Urban Tech Links: UTL

"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

https://globalnews.ca/news/1946543/government-says-lions-gate-bridge-will-not-close-to-cars-come-2030

"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

https://www.nlc-bnc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0019/MQ37484.pdf (1995)

https://www.daclarke.org/AltTrans/analysis.html 1998

https://www.canadianconsultingengineer.com/features/lion-s-gate-reborn 2001

https://www.tac-atc.ca/wp-content/uploads/Matson.pdf

https://www.patrickjohnstone.ca/2012/04/lions-gate-solution-part-2.html

https://britishproperties.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Lions-Gate-Bridge-NSN.pdf

https://monova.ca/building-vancouver-icon-lions-gate-bridge-conclusion/

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.

Ironworkers_Memorial_Second_Narrows_Crossing

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

Sunday, February 21, 2016

some-of-the-most-isolated-towns-on-earth

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/travel/article/9-of-the-most-isolated-towns-on-earth/ar-BBpo2I0?li=AAggNb9

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Brentwood and Oakridge Centre

B is a bustling area in Burnaby.

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

O is a secondary commercial, retail & residential hub in Vancouver.

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

big-plans-for-burnabys-lougheed-neighbourhood

http://globalnews.ca/news/2518681/big-plans-for-burnabys-lougheed-neighbourhood/

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

arc-vancouver

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/01/arc-vancouver

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/01/arc-vancouver-pool

Vancouver as a tech hub? Perhaps...

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/02/dhx-studios-vancouver/

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/12/mount-pixel-vancouver-digital-campus-main-street/

average-vancouver-home-price-climbs-20-percent

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/02/average-vancouver-home-price-climbs-20-percent-january

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/02/rundown-point-grey-home-sells-over-asking-price

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/02/bc-home-sales-january-2016-bcrea/

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.

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

Monday, February 15, 2016

Holidays on the Moon and Mars, travelling in drones and underwater cities could be possible in 100 years

http://midnightinthedesert.com/holidays-moon-mars-travelling-drones-underwater-cities-possible-100-years/

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

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

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

london-is-finally-winning-its-war-against-the-car

http://gizmodo.com/london-is-finally-winning-its-war-against-the-car-1757014384

http://content.tfl.gov.uk/travel-in-london-report-8.pdf

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Looking-past-politics-Breathtaking-photographs-reveal-hidden-treasures-beauty-of Iran

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3426680/Looking-past-politics-Breathtaking-photographs-reveal-hidden-treasures-beauty-Iran-glory.html

compas

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/02/skytrain-fare-gate/

View cones snip height of proposed Jenga tower in downtown Vancouver

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/02/jenga-tower-downtown-vancouver
Dam stupid height restrictions.
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/02/vancouver-needs-more-towers

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/01/1380-1382-hornby-street

stumps
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=71673485&offset=250

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

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

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.

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

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Screen-shot-2013-03-04-at-9.13.33-AM.png

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.

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

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=UBC-Broadway+Corridor

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

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

gilmore-station-development

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/gilmore-station-burnaby-5.jpg

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/01/gilmore-station-development-onni-burnaby/

The-Brentwood area

http://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/the-amazing-brentwood

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/01/brentwood-town-centre-become-amazing-brentwood

http://news.buzzbuzzhome.com/2015/12/top-metro-vancouver-developments-november-2015.html

worlds-tallest-towers

http://news.buzzbuzzhome.com/2016/01/instagramarama-worlds-tallest-towers.html

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

14-crazy-things-you-didnt-know-about-dubai

http://www.destinationtips.com/destinations/14-crazy-things-you-didnt-know-about-dubai/?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=14+Photos+that+Prove+Dubai+is+the+Craziest+Place+o+-+48899797&utm_campaign=OUT+DST+14826+14-crazy-things-you-didnt-know-about-dubai&utm_term=59

Monday, January 11, 2016

555-west-cordova-origami-waterfront-tower

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/12/555-west-cordova-origami-waterfront-tower/

obelisk-tower-vancouver-1455-west-georgia

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/12/obelisk-tower-vancouver-1455-west-georgia/

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

NYC

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4195633399_432ec265e4_b.jpg-
http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21249&page=10

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2601/4209108525_fbeb6f5c4d_b.jpg

http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21249&page=10

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

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

http://www.ctbuh.org

http://www.ctbuh.org/TallBuildings/tabid/485/language/en-US/Default.aspx

http://www.ctbuh.org/News/GlobalTallNews/tabid/4810/language/en-US/Default.aspx

http://www.straight.com/news/606896/city-burnaby-will-host-open-house-concept-major-redevelopment-around-gilmore-station

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

Saturday, January 2, 2016

Researchers-build-massive-ice-bridge-Da-Vinci-s-1502-design-say-strong-drive-CAR-over

