iraq-to-be.html#
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Basrah,+Iraq/@30.5080837,47.7965329,45981m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x3fc49771852a1535:0xb8d22927274bd410
http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/search?q=iraq
http://www.dezeen.com/2015/11/19/worlds-tallest-tower-the-bride-basra-iraq-ambs-architects/
http://curbed.com/archives/2015/11/20/tallest-tower-world-iraq.php
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/nov/20/the-worlds-tallest-building-planned-in-ex-warzone-basra-iraq
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3323834/Lofty-ambition-pie-sky-Architect-releases-plans-build-giant-Vertical-City-dwarf-Burj-Khalifa-IRAQ.html
http://www.bibleprophecyblog.com/2015/11/bride-tower-in-southern-iraq-to-be.html#
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Basrah,+Iraq/@30.5080837,47.7965329,45981m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x3fc49771852a1535:0xb8d22927274bd410
http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/search?q=iraq
Urban Tech:
http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/search?q=urban+tech:
http://www.streetline.com/blog/5-urban-technology-trends
http://mashable.com/2012/12/26/urban-tech-wish-list/#HtHB1R7ktaqh
http://postscapes.com/journal-of-urban-technology ,
http://www.researchgate.net/journal/1063-0732_Journal_of_Urban_Technology
http://www.urbantech.com
http://jf-databits.blogspot.ca/2015/11/urban-tech.html::
https://www.google.ca/search?q=urban+technology+and+science
http://www.streetline.com/blog/5-urban-technology-trends
http://mashable.com/2012/12/26/urban-tech-wish-list/#HtHB1R7ktaqh
http://postscapes.com/journal-of-urban-technology ,
http://www.researchgate.net/journal/1063-0732_Journal_of_Urban_Technology
http://www.urbantech.com
http://jf-databits.blogspot.ca/2015/11/urban-tech.html::
https://www.google.ca/search?q=urban+technology+and+science
Sunday, November 22, 2015
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Friday, October 30, 2015
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Monday, October 26, 2015
animation-shows-completion-of-antoni-gaudis-sagrada-familia
http://www.dezeen.com/2013/10/02/animation-shows-completion-of-antoni-gaudis-sagrada-familia/
http://www.dezeen.com/2015/10/23/gaudi-sagrada-familia-church-basilica-final-construction-barcelona-spain
http://www.ctbuh.org/News/GlobalTallNews/tabid/4810/language/en-US/Default.aspx
http://www.dezeen.com/2015/10/23/gaudi-sagrada-familia-church-basilica-final-construction-barcelona-spain
Barcelona’s Sagrada FamÃlia Enters Final Stage of Construction
23 Oct 2015, Barcelona, Spain
The Sagrada FamÃlia basilica has entered its final stage of construction, over 100 years since its foundation stone was laid and 90 years after its designer, Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi, died. Read more. |
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Cincinnati's Abandoned Subway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Subway#The_idea
http://cdn.urbancincy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Cincinnati-Subway-System.jpg-
http://www.urbancincy.com/2014/02/infographic-the-abandonment-of-cincinnatis-1914-subway-and-rapid-transit-loop
http://www.forgottenoh.com/subway.html
http://www.gleems.com/861711/unbelievable-pictures-of-cincinnatis-abandoned-ghost-subway-system/4
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Cincinnati%E2%80%99s+Abandoned+Subway+System
http://jalopnik.com/the-ten-most-ambitious-subway-systems-ever-devised-1484113202
http://cdn.urbancincy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Cincinnati-Subway-System.jpg-
http://www.urbancincy.com/2014/02/infographic-the-abandonment-of-cincinnatis-1914-subway-and-rapid-transit-loop
http://www.forgottenoh.com/subway.html
http://www.gleems.com/861711/unbelievable-pictures-of-cincinnatis-abandoned-ghost-subway-system/4
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Cincinnati%E2%80%99s+Abandoned+Subway+System
http://jalopnik.com/the-ten-most-ambitious-subway-systems-ever-devised-1484113202
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Monday, September 7, 2015
Friday, September 4, 2015
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Monday, August 31, 2015
The Regional George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project
Of course someday, the Massey+Tunnel+replacement should have a regional rail crossing with extra bus or HOV lanes.
