https://www.theb1m.com/video/race-for-the-skies-chicago-vs-new-york
UTL is about exploring past, present and future urban technologies in science and fiction, etc...
Sunday, December 12, 2021
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Monday, December 6, 2021
Sunday, November 28, 2021
Saturday, November 27, 2021
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
The BC Quagmire
Vancouver & Victoria & BC in general, have so many imposed restrictions which continually stunt & thwart the place. Switzerland can approximately fit into BC 23 times. Yet, BC doesn't even have the population of one Switzerland. Canada is the world's 2nd largest country in overall area. Yet, it hasn't been allowed to have 1% of the world's population.
Environmental restrictions while intentionally good, can also really slow down the growth & energy of a region.
https://vancouversun.com/news/david-suzuki-foundation-disavows-suzukis-warning-that-pipelines-will-be-blown-up-if-there-is-no-climate-change-action/wcm/715b0e4c-0ed6-4792-a255-2a51be3adcc2 Pipes can be dangerous, but so are some of the proposals to deal with them.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2021/11/23/david-suzuki-pipeline-alberta-bc-criticism Alberta & Washington State just never became a pipedream like thwarted BC is.
https://davidsuzuki.org/story/it-will-take-more-than-electric-cars-to-drive-down-emissions/
https://davidsuzuki.org/story/residents-spur-climate-ready-cities/
There should be a focus on various reliable power sources, not just from electric power.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_fuel#Biofuel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_fuel#Carbon-neutral_and_negative_fuels
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_fuel#Compressed_natural_gas
There should also be a reasonable amount of time to transition away from oil & gas, instead of such a madrush push.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_fuel#Nuclear_reactors Such power systems might be great for bases on the moon & Mars, etc. However, for the systemically active earth, there is always a risk. But nothing could ever go wrong, except for...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident 1979
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster 1986
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_nuclear_accident 2011
Hopefully, and some actually believe, that there will never be a mega-earthquake in California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_Canyon_Power_Plant#Post-Fukushima_developments
Of course if there ever is a major earthquake in that part of California, the result might be a Chernobyl & Fukushima, all at once. That would be a hell of a way to reduce the population of California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_Canyon_earthquake_vulnerability
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_nuclear_disasters_and_radioactive_incidents
Monday, November 22, 2021
the Eglinton Crosstown or Line 5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_5_Eglinton#Stations_and_stops
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_5_Eglinton#Route
http://thecrosstown.ca/stations_stops
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_5_Eglinton#/media/File:Toronto_Subway_2026.png
http://thecrosstown.ca/the-project/stations-and-stops/kennedy-station
http://thecrosstown.ca/progress/tunnelling-recap
https://www.metrolinx.com/en/greaterregion/projects/kennedy.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Flexity_Freedom#Toronto
Bike and Pedestrian Bridges
https://www.canadianconsultingengineer.com/tag/pedestrian-bridge BB & PB
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montopolis_Bridge Austin, TX
The bridge was decommissioned for vehicular traffic on October 8, 2018,[5] and was subsequently converted to a bicycle and pedestrian bridge as part of the Bergstrom Expressway Project.[6]
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=bike+and+pedestrian+bridges
bike and foot bridges
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mopac+Mobility+Bike+and+Pedestrian+Bridge/@30.2414535,-97.8107348,218a,35y,39.38t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x8ae827dd1ff5e0ed!2sCircuit+of+the+Americas!8m2!3d30.1345808!4d-97.6358511!3m4!1s0x865b4b195cfe9cfd:0xc2243e2695a7f1b2!8m2!3d30.2427204!4d-97.8106504 , https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mopac+Mobility+Bike+and+Pedestrian+Bridge/@30.2427204,-97.8106504,3a,75y/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipNhdcj5qqk2WHQVF2b09t5z2gelVV2u4sgmdc-g!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNhdcj5qqk2WHQVF2b09t5z2gelVV2u4sgmdc-g%3Dw152-h86-k-no!7i3840!8i2160!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x8ae827dd1ff5e0ed!2sCircuit+of+the+Americas!8m2!3d30.1345808!4d-97.6358511!3m4!1s0x865b4b195cfe9cfd:0xc2243e2695a7f1b2!8m2!3d30.2427204!4d-97.8106504
https://vancouverbikeguide.com/top-five-vancouver-cycling-bridges/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9ESzjP_jKE Vancouver-Richmond North_Arm_Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Arm_Bridge#/media/File:NorthArmBridge.jpg
