Several months after the City of Vancouver missed the deadline to pursue federal funding for Prior-Venables road upgrade

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/prior-venables-street-underpass-railway-vancouver-project-funding-deadline Of course, because Vancouver sure has a knack for missing the boat.

At the very least, by now there should have been a wide bike-bridge there on Union Street. 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/false-creek-flats-arterial-road-prior-venables-train-overpass-1.5088409

Several years ago, Union-Adanac Street was designated to be part of a major east-west bike route in the city, but as usual, Vancouver hasn't built enough bike-bridges. Two blocks north is the Pedestrian+Bridge+near+Raymur+Ave.+&+Keefer+Street. However, its not a proper bike-bridge, as its more for pedestrians.

https://thedailyscan.providencehealthcare.org/2019/09/125-million-prior-venables-route-recommended-for-false-creek-flats-arterial-road-renderings-new-sph/

https://strathcona-residents.org/issues/calm-prior The local residents have their concerns about the Prior-Venables corridor.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/big-win-for-prior-street-residents-as-vancouver-council-backs-calming-plan

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/prior-street-traffic-calming-1.5307007

https://globalnews.ca/news/5967486/false-creek-new-road-city/

https://www.straight.com/news/1174396/vancouver-panel-get-leeway-search-new-arterial-road-through-false-creek-flats#

Vancouver is such an inept & slow-moving backward city.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vancouver,+BC/@49.2767728,-123.0818906,163m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x548673f143a94fb3:0xbb9196ea9b81f38b!8m2!3d49.2827291!4d-123.1207375!16zL20vMDgwaDI?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTIxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Westminster Ave. crossing in Montreal West is a problem that seems to have no owner

 https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article564718.html Either an overpass or an underpass needs to be built there.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Montr%C3%A9al+West+Station/@45.4525647,-73.644724,342m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x4cc917295379361f:0xa7e017cb24bc30e0!8m2!3d45.453484!4d-73.641724!16s%2Fm%2F027p4xd!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTIxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

BC keeps bleeding residents to Alberta thanks to the cost of living

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-residents-leaving-alberta

UBC-Vancouver-Burnaby-PM-Coquitlam

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

The UBC segment could be the last part of the UBC-Broadway Corridor train line. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Line#University_of_British_Columbia_extension

However, the Port_Coquitlam_extension might be the very last part of that line.

Eventually, there should also be a Port_Coquitlam-Pitt_Meadows-Maple_Ridge line.

The+University+of+British+Columbia still has to allow cars & trucks & busses.

https://planning.ubc.ca/planning-development/policies-and-plans/u-boulevard-area-planning Unfortunatly, what used to be a 4 lane corridor has been reduced to only 2 lanes. For some reason, instead of widening the sidewalks to add bike lanes, 2 boulevard lanes were removed. 

https://planning.ubc.ca/about-us/what-guides-us/history-campus-planning Unlike Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton & Calgary, there just didn't seem to be any long term plan to have a train reaching into the main UBC campus. That is until recent decades. 

https://visit.ubc.ca/eat-drink-and-stay/restaurants/food-courts/university-boulevard-central-food-court/

https://archives.library.ubc.ca/general-history/a-brief-history-of-ubc/

https://www.universityendowmentlands.gov.bc.ca/Library/Area_D_Neighbourhood_Profile_Website.pdf

A UBC Station before the next millennium?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Washington_station 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_station_(Edmonton) 1992

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_station_(Calgary) 1987

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longueuil-Universite-de-Sherbrooke_station 1967

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berri-UQAM_station 1966

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George_station U Toronto1963

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

Hobart, Tasmania

The University+of+Tasmania seems to have been Vancoverized, in terms of its 1 lane each way streets. 

Hobart is much smaller than Vancouver, BC. Yet, it has more lanes on a total of 3 crossing over the River_Derwent_(Tasmania). Burrard Inlet in Greater Vancouver only has 2 bridges.

Fortunately, Hobart has the 5 lane Tasman+Bridge, the 4 lane Bowen+Bridge and the 2 lane Midland+Hwy+Bridge. That's a total of 11 lanes.

