https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Airport_station Wow, a real semi-long train vs. the short train to YVR.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverliner_V#RTD_Commuter_Rail
Saturday, December 14, 2024
Denver RTD vs. the C-Train of Calgary
The $6 Billion Transit Project with No Ridership https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkI6Fmet4FE
Of course there needs to be more things built close to the stations to increase ridership.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Denver_RTD_rail_stations
Silverliner V trains are used on the RTD's A, B, G and N lines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverliner_V#RTD_Commuter_Rail
| Car length | 85 ft 0 in (25.91 m) |
|---|
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTrain#Further_underground_infrastructure Any underground stations or trench stations won't be an 80m or 50m joke like in backward Vancouver.
HOV Lanes vs. Bus and Truck Lanes
Carpool Lanes: Commuting Miracle or Enormous Waste of Space? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FYeebu0S4c
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-occupancy_vehicle_lane
https://truenorthideas.org/are-hov-lanes-really-a-good-idea
A bus lane will more a lot more people than any HOV lane. A truck lane will always move more freight or payload than a HOV lane.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-occupancy_vehicle_lane#Canada
https://www.drivesmartbc.ca/lanes/using-hov-lanes
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-hov-lane-incident-debate
https://www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/hov-lanes-dont-make-sense
https://www.witpress.com/Secure/elibrary/papers/UT06/UT06019FU1.pdf
RapidBus (TransLink BC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RapidBus_(TransLink) BRT
Unless there is a series of us bridges or tunnels for BRT, it will just be another watered down transportation BC joke.
https://www.translink.ca/plans-and-projects/projects/rapid-transit-projects/bus-rapid-transit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RapidBus_(TransLink)#Metrotown_to_North_Shore
A proper Bus RT line will always move more people than any carpool or HOV lane.
Bus Lanes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_lane
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_lane#Design
A bus lane will always move more people than any HOV lane.
Friday, December 13, 2024
Why some Vancouver buildings reject "unlucky" 13 and other numbers
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/unlucky-numbers-real-estate-rules
Nevermind a 13th floor, there was a time when Vancouver and any city in BC didn't have any buildings over a dozen floors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Building 14
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Tower 17
The Marine_Building has more than 13, but not 26, only 21. floors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Building#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Vancouver 17
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Vancouver#Timeline_of_tallest_buildings
City of North Vancouver Top’s List of Canada’s Liveable Cities in 2024
There is North_Vancouver_(city) and then there is North_Vancouver_(district_municipality).
https://dailyhive.com/canada/canada-most-liveable-cities-ranking-2024
As long as you have everything you need on the North Shore, you are fine. Otherwise, you will be punished for using the inadequate The+Lion+Bridge+and+The+Iron+Bridge.
https://www.upperlonsdale.ca/blog/87130/north-vancouver-ranked-1-in-canada
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/article-canada-most-livable-city-north-vancouver/
Unfortunatly, transportation planners haven't seen a need to link Horseshoe Bay and Park Royal with downtown Vancouver. Indeed, a direct LRT connection from the North_Shore_of Greater_Vancouver to YVR might as well be part of a Sci-Fi story. However, multigenerational congestive planning in Vancouver is a harsh reality.
A 3 lane Lion Bridge never had any bus tunnels & especially an LRT line built far under it. The bridge is too narrow to accommodate one, let alone 2 proper bus lanes. This is the finest in BC bottleneck stagnation planning.
The Iron_Bridge was built too narrow for an urban TCH crossing. Unfortunatly, no one planned or designed it to eventually have a lower deck for buses, trains & trucks.
https://www.cnv.org/streets-transportation/travel-options/transit A bus and truck bridge should have been built next to the Iron Bridge, decades ago. Why do that, when you can cram everything into just 3 lanes each way?
https://www.translink.ca/plans-and-projects/projects/rapid-transit-projects/bus-rapid-transit
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-shore-skytrain-burrard-inlet-rapid-transit-brt-lrt-study
https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/opinion-lrt-remains-the-best-option-for-north-shore-rapid-transit-9643033 Of course a train would be able to move many more people efficiently.
