Just because it's an LRT train, there still should have been a proper provision to have at least 152.5m or 500 foot long trains, like the Montreal Metro. However, a 500 ft. long train goes against the backwards, KEEP IT SMALL symbolism & mentality that permeates throughout Vancouver & backwater BC. Allowing for a proper big-city train isn't just symbolically BIG, but necessary for any city that tries to reduce congestion. Unfortunatly, Vancouver & BC keeps opting for the reduced capacity option, because it fits in with the congestive planning agenda.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
TransLink to extend North Shore RapidBus route to Metrotown starting in 2027
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/r2-rapidbus-north-shore-metrotown-burnaby-route-extension
https://aquilinidevelopment.com/community/kwasen-village
The Kwasen Village & BCIT area is becoming a new intersection of housing & shopping, as well as education. So, hopefully starting in 2027, there will be an express bus from Metrotown_to_West-
Perth, WA built a 10 lane bridge with double train tracks in the middle of it.
https://www.skyperth.com/
Seattle, WA did something similar, but their 3 section bridge or crossing has 4 lanes each way & a double track middle section.
https://www.mi-reporter.com/
Montreal also did something similar to Seattle & Perth.
https://rem.info/en/albums/
Being from backwards Vancouver & backwater BC, it's always amazing to see what other places can do, simply because they aren't in BC.
Fortunately, Perth, Seattle & Montreal don't have to contend with anything like the inept Vancouver & BC transportation mentality. It's mindboggeling that in 2025, Vancouver is still only running 4 car trains to Surrey & only 2 car trains to Coquitlam & Richmond. This, combined with several narrow bridges, makes it one of the most congested cities in the world. It's a sad & pathetic situation, because things in BC should be designed for proper future capacity expansion.
A ‘Bus priority system’ at traffic signals reduces delays in Dubai, but not in Vancouver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai Unlike Vancouver, when there are extra lanes, it's so much easier to have proper bus lanes & even HOV lanes. It's just a matter of efficiently using that wider road-space. The backwards Vancouver & backwater BC approach is to try to funnel everything into 2 lanes each way whenever possible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Dubai Whether its a hot climate or a cold climate, people aren't going to be walking or biking around in 40 to 45C or in -30 to -40C weather.
https://www.dubai.ae/web/dubai.ae/city-of-future
Unless backwards Vancouver & backwater BC build a proper system of bus & HOV bridges & have longer SkyTrain station, it all remains a sad joke. The Iron Bridge replacement, if it ever happens, must not only have 3 general lanes each way, but an extra 2 lanes each way for Rapid Bus Transit & HOV. A 10 lane bridge with a provision for a lower deck, is what a proper big city would do, but Vancouver only wants to be a toy city or a movie set full of fake props.
Could the Site C dam’s massive worker camp end up in a B.C. landfill?
https://globalnews.ca/news/11188195/site-c-dam-housing-landfill/
More backwards BC foolishness! These housing units could be relocated & reassemble into an affordable housing facility. If someone has been living on the street for several months or years, they would be happy to have their own safe living unit.
Long waits a ‘defining aspect’ of Vancouver byelection, report finds
https://globalnews.ca/news/11188313/vancouver-council-byelection-long-waits/
Not properly preparing for the amount of people voting is all part of the multigenerational backwards Vancouver & BC mentality.
With so many narrow bridges in Greater Vancouver, there should have been a system of bus & HOV bridges built, instead of funneling everything into such narrow crossings.
Proper long-range urban planning would have allowed for easy future clearance to double the length of the first 2 skytrain stations & triple the length of the Canada (embasesment) Line. The first 2 lines only have about 80m for platform length & the 3rd line only has absurd 50m stations. In contrast, the high capacity Montreal Metro has 152.5m long stations, as does the TTC Subway.
Thinking big & building big has always been a problem for backwards Vancouver & backwater BC.
Toronto could experience coldest May stretch this week since 1967
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/05/20/toronto-weather-this-week-may-forecast/
This is totally depressing. Apparently, as more places get hotter around the world, Canada has a colder spring. If the summers start to become truncated, some people just might give up and move to Australia.
There already have been some Australian cities that are warmer during their winters than some Canadian cities during their summers.
