Urban Tech Links: UTL

For as long as the Bay Area Rapid Transit system’s trains have screeched across the region, a feeling has lingered among its loyal and would-be riders that the transit service could be so much more.

It was initially envisioned as a system that would reach across the Golden Gate Bridge and into Wine Country while also stretching into the western neighborhoods of San Francisco. BART, however, has never quite lived up to the designs of its original muses — despite being, perhaps, the most influential manufactured system in the region.

The pandemic didn’t help matters. BART ridership numbers dropped off a cliff after March 2020, and a prominent bond rating company recently warned that BART and other U.S. transit systems heavily reliant on fares are “expected to face sizable budget gaps” in years to come.

I’s not just the stuff of dreams. Numerous studies and reports published throughout its first 50 years tease at this potential idealistic future for BART and its riders. But even as BART continues to plan for future expansion, achieving some version of that vision has never felt more tenuous than it does on the 50th birthday of the region’s most popular rail system.

Of course, the COVID-19 pandemic spiraled BART toward an uncertain future on many fronts.

Today, roughly 38% of BART’s pre-pandemic ridership has returned since April 2020, when it cratered to just 6%. The historic drop in ridership brought more urgent questions to the forefront about how BART will financially recover from a pandemic that has severely undercut fares, BART’s main pre-COVID revenue source, and how the system will reinvent itself.

Then there’s the lesson of history that many plans for expansion and development of the BART system materialized in times of unprecedented growth in ridership.

It means forecasts about the future remain muddy, more than two years out from the pandemic, and a firm picture of what the region’s new transportation patterns will be in a post-pandemic world have yet to fully come into sharp relief.

“Our role in the region is evolving,” Val Menotti, BART’s chief planning and development officer, said. “On remote work, we know that will be part of our future. But at what level, to me, it’s not clear, and it may not be clear for a couple of years.”

Still, even in these trying times, the region’s planners and transportation leaders view BART as an important linchpin that better connects the Bay Area’s disconnected rail and bus transit networks together to build a future “world-class rail system.”

Once-in-a-generation expansion projects, such as BART’s extension to Silicon Valley, are under way. The four-station expansion will take riders deep underground to Downtown San Jose and Santa Clara, at an estimated cost of $9.8 billion, when it tentatively opens at the end of this decade.

The pandemic also hasn’t stopped BART from planning for its second Transbay Tube. The transformational project, if realized, could create a new BART line and boost its capacity to transport people across the bay while better connecting the fragmented rail networks in the Northern California “megaregion.” It’s an issue that reached a critical point in 2016 when ridership peaked at all-time highs...

e-in-a-generation expansion projects, such as BART’s extension to Silicon Valley, are under way. The four-station expansion will take riders deep underground to Downtown San Jose and Santa Clara, at an estimated cost of $9.8 billion, when it tentatively opens at the end of this decade.

But pandemic or no pandemic, the extraordinary costs of building rail expansions in the Bay Area and the region’s dismal track record in delivering on these sorts of massive projects on time and under budget is key to why many of these plans remain pie in the sky.

It will have taken almost half a century for BART’s Silicon Valley extension to reach conception to completion. The second Transbay Tube will have taken longer and will require BART and the Bay Area’s patchwork of local governments to raise the tens of billions in funding it needs to become reality. //www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/bart-future-17428345.php

https://sf.streetsblog.org/2022/09/28/eyes-on-the-future-of-caltrain/

options-for-geary-brt-come-into-focus

https://sf.streetsblog.org/2012/06/27/options-for-geary-brt-come-into-focus/

8 lane bridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathmandu#/media/File:Kathmandu_City_on_lockdown.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathmandu#Transport

Sunday, September 11, 2022

NYC

ESB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdDECW5FLAM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vliJD7LDdIA tops

NYC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpXnEvW0XD0 1930s

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

gvrd port-mann-bridge highway-1-improvement

https://www.kiewit.com/projects/port-mann-highway-1-improvement/

second-transbay-tube-takes-another-step-toward-reality-with-a-goal-of-completion-in-2040

https://sfist.com/2021/01/27/second-transbay-tube-takes-another-step-toward-reality-with-a-goal-of-completion-in-2040

https://www.sfweekly.com/topstories/will-we-ever-get-a-second-bart-tunnel-under-the-bay/

http://www.bayareaeconomy.org/report/megaregionimpactsofnewtransbayrailcrossing/

https://sfist.com/2019/05/09/second-bart-tunnel-heck-lets-add-a-third-says-east-bay-planner

https://www.kiewit.com/projects/central-70

The Midtown Express project (DFW)