The Institutional like interiors of The Butterfly tower in Vancouver
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/butterfly-tower-interiors-reaction-medical-clinic
There is a sort of WestWorld robot maintenance facility look to it.
https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Behavior_Lab_and_Diagnostics
https://www.inverse.com/article/22166-how-the-westworld-laboratory-makes-robots-and-realism-hbo
Main Cities in BC, Canada
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia#Cities
Despite the BC part of Canada being big enough to contain Switzerland some 23 times over, BC has yet to reach the population of just one CH.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_British_Columbia#Metropolitan_areas
So much urban infrastructure in BC hasn't been designed for future higher capacity demands.
https://www.nsnews.com/real-estate/bc-cities-turning-to-ai-to-speed-up-housing-approvals-9949325
With so many narrow bridges, there should have been several bus & bike bridges built to augment them. Of course Vancouver would opt to have shorter underground train stations than what Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton & Seattle have. Short stations means short trains, which means less capacity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Valley_Regional_District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Regional_District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_District_of_Nanaimo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George,_British_Columbia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_District_of_Fraser%E2%80%93Fort_George
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelowna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_District_of_Central_Okanagan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penticton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_District_of_Okanagan-Similkameen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamloops
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson-Nicola_Regional_District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanaimo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_District_of_Nanaimo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan,_British_Columbia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowichan_Valley_Regional_District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtenay,_British_Columbia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comox_Valley_Regional_District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_St._John,_British_Columbia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_River_Regional_District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert,_British_Columbia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Coast_Regional_District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_District_of_Kitimat%E2%80
The removal of some Broadway Plan tower height limits
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-plan-amendments-vancouver-december-2024-approved
Most of BC is a mountainous wilderness that will likely always remain unpopulated. While there are dozens of cities_in_British_Columbia, there are only a few key regions for major population areas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Valley_Regional_District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Regional_District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_District_of_Nanaimo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George,_British_Columbia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_District_of_Fraser%E2%80%93Fort_George
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelowna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_District_of_Central_Okanagan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penticton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_District_of_Okanagan-Similkameen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamloops
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson-Nicola_Regional_District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanaimo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_District_of_Nanaimo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan,_British_Columbia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowichan_Valley_Regional_District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtenay,_British_Columbia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comox_Valley_Regional_District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_St._John,_British_Columbia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_River_Regional_District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert,_British_Columbia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Coast_Regional_District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_District_of_Kitimat%E2%80%93Stikine
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Canada and Australia
Canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD5ejnj2miw
Why living in Canada has become Impossible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJHm03osbHc
Why life in Australia has become Impossible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2chYfJ4cRs
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
One Delisle condo-tower
https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2024/12/1-delisle-ave-toronto/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Clair_station
https://www.ttc.ca/subway-stations/st-clair-station
https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2024/12/135-st-clair-avenue-west-toronto/
https://toronto.urbanize.city/post/49-storey-tower-proposed-avenue-road-and-st-clair
https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2024/03/resubmission-bumps-st-clair-station-proposal-50-storeys.55425
Slow construction progress on the Broadway Subway
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-subway-vancouver-construction-progress-fall-2024
The tunnel should have gone all the way to what would eventually become the main UBC station. Then, just left in a roughed out state until it was time to complete phase 2 of the Broadway Subway. As usual, there is just something strange about Vancouver & BC in general, that makes it difficult to build infrastructure for much higher future capacity demands.
A signal issue shuts down an entire TTC subway line
Eventually, all such urban train networks will become fully automated.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ttc-subway-signal-problem-1.7407212
The loss of various jobs for people over the next few decades could be rough for people.