Burnaby’s municipal government is looking to put a greater emphasis on catalyzing economic and business growth
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/burnaby-task-force-economic-growth
Burnaby might eventually have a taller office tower than what's allowed in stumpy Vancouver. In the meantime, taller residential towers exist in Burnaby, because Burnaby isn't under the the extrem Vancouver restrictions.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/concord-metrotown-metropolis-at-metrotown-construction-redevelopment
Stumpy Vancouver wont permit any residential tower to have 65 stories. No office tower in Vancouver has been allowed to have a 40th floor.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-new-tallest-building-bc-gilmore-place
New hotels in Montreal
https://blog.mtl.org/en/new-hotels
https://www.newhotelsopening.com/new-hotels-in-montreal.html
Unlike Montreal, Vancouver keeps falling behind, because of its provincial backwater mentality.
https://www.biv.com/news/real-estate/vancouver-needs-10k-more-hotel-rooms-says-report-10508458
Vancouver’s Tiniest Movie Theatre?
https://scoutmagazine.ca/you-should-know-about-vancouvers-tiniest-movie-theatre/
So many things are kept small and backwards in Vancouver & backwater BC. Hower, a nice small theater prop in this case, is very quaint & interesting.
The Mount Royal Tunnel in Montreal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Royal_Tunnel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Royal_Tunnel#REM
https://rem.info/en/news/first-passage-rem-through-mount-royal-tunnel-and-start-dynamic-testing-area
https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article144286.html
Even the REM train stations should be expandable to eventually accomodate 6-8 car trains.
The Dunsmuir_Tunnel was rebuilt to become a double deck tunnel providing a split_platform station configuration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_platform#North_America
Unfortunatly, the Burrard_station & Granville_station platforms were only built to be 80m, when they should have been 155m-160m. This would have helped to eventually have 9 car SkyTrains, just like 9 car Montreal Metro trains.
With proper long-range planning in mind, the SkyTrain should have been planned to eventually be a double length LRT system. Instead, its been challenging enough just to establish 5 car trains on the first 2 lines.
Unfortunatly, the 3rd line or Canada_Line was built to only have 50m, whereas the Montreal Metro has 152.5m long stations.
The Canada_Line_Stations have platforms that are only 50 metres (160 ft) long, when all the stations should have been built with a future clearance of 160m. That would have allowed for a future provision to eventually accommodate at least 8 car trains at each station.
The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Seattle_Transit_Tunnel
Unlike in backwards Vancouver, a bus tunnel, a bus bridge, or a HOV crossing that is designed to eventually become part of a LRT conduit, makes sense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Seattle_Transit_Tunnel#Bus_tunnel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Seattle_Transit_Tunnel#Opening_and_bus-only_operation
An express bus tunnel from downtown Vancouver to W. Vancouver & H. Bay would make sense. Especially, if it was designed to eventually be for a LRT crossing. Unfortunatly, backwards Vancouver & BC usually opt for the congestive planning choice.
Monday, May 19, 2025
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson’s appointment as housing minister
"The one thing, from this corner anyway, that it feels fair to rake him over the coals for, is using ending homelessness by 2015 as an election campaign item in 2008.
Hindsight is 20/20, of course. But not only didn’t happen and the problem got a whole lot worse—it seems, at least now, like an incredibly irresponsible thing to put in the pamphlets of an election campaign. It was a callous, cheap promise to make and one that showed a lack of understanding of the complexity of the issues at play. The other levels of government didn’t force Robertson to make that promise." https://www.straight.com/city-culture/5-ways-of-looking-at-former-vancouver-mayor-gregor-robertsons-appointment-as-housing
Saturday, May 17, 2025
The TTC streetcar to the CNE
https://www.ttc.ca/news/2022/August/Take-the-TTC-to-the-CNE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibition_Loop
https://www.ttc.ca/news/2024/August/TTC-increasing-service-to-The-Ex-for-CNE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibition_Loop#Future
https://www.theex.com/getting-here/#public-transit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfront_West_LRT#Route_layout
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_streetcar_system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_streetcar_system#Routes
It would have been devastating if Vancouver's backwards mentality had convinced Toronto, SF & Melbourn to get rid of their streetcars & trams.
