Urban Tech Links: UTL

Beacon Hill's 400-foot-long (120 m) split island platform is located between the two Beacon Hill Tunnel tubes, with a small cross-tunnel passageway between the two sections of the platform.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon_Hill_station_(Sound_Transit)#Station_layout , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Line_(Sound_Transit)#Stations , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_station#Station_layout , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlake_station_(Sound_Transit)#Station_layout , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Line_(Sound_Transit)#Route

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

seattle metro

train stations

Saturday, April 1, 2023

grim-reaper-building-downtown-san-francisco

https://www.sfgate.com/obscuresf/article/grim-reaper-building-downtown-san-francisco-17867052.php

Friday, March 31, 2023

New Pattullo Bridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattullo_Bridge https://www.pattullobridgereplacement.ca/

https://www.pattullobridgereplacement.ca/about/projectoverview/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newburgh%E2%80%93Beacon_Bridge

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

Oak_Street_Bridge

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

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

Mid-Hudson Bridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Hudson_Bridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crossings_of_the_Hudson_River#/media/File:Mid-Hudson_Bridge_2010-03-07.JPG

burrard bridge

https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2021/12/23/burrard-bridge/

https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2022/12/26/downtown-false-creek-from-above/

https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2022/01/03/burrard-inlet-waterfront-from-above/

https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2023/01/02/burrard-inlet-waterfront-from-above-2/

https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/burrard-building/

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

damaged-vancouver-seawalls

https://www.francesbula.com/uncategorized/damaged-vancouver-seawalls-will-be-a-massive-repair-job-prompt-re-think-of-how-to-deal-with-shores-as-tides-and-sea-levels-rise/

https://www.francesbula.com

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

bridge paths

https://mariomcuomobridge.ny.gov/explore-bridge-path

https://mariomcuomobridge.ny.gov/explore-bridge-bridge-design

Rod El Farag Axis Bridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_El_Farag_Axis_Bridge has 6 lanes in both directions

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/commercial/2019/6/egypts-new-bridge-becomes-the-widest-cable-stayed-bridge-580736

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/507572-widest-cable-stayed-bridge

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2019-05/15/c_138061010_4.htm

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

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

Monday, March 27, 2023

a-housing-bottleneck-immigration-targets-exacerbate-bcs-housing-crisis

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/real-estate/a-housing-bottleneck-immigration-targets-exacerbate-bcs-housing-crisis-6444681

Saturday, March 25, 2023

medium-capacity_rail_systems

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-capacity_rail_system#List_of_medium-capacity_rail_systems

Friday, March 24, 2023

skytrain-capstan-station-opening-delayed-fall-2023

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-capstan-station-opening-delayed-fall-2023

skytrain-mark-v-car-new-renderings

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-mark-v-car-new-rendering-translink

Thursday, March 23, 2023

systemwide-slow-zone-state-oversight-agency-sets-25-mph-speed-limit-on-subways

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2023/03/09/systemwide-slow-zone-state-oversight-agency-sets-25-mph-speed-limit-on-subways/

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2023/02/06/this-years-legislative-agenda-includes-rail-electrification-congestion-pricing-and-traffic-enforcement-cameras/

https://mass.streetsblog.org/category/transit/mbta/

under-harvards-influence-massdot-approves-86-million-contract-to-rehab-allston-highway-viaduct

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2023/03/21/under-harvards-influence-massdot-approves-86-million-contract-to-rehab-allston-highway-viaduct/

a-deep-dive-into-center-running-bike-lanes-a-known-infrastructure-failure

https://sf.streetsblog.org/2023/03/22/a-deep-dive-into-center-running-bike-lanes-a-known-infrastructure-failure/

Sunday, March 19, 2023

The Martian - Soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Yp405H6ps

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film)#Plot

I Wanted to Believe: The X-Files Didn’t Prepare Me for Actual Aliens

https://thewalrus.ca/i-wanted-to-believe-the-x-files-didnt-prepare-me-for-actual-aliens/