While it's important to have a train to Coquitlam, it's also important to have a train to the Delta ferry terminal.
https://sfb.nathanpachal.com/2015/08/amtrak-service-improvement-coming-to.html The New_Westminster_Rail_Bridge is a single track joke that shoud be replace with at least a 3, if not a 4 track bridge. https://cib-bic.ca/en/projects/trade-and-transport/new-westminster-rail-bridge/
Its pitiful that there is no rail bridge between Richmond and Delta to provide an efficient link between YVR and the ferry terminal.
https://sfb.nathanpachal.com/search/label/Transportation Its very strange that there doesn't seem to a plan to link YVR with the 2 regional ferry terminals.
https://sfb.nathanpachal.com/search/label/Interurban%20Maps Its sad that instead of improving regional rail tranportaion during the 1950s, 60s and 70s, backwards BC went the other way. Then the 1980s Skytrain had stations that were barely more than half the length of a 152.4 m Montreal Metro station. The YVR Line opened in 2009 and wasn't even built with 80m stations, only enough level clearance for 50m stations.
V-T-M
https://i0.wp.com/buzzer.translink.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/toronto.jpg ,
https://darylvsworld.wordpress.com/2015/02/23/referendum-myths-translink-exec-pay
http://www.sfu.ca/geog/geog351fall07/Group03/history.html
http://theecoreport.com/metro-vancouver-to-have-canadas-longest-transit-system
https://metrobabel.wordpress.com/2015/06/24/new-mark-iii-skytrains-coming-soon
http://bbscalemodels.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMG_6898-1.jpg ,
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/06/sleek-looking-longer-skytrain-trains-arriving-this-year
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_rolling_stock#Bombardier_ART_Mark_III_train_fleet_.28future.29
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Why is the Canada (embarrassment) Line built the way it is?
Despite its high cost, the C+Line or YVR-Line was designed to have shorter stations than the underground stations in Edmonton & Seattle. Even shorter than the ground level stations in Calgary & Portland. Considering that a Montreal Metro station is 152.5m or 500 feet in length, the absurd C Line stations are only 50m.
A one third size train still could have been designed for proper future capacity expansion. Unfortunatly, this joke of a train was only designed to have 2 coaches & eventually 2.5 car trains, not 5 & certainly not 10. Because that's what a proper big city would do.
The light rail train bridge to Richmond wasn't designed to have any bus lanes, just 1 bike lane. No proper bus & HOV lane bridge has been built next to the narrow Knight+Street+Bridge , Oak+Street+Bridge , or Arthur+Laing+Bridge. By now, all 3 road bridges should have had 4 lane bus & HOV bridges next to them. Indeed, each bridge should have had 2 bus & 2 HOV lanes beside them by now. But why do that when everything can be crammed into just 2 lanes each way. Combine that with no breakdown lanes or wide shoulders & you have classic BC bottleneck planning. Since the C Line isn't running 24 hours, there should have been a 24 hour express bus to the airport on 2 dedicated lanes on the C Line bridge. That would have made it possible to always have an airport express bus, especially when the C Line is only running 2 car trains.
It's all such a sad joke that should be laughed at all over the world. It's also symbolic of the refusal to properly think & build big in backwards BC. Its like a whole lot of money was never efficiently or properly put into the regional infrastructure over the course of several generations. Any serious big city airport+line should be designed for significant future capacity.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Friday, August 14, 2015
housing-market-risk-high-in-toronto-winnipeg-and-regina-cmhc-says
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/housing-market-risk-high-in-toronto-winnipeg-and-regina-cmhc-says-1.3189981
"After a trying search, Jacob Butula has finally found a place to rent in Vancouver. But the apartment on the top floor of a house is far from ideal. Only a sheet separates his room from the living room that he will soon share with three roommates.
One roommate has promised to build him a makeshift wooden wall to replace the sheet. But it still means everyone living there will have easy access to his room.
"I hope I can trust these people with my stuff when I'm gone because they can just pull the wood [wall] aside and enter my room if they feel like it," says the 30-year-old Butula
"It's a sacrifice I'm making for affordable rent," he adds, as he moves to Vancouver to finish a master's degree in counselling psychology and complete his practicum.