In contrast, Burrard_Inlet-Port_of_Vancouver only has the 6 lane Iron+Workers+Memorial+Bridge and the inadequate 3 lane Lions+Gate+Bridge. Only 9 lanes for the old port area of the region. While a multigenerational moratorium on any new harbor bridges made sense from an anti-freeway perspective, something essential was neglected. As of the end of 2024, no bus-bridge or bus-tunnel was ever built across the harbor. There is only a single freight train track, so of course there was never a truck-bridge or a truck-tunnel built. Even at the dawn of 2025, a SkyTrain or LRT crossing still only seems like a pipedream. 

Greater Hobart isn't just the state capital, its the main city on the island of Tasmania, which has less than 65% of a million people. Greater_Vancouver is getting close to 3 million people, yet the infrastructure is so inadequate.

Anyone visiting Vancouver from the big 4 cities of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane & Perth might be surprised to see shorter trains & smaller buildings & narrower bridges & highways. Those 4 cities, just like Toronto, Montreal, Calgary & Edmonton, are allowed to exist on a larger scale than extremely restrictive Vancouver. Indeed, its as if rainy Vancouver must continually water things down.

Launceston, Tasmania

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launceston,_Tasmania#Education

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Tasmania#Northern

Wow, University Way in Launceston+TAS,Australia hasn't been Vancouverized. Its still 2 lanes each way. 

While King's+Bridge might seem like a 2 lane joke, it provides a nice local paralel crossing next to the 4 lane West+Tamar+Bridge. Unfortunatly in Greater Vancouver, there isn't a similar concept. Just funnel everything into one bridge to handle local, regional & national traffic.

Brandon's daly-overpass-included-in-provinces-completed-bridge-projects

 https://discoverwestman.com/articles/brandons-daly-overpass-included-in-provinces-completed-bridge-projects

https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/major-manitoba-bridge-projects-complete-province-celebrates-milestones

https://www.rocktoroad.com/construction-to-begin-on-daly-overpass-in-manitoba/

https://gipi.com/projects/daly-overpass/

Manitoba 

Is Downtown Seattle Again Becoming The Place To Be?

 https://seattlemag.com/seattle-culture/is-downtown-seattle-again-becoming-the-place-to-be/

Canada's Climate Plan

 https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/climate-plan.html

https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/climate-plan/climate-plan-overview.html

https://climateinstitute.ca/reports/2030-emissions-reduction-plan/

Metro Vancouver has the longest transit trip times in North America

 https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/metro-vancouver-has-longest-transit-trip-times-in-north-america-plus-other-congestion-problems

Short trains & a refusal to build a network of express bus-bridges, really limits public transits capacity & efficiency. That's the BC way.

Burrard Bridge and its northern end towers

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1402-1460-burrard-street-900-pacific-street-1401-1451-hornby-street-vancouver-burrard-bridge-towers

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

Could there be an expansion of Vancouver Convention Centre?

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-convention-centre-expansion-central-waterfront-station-planning-potential

Sea to Sky Highway has reopened after a landslide cleanup

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/sea-to-sky-highway-reopening-december-15-2024

North Vancouver residents defend city's most livable ranking

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-vancouver-most-liveable-city

Learning From Melbourne’s Level Crossing Removal Project

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T_auX_R4dw

Airport Train Stations

 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

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Airport+Stations

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/Denver_Airport_station

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

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

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

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

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://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/driving-and-cycling/traveller-information/routes-and-driving-conditions/hov-lanes

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

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

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.

73m-podium-park-proposed-for-this-139m-burnaby-community-centre

 https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/73m-podium-park-proposed-for-this-139m-burnaby-community-centre-9949677

Altered Carbon TV Series Technology

 https://building.ca/feature/sci-fi-shows-like-westworld-and-altered-carbon-offer-a-glimpse-into-the-future-of-urban-transportation/

https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/article/2022/11/hbos-westworld-asces-future-world-vision-offer-competing-futures

The Top 10 Metro Vancouver Development Land Deals In 2024

 https://storeys.com/metro-vancouver-most-expensive-transactions-2024/

Does WestWorld Provide a Glimpse of What Smart Cities Hold for Us in the Future?