Saturday, March 18, 2023

seattle-vs. vancover-tourism-infrastructure-facilities-economy-strengths

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/seattle-vancover-tourism-infrastructure-facilities-economy-strengths

broadway-subway-skytrain-millennium-line-extension

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-subway-skytrain-millennium-line-extension-construction-update-march-2023

https://images.dailyhive.com/20210616123354/broadway-city-hall-station-hub.jpg

Friday, March 17, 2023

vancouver broadway-plan-pace-of-change-policy-rental-housing-issues

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-plan-pace-of-change-policy-rental-housing-issues

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-rent-more-expensive-2023

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-housing-market-starting-to-balance-report

https://dailyhive.com/montreal/rent-report-march-montreal-price

https://dailyhive.com/canada/canada-home-prices-inflation-employment-forecast-2023

https://dailyhive.com/canada/canada-housing-market-downturn-bottom-forecast-2023

Tampa Bay area...

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

https://time.com/collection/worlds-greatest-places-2023/6261491/tampa-florida/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida#Public_transit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrorail_(Miami-Dade_County)#Rolling_stock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Tower_(Miami)

Thursday, March 16, 2023

vancouvers housing-supply-limiting-bcs-population-growth

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/real-estate-news/housing-supply-limiting-bcs-population-growth-5974087

Vancouver makes TIME Magazine's list of 50 greatest places to visit

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-makes-time-magazine-s-list-of-50-greatest-places-to-visit-1.6316794

https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Worlds-Greatest-Places-Vancouver-British-Columbia.jpg

https://time.com/6261648/vancouver/

The new bridge after the Pattullo Bridge

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-new-replacement-construction-update-2024

This small city mentality is ridiculous.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-new-crossing-widening-six-lanes-surrey-board-of-trade

Unfortunatly, the narrow Pattullo+Bridge+replacement is indicative of the BC reluctance to properly build for the future. That's the nature of the BC Mind Virus (BCMV).

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

Øresund Bridge and Drogden Tunnel

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oresund_Bridge#Drogden_Tunnel

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Tunnel_(Malmo)

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

census_metropolitan_areas_and_agglomerations_in_Canada

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

Thursday, March 9, 2023

oakridge-mall-new-renderings

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/oakridge-park-centre-indoor-mall-new-renderings-vancouver

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

152-street-road-widening-surrey-nicomekl-and serpentine

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/152-street-road-widening-surrey-nicomekl-serpentine

new-pattullo-bridge

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-new-replacement-construction-december-2022

Monday, March 6, 2023

surrey-city-development-corporation-scdc-relaunch

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-city-development-corporation-scdc-relaunch

metro-vancouver-hotel-supply-shortage-demand

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-hotel-supply-shortage-demand

10757-university-drive-surrey-gateway-project

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/10744-133-street-10725-10757-university-drive-surrey-gateway-project-scdc

Saturday, March 4, 2023

pacific-centre-vancouver-nordstrom-ikea-uniqlo-eataly-simons

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pacific-centre-vancouver-nordstrom-ikea-uniqlo-eataly-simons

Friday, March 3, 2023

Canada Line is so under-built

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

50 m short SkyTrain-Canada+Line stations are so symbolic of the reluctance to have Montreal Metro & Toronto Subway length stations that are 152.5 m or 500 feet long.

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

To allow Montreal & Toronto size stations in Greater Vancouver would be indicative of accepting & planning for big city type growth. Indeed, all the SkyTrain stations were deliberately built to be shorter than any underground stations in Edmonton, Seattle & Portland. Even the new underground stations in Calgary will be longer, that's because Calgary, like so many other proper cities, aren't under the control of a backwards Vancouver and backwater BC type agenda.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-2017-kevin-desmond-canada-line-built-skytrain

However, Vancouver & BC are all about congestive planning. Thus, building small & narrow provides great symbolism against building big. Of course who knows where all the decades of money went, because it didn't all go into the half-size infrastructure? It's quite a strange approach, have short trains & narrow bridges, but pay full price & hope that no one notices. This is terrible for people who would like to have proper size big city infrastructure.