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/project_profiles/tx_midtown_express.aspx

https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/midtown-express-project-includes-more-than-70-bridges/34813

https://www.kiewit.com/projects/midtown-express-sh-183

https://www.kiewit.com/projects/dfw-connector-fm-2499/

Expansion Project on I-45 Corridor Adds Lanes to Enhance Freight Mobility and Reduce Congestion

https://www.acppubs.com/articles/expansion-project-on-i-45-corridor-adds-lanes-to-enhance-freight-mobility-and-reduce-congestion

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/wheres-the-loop-a-closer-look-at-why-austin-does-not-have-a-loop/269-86148bf2-2f22-4f9a-8d74-d806bd454673

Sunday, September 4, 2022

the Edmonton-valley-line-lrt-more-pier-cracks

https://globalnews.ca/news/9102673/edmonton-valley-line-lrt-more-pier-cracks/

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

broadway subway

https://www.urbanyvr.com/broadway-subway-extension-station-renderings/

the broadway plan

https://www.urbanyvr.com/broadway-plan/

Thursday, September 1, 2022

Swartz_Bay_ferry_terminal

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

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

Horseshoe_Bay_ferry_terminal

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

Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal

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

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

Departure_Bay_ferry_terminal and Duke_Point_ferry_terminal

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Point,_British_Columbia

https://parking.honkmobile.com/hourly/zones/417

Sunday, August 28, 2022

the-story-of-the-jeddah-tower-the-to-be-tallest-building-in-the-world

https://www.therichest.com/luxury-architecture/the-story-of-the-jeddah-tower-the-to-be-tallest-building-in-the-world/

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Vancouver's 24-hour public washrooms mapped

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-public-washrooms

dilapidated-motorway-bridge--rahmede-viaduct-is-to-be-blown-up-this-year

https://www.tellerreport.com/business/2022-02-10-dilapidated-motorway-bridge--rahmede-viaduct-is-to-be-blown-up-this-year.HJlkMNcMkq.html

Thursday, July 28, 2022

A Look Inside: $34.8M Shangri-La Penthouse with a private rooftop pool

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/ph2-1128-w-georgia-street-vancouver-bc

surrey-bristol-estates-towers-redevelopment

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1301-13355-104-avenue-13280-13362-105-avenue-surrey-bristol-estates-towers-redevelopment

Monday, July 18, 2022

granville-loops-redevelopment-approved

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-granville-loops-redevelopment-approved-625-777-pacific-street-1390-granville-street

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-old-rentals-preserve-both-sides-housing-market

Sunday, July 17, 2022

the-next-big-project-after-cross-river-rail-is-the-brisbane-subway

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/the-next-big-project-after-cross-river-rail-is-it-time-to-dust-off-the-brisbane-subway-20220617-p5auhk.html

Brisbane future of state train-travel-passed-crucial-tests

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/as-brisbane-slept-the-future-of-state-s-train-travel-passed-crucial-tests-20220716-p5b23z.html

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Brisbane+Airport+Railway+Line

Friday, July 15, 2022

bridge-studios-3990-marine-way-burnaby-film-production-studio-campus

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bridge-studios-3990-marine-way-burnaby-film-production-studio-campus

surrey-langley-skytrain

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-langley-skytrain-business-case-approved-new

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

part-of a sao-paulo-expressway-collapses-near-metro-construction-site

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/part-sao-paulo-expressway-collapses-near-metro-construction-site-2022-02-01/

south-korea-begins-building-world-s-first-floating-city

https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/south-korea-begins-building-world-s-first-floating-city-138918981551

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

World's_longest_subway_tunnel_sections_in_use

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_subway_tunnel_sections#World's_longest_subway_tunnel_sections_in_use

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Rapid_Transit_(Singapore)#Rolling_stock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Rapid_Transit_(Singapore)#/media/File:Singapore_MRT_Network_(1987-1990).svg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Rapid_Transit_(Singapore)#Network_and_infrastructure

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Singapore_MRT_and_LRT_rolling_stock#Mass_Rapid_Transit_(MRT)_rolling_stock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Singapore_MRT_and_LRT_rolling_stock#Future

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Rapid_Transit_(Singapore)#Future_expansion

new Canada line station in Richmond

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-richmond

https://www.translink.ca/plans-and-projects/projects/rapid-transit-projects/capstan-station

The Hyundai Rotem cars are 3 m (9 ft 10+1⁄8 in) in width and 20 m (65 ft 7+3⁄8 in) in length. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_rolling_stock#Canada_Line_fleet

https://www.youtube.com/c/TransLinkBC/videos

https://www.translink.ca/plans-and-projects/projects/rapid-transit-projects

SkyTrain (Greater Vancouver) Network

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

The SkyTrain+bridges could have been designed to be proper multimodal crossings. Unfortunately, the BC way is to provide a half-assed attempt.