 https://www.rsaconference.com/library/blog/does-westworld-provide-a-glimpse-of-what-smart-cities-hold-for-us-in-the-future

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-12/the-sleek-spaces-of-westworld-courtesy-of-real-world-starchitects

https://www.fastcompany.com/90449279/toyotas-creepy-new-prototype-town-is-a-real-life-westworld

https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/article/2022/11/hbos-westworld-asces-future-world-vision-offer-competing-futures

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

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

 https://www.cnv.org/City-Hall/News-Room/News-Releases/2024/12/12/City-of-North-Vancouver-Top%E2%80%99s-List-of-Canada%E2%80%99s-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.nsnews.com/local-news/north-shore-bus-rapid-transit-at-the-front-of-the-line-translink-says-7843788

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. 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Horseshoe+Bay  

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

Grouse Mountain celebrates new gondola opening

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/grouse-mountain-blue-grouse-gondola-open-expansion

https://www.nsnews.com/local-business/watch-north-vancouvers-grouse-mountain-opens-new-gondola-9950444

https://vancouversun.com/news/grouse-mountain-new-gondola

https://www.grousemountain.com/

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

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

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

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

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

Vancouver's last undeveloped waterfront site could potentially house a new convention centre and hotel...

 https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/new-convention-centre-hotel-undeveloped-waterfront-vancouver

Canadian Urban Institute launches Climate Ready Infrastructure Service to connect local governments with climate and infrastructure experts

 https://building.ca/canadian-urban-institute-launches-climate-ready-infrastructure-service-to-connect-local-governments-with-climate-and-infrastructure-experts/

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

skytrain-capstan-station-construction-challenges-delays

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-capstan-station-construction-challenges-delays

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-subway-vancouver-construction-progress-fall-2024

A 43-storey addition atop an existing nine-storey office building at 111 Peter Street?

 https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2024/12/111-peter-street-toronto/

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.

the Northlander Corridor, Ontario

 https://www.railway.supply/en/restoration-of-passenger-rail-services-in-the-northlander-corridor-essential-updates/

https://www.mynorthbaynow.com/104776/news/northlander-exterior-design-unveiled-and-various-construction-projects-announced/

https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/infrastructure/press-release/55248286/infrastructure-ontario-government-of-ontario-awards-contract-to-ellisdon-to-begin-platform-reconstruction-and-installation-of-pre-manufactured-shelters-along-future-northlander-corridor

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/news/Ontario-awards-Northlander-station-construction-contract-unveils-exterior-train-design--73449

https://www.renewcanada.net/ontario-awards-contract-for-return-of-northlander-passenger-rail-service/

A signal issue shuts down an entire TTC subway line

 https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/what-sort-of-signal-issue-shuts-down-an-entire-subway-line-major-rush-hour-delays-on-ttc-for-second-time-this-week-1.7141270

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/

https://www.renewcanada.net/ttc-issues-rfp-for-55-new-line-2-subway-trains-and-automatic-train-control/

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)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._King_Bridge

Nine new towers in the Broadway Plan

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-plan-tower-approvals-vancouver-december-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

MPM-10_Azur

152.43 m (500 ft 1+1⁄8 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)

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

• 137.82 m (452 ft 2 in)^[2][3] (6-car set)
• 92.1 m (302 ft 2 in)^[3] (4-car set)

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

public-transit-construction-and cost-control

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-public-transit-construction-cost-control

illegal houses

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/5858-140-street-16653-31b-avenue-surrey-illegal-houses

more skytrain-disruption-and power-outage

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-disruption-power-outage

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

Should Even taller towers belong in the Broadway Plan?

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-plan-vancouver-taller-towers

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-plan-vancouver-hotel-development-solutions

fortisbc-customers-gas-bills-price-increase

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/fortisbc-customers-gas-bills-price-increase

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.

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

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

https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g60982-d146833-Reviews-Aloha_Tower_Marketplace-Honolulu_Oahu_Hawaii.html

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.