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/12/11/ttc-subway-signal-issue-line-1/
A totally AI run machine world could eventually produce a very efficient, but inhumane world.
https://nowtoronto.com/news/ttc-riders-faced-multiple-delays-during-monday-morning-rush-hour/
Luxurious apartments in Calgary
https://dailyhive.com/calgary/calgary-apartments-for-sale-rare
https://www.zillow.com/calgary-ab/luxury-apartments/
https://www.apartments.com/calgary-ab/luxury/
There is nothing wrong with luxurious apartments and condominiums. There just needs to be more affordable or low cost housing built as well.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/65+Edmonton+Trl,+Calgary,+AB
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_Calgary#Crossings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconciliation_Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Drive_(Calgary)
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
How public transit held up during Taylor Swift's Vancouver concerts
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-event-traffic-congestion-public-transit
A small & narrow urban road system must be augmented by long rail rapid transit trains.
Thus, the SkyTrain should have been designed to eventually have longer stations, which could accomodate 8-10 car trains.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_(Vancouver)#Rolling_stock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Metro#Current
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPM-10
| 9 articulated cars per train |
| 152.43 m (500 ft 11⁄8 in) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPM-10#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MR-73
| 3 cars per trainset, operating as 6- or 9-car trains |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MR-73#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_subway#Rolling_stock
- 6-car set (Line 1)
- 4-car set (Line 4)
Some of Metro Vancouver's Future Transit Plans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVVfYwn7vmI
Is Regional Rail the Future of British Columbia? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PeIOVy6fFc
The Fraser River Tunnel Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWhHJWKa6CQ
History of the inept George Massey Tunnel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3kr2WaevpY
Monday, December 9, 2024
Prominent Toronto office tower will be completely demolished
https://dailyhive.com/toronto/prominent-toronto-office-tower-completely-demolished There is a time when a stumpy Vancouver size building must be replaced with a Toronto size tower.
Saturday, December 7, 2024
The Aloha Tower
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Tower , https://alohatower.com/index.html
https://alohatower.com/history/index.html
https://www.hvcb.org/listing/aloha-tower/109349/
https://www.hawaiiactivities.com/travelguide/aloha-tower/
https://www.gohawaii.com/islands/oahu/regions/honolulu/aloha-tower
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel
The Louis-Hippolyte_Lafontaine_Bridge-Tunnel should have had been designed to have 2 wide emergency lanes. Then by now, there could have easily been 4 lanes each way. Unlike backward Vancouver, which is on a peninsula, Montreal is on an island, so more bridges & tunnels are necessary. However, Greater Vancouver still doesn't have enough bridges for proper a proper network of express bus & HOV lanes.
https://www.parsons.com/project/louis-hippolyte-lafontaine-tunnel-quebec-canada/
There really should have been a bus & HOV bridge or tunnel there by now. Everything is still crammed into 3 lanes each way.
The Pierre Laporte Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Laporte_Bridge
https://structurae.net/en/structures/pierre-laporte-bridge
Unfortunatly, the bridge doesn't have a lower deck. Perhaps some extensive upgrades or modifications could turn the Pont_pierre_laporte into a megacrossing. For now, there are no bus & HOV lanes.
The+Quebec+Bridge only has 3 lanes.