The Skybridge between NW & Surrey is one of the worlds best examples of inept urban planning. No foot & bike paths & especially, no bus lanes. Fortunately, the backward BC mentality wasn't able to reach & prevent Oregon from building the fantastic Tilikum_Crossing.

The first 2 SkyTrain bridges should have been designed to accommodate at least 3 tracks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_(Vancouver)#/media/File:Vancouver_Skytrain_and_Seabus_Map.svg

The first 2 SkyTrain bridges also should have had a foot & bike path on both sides.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_%28Vancouver%29#/media/File:Vancouver_SkyTrain_track_diagram_v3.svg

Unfortunately, the North_Arm_Bridge for the Canada Line was also designed to not have at least 3 tracks & 2 bus lanes. There is only one combined foot & bike path, when there should have been 2. Fortunately, the Tilikum_Crossing's_Design allowed for 2 types of rail systems, bus access, with bike & footpaths on both sides. The Tilikum_Crossing in Portland is so well designed that such similar bridges should be built in Calgary & Edmonton, or even Winnipeg, some day.

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Metro#Rolling_stock

Of course the SkyTrain always has the potential for higher capacity over the Edmonton_LRT, CTrain & MAX_Light_Rail, simply because its a fully grade separated system. The biggest mistake for the SkyTrain was that it wasn't designed to ultimately have a 152.4 m station, like the Montreal_Metro has.

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

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=BC+SkyTrain

what a-new-entertainment-district-could-look-like-in-Regina

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/here-s-what-a-new-entertainment-district-could-look-like-in-regina-1.5975659

Sunday, July 3, 2022

sfu-gondola-translink-approved

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/sfu-gondola-translink-approved-transport-2050-10-year-priorities

BART-was-supposed-to-go-from-SF-to-Napa in 45 minutes

https://www.sfgate.com/public-transportation/article/BART-was-supposed-to-go-from-SF-to-Napa-16802969.php

Los Angeles Homeless on Skid row

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nvTgSW2L8Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_c5ff0EEcA

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

Stroads are Ugly, Expensive, and Dangerous

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

The 10 Worst Transit Cities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNH05BczfZw

The Most Freeway-Light Cities in North America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F3lZwG-BWk

Tallest Towers in Toronto

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eP8QG8G-SA

LA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gxDcelU_AA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS6WrJZKbjs LA freeways

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbiI9ainetY bad traffic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUkwI6vQxHs

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

V

Saturday, July 2, 2022

Amtrak-cascades-train-Vancouver-Seattle-Portland

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/amtrak-cascades-train-vancouver-seattle-portland-return-september

Someday, all 3 cities will have better Amtrak links.

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

urban can towers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_UatSgangE van

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d0hwH2kQEM cal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv9mVN4QJKk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97H7dO3Q8JE tor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p84Sg4AKSlI mon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmdq631l9TA

FDR Drive, NYC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FDR_Drive 1

https://twitter.com/the_transit_guy/status/1543242784559308800 2

https://untappedcities.com/2016/07/05/the-top-10-secrets-of-the-fdr-drive-in-nyc 3

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Germany's 27-Year Struggle to Complete a Rail Project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvLpycG2P5Y

Aukland City Rail Link Capacity platform enlargements

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Rail_Link#Capacity_forecast_forces_platform_enlargements

longer trains and stations

SkyTrain Commercial-Broadway Station deserves real density

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/commercial-broadway-station-broadway-grandview-woodland-plan-skytrain

Sunday, June 26, 2022

The $45BN New Railway Beneath Paris

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppFzg6dIpS4

Moscow Metro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnkNvA5SWoc

The Paris Metro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzu3L0fPunU

Friday, June 24, 2022

tech-jobs-collision

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tech-jobs-collision-1.6498687

vancouver's-broadway-plan

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-broadway-plan-vote-decision-1.6497534

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

San Francisco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLwXfAV1aJo 1960s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZub2tAk69s&t=439s 1940s

https://sfinfilm.com sf

Tokyo Has Built The World's Best Subway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFpG3yf3Rxk