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3380637/Researchers-build-massive-ice-bridge-Da-Vinci-s-1502-design-say-strong-drive-CAR-over.html

Under-sea-architect-revealed-spectacular-plans-world-s-underwater-skyscraper-capable-holding-20-000-people

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3376474/Under-sea-architect-revealed-spectacular-plans-world-s-underwater-skyscraper-capable-holding-20-000-people.html

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

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

winnipeg

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Sky+City+Centre+Winnipeg+Winnipeg&gws_rd=cr,ssl&ei=Y7V5VvSEGYfijwPeo4DgCg

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Sky+City+Centre+Winnipeg+Winnipeg&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6z5qAqvDJAhVS12MKHRdKBnoQ_AUICCgC&biw=1280&bih=699

edmonton

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/commercial-real-estate/2020+vision+What+will+downtown+Edmonton+look+like+decade/10198815/story.html

https://www.google.ca/search?q=The+Edmontonian+Edmonton&gws_rd=cr,ssl&ei=2rN5VsjREdi-jwOdqIXQCA

quebec-citys-future-flagship-building-is-a-65-storey-skyscraper-that-critics-say-is-more-suited-to-dubai

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/quebec-citys-future-flagship-building-is-a-65-storey-skyscraper-that-critics-say-is-more-suited-to-dubai

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Le+Phare+de+Quebec+Qu%C3%A9bec&gws_rd=cr,ssl&ei=QLN5VtrhHsfsjwO80KyIBw

proposed-80-storey-toronto-tower-would-be-tallest-building-in-canada

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/proposed-80-storey-toronto-tower-would-be-tallest-building-in-canada

boring-vancouver-skyline-may-take-dramatic-turn-with-proposal-of-innovative-new-buildings

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/boring-vancouver-skyline-may-take-dramatic-turn-with-proposal-of-innovative-new-buildings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU-
https://www.youtube.com/user/everyframeapainting

Monday, December 21, 2015

t

Thursday, December 10, 2015

List_of_tallest_buildings_in_New_York_City

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_New_York_City#Tallest_buildings

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Toronto_Railway_Company and Subway (TTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Railway_Company#Subway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_rapid_transit#Future_expansion

Line_3_Scarborough

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_3_Scarborough

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/crosstown.html

ttc crosstown line

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/03/21/metrolinx_begins_its_big_eastern_dig_on_the_eglinton_crosstown_lrt_get_ready_for_traffic.html

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/crosstown.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_(TTC)#Future

Bombardier_Innovia_Metro#Delivered_rolling_stock_and_systems

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Innovia_Metro#Delivered_rolling_stock_and_systems

Thursday, December 3, 2015

a major-indian-city-underwater-almost-month-now

http://artbell.com/major-indian-city-underwater-almost-month-now/

high-andes-mine-eats-400-year-old-city

http://artbell.com/high-andes-mine-eats-400-year-old-city/

Broadway NYC

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2527423/Twitter-user-falsely-posts-oldest-photo-New-York-taken.html

climate-change-will-make-these-major-cities

https://ca.style.yahoo.com/post/134430706280/climate-change-will-make-these-major-cities

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

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

robots-design-architecture

http://www.dezeen.com/2015/11/12/today-we-like-robots-design-architecture/

world-trade-center-performing-arts-centre-new-york

http://www.dezeen.com/2015/11/20/rex-architecture-replace-frank-gehry-world-trade-center-performing-arts-centre-new-york/

Antonov 225

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225_Mriya#Development

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/11/19/what_it_looks_like_inside_the_an225_mriya.html

https://ca.screen.yahoo.com/amazing-planes/british-airport-welcomes-worlds-largest-130000876.html

Sunday, November 22, 2015

zerohedge .com chicagos john-hancock tower fire

http://jf-databits.blogspot.ca/2015/11/zerohedge-com-chicagos-john-hancock.html

worlds-tallest-tower-to-be-in-basra-iraq

http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/search?q=iraq

http://jf-databits.blogspot.ca/2015/11/worlds-tallest-tower-to-be-in-basra-iraq.html ::

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

dubai-plans to build the worlds-tallest-twin-towers

http://www.dezeen.com/2014/10/29/dubai-worlds-tallest-twin-towers-dubai-creek-harbour/

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

San Francisco

http://www.wired.com/?s=San+Francisco

the-lost-nyc-subway-map-that-may-vastly-improve-modern-ones

http://www.wired.com/2015/10/the-lost-nyc-subway-map-that-may-vastly-improve-modern-ones/

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Third Street 2nd Transbay Tube is the Charm?

