The Columbia River Crossing project (CRC)

Expanding transit options between Portland and Vancouver, WA. https://wsdot.wa.gov/accountability/ssb5806/docs/6_Project_Development/PublicInvolvement/Transit_FactSheet.pdf

https://bikeportland.org/2022/04/21/interstate-5-expansion-project-proposes-repeat-of-crc-or-slightly-less-wide-version-352609 Just because this is a bridge that will extend partially into Vancouver, WA, it should still be as wide as possible. Narrow bridges are part of the narrow mindset of Vancouver, BC.

https://bikeportland.org/2022/04/22/i-5-project-leaders-pick-light-rail-as-transit-option-for-columbia-crossing-352639 A wider bridge makes it easier for rail rapid transit, bus & HOV lanes, truck lanes & bike lanes. 

https://bikeportland.org/2022/04/14/new-renderings-offer-clearest-picture-yet-of-interstate-bridge-replace-project-design-352112

https://www.interstatebridge.org/updates-folder/river-crossing-visualizations/

Potential railway stoppage could have big West Coast Express impacts

 https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/08/19/rail-strike-lockout-west-coast-express-impacts/

Freight Train issue blocks major Langley intersections

 https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/08/19/langley-train-traffic-stops/

There should have been several more overpasses in the valley by now. Urban railway crossings that are at grade are such a hindrance to truck & vehicle traffic in general.

https://www.aldergrovestar.com/local-news/fatal-train-crash-shuts-down-langley-thoroughfares-7363504

https://www.abbynews.com/news/train-crash-with-construction-truck-blocking-langley-roads-7117877

Transforming Nanaimo into a public transit hub for Vancouver Island

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/hullo-ferries-nanaimo-hub-vancouver-island-public-transit

https://www.dpworld.com/canada/projects/nanaimo

Victoria to Nanaimo should all be one urban strip.

A mixed-use building development at VCC-Clark SkyTrain station with rental housing, office, childcare, grocery store, and retail uses

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1155-east-6th-avenue-vancouver-vcc-clark-pci-low-tide-redevelopment

This is small considering how close it is towards downtown Vancouver. Its big when compared to developments in Kelowna, Kamloops & Prince George, but small by big city standards.

Surrey-Langley SkyTrain construction cost balloons by 50%

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-langley-skytrain-new-cost-opening-date

This should have been started decades ago, but BC always has to be behind schedule.

8-km-long Highway 1 widening in Abbotsford

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/highway-1-widening-abbotsford-fraser-valley-cost-bc-phase-3b

This should have been done in the 1980s, or at least by the 1990s. Still no bus & HOV lanes after all these decades. Of course no provision for rain rapid transit. This is BC congestive planning at its best.

Slate-Owned Metrotown Place Office Towers Under Receivership Listed By CBRE

https://storeys.com/metrotown-place-office-slate-receivership-listing Such a small office complex that would only be impressive in places like Victoria & Prince George. 

Richmond has to find a place where office buildings can not only be over 20 floors, but well over 30 stories. 

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/richmond-night-market-redevelopment-duck-island-hotel-entertainment-district

Hullo Ferries celebrates a busy first year, and looks ahead to growth and expansion

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/hullo-ferries-vancouver-nanaimo-high-speed-ferry-service-statistics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Ferries NSW can do so much, because it was never under anything like the Vancouver restrictions & the backward BC mentality in general.

https://transportnsw.info/travel-info/ways-to-get-around/ferry#/

https://www.myfastferry.com.au/destinations/circular-quay/

https://www.sydney.com/articles/best-ferry-trips-in-sydney

https://www.transdev.com.au/solutions/sydney-ferries/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Ferries#Network

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferries_of_San_Francisco_Bay How can the SF+Bay+Area do so much? That's because it never had anything like the backward BC mentality to thwart it.

https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Ferries_on_the_Bay

https://sfport.com/ferry

https://sanfranciscobayferry.com/

http://calurbanist.com/san-francisco-bay-ferries/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferries_of_San_Francisco_Bay#Current_ferry_routes

Several Vancouver narrow bridge issues

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-bridge-cyclist-wire-allegations

Someone might have been very angry with bike people and not with car, bus & truck people. The real problem is that so much of the older BC infrastructure just wasn't designed to be more of a multi-modal crossing. The+Lion+Bridge+and+The+Iron+Bridge have no rail rapid transit crossings to help them.

The Ironworkers-Bridge is so narrow for a highway bridge in that location & wasn't designed for substantial future capacity. When it was initially designed in the 1950s, there was no concept to have 2 bus lanes, 2 HOV lanes, 2 truck lanes & 2 emergency lanes for a port city. Plus, at least 2 general traffic lanes each way & a provision for 2 train tracks. Thus, the 6 lane bridge is so overwhelmed, because it just can't do the job of an 8-10 lane wide bridge. While the Iron Bridge has 2 improved bike+lanes, they are part of the sidewalks.  