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/la-fontaine-tunnel-project-delayed-by-a-year-quebec-says-work-more-complex-than-expected-1.6918227

https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/pont-tunnel-louis-hippolyte-lafontaine_bridge/story/a-bridge-tunnel-the-perfect-mix/

https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/pont-tunnel-louis-hippolyte-lafontaine_bridge/story/the-underground-portion/

https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/pont-tunnel-louis-hippolyte-lafontaine_bridge/story/anticipating-the-future-of-transportation/

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

The Pierre Laporte Bridge

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

https://structurae.net/en/structures/pierre-laporte-bridge

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Quebec_and_Pierre-Laporte_Bridges.jpg

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.

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

The proposed mixed-use development concept for transforming Vancouver City Hall into "Civic District"

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-city-hall-redevelopment-civic-district-concept-broadway-plan

SkyTrain-Canada Line North Arm Bridge

 https://structurae.net/en/structures/north-arm-bridge

https://www.canadianconsultingengineer.com/features/north-arm-bridge/

B.C.'s South Asian Heritages Museum

 https://www.surreynowleader.com/local-news/mayor-wants-bcs-south-asian-heritages-museum-built-in-surrey-7684994

Archeological-dig-at-Notre-Dame-Paris-unearths-2-000-years-of-history

 https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241204-archeological-dig-at-notre-dame-paris-unearths-2-000-years-of-history

https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/world/2024/12/04/notre-dame-cathedral-restored-five-years-after-fire-reopens-to-public-paris-france/76772084007/

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241203-surplus-donations-allow-phase-3-restoration-of-notre-dame-cathedral-in-2025

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

Broadway-plan-amendments-in Vancouver, BC

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-plan-amendments-vancouver-december-2024-proposal

Construction starts on TransLink's new bus depot in South Vancouver for 300 battery buses

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-marpole-transit-centre-bus-depot-electric-vancouver-construction

Vancouver Art Gallery cancels new building design, goes back to the drawing board

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-art-gallery-design-cancelled-herzog-de-meuron

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

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

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://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/29/macron-visits-newly-renovated-notre-dame-cathedral-in-paris

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

Six towers and retail village proposed for a Port Coquitlam mixed-use redevelopment near SkyTrain

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/poco-place-redevelopment-port-coquitlam-wesbild-2755-lougheed-highway

I-5 reduced to 2 lanes over Ship Canal Bridge for 9 months in 2025

https://www.king5.com/article/traffic/traffic-news/revive-i-5-ship-canal-bridge-lane-closures/281-94faff71-09af-47bd-8629-eb8d25f55520

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://wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/search-projects/i-5-yesler-way-northgate-vic-pavement-deck-joints-and-drainage

https://mynorthwest.com/3931367/when-i-5-ship-canal-bridge-became-13-million-parking-lot/

Vancouver's Waterfront Station

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-vancouvers-waterfront-station-9890421

Bridgeport Station

 https://thecanadaline.com/station-guides/bridgeport

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Marine Drive Station

 https://thecanadaline.com/station-guides/marine-drive/

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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

https://www.international.gc.ca/transparency-transparence/indo-pacific-indo-pacifique/index.aspx?lang=eng

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?

https://dailyhive.com/toronto/rent-decides-the-winner-in-cost-of-living-battle-between-vancouver-and-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.

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

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

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.

12 staffers from Metro Vancouver fly to New Orleans

 https://globalnews.ca/news/10895399/metro-vancouver-reveals-more-travel-after-12-staffers-fly-to-new-orleans/

https://vancouversun.com/news/metro-vancouver-halt-staff-travel

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/metro-vancouvers-60k-12-staff-member-trip-to-new-orleans-preceded-travel-pause-chair-9886074

https://vancouversun.com/news/metro-vancouver-vows-changes-to-staff-travel-policies-as-part-of-clampdown

A new-roof-for the olympic-stadium-870-million

 https://globalnews.ca/news/10894997/new-roof-olympic-stadium-870-million/

Limited bus depot space caps TransLink bus service expansion at 15% (WTH?)

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-service-expansion-access-for-everyone-first-phase

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. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Causeway_-_Victoria_Park.JPG

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 & Knight 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

BC Ferries warns of potential 30% fare hike as costs rise

 https://globalnews.ca/news/10892700/bc-ferries-warns-potential-30-per-cent-fare-hike/

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.