For now, he believes a temporary wall may be as good as it gets with his $750 a month rent limit." http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rental-woes-prices-jump-vacancy-shrinks-for-vancouver-toronto-1.3186886
Monday, August 10, 2015
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Burnaby
http://brentwoodstation.blogspot.ca/2015/07/view-from-brentwood-mall-food-court.html
https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/concord-place-brentwood ,
http://concordplacebrentwood.com ,
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Burnaby,+BC
http://brentwoodstation.blogspot.ca/2015/03/more-coverage-on-dragonwood-development.html ,
https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/solo-district-condos
http://brentwoodstation.blogspot.ca/2015/07/dragonwood-development-goes-to-public.html
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Burnaby,+BC MT
https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/concord-place-brentwood ,
http://concordplacebrentwood.com ,
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Burnaby,+BC
http://brentwoodstation.blogspot.ca/2015/03/more-coverage-on-dragonwood-development.html ,
https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/solo-district-condos
http://brentwoodstation.blogspot.ca/2015/07/dragonwood-development-goes-to-public.html
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Burnaby,+BC MT
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Friday, July 17, 2015
Monday, July 13, 2015
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Burrard Street Bridge (BSB)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrard_Bridge
It's unlikely that the BSB will ever be restored or completed, because of the backwards Vancouverization mentality.
https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/burrard-bridge-details-revealed-at-open-house-second-event-planned-for-june-16th
https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/burrard-bridge-details-revealed-at-open-house-second-event-planned-for-june-16th
The city was too cheap to build a nice, wide bike-bridge next to the BSB.
https://voony.wordpress.com/2015/06/02/burrard-bridge-the-war-on-transit-continues
https://voony.wordpress.com/2015/06/02/burrard-bridge-the-war-on-transit-continues
Thus, instead of removing 2 lanes, the BSB could have still had 6 lanes, which 2 lanes could have been for buses. Then a lower deck for 2 streetcar tracks.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Burrard+Bridge+Proposed+widening+plans&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=VZiLVbSUAozzoAS9jLC4Bg&ved=0CB0QsAQ&biw=1600&bih=799
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Burrard+Bridge+Proposed+widening+plans&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=VZiLVbSUAozzoAS9jLC4Bg&ved=0CB0QsAQ&biw=1600&bih=799
A 6 lane bridge with 2 streetcar tracks & a parallel bike-bridge, is just too advanced of a crossing for backwards vancouver.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=burrard+street+bridge&sa=X&es_sm=93&biw=1600&bih=799&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=95OLVdS-KIfIogTlm5jwBg&ved=0CCwQsAQ
https://www.google.ca/search?q=burrard+street+bridge&sa=X&es_sm=93&biw=1600&bih=799&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=95OLVdS-KIfIogTlm5jwBg&ved=0CCwQsAQ
Monday, June 22, 2015
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Grandview-Woodland land use plan
https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2015/01/09/grandview-plan-political-interference
https://cityhallwatch.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/resize_130521_station_area_study-bldg_heights.jpg
https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2014/11/13/botched-process-towers-grandview
http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/2015/06/commercial-and-broadway-station.html
https://cityhallwatch.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/resize_130521_station_area_study-bldg_heights.jpg
https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2014/11/13/botched-process-towers-grandview
http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/2015/06/commercial-and-broadway-station.html
commercial and broadway station
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/06/dramatic-60-million-commercial-broadway-station-upgrade-include-additional-platform/
http://www.translink.ca/commercialbroadway
http://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Projects/Station-and-Exchange-Improvements/Expo-Line-Upgrades/Commercial-Broadway-Station-Upgrades/FAQs.aspx
https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2014/06/03/translinks-bway-info ,
