Saturday, February 24, 2018

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metrotown-station-escalators-west-stationhouse-open

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metrotown-station-escalators-west-stationhouse-open

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-conventional-rail-linear-induction-technology-snowfall

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-conventional-rail-linear-induction-technology-snowfall

atmosphere-7960-alderbridge-way-richmond

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/atmosphere-7960-alderbridge-way-richmond

the-amazing-brentwood-construction

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-amazing-brentwood-construction-photos-august-2017

oakridge-centre-redevelopment

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/oakridge-centre-redevelopment-vancouver-2018-design

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-canada-line-oakridge-41st-avenue-station-upgrades



bc-budget-2018-transit-funding-vancouver...

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-budget-2018-transit-funding-vancouver

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/john-horgan-broadway-subway-surrey-light-rail-funding-2018


http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-2017-kevin-desmond-surrey-light-rail

toronto-pearson-airport-global-mega-hub

http://dailyhive.com/toronto/toronto-pearson-airport-global-mega-hub

Port of Vancouver vs. Port of Brisbane

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/port-of-vancouver-roberts-bank-terminal-2-expansion 

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-place-lions-gate-bridge-cruise-ships-port-of-vancouver

The Port+of+Brisbane was able to be built on a grad scale, simply because it doesn't have anything like the Vancouver, BC & Canadian red tape & B$ to contend with.


vancouver-international-airport-expansion-yvr-2037

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-international-airport-expansion-masterplan


http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-post-opens-new-200-million-processing-centre-yvr-airport-photos/


via

burquitlam-whitgift-gardens-ymca-concert-properties-coquitlam-redevelopment

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/burquitlam-whitgift-gardens-ymca-concert-properties-coquitlam-redevelopment

Landmark-luxury-hotel-resort-approved-downtown-Kelowna

http://dailyhive.com/calgary/landmark-luxury-hotel-resort-approved-downtown-kelowna



atmosphere-7960-alderbridge-way-richmond

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/atmosphere-7960-alderbridge-way-richmond

Saturday, January 20, 2018

Eurasia Tunnel: Tunnel beneath Bosphorus opens in Istanbul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob1zKu_Yuck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSTWgfnU0Oc

https://www.dailysabah.com/business/2015/02/27/istanbuls-megaproject-worlds-first-threelevel-tunnel-to-be-built-under-the-bosporus


https://structurae.net/structures/tunnels-caverns-and-shafts


tat

Highway 1 congestion in North Vancouver

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/lower-lynn-highway-improvements-north-vancouver

Should the Canada Line be extended to South Richmond and Tsawwassen?

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-skytrain-richmond-tsawwassen


SkyTrain must be extended from downtown Vancouver to the North Shore

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-north-vancouver-west-vancouver-north-shore

Friday, January 19, 2018

UTDB::

http://jf-databits.blogspot.ca/search?q=UTDB
bbt , tat


uberAIR: Closer than you think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuWOUEFB_IQ


Watch what happens when boxes overflow a city to the point of hilarity. Imagine if they were cars...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=78&v=oNyq2_92H0Y

Thursday, January 4, 2018

edm

cal

Vancouver

http://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/ubc-line-rapid-transit-study.aspx

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1-looL2IgKIeYQjmXgzPyj2J6RiU&ll=49.248737096551395%2C-123.1266148566803&z=13

https://structurae.net/geography/vancouver

Seattle

https://structurae.net/structures/columbia-seafirst-center


https://structurae.net/geography/seattle

Portland

https://structurae.net/structures/us-bancorp-tower

SF maps and stats...

https://structurae.net/geography/san-francisco

https://structurae.net/structures/555-california-street

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=114&status=15

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

MT, the-amazing Brentwood and the-city-of Lougheed...

http://stationsquare.ca/wordpress/wp-content/themes/stationsquare/img/timeline/full/2020.jpg
http://stationsquare.ca/wordpress/wp-content/themes/stationsquare/img/FP-section1.jpg
http://shapeproperties.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/brentwood-hero.jpg , http://shapeproperties.com/projects/the-amazing-brentwood

http://shapeproperties.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hero-desktop-lougheed.jpg , http://shapeproperties.com/projects/the-city-of-lougheed

http://shapeproperties.com/projects

http://urbanyvr.com/onni-group-3355-north-road-burnaby

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Portland Streetcar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Streetcar#Routes


tat

Seattle Streetcar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Streetcar#Current_lines


tat

Developers are now turning many of Northgate's parking spaces into a light-rail station to connect the neighborhood to downtown Seattle.