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
The Quebec Bridge (1919)
The Quebec_Bridge was quite an amazing structure for its time in Q-City. Unfortunatly, the bridge wasn't designed to eventually have 2 decks. That would have been so great, because there could have been 3 lanes & 1 set of train tracks on each level. It only has a total of three lanes & 1 track.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Bridge#Second_design_and_collapse_of_September_11,_1916
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Bridge#Aftermath_of_the_collapse
After 5 years of reconstruction, Notre Dame will reopen to the public
https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2024/12/02/reopening-notre-dame-cathedral/
https://parisjetaime.com/eng/article/notre-dame-the-current-situation-a741
https://rebatirnotredamedeparis.fr/en
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Notre-Dame+de+Paris
Metro Vancouver's TransLink now has Canada's second-highest public transit ridership per capita
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-highest-public-transit-ridership-per-capita
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-translink-bus-ridership-busiest-north-america
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-skytrain-ridership-north-america-comparison-recovery
Monday, December 2, 2024
I-5 reduced to 2 lanes over Ship Canal Bridge for 9 months in 2025
With only 2 lanes each way, you can pretend that you are in Vancouver, BC for a while.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_Canal_Bridge https://www.historylink.org/File/3312
https://mynorthwest.com/3931367/when-i-5-ship-canal-bridge-became-13-million-parking-lot/
Bridgeport Station
https://thecanadaline.com/station-guides/bridgeport
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bridgeport+Station/@49.1955328,-123.1260566,3a,75y/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipNeB3PmTgAAkCrCzjp_6su-GWMbTzyPQ2f2g8pG!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNeB3PmTgAAkCrCzjp_6su-GWMbTzyPQ2f2g8pG%3Dw203-h152-k-no!7i3824!8i2868!4m16!1m8!3m7!1s0x548673f143a94fb3:0xbb9196ea9b81f38b!2sVancouver,+BC!3b1!8m2!3d49.2827291!4d-123.1207375!16zL20vMDgwaDI!3m6!1s0x548674e128ff0b2f:0xf03b13fb056e5501!8m2!3d49.1955328!4d-123.1260566!10e5!16zL20vMGN0M3du?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTEyNC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D 2 level bus https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bridgeport+Station/@49.1955328,-123.1260566,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipNSz_hyLAJ31_XTHUWhLd-e-HmscX9c6YMLMNK3!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNSz_hyLAJ31_XTHUWhLd-e-HmscX9c6YMLMNK3%3Dw203-h114-k-no!7i2688!8i1512!4m16!1m8!3m7!1s0x548673f143a94fb3:0xbb9196ea9b81f38b!2sVancouver,+BC!3b1!8m2!3d49.2827291!4d-123.1207375!16zL20vMDgwaDI!3m6!1s0x548674e128ff0b2f:0xf03b13fb056e5501!8m2!3d49.1955328!4d-123.1260566!10e5!16zL20vMGN0M3du?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTEyNC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Canada's Indo-Pacific Strategy
https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/441/CACN/Reports/RP13512303/cacnrp09/cacnrp09-e.pdf
https://www.asiapacific.ca/publication/strategic-reflections-first-anniversary-indo-pacific-strategy
Canada is the second largest country on earth. It has three ocean borders:
- the Pacific Ocean in the west
- the Atlantic Ocean in the east
- the Arctic Ocean to the north
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/settle-canada/land-climate.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Canada#Hydrography
Is it more expensive to live in Vancouver or Toronto?
In Vancouver almost everything is watered down or scaled back, but still very expensive. Compared to Toronto, Vancouver is a toy city or like a movie set.
Sunday, December 1, 2024
The Airport Express Train
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flytoget , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_Airport_Station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_Airport#Rail , https://www.frankfurt-airport.com/en/transport-and-parking/by-train/lufthansa-express-rail.html , https://www.lufthansa.com/ca/en/lufthansa-express-rail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pearson_Express , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pearson_Express#Route , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pearson_Express#Rolling_stock , https://www.torontopearson.com/en/transportation-and-parking/up-express , https://www.upexpress.com/en
Friday, November 29, 2024
Its not just Yaletown that's unaffordable
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-realtor-billboard-ad
High-end housing isn't the problem for those who can afford it. There just isn't a proper incentive initiative to always make sure that there is also an affordable housing available.
Diesel made from old cooking oil to feed Metro Vancouver truck fleet
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/diesel-made-from-old-cooking-oil-to-feed-metro-vancouver-truck-fleet-9874319At least the anti-diesel crown won't be able to stop this.
Train cuts off only road access to Surrey's Crescent Beach for hours
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/train-crescent-beach
Unfortunatly, all the freight and passenger rail corridors in Greater Vancouver still haven't been double tracked. Some sections should even have 4 sets of main tracks. But BC is all about promoting and maintaining congestion and thwarting mobility.