The former 8 lane Granville+Street will have 6 lanes, while the  & Oak+Street only has 4 lanes. The inadequate Oak+Street+Bridge (OSB) should have opened with at least 8 lanes, instead of only 4. Plus, 2 wide emergency lanes & 2 wide sidewalks. There still should be a new southbound OS Bridge, but the city would be against it. A narrow 4 lane bridge just doesn't have the space & capacity for 2 express bus lanes, 2 HOV & 2 truck lanes. Apparently, it's better to just funnel everything into only 2 lanes each way.  

The OSB should be twinned or replace with something like the Samuel-De_Champlain_Bridge in Montreal. The largest city in Quebec is allowed to have a nice wide bridge & long metro trains, because Quebec isn't bound by anything like the backwards BC mentality. 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-montreals-new-44-billion-champlain-bridge-opens-to-traffic-for Fortunatly, the Vancouver mentality wasn't able to ever reach back to Montreal & prevent such a nice modern bridge from being built there. https://www.flatironcorp.com/project/champlain-bridge If you are from Montreal & have visited Vancouver, you will be surprise to see how much shorter an underground Vancouver train station is than what is allowed underground in Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton, Seattle, SF & LA...

https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/granville-bridge-connector.aspx A bike & foot bridge should have been built next to it decades ago. Then the Granville Bridge could have 3 general lanes each way, plus a bus & HOV lane each way. Instead, if 2 bus & HOV lanes are designated, there will only be 2 general lanes each way in the downtown core.

The Burrard Bridge should have had a bike & foot bride next to it. Instead, it was reduced from a 6 lane crossing to a 4 lane bridge.

The very narrow Oak+Street+Bridge & the Knight Street Bridge, should have had bus+and+bike+bridges built next to them decades ago. 

Most bridges in Vancouver & the metropolitan region just weren't designed with that much future capacity in mind, especially for buses & HOV lanes. Thus, it's a travesty that by now, almost every crossing should have had bus & bike bridges built next to them. 

https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/walk-bike-and-transit.aspx Unfortunatly, provisions for bus & bike lanes just weren't the thing to do several decades ago in BC.  

A truck lane is just as important as a bus & HOV lane. That's because freight should be efficiently & easily be transported in any major urban region.

https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/trucks-commercial-and-oversize-vehicles.aspx

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Oak+Street+and+Granville+Street

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

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

The Largest European Cities

 https://www.discoveryuk.com/building-big/urban-explorers-a-tour-of-the-largest-european-cities

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101883/largest-european-cities/

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

Should downtown Vancouver eventually require a 3rd major train station?

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/downtown-vancouver-train-station-new-railway-line-ideas

Perhaps eventually there could be a deep underground train station below Robson_Square. However, it's more likely that Waterfront+Station+and+Pacific+Central+Station would be extensively upgraded first.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robson_Square#Features

https://www.robsonsquare.com/about-us 

Wall Centre in downtown Vancouver

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Centre_(Vancouver)

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

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/wall-centre-tower-fireworks-downtown-vancouver

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

Longer Trains for Crossrail?

 https://www.londonreconnections.com/2024/longer-trains-for-crossrail/

Ideally, it's always better to allow for enough future clearance for longer trains.

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

It's even better to have longer stations or at least a roughed out provision established in the first place.

https://www.londonreconnections.com/2024/bonus-trains-for-crossrail-more-details/

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

https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/more-elizabeth-line-trains-arriving-in-summer-2026-73566 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Elizabeth+Line

The World's Biggest Abandoned Skyscrapers

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QgN1E-m76U

Why is anti-immigration sentiment on the rise in Canada?

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

Part of bringing more wealth into a country is to have most of the immigrants moderately wealthy to very wealthy. Then a smaller percentage of migrants & refugees would be less of a strain on the system. However, even if 60-70% of immigrants were well off or financially comfortable, some people still might get too jealous of them. 

Unfortunately, Canada has been several decades behind in keeping up with a necessary level of infrastructure. Canada is one of the largest countries in overall area, yet it doesn't even have 1% of the world's population.

Should the Hastings SkyTrain and North Shore SkyTrain lines be built together?