World’s Busiest Station: Shinjuku Station Tokyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOmskE5uTm4

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

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

broadway-plan-towers-renter-protections-community-amenities-vancouver

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-plan-towers-renter-protections-community-amenities-vancouver

least-affordable-cities

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-least-affordable-cities

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-gas-tax-break-fuel-prices

1970s-vanish-in vancouver

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/sep/27/wipe-out-era-1970s-vanish-vancouver

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vintage-vancouver-photos-1970s

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2017/sep/27/spin-cities-brief-history-revolving-restaurants-in-pictures

Saturday, June 18, 2022

The Iron Bridge and the old Champlain Bridge

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champlain_Bridge_(Montreal,_1962-2019) Both became classic 6 lane bottlenecks or chokepoints. That's because more than 6 lanes of traffic connected to such bridges.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel-De_Champlain_Bridge An 8 lane bridge with 2 REM tracks. While I would like it to have been 10 or 12 lanes with 4 tracks, its still so much better than what backwards Vancouver would allow. 8 lanes plus 2 HOV lanes & 2 bus lanes, because the REM train isn't running 24 hours.

The+Lion+Bridge+and+The+Iron+Bridge are just too inadequate to be modern transportation crossings.

The inept Lion_Bridge should have had bus & train tunnels built next to it decades ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Gate_Bridge An 8 lane road tunnel could allow the Lions-Gate-Bridge to become a foot & bike crossing, but that's what a proper big city would do.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVfdglQUAAEiQZV?format=jpg&name=large Vancouver Stumps vs. Towers.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouvers-shrinking-skyline Holding Vancouver back is what you do when you symbolically don't want to acomodate growth. Whit so much scaled back infrastructure, who knows where the money went?

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

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

Monday, June 6, 2022

foot and bike bridges

https://www.austintexas.gov/page/mopac-mobility-bridges , https://www.traillink.com/trail/mopac-mobility-bridges , https://thedailytexan.com/2017/07/28/mopac-bike-bridge-stunning-but-plays-hard-to-get-to

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mopac+Mobility+Bike+and+Pedestrian+Bridge/@30.237778,-97.8112173,653a,35y,39.18t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x8644b599a0cc032f:0x5d9b464bd469d57a!2sAustin,+TX,+USA!3b1!8m2!3d30.267153!4d-97.7430608!3m4!1s0x865b4b195cfe9cfd:0xc2243e2695a7f1b2!8m2!3d30.2427204!4d-97.8106504

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=bike+and+pedestrian+bridges

A 74-story tower is planned for downtown Austin's Rainey district

https://www.statesman.com/story/business/2022/06/06/planned-74-story-development-downtown-get-luxury-hotel-1-hotels-downtown-austin-tx-rainey-district/7531601001/?itm_medium=recirc&itm_source=taboola&itm_campaign=internal&itm_content=RightRailArticleThumbnails-Redesign

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

Metrotown

https://twitter.com/ChadHarrisTV/status/1534025676310781953/photo/1

https://twitter.com/DangerOnAir/status/1533810977644290048/photo/1

https://twitter.com/DangerOnAir/status/1533810977644290048

Dt Vancouvver

https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1533713674203852800

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

skytrain-tuesday-track-issues

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/05/31/skytrain-tuesday-track-issues/

Sunday, May 29, 2022

these-5-vancouver-neighbourhoods-have-seen-the-biggest-jump-in-home-value

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/these-5-vancouver-neighbourhoods-have-seen-the-biggest-jump-in-home-values-1.5923515

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

1https://www.q13fox.com/news/i-5-crash-in-seattle-police-recover-body-of-missing-driver-in-water

https://www.q13fox.com/news/i-5-crash-in-seattle-police-recover-body-of-missing-driver-in-water

If only Vancouver City Council would abolish its view cones height limits and housing roadblocks

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-view-cone-restrictions-policies

New-westminster-skytrain-station-emergency

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/new-westminster-skytrain-station-emergency

Saturday, May 21, 2022

2022 may 21

Just a placeholder post.

subway and metro trains

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP_14_(Paris_M%C3%A9tro)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP_89

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_Metro#Rolling_stock

the-15-minute-city-is-within-reach-for-vancouver-but-is-burnaby-lagging-behind?

https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/the-15-minute-city-is-within-reach-for-vancouver-but-is-burnaby-lagging-behind-5394077

Friday, May 20, 2022

BART rolling stock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit#Rolling_stock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit_rolling_stock#Original_fleet