Cambie Street Bridge repairs choke traffic out of downtown Vancouver
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/cambie-bridge-repairs-choke-traffic-downtown
Of course Vancouver won't build anything like the Boorloo_Bridge for bikes & pedestrians. Apparently, it's much better to take a lane away from the Cambie Bridge.
Fortunately, the backward Vancouver mentality never made it over to Perth. Otherwise, the The_Third_Causeway bridge would have had 1 or 2 lanes removed.
With 6 lanes, The_Causeway_in_Victoria_Park, Perth provides a nice 6 lane crossing. Unlike backward Vancouver the Causeway in Perth was allowed to have 3 lanes each way. The key component is that the 3rd lane each way is for busses. In contrast, absurd Vancouver won't allow for a proper bus & bike bridge network to be built, because it would rather keep its bridges as narrow & congested as possible.
No need for a bus-bridge there, because no one from backwards Vancouver convinced Perth to get rid of those 2 bus lanes.
It's very strange that Vancouver refused to have something like the 6 lane Causeway+Bridge in the 21st century. A 3rd lane each way for buses on the Causeway+Bridge makes so much sense in Perth. However, for stubborn Vancouver, such measures might help to improve mobility.
Apparently, Vancouver has no plans to build something like the Boorloo_Bridge or the Esplanade+Riel+Footbridge next to the Cambie & Burrard Bridges. Thus, the Cambie has lost a lane & the Burrard has lost 2 lanes. Had both bridges been allowed to retain 6 lanes, they both could have provided 2 bus lanes.
The Cushing+Bridge is a 4 lane bridge in Calgary. Thus, like the Oak Bridge & the Knight+Street+Bridge in Vancouver, there was no room for 2 bus lanes on them. Unlike, backward Vancouver, Calgary was able to build a 2 lane bus bridge right next to its Cushing+Bridge.
Fortunately, the horrible transportation planning mentality of Vancouver was never adopted in Perth & Calgary. Either you have a wide enough bridge for busses, or you build bus & bike bridges to help the existing bridges.
The Norwood+Bridge in Winnipeg provides at least 6 lanes, so a couple of bus lanes isn't a problem.
Singapore built its Helix_Bridge instead of removing lanes from the other bridges.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Cambie+Street+Bridge
Thursday, November 28, 2024
BC Hydro imported a quarter of the province’s power in the last 12 months
https://globalnews.ca/news/10892803/bc-hydro-imported-quarter-power-12-months/
There really should be a diversified power generating power system in backward BC.
Are Two major BC cities really at risk of disappearing due to rising tides?
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/victoria-vancouver-rising-sea-levels
Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, GC City, Singapore, Honolulu, SF and Seattle don't seem to be that concerned. They have had no problem building right next to the seawater shore.
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends.html
https://www.sealevel.info/MSL_graph.php?id=822-116
Apparently, a different set of physics is at work in backward BC. A few centimeters or even a few inches over the course of a century, gives cities plenty of time to prepare. Amsterdam and New Orleans still plan to be up and running. The main concern is to prevent a WW3 scenario.
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Prince Rupert has Canada's 3rd busiest port
City says boil water notices will keep happening as it works to replace century-old water system https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/prince-rupert-water-problems-1.7394095
Elizabeth Quay West in Perth, WA
https://www.skyscrapercentre.com/building/elizabeth-quay-west/27327 186 m / 610 ft
Unlike heavily restrictive Vancouver, BC, Perth, Sydney, Queensland & Singapore are allowed to build tall very close to the seawater.
https://thetowers.com.au/the-future-of-elizabeth-quay/
https://www.skyscrapercentre.com/complex/2185 , https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=142273
https://bgeeng.com/projects/eq-west-lots-2-and-3-elizabeth-quay/
https://mice.net.au/perths-elizabeth-quay-spurs-business-events/
https://thetowers.com.au/architecture/
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=47&status=15
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Calgary's Green Line debuts southeast station designs
https://calgary.citynews.ca/video/2024/11/25/calgarys-green-line-debuts-southeast-station-designs
https://www.calgarytransit.com/plans---projects/lrt/green-line.html
https://www.calgary.ca/green-line.html
https://www.calgary.ca/green-line/about/future-extensions.html Somehow Calgary is able to have a long-term vision to have a long north & south line running through the downtown. For Vancouver, it was tough enough just to have a line into Richmond. That should have just been the first phase which could have eventually connected Downtown Vancouver with W. Vancouver and Delta with Richmond.