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/hastings-north-shore-skytrain-lines-regional-planning

Railway rolling stock

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Generation_Rollingstock Brisbane

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway_rolling_stock London 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway#Future_rolling_stock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway_rolling_stock#B23_rolling_stock

Airport Trains and Stations

An Airport+Station is essential, but not all major airports have gotten around to building them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Airport_railway_station,_Brisbane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London#Rail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle_Airport#RER

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Airport_Rail_Link , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Airport_Rail_Link#Planned_reinstatement_of_the_link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_International_Airport#Transit

The World’s Largest Railway Stations

 https://www.discoveryuk.com/building-big/the-worlds-largest-railway-stations/

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/7-of-the-busiest-train-stations-in-the-world.html

https://www.railway-technology.com/features/feature76247/

Is Montreal the best city in North America?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yDtLv-7xZ4

The tallest buildings in Montreal aren't that impressive when compared to what's allowed in Melbourne, Toronto, Chicago & NYC.

https://reporter.mcgill.ca/montreal-named-best-student-city-in-north-america/

Montreal doesn't have the very wide freeways that LA, Houston, Dubai & Toronto have, but its not stuck with the narrow bridges that Vancouver has.

https://vocal.media/wander/why-montreal-is-the-greatest-city-in-north-america

https://blog.mtl.org/en/montreal-ranks-top The Metro is fantastic! Especially the newer walk-through 9 car trains.

https://www.mtlblog.com/2-quebec-spots-ranked-among-best-cities-in-canada

https://www.mtlblog.com/quebec-cities-cheapest-rent-prices-canada

https://www.mtlblog.com/montreal/what-montreals-iconic-habitat-67-was-supposed-to-look-like-photos

At least Montreal hasn't been forced to adhere to the same restrictions as Vancouver. The first 2 SkyTrain lines only have 80m stations, when the Montreal Metro has 152.5m stations. The Canada Line only has 50m stations. It would have been chaos if Montreal had decided to have short stations & narrow bridges.

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

NY-NJ Hudson Tunnel Project Ramping Up

 https://www.soundtransit.org/blog/platform/making-i-90-floating-bridge-stronger-longer-lasting-trains

The Economies of Australia and Canada

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu5lPuaZ9Jo

In some ways Australia is able to think & plan as if its a bigger country than Canada. 

Waterfront Station and Pacific Central Station (Vancouver, BC)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfront_station_(Vancouver)

"Waterfront station was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and opened on August 1, 1914.^[2] It was the Pacific terminus for the CPR's transcontinental passenger trains to Montreal, Quebec, and Toronto, Ontario." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfront_station_(Vancouver)#History

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

"Pacific Central Station was built in 1917 by the Canadian Northern Railway as the terminus of its line to Edmonton.^[4] It was dedicated on November 2, 1919, a day after the first Canadian National trains began using the station.^[5][6] It was originally named False Creek Station..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Central_Station#History

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Waterfront+Station+and+Pacific+Central+Station

LRT, Semi-metro and Heavy Rail Rapid Transit...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail#Types , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail#Comparison_to_other_rail_transit_modes

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-metro 

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

Of course when Vancouver & the greater urban region became obsessed with keeping the roads & bridges narrow, it was as if there wasn't a proper concept of having express bus lanes & dedicated rapid bus lanes.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-funding-issues-impacts-traffic-congestion

The 1959 George_Massey_Tunnel should have opened with 3 lanes each way. Plus, 2 wide emergency lanes. Then over the course of its first 2 decades, it could have become a 6 lane crossing with 2 bus & HOV lanes. 

By the 1980s, the inept 4 lane George_Massey_Tunnel should have had a parallel higher & wider bus & HOV tunnel consisting of at least another 4 lanes & at least 2 emergency lanes. Thus making it more capable as an eventual replacement to the old tunnel. Then by around 2000, there should have been a bike, truck & train bridge or tunnel as well. 

A George_Massey_Tunnel#Replacement by 2030? The first phase of this really should have been started by the 1980s. Of course the new tunnel with 8 lanes & 2 bike lanes, won't have 2 truck lanes & there won't be 2 HOV lanes. Plus, in accordance with a perpetual congestive planning mentality, there is no provision for an extension of the Canada Line to Delta.

The new tunnel should not only have had 3 general lanes each way & 1 bus lane each way, there should be 1 truck lane each way as well. Plus, 2 wide emergency lanes which could eventually be repurpose for a north & southbound rapid bus transit corridor. That's because, even if there is ever a YVR-Canada-Line to the ferry terminal, it won't be open 24 hours.

Someday the YVR-Canada-Line should not only have 2.5 car trains, but an actual 5 car train consisting of five, 20m coaches. Selective_door_operation technology would make this possible. Of course it would have simply been much better to have designed all the stations to already be at least 100m, instead of the inept 50m. Unfortunately, backward BC thinking keeps getting in the way.

https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/province-considering-filling-george-massey-tunnel-with-sand-8777369 Despite the old tunnels height restrictions, a slightly smaller version of the Road_Train could have been ideal for it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_train#Trailer_arrangements

Keeping the old tunnel as a freight corridor between Delta & Richmond would be of tremendous benefit. Delta has the Roberts_Bank_Superport & the Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal.