https://transittoronto.ca/archives/weblog/2024/08/14-lets_go_--.shtml
Playland and the PNE
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/playland-weekend-opening-wild-mouse
https://kumtuks.ca/streetcars-and-metro-vancouver/
https://scoutmagazine.ca/how-to-find-the-old-streetcar-scars-of-east-van/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/256850977796478/posts/3032980890183459/
https://montecristomagazine.com/community/vancouvers-forgotten-streetcars
https://stephenrees.blog/2008/03/11/vancouver-to-rebuild-granville-island-streetcar-route/
https://stephenrees.blog/2010/03/22/vancouver-says-goodbye-to-olympic-streetcar/
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-olympic-line-streetcar-future
While backwards Vancouver was so quick to get rid of its streetcars & tram-trains, Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, New Orleans, SF, Portland, Seattle & especially Melbourne, retained or revived some of their lines.
https://transittoronto.ca/archives/weblog/2024/08/14-lets_go_--.shtml
Friday, May 16, 2025
The Prudential Center (Boston)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prudential_Center_(Boston)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prudential_station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_Bay,_Boston#Transportation
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Boston_Back_Bay.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_Bay,_Boston#Other_prominent_buildings
Vancouver city council decision on controversial towers development delayed
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouver-council-decision-towers-delayed-june-10
There is a good argument to have more affordable housing in these towers.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-housing-city-hall-polka
Thus, if a developer was allowed to build 10-20 floors higher by including more affordable units, then there would be more vertical space to work with.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1780-east-broadway-commercial-vancouver-safeway-proposal-public-hearing While these would be consider to be MEGATOWERS by Victoria, Prince George & Kamloops, they wouldn't be in Burnaby or eventually Surrey & Coquitlam.
The Safeway, parking lot & the Commercial-Broadway_station area is all a prime high-rise development zone.
Edmonton's high level bridge streetcar
https://exploreedmonton.com/attractions-and-experiences/high-level-bridge-streetcar
Even though it's a small attempt, Edmonton was able to reactivate a portion of its old streetcar system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Level_Bridge_Streetcar
https://www.edmontonstreetcars.ca/about/history
https://www.edmontonstreetcars.ca/highlevelbridge
"It was designed from the outset to accommodate rail, streetcar, two-way automobile, and pedestrian traffic.[2] The original bridge design included three tracks on the upper deck: The middle track was for CPR trains, and the two outer tracks were for streetcars." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Level_Bridge_(Edmonton)
The High_Level_Bridge opened in 1913 & had 1 heavy rail track in the middle & a streetcar track on either side. Even by 2013, backwards Vancouver didn't have a triple track railway bridge within its city limits. Indeed, by 2025, its been tough enough to have a double track freight train bridge & a double track commuter rail bridge within the Greater Vancouver Region. Fortunately, the SkyTrain is at least double tracked, except for the end of the line in Richmond.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Level_Bridge_(Edmonton)#Modifications
Vancouver was one of the first cities to get rid of them and will likely be one of the last cities to bring them back. Things are more possible in Alberta, simply because its a separate jurisdiction & mentality than backwater BC.
The Streetcars of New Orleans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcars_in_New_Orleans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcars_in_New_Orleans#Historic_lines
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcars_in_New_Orleans#Current_lines
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcars_in_New_Orleans#Current_rolling_stock
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Pattullo Bridge closed over Victoria Day weekend
The shutdown to motor vehicles is needed as part of the replacement project on the span between Surrey and New West https://vancouversun.com/news/traffic-alert-pattullo-bridge-closed-victoria-day-weekend
Why Chicago's Express Train Isn't Really Express
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8gDlolaqZQ
What's Left of Chicago's Lost "L" Stations? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0hKL9b_OBE
What Lies Beneath Chicago? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBVF-CMSORo
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
YVR receives unique accolade among the world's best airports
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/yvr-worlds-best-airports-accessibility
Unfortunatly, the YVR-Airport_station has one of the shortest & narrowest stations of any major airport.
In true lack of a big vision for BC, the YVR-Airport_station_Platform is so narrow & short that only 1 train at a time can stop on the very short single track station. While such small-scale train infrastructure would be impressive for Victoria, Kelowna, Prince George & Kamloops, it's hardly impressive to Seattle, WA and Perth, WA.
https://www.yvr.ca/en/passengers/transportation/public-transportation
https://thecanadaline.com/station-guides/yvr-airport/
https://www.translink.ca/schedules-and-maps/station/yvr-airport/schedule
Being from backwards BC, it's amazing to see how several major airports will have at least a double track airport train station. The Portland_Airport_MAX_station is another one of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Airport_station , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAX_Red_Line
Ideally, the+airport+train should be more than a 2 car joke. Even 4 car trains should be able to stop at stations with enough future clearance to accomodate 6 car trains.