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/transportation-old/canada-line-underbuilt-richmond-translink-ceo-1946514

Greater Vancouver should have had all of its Skytrain stations built to be at least 500 feet or 152.45 m. There should have been bus & HOV bridges built next to all of the narrow bridges, several decades ago. However, that would conflict with the madness of Vancouverization.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Line#Canada_Line_Hyundai_Rotem_specifications

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Line#Stations Wow, design & build a multibillion dollar train line that can only be expanded from an absurd 2 car train upto a 2.5 car train. No need to have a provision for a 6, 8 or 10 car trains. That's what a big city would do, but Vancouver & Richmond are all about taking a congestive planning approach. That's the backwater BC way.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/translink-adds-more-trains-to-its-canada-line-fleet

Just because the YVR-Canada+Line uses a different technology, all of the stations should have been designed to even have longer stations than the 80m stations on the first 2 SkyTrain lines.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=SkyTrain-Canada+Line

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=YVR-Canada+Line

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

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

How the CN Tower was Built

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K67j5juf-V4

When Chicago built the Tallest Building in the World | The story of Sears Tower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm0dzhFeArw

Brooklyn double deck highway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fYvVt3ckfc

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

Detroit highways

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aA_6BTVyCs

Highway Engineering Madness: 10 Waterfront Freeways That Need to Go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK0_zh7B-H4

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

PATH Extension Project The PATH Extension project

https://www.panynj.gov/path/en/modernizing-path/extension-project.html#:~:text=Purpose,air%20travelers%20and%20airport%20employees.

9 car trains 459 ft or 140m.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_(rail_system)#/media/File:Train_Ride_to_Newark_(1997)_(6390625079).jpg 8 x 51 ft = 408 or 124m.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_(rail_system)#Rolling_stock

https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/vehicles/press-release/21281520/the-port-authority-of-new-york-and-new-jersey-path-takes-special-delivery-at-port-newark-of-two-new-rail-cars-the-first-installment-in-planned-expansion-of-fleet

https://liamoconnell.com/2022/07/08/why-the-path-train-never-grew/

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2021/05/16/opinion-the-port-authoritys-wrong-moves-at-newark-airport/

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/transportation/2022/06/20/path-nj-transit-expansion-clarelle-degraffe/9510135002/

https://www.nj.com/news/2023/03/new-rail-station-to-be-built-ahead-of-delayed-path-newark-airport-extension.html

Hong Kong's $11BN Underwater Railway Explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03AtIZjziJw

Saturday, February 25, 2023

metro-vancouver-metro-2050-regional-plan-approved

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-metro-2050-regional-plan-approved

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-bus-delays-rapid-transit-lanes-congestion

The Secret behind China's Ghost Cities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ8JBTIVUVw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie6zd3Rwu4c

Samuel-De Champlain Bridge, Montreal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel-De_Champlain_Bridge

https://www.samueldechamplainbridge.ca/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQTy48KmHbY buildings

the new Samuel-de Champlain Bridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiX8OT1iwZI

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Samuel-De+Champlain+Bridge

The Montreal Metro

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

Montreal's Underground City (officially known as RÉSO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcysNkp0Li0

Friday, February 24, 2023

metro-vancouver-regional-growth-strategy-approved-after-surrey-reversal

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/metro-vancouver-regional-growth-strategy-approved-after-surrey-reversal-6609162

http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/metro-vancouver-2050/about-metro-2050/Pages/default.aspx

Chicago’s L Train

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

https://www.transitchicago.com/blueline , https://www.transitchicago.com/redline/

https://www.transitchicago.com/about/

https://www.governing.com/assessments/chicagos-l-the-ugly-duckling-that-made-a-city.html

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

vancouver-traffic-worst-north-america

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/02/22/vancouver-traffic-worst-north-america/

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

documentary-introduced-vancouver-futuristic-skytrains

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/documentary-introduced-vancouver-futuristic-skytrains-6589145

the best high capacity road tunnels

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

Monday, February 20, 2023

vancouver/skytrain-station-access-and-safety-project-trains

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-station-access-and-safety-project-trains

vancouver-tourism-attractions-hotels-demand-ideas

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-tourism-attractions-hotels-demand-ideas

the-post-amazon-vancouver-redevelopment-construction-update

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-post-amazon-vancouver-redevelopment-construction-update

396-southeast-marine-drive-vancouver-office-towers-hungerford

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/396-southeast-marine-drive-vancouver-office-towers-hungerford

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-commercial-safeway-redevelopment-revised-skytrain-rental-housing-towers