Richmond has the Vancouver_International_Airport & the inept Canada_Line. 

Despite budget limits at the time, the Canada_Line should have been designed to eventually have 5 car trains & ultimately, 10 car trains. It should have been envisioned as a high capacity rail link between downtown Vancouver, YVR, Richmond & Delta. With an ultimate connection between the Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal and the Horseshoe_Bay_ferry_terminal. 

For some reason Vancouver & BC never seemed to really take off in the 1980s like Calgary, Seattle & Perth. Indeed, while Vancouver seemed to continue on its sleepwalking path after Expo_86, Brisbane really started to boom after its World_Expo_88. 

Unlike SW BC, the Brisbane Airport & seaport are much closer to each other. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org If you are from Brisbane & visiting Vancouver, you will be shocked to see such a short airport train. Being from Vancouver, its difficult to grasp how Brisbane was able to build such nice long trains. This is something to be very proud of, as it can move a lot of people in both directions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Airport_railway_station,_Brisbane This opened in 2001 & Vancouver's inept version had to be ready by 2010 with just 2 car trains. Yet, Brisbane designed their train to be high capacity capable as soon as it open for service. From a backwards BC perspective, it's amazing how Queensland is able to think & function on such a grand scale & to properly allocate the necessary funds. Who knows where so much of the funds went in BC? That's because not enough of it seems to have gone into the infrastructure. 

https:://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_International_Airport#Rapid_transit_(SkyTrain) 

Unfortunately, this is an embarrassment line because, that's not a 4 car train, its only two, 2 car trains on a single track. How can Vancouver ever rank as a proper city & metropolitan area, when the trains are so short & most of the bridges are so narrow?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YVR-Airport_station Why have a double track station allowing for at least 155m - 200m long trains? Do it the backwards BC way with only a single track & a 50m station. This isn't just an example of extreme cost-cutting. Its not properly designing crucial transportation infrastructure for eventual high capacity. Fortunately, most proper big urban areas are able to think & build big right from the start. Case in point is Queensland.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sir+Leo+Hielscher+Bridges,+Queensland,+Australia

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/Gateway_Bridge This 6 lane & then a 12 lane crossing was possible, because Queensland isn't under anything like the backwater BC restrictions. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges This has the potential to still have 4 lanes each way. Plus, 1 bus lane & 1 HOV lane each way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Brisbane , https://www.portbris.com.au , 

https://www.portbris.com.au/portbris-2060

Unlike backwater BC, Queensland is able to properly think, plan, invest & build for the future. Queensland just isn't hindered by anything like the BC Mind Virus (BCMV).

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=YVR-Canada+Line This is almost the worlds shortest train, because it only has 2 cars.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=old+and+new+narrow+bridges 

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

Possible TransLink service cuts would overburden bridges and tunnels with vehicle traffic

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-funding-issues-impacts-traffic-congestion

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-trolley-bus-fleet-replacement-bidding-procurement

Loblaw parent company suffers $253M loss due to bread price-fixing settlement

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/loblaw-george-weston-limited-253-million-loss-bread-price-fixing-settlement

Some companies just can't understand why they have no sympathy from the public.

Senakw's first rental housing towers begin to take shape

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/senakw-squamish-first-nation-vancouver-towers-construction-july-2024

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

The tallest buildings in this Vancouver development should have been taller than the tallest building in NW, Burnaby, Coquitlam or Surrey. 

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/pier-west-1/30319 

178 m / 584 ft https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/complex/3304

https://www.newwestrecord.ca/real-estate-news/new-wests-changing-skyline-pier-west-towers-hit-top-heights-7676861

Senakw should have had at least 2 or 3 towers much taller than the Living_Shangri-La, the tallest in Vancouver at 200m. Something like the Crown_Sydney scale, is banned in Vancouver, but it's no problem for big thinking cities like Sydney & SF.

Tip	271.3 metres (890 ft)
Observatory	250 metres (820 feet)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Sydney#Approval

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Vancouver#Tallest_proposed_and_under_construction Most of BC is a backwater wildernes that is unapealling for people, but great for wildlife & vegetation. 

The plan was to continually thwart Vancouver, Victoria & Kelowna for as long as possible. That in turn slows down the few key areas of urban grown in BC. NSW & California, just never had the same, KEEP THEM OUT MENTALITY. Thus, they were able to think & properly plan for growth. There seems to be an unwritten rule, that as long as Vancouver can do things which are impressive to Kelowna-Victoria-Prince+George-and-Kamloops, that's good enough.

Sydney, NSW & SF, California just were never under the extreme restrictions that Vancouver has. Plus, Syd & SF haven't been under a multigenerational agenda to keep holding those scenic cities back. 

