Monday, June 14, 2021

Black Mirror's Darkest Episodes

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai4d_f8HK4s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror timeline https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz6yLg9MGu4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror#Series_1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2-piATRsLc croc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxY7OTZoFEI ark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opxq8ESnfW8 san j

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l912iOfgs9w be r b phone sim

https://www.styledemocracy.com/tubi-tv/

two-ttc-trains-nearly-collided-last-june-and-the-details-are-just-coming-to-light-now

 https://www.cp24.com/news/two-ttc-trains-nearly-collided-last-june-and-the-details-are-just-coming-to-light-now-1.5456480


subway

Alameda

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alameda_(island)

 https://ktla.com/news/california/triple-digit-temps-forecast-in-parts-of-california-as-state-faces-prolonged-heat-wave/

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

https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=526

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alameda,_California#/media/File:Oakland_and_Alameda.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alameda_County,_California

bike bridge

 

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7479639,-122.2356653,3a,60y,354.56h,68.56t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smmVx63nqF0jcRghAZOlsKQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7503241,-122.2361119,3a,42.1y,163.85h,86.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sr0xRthbRGcD23ev_Wor9jg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Robert+W.+Crown+Memorial+State+Beach/@37.7501385,-122.2359548,325m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x91da17540e2f2ff3!8m2!3d37.7661819!4d-122.2719691


bb

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

bottleneck

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

lengthened train platforms


"Platforms at IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line stations between 103rd Street and 238th Street, including those at 191st Street, were lengthened to 514 feet (157 m) in 1948, allowing full ten-car express trains to stop at these stations. Unlike the other stations being extended on the line, the 191st Street station could already accommodate ten-car trains, but because the platforms were 480 feet (150 m) long, not all doors of the first and last cars could open at the station. On April 6, 1948, the platform extension project at 191st Street was completed." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/191st_Street_station#Mid-20th_century

"Platforms at IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line stations between 103rd Street and 238th Street, including those at 181st Street, were lengthened to 514 feet (157 m) in 1948, allowing full ten-car express trains to stop at these stations." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/181st_Street_station_(IRT_Broadway%E2%80%93Seventh_Avenue_Line)#Service_changes_and_station_renovations


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R110B_(New_York_City_Subway_car) 67'


lrt & subway


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossrail#Stations

Auckland-named-worlds-liveable-city

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-9663891/Auckland-named-worlds-liveable-city-2021-London-New-York-fail-make-50.html

one-vanderbilt tower

 https://nypost.com/2021/06/09/time-lapse-video-captures-construction-of-one-vanderbilt/

Examples_of_infill_stations

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infill_station#Examples_of_infill_stations

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

London Underground System

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So2HM-VI35w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R2cdiFb71w

Singapore's Gigantic Subway System

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j93PAnmZbVk

Point Roberts

This US City Could Be Sold To Canada

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARYL03Dq8cg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7_5FTEaLHc

Tallest buildings in BC

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_British_Columbia#Tallest_under_construction_or_proposed

Remnants of Portland's Unbuilt Freeways

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeV31IcUkPM

Chicago O'Hare International Airport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O'Hare_International_Airport

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/O%27Hare_from_ISS_12-06-2019.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/FAA_O%27Hare_Diagram.svg/390px-FAA_O%27Hare_Diagram.svg.png

The Chicago "L" Train

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_%22L%22

Denmark is Building a Tunnel to Germany

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpIkuOrJlF4

Monday, May 31, 2021

British_Columbia_Electric_Railway#Interurban_Rail_Lines

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Electric_Railway#Interurban_Rail_Lines

Helsinki is Tearing Up Its Freeways

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


Finland and Estonia are planning to construct a 15 billion dollar tunnel across the Gulf of Finland, connecting the capital cities of Helsinki and Tallinn. A Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel would transform the economies of the region, creating a twin city metropolitan area and improving connectivity between Finland and the rest of Europe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvpNG1FBXss

Monday, May 24, 2021

An AI-company-uses-deepfake-technology-seamlessly-dub-favorite-actors-dialogue

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9613749/AI-company-uses-deepfake-technology-seamlessly-dub-favorite-actors-dialogue.html

Portland's Unbuilt Freeways

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeV31IcUkPM

In the 1970s, Portland made the radical decision to rip up its oldest freeway and replace it with a city park.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2_yNrP0hCY

The compelling case for removing urban freeways. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6WtYTThkdU

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

Helsinki is Tearing Up Its Freeways https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdvYcWxycgY 



A lot of times existing streets & roads can be made to be more efficient with enabling people to get around. However, there has to be a good coordinated transit & road system.