Sydney: Urban Structure

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney#Urban_structure

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

https://www.archdaily.com/991922/3xns-quay-quarter-tower-in-sydney-wins-the-international-high-rise-award-2022-23

https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16041-3xns-quay-quarter-tower-in-sydney-transforms-and-expands-an-outmoded-1970s-skyscraper

https://www.arup.com/projects/quay-quarter-tower

https://www.bvn.com.au/project/quay-quarter

https://www.buildaustralia.com.au/projects/keys-handed-over-for-new-quay-quarter-tower-in-sydney/

https://www.multiplex.global/ca/projects/quay-quarter-tower/

https://www.bvn.com.au/article/qqt-its-a-wrap

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/quay-quarter-tower/17753

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

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

Sunday, February 19, 2023

vancouver/skytrain-station-access-and-safety-project-trains

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-station-access-and-safety-project-trains

Sunday, February 12, 2023

TTC Subway

Toronto Transit Commission’s Andy Byford gives us a tour of Toronto’s underground subway tunnels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8qwkjW1uIM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvsBg1-h4Xs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRpRxT9s--I The history and the future expansion plans for the TTC Toronto Subway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF1RH5BzDjw little-known facts about our Toronto subway system

C Train Blue Line

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2AJJ7KYs-c

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Line_(Calgary)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbrook_station_(Calgary)

"Up until the completion of the Red Line's Fish Creek–Lacombe station, all platforms for the CTrain were originally designed to service three-car trains, although there had been enough space allotted to allow four-car trains. Beginning in 2007 construction on station platforms began to expand the entire network to allow four-car trains, with the project being completed in 2017..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Line_(Calgary)#Capacity_upgrade

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Line_(Calgary)#Stations_and_route

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

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

Edmonton Light Rail Transit

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

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK3W7n5LKq4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf4owBDsPCg

Tram Trains

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sGHqsD0DRM

Saturday, February 11, 2023

stanley-park-bike-lane-future-design-options

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/stanley-park-bike-lane-future-design-options

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

transportation-upgrades-to-begin-on-granville-bridge

https://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/transportation-upgrades-to-begin-on-granville-bridge.aspx

https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/granville-bridge-connector.aspx

https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/transportation-2040.aspx

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

More tall towers being proposed, approved and completed in Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey and Coquitlam

https://vancouversun.com/business/real-estate/tall-towers-vancouver-burnaby-surrey-coquitlam

Tall only by backwater BC standards, when compared to several other urban regions around the world.

Major urban bridges

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridges_of_Pittsburgh#Major_bridges

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Pittsburgh#Bridges

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

Monday, February 6, 2023

SF muni-metro-modernization

https://www.sfmta.com/projects/muni-metro-modernization

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

75 feet
(23 metres) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens_S200

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens_S200#Couplers

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muni_Metro#/media/File:Muni_Metro_(2020-08).svg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muni_Metro#Recent_expansions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Subway_(San_Francisco)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Subway_(San_Francisco)#Proposed_extension

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown_station_(Muni_Metro)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Square/Market_Street_station

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerba_Buena/Moscone_station

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_and_Brannan_station

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_4th_and_King_Street_station

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

Monday, January 30, 2023

this-montreal-metro-station-is-worst-redditors-voted-1-spot-definitely-stood-out

https://www.mtlblog.com/montreal/which-montreal-metro-station-is-worst-redditors-voted-1-spot-definitely-stood-out

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

vancouver-mountain-view-cones-shadowing-review

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-mountain-view-cones-shadowing-review

https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-tall-structures-in-vancouver-5933571

metro vancouver

http://www.metrovancouver.org/metro2050

http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/metro-vancouver-2040/Pages/default.aspx

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-transport-2050-draft-plan-transit-expansion

Monday, January 23, 2023

Passenger Train Lengths

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

Train length	4-car: 82.87 m (271 ft 11 in) 5-car: 102.86 m (337 ft 6 in)
Car length	DM vehs.: 21,446 mm (70 ft 4 in) Others: 19,990 mm (65 ft 7 in)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_710#Operation 68' or 67.5' x 4 or 5 car trains.