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=bike+and+pedestrian+bridges
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Sunday, November 14, 2021
Hudson's-Detroit-skyscraper-is the 2nd tallest-building-in Michigan
https://www.dezeen.com/2018/11/07/shop-architects-hudsons-detroit-skyscraper-tallest-building-michigan https://www.hudsonssitedetroit.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson%27s_Site_Development_(Detroit)
https://www.bedrockdetroit.com/property/hudsons-site/
https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=113129
Thursday, November 11, 2021
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Monday, November 8, 2021
Thursday, November 4, 2021
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
NYC Subway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgTKTs33NLY
https://www.theb1m.com/video/fixing-the-tunnel-thats-failing-new-york-city
We take you on a journey deep under the island of Manhattan to explore what lies below the biggest city in America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX1xmaKPb9o
BART
VTA's Eastridge to BART Regional Connector Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DtkPiGVtkc
An overview of the Phase 2 extension of the Bay Area Rapid Transit to Silicon Valley. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfoCEYLigKo
Monday, November 1, 2021
Friday, October 29, 2021
Thursday, October 21, 2021
LA: The Alameda Corridor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alameda_Corridor
https://www.railwayage.com/intermodal/is-the-alameda-corridor-in-trouble/
https://www.balfourbeattyus.com/our-work/project-portfolio/alameda-corridor-maintenance
https://transportgeography.org/contents/chapter5/rail-transportation-pipelines/alameda-corridor/
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Largest container ships
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_ship#Size_categories
https://www.asianausa.com/how-much-bigger-can-container-ships-get/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_container_ships
https://www.universalcargo.com/how-much-cargo-can-the-largest-shipping-container-ship-really-hold/
https://www.sjonescontainers.co.uk/containerpedia/how-many-shipping-containers-fit-on-a-cargo-ship/
https://www.costamare.com/industry_containerisation
https://www.ttnews.com/articles/ships-carrying-50000-containers-are-horizon-report-says
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Monday, October 11, 2021
Saturday, October 9, 2021
Friday, October 8, 2021
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Saturday, October 2, 2021
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
impressive stadiums
the most impressive NFL stadiums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIZfkEOfRFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5IgN7iFKOg every NFL stadium for the 2021 season
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle#Professional_sports
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9EbxBkWzN4 k dome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Coliseum , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us-Op6_ld5A , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqPtumPTaaM , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Coliseum#Eventual_replacements
Sunday, September 19, 2021
minoru-yamasaki-designed-world-trade-center-as-beacon-of-democracy
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Monday, September 6, 2021
Friday, September 3, 2021
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Monday, August 30, 2021
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Canadian National Exhibition
https://theex.com/2021-cne-message
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_National_Exhibition https://theex.com/
https://theex.com/main/getting-here/public-transit/
https://theex.com/main/guest-info/cne-map
https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/07/why-cne-isnt-happening-allowed-step-2-rules/
https://www.blogto.com/search/?offset=0&ordering=relevancy&q=cne
PNE and Hastings Park over the-next-decade-and-the next-century
Monday, August 23, 2021
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Friday, August 20, 2021
Metrotown station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrotown_station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDqkaEvapEg
the Greater Vancouver SkyTrain system https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXF44HciCe8
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Lafontaine Tunnel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Hippolyte_Lafontaine_Bridge%E2%80%93Tunnel
https://globalnews.ca/tag/lafontaine-tunnel
https://globalnews.ca/news/3561402/lafontaine-tunnel-to-undergo-1b-in-renovations-starting-in-2019
http://www.montrealroads.com/crossings/lafontaine/
https://www.renewcanada.net/quebec-awards-1-1-billion-contract-for-lafontaine-tunnel-project/
The new 8 lane george-massey-tunnel...