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2017/03/24/tour-future-u-district-light-rail-station-seattle.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Link_tunnel#Route_and_design

https://www.soundtransit.org/northgatestation

http://www.chron.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Dallas-Is-Not-Planning-To-Kill-The-Dog-Of-The-5331589.php

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2017/03/02/seattle-university-district-high-rise-rezoning.html



what-san-francisco-looked-like-100-years-ago...

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/what-san-francisco-looked-like-100-years-ago-1918-12467752.php

http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp14.10696.jpg

http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp32.0283.jpg

http://www.sfgate.com/local/article/San-Francisco-as-seen-from-above-through-the-11010467.php

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=79791072&offset=50

http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp26.071.jpg 1927

http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp25.1080.jpg 1966

http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp25.1959.jpg 1968

http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp25.0250.jpg 1974


https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=79791072&offset=75

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=114&status=15

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Such short platforms and trains for the SkyTrain-Canada Line

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/short-platforms-and-trains-is-the-skytrain-canada-line-under-built-and-nearing-capacity

Unfortunately the multibillion dollar Canada+Line was designed to have very short stations. Much shorter than any underground stations in Edmonton & Seattle, especially Montreal & Toronto. Planning & building proper big city size infrastructure in BC has mostly been difficult through the decades. There has been a multi-generational mindset & agenda to hold BC back. 

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-skytrain-richmond-tsawwassen

How could such a backwater BC agenda be so powerful since the 1800s? Well, if you can't build a wall around BC or generate a Star Trek like force field around Greater Vancouver, you can at least continually demonstrate a reluctance to build proper size infrastructure. Originally, BC was supposed to be a Whiteman's paradise. Thus, there was a strong resentment to build anything for nonwhites. Somehow, since BC was starting to be more multicultural since the 1960s & 70s, then even morso by the 1990s, one would think that there would be proper big city infrastructure built-up. 

Instead, it was like the White British Colonial mentality continued right into modern times. Hospitals & schools weren't being properly expanded. Most bridges or crossing were kept narrow. Unfortunatly, such narrow-mindedness also went towards the planning & building of short trains. It was as if there was such a resentment to plan & build big for nonwhites, so almost everything has been kept small or backwards in BC.   

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-light-rail-skytrain-mistakes-underbuilt

BC has had such a slow growth agenda for several decades. Thus, by symbolically building inadequate infrastructure, it is hope that frustrated people will go elsewhere, or don't even show up. WTH? Fortunately, this agenda hasn't taken over Edmonton & Calgary or Seattle WA & Perth WA. 

Most of the world is nonwhite & in most of the world the major cities are allowed to think & build big. Despite the size of Canada, it has less than 1% of the world's population. During the colonial times there was a strong KEEP THEM OUT mentality. However, while Canada has embrace multiculturalism for several decades, Canada has yet to contain 1% of the worlds population, let alone 2%. So much infrastructure, especially in backwards BC has been heled back or thwarted. Yet, the Pacific Rim has a big portion of the worlds population. 

Pacific cities like Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane, Seattle, Portland, SF, LA & SD, just don't have the same impose restrictions & inept planning like Vancouver & Victoria have.



Thursday, November 16, 2017

The Massey Tunnel replacement

http://urbanyvr.com/massey-tunnel-replacement-delta 



Surrey's LRT plans

http://urbanyvr.com/surrey-lrt-plans

http://urbanyvr.com/civic-hotel-surrey-opens-november-2017



marine-gateway-canada-line-award-pci

http://urbanyvr.com/marine-gateway-canada-line-award-pci

http://urbanyvr.com/oakridge-centre-redevelopment-quadreal

canada-line-richmond-capstan-new-station

http://urbanyvr.com/canada-line-richmond-capstan-new-station

MT 65 stories

http://urbanyvr.com/metrotown-sears-redevelopment-concord-pacific

http://urbanyvr.com/onni-burnaby-gilmore-place-condos 64

downtown-vancouver-construction

http://urbanyvr.com/yaletown-downtown-vancouver-construction-2017

http://urbanyvr.com/glass-flatiron-tower-downtown-vancouver

http://urbanyvr.com/1070-barclay-buro-ole-scheeren-vancouver

http://urbanyvr.com/1444-alberni-street-landa-global-passive-house

http://urbanyvr.com/grosvenor-pacific-condo-tower-vancouver

http://urbanyvr.com/hotel-and-condo-catholic-charities-yaletown

http://urbanyvr.com/parq-vancouver-casino-opens-friday-midnight

Office
http://urbanyvr.com/vancouver-centre-ii-gwl-realty-advisors 33

http://urbanyvr.com/west-pender-office-tower-bentall 33

http://urbanyvr.com/credit-suisse-the-exchange-office-vancouver 31

vancouver-highrise-segregate-entrances-condo-owners-and-social-housing-residents

https://www.straight.com/news/995431/vancouver-highrise-segregate-entrances-condo-owners-and-social-housing-residents