Train length	S7: 117.45 m (385 ft 4 in) S8: 133.68 m (438 ft 7 in)
Car length	17.44 m (57 ft 3 in) (DM) 15.43 m (50 ft 7 in) (NDM)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_S7_and_S8_Stock

Selective door operation (SDO) is used at some stations where the platform is shorter than the train, such as at Baker Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_S7_and_S8_Stock#Features

Train length	101.350 m (332 ft 6.2 in)
Car length	DMOS vehs.: 19.995 m (65 ft 7.2 in) Others: 19.660 m (64 ft 6.0 in)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_378#Design_and_features

The first 2 SkyTrain lines only have 80m stations, which can accomodate 5 of the newest cars. However, with SDO a 5 car train can become 7.

The Canada embasement Line was only designed to have 50m stations, not 152m stations like the Montreal Metro. Unfortunatly, the underbuilt Canada Line stations weren't designed to accommodate 5 car trains, only a 2.5 car joke of a train. Getting past the half-car B$, three 20m cars would form a 60m train. SDO can not only make a 3 car train possible, but a 5 car train length of 100m, despite its absurd 50m platform. It just would have been better to have built proper big city stations in the first place.

Of course Vancouver would opt to have shorter underground train stations than Montréal, Toronto, Edmonton, Seattle, SF & LA, because shorter trains help to increase urban transportation congestion. Unfortunatly, increasing congestion is a key component of the Vancouver city planning mentality & BC in general.

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

London Underground

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_1973_Stock#History

Sunday, January 15, 2023

London Overground

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

Barking station, London

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

train stations

Salesforce Tower, SF

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

https://www.bart.gov/system-map

Salesforce Tower (Sydney)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesforce_Tower_(Sydney)

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=105981

https://www.sydneyplace.com/

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=50&status=15

Saturday, January 14, 2023

Mexico City’s Great Metro & Even Better Transit System

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hMTw1SrOjY

NIMBYs: The Biggest Barrier to Transit Expansion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqnTqNSxXs0

The Most Famous Elevated Metro System | Chicago "L"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bxtFX6d0Uo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT8SnicEct0

BART

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-Tbl7OXtvc

https://www.bart.gov/system-map

The World's WEIRDEST Railways

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpjFLavkFS4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsDkLw_6h_I

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Downtown_Seattle_Transit_Tunnel

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

https://seattletransitblog.com/2022/07/21/no-were-not-entering-a-period-of-untransit/

surrey-langley-skytrain-elevated-guidway-contractor-shortlist

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-langley-skytrain-elevated-guidway-contractor-shortlist?

Saturday, January 7, 2023

99 B Line to UBC, but no train

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/vancouver-weather-99-b-line-ubc-bus-translink-6327272

https://www.broadwaysubway.ca/arbutus-station-image-gallery/

https://www.broadwaysubway.ca/about/stations/

A train to UBC is expected to be completed well before the next millennium.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=UBC-Broadway+Corridor

canada-line-capstan-station-construction-disruptions

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-capstan-station-construction-disruptions-january-2023

skytrain-millennium-line...

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-millennium-line-facts-statistics

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-langley-skytrain-elevated-guidway-contractor-shortlist

metro-vancouver-top-construction-projects

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-top-construction-projects-2023

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-millennium-line-facts-statistics

Saturday, December 31, 2022

from nauru-house to 80-collins-street-in Melbourne

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

https://www.facebook.com/120943481324886/posts/nauru-house80-collins-street-melbournenauru-house-was-for-a-brief-time-melbourne/1719456888140196/

https://www.facebook.com/120943481324886/photos/a.512123662206864/1719454298140455/?type=3&theater

https://slattery.com.au/portfolio/80-collins-street-north-tower/

https://mw-arch.com.au/?page_id=453 , https://mw-arch.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/section5.jpg

https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=3406

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=18&status=15

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Melbourne#Overall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Melbourne#Tallest_buildings_by_function

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Melbourne#Future_skyscrapers

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

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

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

Quay Quarter Tower, Sydney

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

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=290

https://www.quayquartersydney.com.au/quay-quarter-tower

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/australia-quay-quarter-tower-skyscraper/index.html

https://www.archdaily.com/991922/3xns-quay-quarter-tower-in-sydney-wins-the-international-high-rise-award-2022-23