Sydney and SF aren't afraid to build taller next to a bridge, like Vancouver is. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Sydney#Tallest_buildings_(150m+)

"The taller tower, One Rincon Hill South Tower, was completed in 2008 and stands 60 stories and 641 feet (195 m) tall.^[A][B] The shorter tower, marketed as Tower Two at One Rincon Hill, was completed in 2014 and reaches a height of 541 feet (165 m) with 50 stories." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Rincon_Hill

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_San_Francisco#Tallest_under_construction,_approved_and_proposed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_central_business_district#Transport This is what you are able to do when you aren't bound by the limiting mentality & backward agenda that Vancouver has. For some reason, Vancouver hasn't been able to get established big cities to emulate its congestive & inept planning standards. That's because most major cities want to plan & implement good transportation infrastructure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#Public_transportation

Fortunately, Sydney & SF never wanted to take the backwards Vancouver approach to things.

Canada is far off from even containing 1% of the world's human population & BC has yet to have the population of 1 Switzerland. Proper infrastructure planning like in Japan & S. Korea, the UK, CH & Germany, has already been able to accommodate many more people. However, most of the world is non-white & some parts of Canada still want to hold onto the old White British Colonial mentality for as long as possible.

The Fantastic Four and the Baxter Building

https://comicbook.com/movies/news/fantastic-four-first-steps-set-photos-baxter-building-launch-pad-rko-theater-london/

It's unfortunate that the F4 tower or the Baxter-Building, didn't use the likeness of the Citigroup_Center tower.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Citigroup_center.jpg "...it is 915 feet (279 m) tall and has 1.3 million square feet (120,000 m²) of office space across 59 floors."  However, if the windows went right up to the top, it would have around 75 levels above ground.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/NYC_TotR_Queens.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citigroup_Center#Architecture

BC government orders New Westminster, Port Coquitlam, and Langley City to add 8,600 homes

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-housing-supply-act-target-orders-new-westminster-langley-city-port-coquitlam

which-large-canadian-city-has-the-most-ev-chargers

 https://www.corporateknights.com/transportation/ev-faceoff-which-large-canadian-city-has-the-most-ev-chargers/

How-developers-office-buildings-apartments-more-walkable-cities

 https://www.corporateknights.com/buildings/how-developers-office-buildings-apartments-more-walkable-cities/

Grand Paris Express

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Paris_Express#Line_15

West Vancouver seeks extension to BC government ultimatum on approving housing policies

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/west-vancouver-bc-government-housing-ultimatum

Greece's Olympic legacy: Billions spent, Decaying facilities in ruin

 https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/greece-grapples-with-olympic-legacy-decaying-facilities-and-renewed-promises/ar-BB1qLh5X

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1144355/athens-2004-the-squandered-legacy

https://www.politico.eu/article/how-the-olympics-rotted-greece/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2723515/Athens-Olympics-leave-mixed-legacy-10-years-later.html

North Shore-Metrotown SkyTrain would see 120,000 riders daily

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-shore-skytrain-burrard-inlet-rapid-transit-brt-lrt-study

Since the planned North_Shore train won't be running 24 hours a day, there should be at least 1 bus & 1 HOV lane for each direction. There should also be 2 truck lanes & at least 2 wide emergency lanes. Unfortunately, the Ironworkers-Memorial-Bridge-replacement-concept only depicts 3 general lanes each way, plus only 2 extra lanes that could become a bus & HOV lane. The shoulders don't look like they will be as wide as a regular lane, but still might barely function as an emergency lane for fire-trucks, etc. There also doesn't look like any provision for a bike & foot path for both sides of the bridge. 

Thus, once again, it's a narrow-minded Vancouver & especially a backward BC bridge, being designed to be narrower than what it should be.

https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/infrastructure/2023/07/province-planning-study-on-future-of-ironworkers-bridge

https://vancouvertraces.weebly.com/the-first-and-second-narrows-crossings.html

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

Commercial Drive social housing tower

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/800-commercial-drive-vancouver-social-housing-tower-approved

What would be a very tall building for Quesnel or Williams Lake, still gets some small minded Vancouver people upset.

The Vancouver (stump) House

https://upload.wikimedia.org/Vancouver_House

Vancouver_House is a small building compared to what's allowed in real cities.  

155.6 m / 511 ft

Floors52 https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/vancouver-house/13987 Its almost 230 feet shoter than a simialar building in Calgary. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/TELUS_SKY

225.4 m / 740 ft

Floors59 https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/telus-sky/15466

Since Telus_Sky is in Calgary, it's not under any of the Vancouver type restrictions.

 https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2020/03/06/lights-out-at-vancouver-house/

So many things are mixed up or upside-down in backward Vancouver. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/Calgary_Skyline_May_2018 

https://upload.wikimedia.org In 1984 the taller tower was the tallest in Western Canada. The stump next to it would be equivalent to one of the tallest towers in backwater BC.