https://www.calgary.ca/green-line/about/connecting-calgarians.html
Calgary vs. Edmonton
https://dailyhive.com/calgary/alberta-calgary-edmonton-real-estate-buy-homes
Calgary has a lot more tall buildings.
https://www.calgary.com/blog/calgary-vs-edmonton-ab
Edmonton has a cool downtown LRT subway.
Of course having the tallest skyscrapers & the longest subway stations in Western_Canada doesn't matter to a lot of people.
If you are from Calgary & visit Vancouver, you will be surprised as to how small most of the buildings are in Vancouver. If you are visiting from Edmonton, you will be surprised to see how much shorter the underground SkyTrain stations are when compared to the downtown LRT subway in Edmonton.
If you are from Edmonton, you will be surprised to see how small backwater Victoria, BC is, despite it being in a mild winter climate. Edmonton isn't just a mighty provincial Capital, it's almost on the same urban scale as Perth, WA. That's despite Edmonton being in a very cold winter climate zone.
Fortunately, BC was never able to gobble up Alberta, or strongly influence it. BC stopped a huge destination mall from being built in the 1980s. However, BC wasn't able to stop the West_Edmonton_Mall from being built.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Edmonton_Mall#West_Edmonton_Mall_Transit_Centre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Line_(Edmonton)#Valley_Line_West_(under_construction)
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/ETS_LRT_System_%28long-term%29.svg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton_LRT#Overview_of_planned_lines
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Edmonton
Monday, November 25, 2024
Edmonton city council discusses how to help newcomers
"The city is preparing to hit a population of two million, which means an increase in Edmontonians using city services." https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2024/11/25/edmonton-city-council-helping-newcomers
Proposal to eliminate car lane on Mountain Highway in North Vancouver for new bike lanes irks residents
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/mountain-highway-bike-lanes-north-vancouver-proposal This is already a narrow road to begin with.
Every effort should be made to widen the sidewalks inward so that a bike lane can also be accomodated. Taking any lane away from a neighborhood on a regional connecting road will just cause even more congestion.
Unfortunatly, Greater Vancouver has so many narrow streets and narrow sidewalks.
Saturday, November 23, 2024
The Struggle to Complete Hawaii’s $11B Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLXZ0eIY_do
At least Honolulu eventually got it started.
The Broadway Tower Plan
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-plan-towers-yimbys-vancouver
The part of Broadway just south of the downtown Vancouver core is ideally suited to be a 2nd downtown. Despite having some view corridor protections, Downtown_Montreal and Austin are still allowed to build taller than what's allowed in Vancouver.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Montreal#Tallest_buildings
Montreal already has three 200m towers, with 3 more 200m towers under_construction. Plus, 3 more 200m buildings_in_the planning stages. In contrast very strict Vancouver, has only permitted one 200m building. Any taller building in BC must be built outside of the city limits of Vancouver.
Downtown_Austin has 3 towers over 200m, with four more towers over 200m under construction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Austin,_Texas
There are at least another four towers over 200m being planned.
The Living_Shangri-La tower is the only 200m building allowed in Downtown_Vancouver. It looks like there will be no other 200m tower permitted anywhere in Vancouver for the foreseeable future. For most of its history, the biggest stuff in the BC part of Canada was only in extremely restrictive Vancouver.
However, Burnaby will now have the tallest_buildings_in_British_Columbia and Vancouver can't stop it. Eventually, Surrey might have some of the tallest buildings in BC, but that still could be a ways off.
Friday, November 22, 2024
Thursday, November 21, 2024
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