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMP_Building,_Sydney

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

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

80-collins-street, melbourne

AT 216 METRES TALL, 80 COLLINS STREET BOASTS PANORAMIC VIEWS ACROSS MELBOURNE.

https://www.capacity-building.com.au/case-study/80-collins-street

https://storeyofmelbourne.org/2022/03/28/80-collins-ex-nauru-house/

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/complex/3257

https://www.commercialrealestate.com.au/property/80-collins-street-south-tower-melbourne-vic-3000-13497741

https://www.skyscrapercity.com/threads/cbd-80-collins-street-190m-44l-office-83m-19l-hotel-completed.737936/page-40

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=18&status=15

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Melbourne#Tallest_buildings_by_function

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Melbourne#Future_skyscrapers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne#Urban_structure

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

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

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

waldorf astoria in nyc

https://www.som.com/projects/waldorf-astoria/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/property/2020/01/28/TELEMMGLPICT000222819383_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqWQzys2r6yUpPdiKDpz18LyDSE172uORSUPujKvtmpQE.jpeg

https://www.designboom.com/architecture/waldorf-astoria-new-york-som-plans-renaissance-06-17-2021/

https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2014-09-25/the-secrets-of-the-waldorf-astoria-hotel

https://www.geographicguide.com/united-states/nyc/antique/hotels/waldorf-astoria/waldorf-astoria.htm

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7566034,-73.9745656,3a,60y,76.35h,116.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soq9XR4hFREWAryJ37vSaKw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

societe-de-transport-de-montreal-stm

https://www.masstransitmag.com/home/company/10272109/societe-de-transport-de-montreal-stm

Mass Transit water transportation

https://www.masstransitmag.com/alt-mobility/water-transportation/press-release/21280211/massachusetts-bay-transportation-authority-mbta-new-east-boston-ferry-service-project-begins-september-12

https://www.masstransitmag.com/home/company/12083939/massachusetts-bay-transportation-authority-mbta

https://www.masstransitmag.com/alt-mobility/water-transportation/press-release/21275329/translink-translinks-burrard-chinook-seabus-celebrates-first-birthday

massachusetts-bay-transportation-authority-mbta

https://www.masstransitmag.com/home/company/12083939/massachusetts-bay-transportation-authority-mbta

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

san-francisco-municipal-transportation-agency-sfmta

https://www.masstransitmag.com/home/company/10252224/san-francisco-municipal-transportation-agency-sfmta

https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/infrastructure/press-release/21288999/santa-clara-valley-transportation-authority-vta-santa-clara-vta-receives-authority-to-pursue-federal-funding-for-up-to-50-percent-of-the-cost-of-phase-ii-of-the-bart-silicon-valley-extension-project

seattle and p sound-transit

https://www.masstransitmag.com/home/company/11178278/sound-transit

calgary transit

https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/maintenance/press-release/21278944/advanced-rail-management-corp-advanced-rail-management-awarded-rail-grinding-contract-on-calgary-transits-system

https://www.masstransitmag.com/management/company/21087836/city-of-calgary

SkyTrain is moving-from-reactive-to-preventive-rail-maintenance

https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/maintenance/article/21253098/skytrain-moving-from-reactive-to-preventive-rail-maintenance-toward-a-state-of-good-repair

https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/article/21262396/vancouver-city-council-endorses-skytrain-to-ubc-route-station-locations

https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/article/21230004/government-of-canada-will-provide-up-to-c13-billion-to-surrey-langley-skytrain-extension

https://www.masstransitmag.com/management/company/12026212/translink

https://icycanada.com/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-vancouver-skytrain/

SkyTrain

Monday, December 12, 2022

Modern Dubai

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai#Modern_Dubai

Amsterdam

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Metro#Map

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Metro#M5

Cars per unit: 6
Length: 116.2 m (381 ft 2+3⁄4 in)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Metro#Summary

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

Everything About Toronto's MASSIVE Transit Transformation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufgQdU5DUI8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Line , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJbi11dv64A , https://www.metrolinx.com/en/projects-and-programs/ontario-line

The Toronto S-Bahn? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XOXAY3rPzk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvwmiSU7zLY srt line in Toronto

Why Subways in the US are Set Up to Fail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk1vlKVdE9M

SF BART looks to fill its budget shortfall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWBCUaFr95U

Egypt Built a Supertall Skyscraper in the Desert

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

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

The Massive Coastal Road That's Dividing Mumbai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qBNG8fY4AQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc355CBeeX0 delhi

India

Sunday, December 11, 2022

San Francisco in 1906

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHkc83XA2dY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZub2tAk69s SF in the 1940s.