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

https://upload.wikimedia.org/Telus_Sky_September_2017 

https://upload.wikimedia.org Just another stump in Calgary, but it would be a significant size tower in watered down Vancouver.

125 m / 410 ft

Floors30 https://www.skyscrapercentre.com/building/encana-place/12685 




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

Under the Broadway Plan, 6 tower rezonings on West 11th Avenue in Fairview (Burrard to Alder)

All would demolish existing rental buildings. How many renters will be displaced? https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2024/07/26/six-tower-sites-w11th-ave-pine-to-alder-all-sites-include-rental-buildings/

A New vision for the Gastown waterfront railyard in downtown Vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/downtown-vancouver-central-waterfront-gastown-railyard-farrells-arup

Every time that Vancouver has a chance to have what would be a tall building in Seattle or Calgary, its canceled. 

https://x.com/CityHallWchVAN/status/1517347123225718785

taller towers vs. stumps

 

https://westendneighbours.wordpress.com/2023/05/09/public-hearing-may-9-includes-57-60-storey-towers-1080-barclay/

https://westendneighbours.wordpress.com/archives/2499-2/

https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2024/04/29/s101s-understanding-shadow-studies-why-they-matter/

https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2024/06/17/broadway-plan-shenanigans/

Copenhagen

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

Denmark - The State of Happiness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTJnu6lAhvM

50% of bus service and 30% of SkyTrain and SeaBus services could be eliminated due to funding shortfall

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-metro-vancouver-public-transit-service-cuts-2026

Such a backward city & region. Everything has to be watered down in backwater BC.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-funding-service-bc-conservatives-john-rustad

A North Shore Skytrain on a new Ironworkers Memorial Bridge?

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-united-north-shore-skytrain-ironworkers-memorial-bridge

Either a rapid-bus crossing first, or a train crossing with 2 buss lanes for whenever the train is shut down. The NW Skybridge wasn't designed to have 2 bus & 2 bike lanes & 2 footpaths. Thus, the SkyBridge to Surrey remains as a fine inept example of backward BC planning. 

The North-Arm-Bridge to Richmond was also not designed to have 2 bus lanes, 2 bike lanes & 2 footpaths. Just one combined bike & footpath. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Arm_Bridge

Unfortunately, Greater Vancouver doesn't want to provide 24hr trains. Yet, there seems to be a reluctance to have a series of regional bus-bridges, because most of the existing bridges are too narrow to have 2 extra bus lanes.

https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/infrastructure/2023/07/province-planning-study-on-future-of-ironworkers-bridge

https://vancouvertraces.weebly.com/the-first-and-second-narrows-crossings.html

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

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=North+Shore+of+Greater+Vancouver

A Fraser River boat tour takes you under five existing and future Metro Vancouver bridges

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/paddlewheeler-riverboat-tours-mv-native-new-westminster-fraser-river-cruises Unfortunatly, most bridges in BC are built to conform to a narrow-minded standard.

Had there been a proper urban vision between NW & Surrey 50-100 years ago, there would have been a lot more bridges by now. It seems that NW just wanted to be a provincial backwater. Eventually, Surrey kept growing & now its planning to become the largest city in BC. Back in the day, just like little NW, Surrey never saw it self as ever becoming a major river city like Portland, Calgary, Edmonton or Winnipeg. 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:New_Westminster 

By the late 1800s and especially by 1910, Portland really started to see itself as a major river city. Just look at how many more bridges there are than what's in between NW & Surrey. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Portland,_Oregon#Bridges

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crossings_of_the_Willamette_River Most of these bridges aren't freeway or expressway crossings. They are just for general street access.

There should have been something like the Tilikum_Crossing between NW and Surrey by now. There also should have been something like a Tilikum_Crossing between Vancouver and Richmond. 

Fortunately, the backwater BC mentality never made it down to Oregon.

https://www.travelportland.com/attractions/portland-bridges

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_Portland,_Oregon

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

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=New+Westminster

Automated speed enforcement needed on Stanley Park Causeway and Lions Gate Bridge to improve safety

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/stanley-park-causeway-vancouver-automated-speed-enforcement

A new highway tunnel, as well as a new water tunnel under the park would make such a big difference.

https://westendneighbours.wordpress.com/2023/11/01/stanley-park-water-supply-tunnel

History of (the inept) Lions Gate Bridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHqi7Kijedw

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

George Massey tunnel-new-replacement-contractor-selected

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-tunnel-new-replacement-contractor-selected-bc 

This new 8 lane tunnel should be the first phase of a regional transportation crossing. There should be a followup YVR-ferry terminal link between Richmond and Delta, someday.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Massey+Tunnel+replacement 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Richmond+and+Delta

BC Ferries criticized for lack of bike racks

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-ferries-bike-racks

Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA plans for a new I-5 bridge over the Columbia River

https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2024/03/07/interstate-5-bridge-columbia-river-new-construction

The Columbia_River_Crossing between Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA 

https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2024/03/07/interstate-5-bridge-columbia-river-new-construction

https://thirdbridgenow.org/benefits-impacts

https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/dec/15/clark-county-council-areas-state-legislators-agree-third-bridge-needed-over-columbia-river

This won't be some inept V-BC narrow bridge.