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-tunnel-immersed-business-case
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-tunnel-replacement-conservative-party-federal-funding
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-station-renovations-omc-4-train-yard-federal-funding
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/eight-lane-tunnel-to-replace-existing-george-massey-tunnel-by-2030-b-c-transportation-ministry-1.5551732 Decades behind, as usual.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Massey+Tunnel+replacement
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Monday, August 16, 2021
Urban Data
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W664J13u1J0
Harvard Professor Ed Glaeser explores the skyscraper boom of the bustling 19th century and asks what made these radically new buildings possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOdnHYvIZ74
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Game Worlds BIGGER Than Planet Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o4SBhbercM
Monday, July 26, 2021
Saturday, July 24, 2021
Austin has-more-skyscrapers-planned
https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2021/01/28/austin-more-skyscrapers-planned.html
https://aquilacommercial.com/learning-center/austin-cbd-2024/
https://austin.towers.net/cielo-plans-two-towers-on-a-full-downtown-block-at-fourth-and-brazos
https://austin.towers.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/4th_brazos_east_south.jpg
Monday, July 19, 2021
Sunday, July 18, 2021
Burrard SkyTrain Station to close for 2 years to complete 'major upgrade'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrard_station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_(Vancouver)#Expo_Line
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_rolling_stock#Future_expansion_and_replacement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_rolling_stock#Summary
Friday, July 16, 2021
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Monday, July 12, 2021
Saturday, July 10, 2021
the Eglinton Crosstown
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_5_Eglinton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_subway#Rolling_stock
https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2021/07/33-bloor-street-east-toronto/
https://www.blogto.com/city/2020/11/heres-what-trains-eglinton-crosstown-lrt-will-look-like/
https://www.blogto.com/city/2020/02/eglinton-crosstown-lrt-opening-date-delayed-2022/
https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/light-rail/eglinton-crosstown-under-way-underground/
https://www.urbaneer.com/blog/the_eglinton_crosstown_lrt
http://www.thecrosstown.ca/TheNextPhaseBegins
https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2013/08/how-dig-11km-through-centre-city
https://www.infrastructureontario.ca/Eglinton-Crosstown-LRT TTC
Friday, July 9, 2021
Thursday, July 8, 2021
Saturday, July 3, 2021
Metro-Vancouver-Sewage-Plant-Upgrade
https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/08/20/Metro-Vancouver-Sewage-Plant-Upgrade
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/iona-wastewater-treatment-plant-upgrade
http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/liquid-waste/treatment/liquidwaste-map/Pages/default.aspx
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=North+Shore+Wastewater+Treatment+Plant
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Monday, June 28, 2021
Southern (SF) Crossing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Crossing_(California)
In November 2019, it was reported that the Southern Crossing is still not dead. https://www.cahighways.org/ROUTE380.html
https://projects.sfchronicle.com/2019/bay-area-transit-projects/
Sunday, June 27, 2021
Saturday, June 26, 2021
Friday, June 25, 2021
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Saturday, June 19, 2021
Cities & Urban Tech Data
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
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
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
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
Monday, June 7, 2021
THE EUROTUNNEL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yixUl6a6RFE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlvtFxhe3kk car ferry on the train
Saturday, June 5, 2021
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Chicago O'Hare International Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O'Hare_International_Airport
https://studiogang.com/project/ohare-global-terminal
https://www.airport-technology.com/features/chicago-ohare-new-terminal/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O'Hare_station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_in_Chicago#Airports
Monday, May 31, 2021
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
Friday, May 28, 2021
The very short-platforms of the Skytrain-Canada-line-are-nearing-capacity
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Monday, May 24, 2021
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
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