https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2013/12/05/50mil_comstn_reno
http://www.urbanrail.net/am/vanc/vancouver.htm
http://www.translink.ca/commercialbroadway
http://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Projects/Station-and-Exchange-Improvements/Expo-Line-Upgrades/Commercial-Broadway-Station-Upgrades/FAQs.aspx
https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2014/06/03/translinks-bway-info ,
https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2013/12/05/50mil_comstn_reno
http://www.urbanrail.net/am/vanc/vancouver.htm
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Monday, June 15, 2015
19-dangerous-cities-in-europe
http://www.geekycamel.com/19-dangerous-cities-in-europe%e2%80%8f/?utm_source=Outbrain&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=19DangerCityEurope
Ir and Sco
http://www.geekycamel.com/19-dangerous-cities-in-europe%e2%80%8f/2/
Lon
http://www.geekycamel.com/19-dangerous-cities-in-europe%e2%80%8f/4/
Man
http://www.geekycamel.com/19-dangerous-cities-in-europe%e2%80%8f/5/
Mos
http://www.geekycamel.com/19-dangerous-cities-in-europe%e2%80%8f/6/
Nap
http://www.geekycamel.com/19-dangerous-cities-in-europe%e2%80%8f/7/
Rot
http://www.geekycamel.com/19-dangerous-cities-in-europe%e2%80%8f/8/
Ir and Sco
http://www.geekycamel.com/19-dangerous-cities-in-europe%e2%80%8f/2/
Lon
http://www.geekycamel.com/19-dangerous-cities-in-europe%e2%80%8f/4/
Man
http://www.geekycamel.com/19-dangerous-cities-in-europe%e2%80%8f/5/
Mos
http://www.geekycamel.com/19-dangerous-cities-in-europe%e2%80%8f/6/
Nap
http://www.geekycamel.com/19-dangerous-cities-in-europe%e2%80%8f/7/
Rot
http://www.geekycamel.com/19-dangerous-cities-in-europe%e2%80%8f/8/
telus-sky-tower calgary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telus_Sky ,
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=3
http://www.archdaily.com/399946/big-unveils-telus-sky-tower-in-calgary/
http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/telus-sky-calgary/telus-sky-calgary6.html
http://www.calgarysun.com/2014/11/22/construction-kicks-off-in-downtown-calgary-for-planned-222-metre-telus-sky-tower
https://www.google.ca/search?q=telus+sky+tower+calgary&sa=X&es_sm=93&biw=1600&bih=799&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0CCkQsARqFQoTCKC4-oP4kcYCFQSjiAodBC0A7w
http://news.buzzbuzzhome.com/2013/12/top-western-canada-real-estate-stories-2013.html
http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/interactive-data/submit?type%5B%5D=building&status%5B%5D=COM&status%5B%5D=UC&status%5B%5D=UCT&status%5B%5D=STO&status%5B%5D=PRO&base_city=706&base_height_range=0&base_company=All&base_min_year=1900&base_max_year=9999&skip_comparison=on&output%5B%5D=list
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=3
http://www.archdaily.com/399946/big-unveils-telus-sky-tower-in-calgary/
http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/telus-sky-calgary/telus-sky-calgary6.html
http://www.calgarysun.com/2014/11/22/construction-kicks-off-in-downtown-calgary-for-planned-222-metre-telus-sky-tower
https://www.google.ca/search?q=telus+sky+tower+calgary&sa=X&es_sm=93&biw=1600&bih=799&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0CCkQsARqFQoTCKC4-oP4kcYCFQSjiAodBC0A7w
http://news.buzzbuzzhome.com/2013/12/top-western-canada-real-estate-stories-2013.html
http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/interactive-data/submit?type%5B%5D=building&status%5B%5D=COM&status%5B%5D=UC&status%5B%5D=UCT&status%5B%5D=STO&status%5B%5D=PRO&base_city=706&base_height_range=0&base_company=All&base_min_year=1900&base_max_year=9999&skip_comparison=on&output%5B%5D=list
Telus Garden Vancouver
http://vuosiamaailmalla.fi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/telus_garden38.jpg ,
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186381&page=25
http://blog.telus.com/community/peas-and-beans-and-lettuce-oh-my
https://www.google.ca/search?q=telus+garden+vancouver&sa=X&es_sm=93&biw=1600&bih=799&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0CCwQsARqFQoTCOeri-v3kcYCFYiliAoduOcEmw
http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/interactive-data/submit?type%5B%5D=building&status%5B%5D=COM&status%5B%5D=UC&status%5B%5D=UCT&status%5B%5D=STO&status%5B%5D=PRO&base_city=724&base_height_range=0&base_company=All&base_min_year=1900&base_max_year=9999&skip_comparison=on&output%5B%5D=list
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186381&page=25
http://blog.telus.com/community/peas-and-beans-and-lettuce-oh-my
https://www.google.ca/search?q=telus+garden+vancouver&sa=X&es_sm=93&biw=1600&bih=799&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0CCwQsARqFQoTCOeri-v3kcYCFYiliAoduOcEmw