Netherlands

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

A very flat & low land that's about the same size as Switzerland, but with twice the population.

https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/netherlands/switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland has 8.9 million people & can fit into BC about 23 times. BC has yet to reach the population of one Switzerland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland#Largest_cities

Unless BC claims to have a different set of physics than that of CH, mountains can't be used as an excuse for limited urban growth & density.

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

Italy & Japan also have plenty of mountains, but that hasn't prevented them from proper planning & infrastructure development.

https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/switzerland/netherlands A very flat country with about double the population of CH.

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

Metro Vancouver expected to grow by 50,000 people a year

 https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/metro-vancouver-expected-grow-50,000-people-year

Of course all the real big cities around the world are able to properly plan & build up an appropriate level of infrastructure, were as Greater Vancouver keeps taking a scaled back approach. Especially within the small city limits of  Vancouver.

Little backwater NW should have been properly planned as a gateway between Surrey, Burnaby & Coquitlam, decades ago. However, there has been a multi-generational resistance mentality & its quite apparent in the stunted infrastructure.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9489375/pattullo-replacement-six-lanes-debate Open the new P Bridge with only 4 lanes & no emergency lanes, because 2 extra bus & HOV lanes would be what a proper big city would do. Make sure that there is no provision for a LRT deck, because NW & Surrey only needs one rail transit line. A provision for a 2nd deck would ensure future truck capacity, but that would mean to properly plan for growth. This multi-generational congestive planning approach in BC is so absurd. 

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-replacement-crossing-capacity-small

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skybridge_(TransLink) When the SkyBridge between NW & Surrey opened in 1990, there was no provision to have 2 bus & HOV lanes. Of course there were no bike lanes & footpaths on the bridge. Apparently, it was better to just squeeze all bike & foot traffic onto the very narrow Pattullo_Bridge, which only has 1 sidewalk no wider than a bathtub.

https://evelazarus.com/aborted-plans-a-third-crossing-for-the-north-shore While V-BC celebrated the cancelation of a series of freeway plans through the small city between the 1950s & into the early 70s, there was never a proper follow-up to a North Shore rapid-transit crossing.

https://www.nsnews.com/opinion/letters-lets-get-going-on-a-third-crossing-for-north-shore-6436538 It is pathetic & embarasing that a bike, bus & train bridge wasn't built across the North+Shore inlet at least by the mid 1980s.

https://www.nsnews.com/opinion/almost-two-thirds-of-north-shore-readers-say-a-new-bridge-is-needed-6423723 It is absurd that there wont be a train, bus & bike bridge crossing the inlet by 2025 or even 2030. https://council.vancouver.ca/010313/tt2.htm

The only hope seems to be an eventual replacement or some kind of upgrade to the Iron Bridge. Transportation_in_Vancouver has always been on a smaller scale than what it should be. 

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/a-look-at-six-possible-routes-for-rapid-transit-across-burrard-inlet

https://globalnews.ca/news/3765300/little-hope-of-third-crossing-to-north-shore-as-traffic-woes-worsen/

https://viewpointvancouver.ca/2016/08/26/first-rule-for-a-third-crossing

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/this-week-in-history-1967-wacky-bennett-and-tom-terrific-team-up-to-push-for-a-third-crossing Of course a new bus and train bridge should have still been built. Having a freeway system within the city limits of Vancouver would have been too damaging. People got so freaked out about it and didn't properly realize that there still should have been 2 bus lanes and 2 HOV lanes crossing the inlet. The plan should have also included 2 truck lanes and at least 2 train tracks in a bridge or tunnel, no freeway required, just a link to the surface streets of Vancouver & North Vancouver.

BC doesn't even have the population of one Switzerland. Yet, many local people already say that BC is too populated. WTH? Most of the worlds population is non-white. Keeping the infrastructure short, small & narrow is a strange way to symbolically refuse to build for more people on a mostly non-white world. 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=North+Shore+of+Greater+Vancouver

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=V-BC

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

Should-Vancouver-get-dedicated-bus-lanes-on-these-routes?