http://urbanlifesigns.blogspot.ca/2015/02/third-street-2nd-transbay-tube-is-charm.html

http://urbanlifesigns.blogspot.ca/search/label/BART

urbanlifesigns .blogspot .com/ world-skyline

http://urbanlifesigns.blogspot.ca/2012/06/world-skyline.html

Great Harbor Matchups: Mountain Harbors of the Future

http://urbanlifesigns.blogspot.ca/2013/01/great-harbor-matchups-mountain-harbors.html

tunnel-boring-resumes-for-skytrain-evergreen-line

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/09/tunnel-boring-resumes-for-skytrain-evergreen-line/

new-skytrain-car units

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/10/new-skytrain-trains-vancouver-photos/

worlds-tallest-twin-towers in-dubai

http://jf-databits.blogspot.ca/2015/11/dubai-worlds-tallest-twin-towers-dubai.html::

World-Trade-Centre-911-Terror-Attack-Virtual-Reality-Oculus-Rift

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/615849/World-Trade-Centre-911-Terror-Attack-Virtual-Reality-Oculus-Rift

Friday, October 30, 2015

haunted-hotel-vancouver

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/10/vancouvers-haunted-hotel-vancouver-glamorous-lady-red

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/615849/World-Trade-Centre-911-Terror-Attack-Virtual-Reality-Oculus-Rift

Thursday, October 29, 2015

BC government says Vancouver viaducts demolition not a done deal

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/10/vancouver-viaducts-demolition-provincial-government-deal

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/10/vancouver-viaducts-demolition-worst-transportation-policy

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

Barcelona’s Sagrada Família Enters Final Stage of Construction

	23 Oct 2015, Barcelona, Spain The Sagrada Família 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.

http://www.ctbuh.org/News/GlobalTallNews/tabid/4810/language/en-US/Default.aspx

Thursday, October 15, 2015

philadelphia's (mostly) abandoned (potential) metro network

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=126677

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

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Some-Tube-Hardened-commuters-share-secret-Underground-shortcuts

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244589/Tired-life-Tube-Hardened-commuters-share-secret-Underground-shortcuts-Londoners-know.html

Thursday, September 10, 2015

a viaduct-free-future-awaits-vancouver

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/09/viaduct-free-future-awaits-vancouver/

real-estate-in-prices in-vancouver

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/09/real-estate-asking-price-vancouver-quiz/

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

the-fair-at-the-pne-records-lowest-attendance-in-a-decade

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/09/the-fair-at-the-pne-records-lowest-attendance-in-a-decade/

Monday, September 7, 2015

Architects-develop-radical-solution-replace-entire-17-mile-long-Circle-Line-high-speed-three-lane-travelator-quicker

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3225178/Architects-develop-radical-solution-replace-entire-17-mile-long-Circle-Line-high-speed-three-lane-travelator-quicker.html

Friday, September 4, 2015

urban selfie madness: too-many-dying-to-get-the-picture

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/techandscience/selfie-madness-too-many-dying-to-get-the-picture/ar-AAdTwCX?li=AA59G3

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

BC Towers

http://www.ctbuh.org/News/GlobalTallNews/tabid/4810/Article/3016/language/en-US/view.aspx

http://www.ctbuh.org/News/GlobalTallNews/tabid/4810/Page/5/language/en-US/Default.aspx

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/what-evergreen-line-will-do-to-bus.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-Cities_(British_Columbia)

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.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Richmond+and+Delta

The Oakridge Centre intersection

http://globalnews.ca/news/1150693/1150693

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Oakridge+Centre+redevelopment&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CDsQsARqFQoTCL7xvpr-08cCFYoviAodfKMEJw&biw=1280&bih=699

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

Tokyo

http://skyscrapercenter.com/city/tokyo

https://darylvsworld.wordpress.com/2014/12/06/skytrain-technology-declared-for-60km-outer-belt-metro-in-tokyo/

http://skyscrapercenter.com/cities

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

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

http://skytrainforsurrey.org/2012/02/12/translink-to-order-several-longer-skytrain-cars-in-2016-2017

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_rapid_transit#Future_expansion

Sunday, August 30, 2015

some of-the-most-amazing-abandoned-airports-in-the-world

http://www.pixte.com/861911/14-of-the-most-amazing-abandoned-airports-in-the-world/?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=YahooUSDesk

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Canada's-25-richest-neighbourhoods

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/homeandproperty/canadas-25-richest-neighbourhoods/ss-BBm9MmI

Launch of-London-s-overnight-Tube-services-postponed-indefinitely

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3212642/Launch-London-s-night-Tube-services-postponed-indefinitely-following-weeks-crippling-strike-action-unions-opposed-rota-changes-50k-year-drivers.html

Saturday, August 22, 2015

aerial view of cities...

http://www.stockaerialphotos.com/-/galleries

http://www.stockaerialphotos.com/latest

http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/

Thursday, August 20, 2015

B line

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/03/mayor-robertson-ubc-broadway-subway-would-canada-line-ridership/

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.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=SkyTrain-Canada+Line

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Calgary+C+Train

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Edmonton+LRT