https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bf_bxfE5gw
UTL is about exploring past, present and future urban technologies in science and fiction, etc...
Monday, April 12, 2021
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Friday, April 9, 2021
The 8 lane greenfield Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be the longest expressway in India
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDSsFm_eWJQ
The Delhi–Mumbai Expressway is 1,250 km long, connecting the national capital Delhi with the metropolitan city Mumbai. This expressway will reduce the distance between Delhi and Mumbai by about 220 Kilometres, and the vehicles will be able to run on this expressway at a speed of 120 km per hour. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRVshpDhztw
Vadodara Mumbai Expressway is the part of Delhi–Mumbai Expressway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdxRBpF-3JE
Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Mumbai Metro is a rapid transit system serving the Mumbai Metropolitan Region in Maharashtra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BerWo7v6qNU
Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is an under-construction 1,250 km long, 8-laned controlled-access expressway. It will be the longest expressway in India upon completion. It connects India’s two major megapolises with each other, having a combined population of more than 40 million people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9UyIafyAKI
TOP 10 Under Construction MEGA BRIDGES IN INDIA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMBxYVlWqA0
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Friday, April 2, 2021
Pattullo Bridge replacement delay
"The four-lane replacement bridge will have wider lanes than the current structure and will include dedicated lanes for pedestrians and cyclists. It will be built to potentially allow for the bridge to be expanded to six lanes." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pattullo-bridge-replacement-delay-2024-1.5974370
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pattullo-bridge-chinese-canadian-new-name-1.5755385
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Pattullo+Bridge+replacement
New Orleans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans#Cityscape
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_New_Orleans#Tallest_buildings
https://www.cnu.org/highways-boulevards/campaign-cities/new-orleans
https://www.wwno.org/post/second-battle-new-orleans?nopop=1
https://www.wwno.org/post/monster-claiborne-avenue-and-after-interstate
https://www.cnu.org/what-we-do/build-great-places/claiborne-expressway
Thursday, April 1, 2021
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Monday, March 29, 2021
Saturday, March 27, 2021
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Saturday, March 20, 2021
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
TD towers
https://robertmoffatt115.wordpress.com/2015/06/30/marketing-mies-at-the-td-centre ,
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/city/toronto
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-TSPA_0110747F&R=DC-TSPA_0110747F
Sunday, March 14, 2021
Saturday, March 13, 2021
H
Dallas Underground tunnels...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp-4gdLjd6s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVe8YNbHTZs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO9J91V_ETE
Due to rapid growth during the 1950s, traffic congestion became a critical issue facing Dallas. In response, city planners and the Dallas Citizens Traffic Commission worked to keep traffic moving safely and efficiently; their efforts are documented in this film. The Dallas Citizens Traffic Commission was formed in 1936 and, by the 1950s, included citizens from every Dallas civic organization. Their mission was to improve traffic safety and efficiency for Dallas citizens. Film produced by the Dallas Citizens Traffic Commission, property of the Dallas Municipal Archives." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leAKXcaLDd4 1955
Why Woodall Rodgers Freeway took 31 years to build https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9au29IbqLEk
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Evolution of Traffic (1890s ~ 2020s)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RSy1QkAPSc
Compilation of street photography and music from 1838 to 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3K7NwKE7PI
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Kelowna
A growing Kelowna should be able to think big and grow to continue to be the main city between Calgary & Vancouver.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Kelowna
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Monday, March 8, 2021
Sunday, March 7, 2021
VC 2
https://www.vancouvercentre.com , https://www.vancouvercentre.com/location
https://www.vancouvercentre.com/building/#views
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pi-financial-corporation-vancouver-centre-ii-office-tower
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/753-seymour-street-vancouver-office-tower-construction-2017
Calgary's green line construction
https://globalnews.ca/news/7680741/green-line-construction-2021-keating
https://www.calgary.ca/transportation/green-line/green-line-map.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/green-line-board-city-of-calgary-1.5873234
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Line_(Calgary)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-green-line-tunnel-option-d-best-option-1.3540932
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Calgary+Green+Line
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Perth, Wa
https://thewest.com.au/news/perth/big-changes-for-perth-skyline-ng-b88451448z
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=47&status=15
https://www.coxarchitecture.com.au/latest/mia-yellagonga-more-than-just-a-name/
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Perth_skyline_from_KS1%2C_November_2017.jpg
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Sunday, February 21, 2021
Friday, February 19, 2021
The City of Lougheed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_of_Lougheed
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=31&status=15
https://thecityoflougheed.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/lougheed-rendering-2280x1250.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lougheed_Town_Centre_station
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/city-of-lougheed-burnaby-redevelopment-renderings
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-transit-oriented-developments-skytrain-2019
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Monday, February 15, 2021
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Friday, February 5, 2021
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
The Cushing Bridge in Calgary, Alberta
The Cushing+Bridge is a little like a typical narrow 4 lane bridge in backwards Vancouver. However, unlike Vancouver, Calgary built a 2 lane bus-bridge next to the 4 lane Cushing+Bridge. This is how properly dedicated bus lanes can be built next to an existing narrow BC type bridge.