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

the-evolution-of-the-seattle-public-library

https://blogs.uw.edu/gonzalsa/2014/04/28/the-evolution-of-the-seattle-public-library-site/

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

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

https://www.spl.org/

Sunday, May 15, 2022

Inside-former Walt-Disney-LA-mansion

https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/Inside-Walt-Disney-LA-mansion-17171805.php

Saturday, May 14, 2022

broadway-plan-for vancouver

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-plan-vancouver-city-council-debate

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/opinion-vancouver-broadway-plan

9850-austin-road-, -gatineau-place-at-lougheed-skytrain

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/9850-austin-road-9858-9898-gatineau-place-3846-carrigan-court-lougheed-skytrain

Vancouver, BC

https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1523561566817316866/photo/1 downtown https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1517236502995947520/photo/1 , https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1511618392544841731/photo/1 , https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1503461510474989568/photo/1 , https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1502545425038921734/photo/1

https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1525348528070922240/photo/1 RBC & B3

https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1522723091058610176/photo/2 park place & B5

https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1518712240249090049/photo/3 sb tower

https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1521114197924319234/photo/1 Hb cen

https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1520282118990876673/photo/1 conv cent

https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1517003303187484672/photo/4 cube

https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1522723091058610176/photo/4 camb br https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1522343076437512192

https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1522434268684689408/photo/1 gr br

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https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1522723091058610176/photo/1 arena

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Friday, May 13, 2022

Urban Tech Links, etc...

Some UTL posts might occasionally just have a few links that will eventually become part of a more complete post with more data added much later on.

The Vancouver, BC infrastructure is quite lacking when compared to what's allowed in Calgary and Seattle...

https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1525349620120899586/photo/1 Views of downtown Vancouver. https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1523561566817316866/photo/1

https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1525235043869675520/photo/1 , https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1525235043869675520

https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/status/1525348528070922240/photo/1 The RBC tower that opened in 1973. The building wasn't permitted to have a 40th floor, let alone be a 50 or 60 story office tower. The building only has 39 levels above the ground & the windows only go up to the 36 floor. In contrast, the B of A Tower in Seattle has windows up to the 76th floor.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=building+complex

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

surrey-langley-skytrain-public-consultation

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-langley-skytrain-public-consultation

new-burnaby-condo-proposal-pitching-the-tallest-highrise-in-bc

https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/new-burnaby-condo-proposal-pitching-the-tallest-highrise-in-bc-5358787

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Renting in Metro Vancouver predicted to get even more costly

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/renting-vancouver-increase-2022

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-home-sales-slowing-normal-activity-april-2022

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canadian-cities-unaffordable-deficit-young-people

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

construction-of-burnabys-tallest-tower-nearly-closed-an-entire-skytrain-station

https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/construction-of-burnabys-tallest-tower-nearly-closed-an-entire-skytrain-station-5297684

Saturday, May 7, 2022

canadas-four-biggest-housing-markets-show-early-signs-of-softening-demand

https://www.straight.com/news/canadas-four-biggest-housing-markets-show-early-signs-of-softening-demand-rbc-economics

Friday, May 6, 2022

vcc campus-plan

https://www.vcc.ca/about/college-information/campus-plan/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=online&utm_campaign=VCCCMSRedirect

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-community-college-broadway-campus-redevelopment-affordable-housing-broadway-plan

Thursday, May 5, 2022

LA's $14BN Airport Upgrade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2l09OcyYK0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuo-H3RPEO8

Boston's T Network Evolution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otrtkw9FuNU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uZnmaMVA-s

San Francisco's BART & MUNI Network Evolution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HDnn1t9_p8

TTC Subway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFdjZF-E-lU&list=RDCMUCf4iKXL_SJQ5d0qsKkboRRQ&index=2

Montreal Metro STM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-Or_vNc2Z4&list=RDCMUCf4iKXL_SJQ5d0qsKkboRRQ&index=3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usk9J-tpzTA&list=RDCMUCf4iKXL_SJQ5d0qsKkboRRQ&index=5

the Montreal Metro, North America's 3rd busiest subway system https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfYgsWxqiUg metro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCJPr0UOR3I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEiPl-EdHYc REM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnXj0_H71ig&list=RDCMUCf4iKXL_SJQ5d0qsKkboRRQ&index=13 REM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFSm9QLHrLw rem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ5Hxor0vAM