http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/interactive-data/submit?type%5B%5D=building&status%5B%5D=COM&status%5B%5D=UC&status%5B%5D=UCT&status%5B%5D=STO&status%5B%5D=PRO&base_city=724&base_height_range=0&base_company=All&base_min_year=1900&base_max_year=9999&skip_comparison=on&output%5B%5D=list
architecture/buro-ole-scheeren-1500-west-georgia-vancouver-skyscraper
history-of-hastings-sunrise
http://www.eastvillagevancouver.ca/bia-info/history-of-hastings-sunrise
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/1/6/1655352/cd08e759-4d04-4d68-9df1-4c93e2c57f11-MAP20.jpg-
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/index-plan-of-provincial-govt-lands-to-be-sold-at-auction-at-vancouver-b-c-november-20th-1906
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/1/6/1661171/b340db86-b13f-4d17-8c41-773dbd60a709-MAP333.jpg-
http://www.eastvillagevancouver.ca/bia-info/history-of-grandview-woodland-
https://www.facebook.com/TheEastVillageVancouver/posts/891704964234779
http://www.greatgrandview.ca/
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/1/6/1655352/cd08e759-4d04-4d68-9df1-4c93e2c57f11-MAP20.jpg-
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/index-plan-of-provincial-govt-lands-to-be-sold-at-auction-at-vancouver-b-c-november-20th-1906
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/1/6/1661171/b340db86-b13f-4d17-8c41-773dbd60a709-MAP333.jpg-
http://www.eastvillagevancouver.ca/bia-info/history-of-grandview-woodland-
https://www.facebook.com/TheEastVillageVancouver/posts/891704964234779
http://www.greatgrandview.ca/
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
another-sinkhole-forms-along-skytrain-evergreen-line-tunnel-route
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/06/another-sinkhole-forms-along-skytrain-evergreen-line-tunnel-route
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Rapid_Transit_Vancouver.svg/2000px-Rapid_Transit_Vancouver.svg.png
https://voony.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/skytrain-mf01-profile.jpg
http://www.railforthevalley.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/LRT-versus-Skytrain-Copy.jpg ,
http://www.railforthevalley.com/latest-news/zweisystem/ottawa-expands-its-light-rail-vision
http://www.b-bot.ca/bargraph.html
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Rapid_Transit_Vancouver.svg/2000px-Rapid_Transit_Vancouver.svg.png
https://voony.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/skytrain-mf01-profile.jpg
http://www.railforthevalley.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/LRT-versus-Skytrain-Copy.jpg ,
http://www.railforthevalley.com/latest-news/zweisystem/ottawa-expands-its-light-rail-vision
http://www.b-bot.ca/bargraph.html
Friday, June 5, 2015
Westin Bonaventure Hotel inA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westin_Bonaventure_Hotel
http://footage.framepool.com/westin-bonaventure-hotel
http://hotelodat.blogspot.ca/2015/05/westin-bonaventure-hotel-los-angeles.html
https://www.google.ca/search?q=bonaventure+hotel+los+angeles&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=971&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=IdlxVd_3PIXFogS23IH4Ag&sqi=2&ved=0CGkQsAQ&dpr=1
http://hotelodat.blogspot.ca/2015/05/westin-bonaventure-hotel-los-angeles.html
https://www.google.ca/search?q=bonaventure+hotel+los+angeles&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=971&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=IdlxVd_3PIXFogS23IH4Ag&sqi=2&ved=0CGkQsAQ&dpr=1
Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Biltmore_Hotel
http://www.millenniumhotels.com/usa/millenniumbiltmorelosangeles
http://untappedcities.com/2013/10/29/10-secrets-historic-millennium-biltmore-hotel-los-angeles
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Millennium+Biltmore+Hotel,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90013,+USA/@34.0493682,-118.2538773,239m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x80c2c7b4b7dfbe8d:0x9c805e5d3d557182
https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=millennium%20biltmore%20hotel%20los%20angeles
http://www.millenniumhotels.com/usa/millenniumbiltmorelosangeles
http://untappedcities.com/2013/10/29/10-secrets-historic-millennium-biltmore-hotel-los-angeles
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Millennium+Biltmore+Hotel,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90013,+USA/@34.0493682,-118.2538773,239m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x80c2c7b4b7dfbe8d:0x9c805e5d3d557182
https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=millennium%20biltmore%20hotel%20los%20angeles
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