Urban Honolulu

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punchbowl_Crater#/media/File:Oahu_from_the_air_2004.jpg

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu#/media/File:Honolulu01_(cropped).JPG

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Honolulu#/media/File:Honolulu01.JPG

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

https://www.de-simone.com/projects/project/ko_olani-tower/

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Extinction-Rellion-Vancouver-plans-an-afternoon-takeover-of-Lions-Gate-Bridge

 https://www.straight.com/news/extinction-rebellion-vancouver-plans-an-afternoon-takeover-of-lions-gate-bridge

Some people really gravitate towards a shutdown mentality. Indeed, if a country could be perpetually disrupted or shutdown, that would dramatically reduce the influx of people.

https://www.straight.com/news/vancouver-police-arrest-seven-extinction-rebellion-protesters-foiling-plan-to-blockade-lions

Most of the world is non-white & Canada doesn't even have 1% of the world's population. For some, just to think that Canada might contain half of 1% of the world's' population is too much. There is a reluctance to improve & expand on infrastructure, because that would mean building for more non-white people.

While the British Colonial mentality has been gradually fading away, there is still a strong KEEP THEM OUT mentality. That's especially been the case in BC with its reluctance to build up a proper level of infrastructure, is very apparent.


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Lions+Gate+Bridge

Friday, April 9, 2021

India's Top Most Developed Metropolitan Cities

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_85GtNWH8Qw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaXe9P7IBrs

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

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

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

the-worlds-largest-urban-areas

 https://meetingoftheminds.org/a-comparison-of-the-worlds-1000-largest-urban-areas-30879

best railway stations in Europe

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-9389645/London-St-Pancras-loses-crown-best-railway-station-Europe-Leipzig.html

https://thesanetravel.com/articles/most-beautiful-train-stations-in-europe

trains

https://newatlas.com/transport/

The 'architectural wonder' that'll soar to 1,049ft above Miami and become the tallest residential building south of New York City

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/escape/article-9414853/The-1-049ft-tower-thatll-soar-Miami-tallest-residential-building-south-NYC.html

Seattle skyscraper would put a pocket park halfway up

 https://newatlas.com/architecture/seattle-tower-oda-new-york/

nwsa-breaks-ground-500m-terminal-5-modernization

 https://www.portseattle.org/news/nwsa-breaks-ground-500m-terminal-5-modernization

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_E-class_container_ship

https://komonews.com/news/local/city-to-expand-access-to-west-seattle-low-bridge-for-certain-groups

seattle

Saturday, March 13, 2021

Az

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE_sONeH30g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK5t0FaUYLc

I-11 LV

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1gG9-DICuk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O4QZA8h7GU

H

 


The proposed North Houston Highway Improvement Project improvements are intended to create additional roadway capacity to manage congestion, enhance safety, and improve mobility and operational efficiency on I-45 from US 59/I-69 to Beltway 8 North, including improvements along US 59/I-69 between I-45 and Spur 527 in Houston.

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


Wednesday, February 3, 2021

BC

Alb

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/BowTrail/memspur.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


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

Vancouver-broadway-subway

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-subway-demolition-work-february-2021

https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2021/01/14/main-street-and-west-broadway-south-west-corner/

Seattle link-light-rail

 https://www.theurbanist.org/category/transportation/transit/link-light-rail

https://www.soundtransit.org/system-expansion

https://www.theurbanist.org/2021/01/28/seattle-subway-backed-hb-1304-gets-first-hearing-wednesday/

Saturday, December 12, 2020