Calgary is the biggest city in Western Canada. Vancouver is a small city in area and has less than a million people. However, Greater Vancouver and the BC Lower_Mainland, almost has more people than Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg combined.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary#Infrastructure
http://albertaroads.homestead.com/Calgary/plans/BowTrail/BowTrailDToverview.jpg
http://albertaroads.homestead.com/Calgary/plans/index.html
A 4 track freight train set of bridges in Calgary is no problem, but in Vancouver and the metropolitan region, most of the freight train bridges still only have a single track. By now the Greater Vancouver region should have double track freight bridges and double track commuter train bridges.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Cushing+Bridge+in+Calgary
Edmonton, Alberta
Edmonton as a capital city is so much larger than backwater provincial Victoria, BC. In some ways, Edmonton has even exceeded what's allowed in very restrictive Vancouver.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_in_Edmonton
http://albertaroads.homestead.com/edmonton/METS/overview.jpg
http://albertaroads.homestead.com/edmonton/plans/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton#Roads_and_highways
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capilano_Bridge_(Edmonton)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_MacDonald_Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quesnell_Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Henday_Drive
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Seattle's Bridges
Fortunately, Seattle was never Vancouverized with narrow bridges, short trains and stumpy buildings.
https://bridgehunter.com/wa/king/85278000000000/
https://www.theurbanist.org/2020/04/16/west-seattle-bridge
https://seattlebusinessmag.com/economy/west-seattle-far-dead
https://www.theurbanist.org/2020/10/21/replace-dont-repair-the-west-seattle-bridge-and-add-rail
https://www.theurbanist.org/2020/11/23/new-west-seattle-and-ballard-link-open-house/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_Canal_Bridge
https://pauldorpat.com/2014/05/17/seattle-now-then-the-ship-canal-bridge/
https://i0.wp.com/pauldorpat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/v-lk-s-now-on-express-lane-web.jpg
Monday, February 1, 2021
Friday, January 29, 2021
Sunday, January 24, 2021
Hong Kong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OlnG-GMSpI
rich and poor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUHDAfD0Z-Q
A global city where East and West meet. A city with one of the most recognizable skylines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlSUQFTRfAw
Singapore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4fwfYVYxR4
With visionary thinkers and innovators as the guides, City of the Future: Singapore dives deep into the latest innovations and technology being created and implemented to blaze a path into the future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi6r3hZe5Tg
Saturday, January 16, 2021
Friday, January 15, 2021
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Saturday, January 2, 2021
Pennsylvania Station (New York City)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Station_(New_York_City)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Pennsylvania_Station_aerial_view%2C_1910s.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Station_(1910-1963)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Penn_2163723600_1bb4d3f9c6_o_crop.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_Program_(Northeast_Corridor)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moynihan_Train_Hall
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Pennsylvania+Station
Friday, January 1, 2021
Monday, December 28, 2020
Sunday, December 27, 2020
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Friday, December 11, 2020
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Friday, December 4, 2020
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
BC Light Rail
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2012/11/28/TransLink-Light-Rail
https://thetyee.ca/News/2009/03/25/LightRail
https://scoutmagazine.ca/2018/03/26/how-to-find-the-old-streetcar-scars-of-east-van
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/about-here-street-cars-1.5442797
https://sfb.nathanpachal.com/2008/06/maps-of-streetcar-and-interurban.html
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Sunday, November 1, 2020
Saturday, October 31, 2020
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Friday, October 9, 2020
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Monday, October 5, 2020
Medium-capacity rail system
Monday, September 21, 2020
The Post building construction phase
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-post-quadreal-property-group-amazon-construction-september-2020
In most big cities, a 25 story office complex isn't an impressive height. Even a 50 story building is just average in some cities.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-post-amazon-hq2
The Vancouver Mind Virus is all about thwarting and scaling back the city.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Post+building+complex
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Friday, September 4, 2020
Vancouver-Broadway-subway and Skytrain-Millennium-Line-extension
Thursday, September 3, 2020
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Saturday, August 29, 2020
Friday, August 28, 2020
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Sunday, August 16, 2020
Thursday, August 13, 2020
concord-pacific-pays-1-billion-for-st-paul-s-hospital-site
SPH
https://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/vancouver-council-approves-rezoning-for-new-st-paul-s-hospital-false-creek-flats-site-1.23999892
https://images.glaciermedia.ca/polopoly_fs/1.23999906!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_size/aerial-view-of-site.jpg
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Friday, August 7, 2020
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Monday, August 3, 2020
Sunday, August 2, 2020
The Stumps and Towers of Vancouver, BC
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Vancouver_005.jpg Downtown Vancouver is a small part of the city & a very tiny part of the metropolitain region.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary#/media/File:Downtown_Calgary_2020-3.jpg ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_Metropolitan_Region#/media/File:Calgary_Skyline_May_2018_(cropped).jpg ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary#/media/File:2020_Calgary_Saddledome.jpg ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_Metropolitan_Region#/media/File:Calgary_Skyline_2015.png ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary#/media/File:Calgary-2387396_1280_(cropped).jpg ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_Metropolitan_Region
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Monday, July 27, 2020
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Monday, July 20, 2020
Sunday, July 19, 2020
Portland, Oregon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Portland,_Oregon#Tallest_buildings Not that tall when compared to what's allowed in Seattle, SF & LA.
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=26&status=15
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Portland_from_Pittock_Mansion_October_2019_panorama_2.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Portland,_Oregon#Bridges
Saturday, July 18, 2020
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Saturday, July 11, 2020
lafontaine-tunnel-to-be-refurbished-in-four-year-project
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/construction-is-going-underground-but-first-we-tour-the-ville-marie-tunnel
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/how-crews-planned-canadas-most-complicated-construction-project
Montreal
Friday, July 10, 2020
Ontario Line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=33&v=-r6MUSQ6UqQ&feature=emb_title
https://www.infrastructureontario.ca/Ontario-line ,
http://www.metrolinx.com/en/greaterregion/projects/ontario-line.aspx
https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-ford-plan-takes-city-forward