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

london-underground tube-maps-diagrams

https://london-underground.blogspot.com/2012/03/3d-tube-maps-diagrams.html

https://bearalley.blogspot.com/2011/02/l-ashwell-wood-behind-scenes-part-4.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSD5ps9bLQ0 UK

Thursday, December 8, 2022

Evolution of Traffic (1890s ~ 2020s)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RSy1QkAPSc

53 BEFORE AND AFTER photographs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X87W0JT5gc

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

SF Muni Metro

Muni Metro served an average of 157,700 passengers per weekday in the fourth quarter of 2019, making it the second-busiest light rail system in the United States.

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

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

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

federal-funding-boost-for-BART-silicon-valley-extension

https://www.railjournal.com/financial/federal-funding-boost-for-bart-silicon-valley-extension/

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

https://www.bart.gov/about/projects https://www.bart.gov/about/projects/corecapacity

https://www.bart.gov/system-map https://www.bart.gov/about/projects/cars

"With an average of 136,200 weekday passengers as of the second quarter of 2022 and 26,026,800 annual passengers in 2021, BART is the fifth-busiest heavy rail rapid transit system in the United States." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit

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

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

Monday, December 5, 2022

SF Bay Bridge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP5bu_qhiwc

Merchandise Mart

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchandise_Mart chicago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnesHp35NOw

Saturday, December 3, 2022

UBC campus-vision-housing-expansion-2050

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/ubc-campus-vision-housing-expansion-2050

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/ubc-skytrain-route-proposed-translink-vancouver

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

UBC train route

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/ubc-skytrain-route-proposed-translink-vancouver

The UBC-Broadway+Corridor must be extended.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/ubc-campus-vision-housing-expansion-2050

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

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Tallest buildings in Honolulu

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

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=421&searchname=timeline

https://bjornandannette.wordpress.com/hawaii/hon-highrise-1

https://www.de-simone.com/projects/project/ko_olani-tower 47 stories.

The tallest building on the island, 801 South Street A is 450 ft.

https://skyrisecities.com/database/projects/801-south-street

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=100895

Monday, November 28, 2022

king-george-boulevard-surrey-mixed-use-tower

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/10227-king-george-boulevard-surrey-mixed-use-tower

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

Friday, November 18, 2022

tallest-buildings-in-toronto

https://dailyhive.com/toronto/tallest-buildings-in-toronto

Montreal

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

Hopefully, Montreal will never become Vancouverized & turned into a backwater mess. Vancouver is a watered down city that never wants to reach its full potential. So while Montreal is small when compared to Melbourne & Toronto, at least its not stuck in a Vancouver like trap.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Montreal,+QC/@45.499172,-73.5162256,4593a,35y,270h,38.39t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x4cc91a541c64b70d:0x654e3138211fefef!8m2!3d45.5018869!4d-73.5673919

November 18

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_18#Events

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Quebec

https://www.renewcanada.net/study-launched-new-quebec-city-levis-link/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-city-third-link-tramway-1.6029933 The 6 lane tunnel option.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/legault-government-announces-two-tunnels-for-third-link-project-1.6419802

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/caq-unveils-a-new-version-of-the-third-link-project-between-quebec-city-and-levis-1.5862329

"Legault’s original proposal for a six-lane, $10-billion tunnel was downsized to a four-lane tunnel with two of those lanes reserved for public transit during rush hours. He said he would leave it to the studies’ recommendations on how to divide the tunnel." https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/final-say-on-quebec-levis-tunnel-will-be-political-decision-legault-insists

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

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

https://www.renewcanada.net/5000090366-2/

https://www.renewcanada.net/manitoba-releases-south-perimeter-highway-design-study/