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

SDO for short stations vs. long trains and stations

Although the station platform only allows room for a three-car trainset, when the station was first opened a six-car trainset was used on the line. In this case, only the first three train cars' doors opened at this station (selective door operation). It was not until 22 July 2006 that a dedicated three-car trainset began service on the line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaobitan_metro_station

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_Door_Operation (SDO)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_Metro#Platforms

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

SDO is such a great way to add a couple of cars without having to extend the platform until its absolutely necessary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNtT0U-5zME ber

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0epKxaeCCHE sth

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Selective+Door+Operation

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Taoyuan Airport MRT

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoyuan_Airport_MRT 911

Car length	End cars: 20.78 m (68 ft 2 in) Intermediate cars: 20.25 m (66 ft 5 in)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoyuan_Metro_1000_series width 3.03 m (9 ft 11 in)

Car length	End cars: 20.78 m (68 ft 2+1⁄8 in) Intermediate cars: 20.25 m (66 ft 5+1⁄4 in)^[2]
Width	3.03 m (9 ft 11+5⁄16 in)^[2]
Height	3.763 m (12 ft 4+1⁄8 in)^[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoyuan_Metro_2000_series

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_Metro#Platforms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_Metro#Rolling_stock

How Los Angeles Rejected the Monorail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piF7adQyXCk

Why does Amazon want to leave Seattle?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOzK4Gi4r6M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4WDCc_UHds

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Broadway and commercial-Safeway-redevelopment

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-commercial-safeway-redevelopment-1780-east-broadway-2021

https://vancouversun.com/business/records-suggest-strong-opposition-to-commercial-broadway-tower

https://storeys.com/east-vancouver-residents-cry-foul-over-controversial-commercial-broadway-development

https://www.straight.com/news/vancouver-real-estate-fight-looms-over-plaza-in-safeway-redevelopment-on-broadway-and

https://www.urbanyvr.com/safeway-westbank-commercial-drive/

https://www.crombie.ca/development/broadway-and-commercial/

SkyTrain Stations around Greater Vancouver

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLJOZesJmjE&list=RDCMUCf4iKXL_SJQ5d0qsKkboRRQ&index=4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXF44HciCe8

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Kelowna-Victoria-Prince+George-Kamloops

114-132-west-15th-street-north-vancouver-polygon-development-tower

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/114-132-west-15th-street-north-vancouver-polygon-development-tower

Friday, April 22, 2022

old-tourism-maps-of-vancouver

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/history/maps-check-out-these-6-funky-old-and-sometimes-problematic-tourism-maps-of-vancouver-5288605

Saturday, April 9, 2022

1700-alberni-bosa

https://www.urbanyvr.com/1700-alberni-bosa/

1166-west-pender-office-tower

https://www.urbanyvr.com/1166-west-pender-office-tower-2/

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Tokyo Skytree...

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

Japan's new tallest skyscrapers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYpjfg5eKJQ

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Sky+Tower

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

Sky Tower (Auckland)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Tower_(Auckland)

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sj%C3%B6staden+Skybar/@59.301256,18.0833915,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipNKXs3B92slMOVnPuiDQ1KD3Ko5BOhnyZz5saTU!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNKXs3B92slMOVnPuiDQ1KD3Ko5BOhnyZz5saTU%3Dw203-h270-k-no!7i3024!8i4032!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x465f9f0ca4e2c48b:0xd5693f3a5854cf46!2sBarkarby,+Sweden!3b1!8m2!3d59.4001312!4d17.8625102!3m4!1s0x465f798d5edd1bbd:0x7ae7c477338b694a!8m2!3d59.301256!4d18.0833915

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/2022/04/tokyo-skytree.html

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Sky+Tower

Friday, April 1, 2022

surrey-votes-against-metro-vancouver-regional-growth-plan

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/surrey-votes-against-metro-vancouver-regional-growth-plan-5220338

Surrey vs. Vancouver

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1509259479791161352/OK3fePFT?format=jpg&name=small

https://twitter.com/THR/status/1509259476813111300

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

vintage-map-stanley-park-1911-vancouver-bc-canada

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/history/vintage-map-stanley-park-1911-vancouver-bc-canada-5207454

census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada

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

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1509259479791161352/OK3fePFT?format=jpg&name=small As of 2022, Vancouver only has 2 residential towers that are just over 60 stories. However, no office tower has ever been permitted to have a 40th floor. That's not the case in Calgary & Seattle, because they aren't under any Vancouver height restrictions. Yet, Vancouver has the highest land costs in Canada.