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/should-vancouver-get-dedicated-bus-lanes-on-these-routes-9238789

So many narrow streets & especially narrow bridges makes for quite a challenge. Almost every bridge in Greater Vancouver should have had bus & bike bridges built next to them decades ago. Unfortunately, the congestive planning approach keeps winning out.

Victoria and New Westminster, BC

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

Unlike little Victoria, New_Westminster is part of an urban region with over a few million people.

https://www.britannica.com/place/New-Westminster

Victoria like NW, was started off as just a backwater provincial capital. 

Despite the reluctance for most of its history, Greater_Victoria might start to exceed Halifax,_Nova_Scotia. Then eventually, it could catch up to Quebec_City and Winnipeg, which are known for their very cold winters. Of course as more people in Canada realize that SW BC has the mildest winters, there will be more growth. 

Toronto is the largest provincial capital in Canada & is more on the scale of the state capitals of Melbourne & Sydney. One might have to go back to the Edmonton of the 1960s, to see when it was just starting to emerge from being a provincial backwater like Victoria. Despite the very cold winters and the lack of Chinook-winds, Edmonton has become the largest provincial in Canada, after Toronto. 

For Greater Victoria to ever catch up to or rival Edmonton, there would have to be a Victoria-Naimo urban region. There would have to be a proper passenger & freight corridor of 2 fenced off tracks & eventually at least 4 tracks. Plus, a proper highway with truck, bus & HOV lanes & parallel bike paths.

Over the decades, the Vancouver Island_Rail_Corridor was allowed to become dormant, as it just happened to fit in with the backwater BC approach to things. However, the half-assed planning approach that is so common in backward BC, has to be challenged & corrected.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Rail_Corridor#Railway_dormancy_and_delayed_re-openings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Rail_Corridor#Rapid_transit_on_E&N_in_Victoria

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/transportation-reports-and-reference/reports-studies/vancouver-island/island-rail

https://www.islandrail.ca/rail/rail-service-plans 

530-columbia-street-new-westminster-marriott-hotel-tower-redevelopment

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/columbia-theatre-530-columbia-street-new-westminster-marriott-hotel-tower-redevelopment

NW has to stop pretending that it's just another backwater & realize that its part of an urban region with over a few million people.

Vancouver's-new-bus-lanes-automated-enforcement-proposal

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-new-bus-lanes-automated-enforcement-proposal

tiktok-vancouver-office-bentall-centre

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/tiktok-vancouver-office-bentall-centre

sacred-waters-development-in langley-township

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/sacred-waters-development-langley-township-redevelopment-86-avenue-carvolth

aimforce-development-group-vancouver-developer-mortgage-foreclosure

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/aimforce-development-group-vancouver-developer-mortgage-foreclosure

BC Okanagan Valley Region

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

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/okanagan-valley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelowna#Transportation

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/okanagan-valley-electric-regional-passenger-rail-over-pr-lrt-kelowna There should be a properly separated highspeed train between Kelowna & Kamloops. Plus, a proper highway with truck, bus & HOV lanes. 

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

Kelowna was in the backwater BC trap for generations, now it's starting to be the centerpiece of a potentially substantial urban area.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=K-V-PG-K

the next generation of TTC subway trains

 https://dailyhive.com/toronto/new-ttc-subway-trains

new-ttc-subway-trains

 https://dailyhive.com/toronto/new-ttc-subway-trains

Vancouver is overhauling its longstanding view corridor and shadow policies

 https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/vancouver-overhauls-longstanding-view-protection-policy-to-boost-housing-production

The+Vancouver+view+corridor+agenda has been so firmly entrenched for so long that the city remains perpetually stunted. Just look at how scaled back the overall infrastructure is.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10616897/vancouver-city-council-removes-view-cones For most of the history of BC since coloial times, Vancouver was the only place for a major city to exist.

https://storeys.com/vancouver-view-cones-no-match-density Thus, buy holding back & thwarting the scale of Vancouver, BC was also stunted.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-public-view-cones-protected-public-views-changes-increased-housing-1.7255487

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/should-vancouver-relax-some-view-corridor-building-restrictions-to-allow-for-more-housing-1.6584076

https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/projects/2023/12/preserving-vancouvers-vista-insight-into-the-citys-view-protection-policy

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/review-vancouver-view-cones-density-1.6985425

https://viewpointvancouver.ca/2018/02/12/urbanist-melody-ma-the-vancouver-view-corridors-why-they-are-important/

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=the+Vancouver+view+corridor+agenda

Has Vancouver’s Lost Lagoon become a ’44-acre mud puddle?’

 https://globalnews.ca/news/10620618/vancouver-lost-lagoon-mud-puddle/

Such a pathetic joke. Why not just turn it into an open toilet?