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

broadway-commercial-safeway-site

http://urbanyvr.com/broadway-commercial-safeway-site

exchange-office-tower-leasing-credit-suisse

http://urbanyvr.com/exchange-office-tower-leasing-credit-suisse

waterfront-entertainment-district

http://urbanyvr.com/nefc-waterfront-entertainment-district

http://urbanyvr.com/northeast-false-creek-park-plans

800-main-street

http://urbanyvr.com/800-main-street-nefc

http://urbanyvr.com/northeast-false-creek-park-plans

grandview-cut-bridge-central-valley-greenway

http://urbanyvr.com/grandview-cut-bridge-central-valley-greenway

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Vancouver,+BC/@49.2646392,-123.077394,590m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x548673f143a94fb3:0xbb9196ea9b81f38b!8m2!3d49.2827291!4d-123.1207375

Sweden's-Icehotel-offers-frozen-rooms in-summer

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-4763616/Sweden-s-Icehotel-365-offers-frozen-rooms-summer.html

Britain-s-quaintest-holiday-rental

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-4781416/Is-Britain-s-quaintest-holiday-rental.html

Vienna_U-Bahn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_U-Bahn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_S-Bahn

list of metro systems

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metro_systems#List

Réseau Express Régional

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9seau_Express_R%C3%A9gional

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9seau_Express_R%C3%A9gional#Trains

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

the new Massey-bridge-or tunnel crossing

https://pricetags.wordpress.com/2017/06/26/to-bridge-or-not-to-bridge-the-massey-tunnel/

https://pricetags.wordpress.com/2017/05/26/port-says-deeper-fraser-river-not-needed-time-to-twin-the-tunnel-nix-the-massey-bridge/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/delta-mayor-defends-support-for-proposed-bridge-to-replace-massey-tunnel-1.4196393

https://pricetags.wordpress.com/2017/07/10/massey-bridge-and-the-continual-sound-of-one-hand-clapping/


https://pricetags.wordpress.com/category/gateway-freeway/

NW, Burnaby & Richmond

https://pricetags.wordpress.com/2007/12/28/tough-question/

The Portland intersection

Portland_OR has a lot of bridges & is such a far cry from the Vancouver, BC bottleneck planning approach.

"The Bridges of Portland There are 11 bridges crossing the Willamette River in the Portland area with a total of 54 lanes. These bridges are: • St. Johns Bridge (4 lanes) • Fremont Bridge (8 lanes) • Broadway Bridge (4 lanes) • Steel Bridge (3 lanes with a fourth used by light rail) • Burnside Bridge (5 lanes) • Morrison Bridge (6 lanes) • Hawthorne Bridge (4 lanes) • Marquam Bridge (8 lanes) • Ross Island Bridge (4 lanes) • Sellwood Bridge (2 lanes) • George Abernethy Bridge (6 lanes) There are two other bridges that also serve the Portland area. These bridges span the Columbia River and connect Oregon State to Washington State; more specifically, they connect the Vancouver, Washington area with the Portland area. These two bridges are: • Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge (8 lanes) • Interstate Bridge (6 lanes). An important item to note here is the fact that the Interstate Bridge is now considered obsolete. The Oregon Department of Transportation and the Washington State Department of Transportation are currently working to replace the Interstate Bridge with a new bridge that will have five or six lanes in each direction – doubling its current capacity. An obvious comparison can be made with the project to twin the Port Mann Bridge. The Oregon-Washington bridge replacement project is called the Columbia River Crossing Project and more information can be found on the project’s website at www.columbiarivercrossing.org. The new Columbia River Crossing is being planned to address the congestion, mobility and safety problems on the Interstate Bridge and along the I-5 corridor between Vancouver, Washington and downtown Portland. It will include a lane for bus or light rail rapid transit."
http://www.getmovingbc.com/press_release/Bridges%20in%20Metro%20Portland%20vs%20Lower%20Mainland%20Report%20-%20Get%20Moving%20BC%20-%20FINAL%20-%20.pdf




Friday, June 16, 2017

Monday, June 12, 2017