B.C. considers a vehicle levy to help fund Translink
While a better funding approach would be good, its sad that all the Vancouver SkyTrain stations were designed to be so short. Apparently, it was to save money, but it will cost a lot more to try to gradually lengthen those very short SkyTrain stations.
Martello Tower in Vancouver, BC
| Height | 91 m (298 ft) |
| Floors | 32 |
| Construction Year | 1968 |
https://www.skydb.net/building/271949875/martello-tower-vancouver
Only 32 stories, not 64.
https://www.apartments.com/martello-tower-vancouver-bc/844fnx3/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/3321188921434592/posts/3959736840913127/
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
BC continues a go-slow approach to the Massey tunnel replacement as fears of a price rise grow
This is the epitome of multigenerational BC transportation planning ineptness & B$!
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Massey+Tunnel+replacement
Road closures coming to Surrey this weekend for huge annual parade
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/cloverdale-rodeo-parade-surrey-road-closures
https://cloverdalerodeo.com/rodeo/rodeo-parade/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjVebQsCANA 2024
https://www.cloverdalerodeo.com/pdf/136865_Parade_Map.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=7j4ywCCWCMA 2024
Marina City in Chicago
Marina_City (MC) "The complex consists of two 587-foot (179 m), 65-story apartment towers, opened in 1963" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_City#Architecture
https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=107021 The 57 story Butterfly tower in Vancouver is 586 feet, so its only 1 foot shorter than Marina_City. MC was able to fit in 65 floors into the same height.
https://reveryarchitecture.com/projects/butterfly/
https://westbankcorp.com/body-of-work/the-butterfly
https://www.canadianarchitect.com/revery-unveils-design-of-the-butterfly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Chicago
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Chicago-00.jpg Marina City is in the top, middle part of this picture and is hardly noticeable on the Chicago skyline.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Chicago#Tallest_buildings
Being from smallminded Vancouver, its always amazing to see how so many cities are allowed to be on a big scale.
Monday, May 12, 2025
Mountains cover 75 per cent of British Columbia
https://www.welcomebc.ca/choose-b-c/explore-british-columbia/geography-of-b-c
Yet, somehow if Vancouver was allowed to have real big city tall buildings, the mountains of BC would be blocked out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_British_Columbia
The stumpy building limits are part of the agenda to keep BC small.
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/geography-of-british-columbia
The Greater Vancouver region & lower mainland is the only part of backwater BC that has a few million people.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-10-highest-mountains-in-british-columbia.html
Greater Victoria & Nanaimo are far from having a million people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_British_Columbia#Mountains_and_mountain_ranges
Even Kelowna, Penticton & Vernon are nowhere near half a million residents.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_British_Columbia#Western_System
https://www.britannica.com/place/British-Columbia
Switzerland can fit into BC almost 24 times, yet BC doesnt have the population of one CH.
The rise and fall of the BC inter-urban railway
"The BC Electric Inter-Urban Railway ran trams from New Westminster to Chilliwack from 1912 to 1950" https://www.surreynowleader.com/community/north-delta-history-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-inter-urban-railway-2947692
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Electric_Railway#Interurban_rail_lines
https://maps.nicholsonroad.com/bcer/
https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=3498
https://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=3111
https://buildchilliwack.com/a-rail-idea-that-wont-quit-revisiting-fraser-valley-rail-proposals/
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/fraser-valley-metro-vancouver-regional-rail-west-coast-express
Pattullo Bridge fully closing to traffic for multiple days
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-full-closure-long-weekend
Backwards BC has always had a problem with proper planning for future infrastructure capacity. In the 1930s, NW was the remnant of a small backwater provincial capital. In the late 1800s or the early 1900s, NW could have absorbed what is today known as the Tri-Cities. There could have been better cooperation with Surrey to become a proper river metropolis region.
Unfortunatly, in the 1930s it was still amazing just to have plumbing & electricity in Surrey. So to have a Pattullo-Bridge (PB) with 4 wagon roads on it, was also amazing. Apparently, there was only enough funds to have one sidewalk. The PB should have been on a similar scale as the Burrard_St._Bridge, with 6 lanes & 2 sidewalks & even a provision for a lower tram-train deck. But in backwards BC such forward planning is difficult.
Of course the Burrard+Street+Bridge was reduced to 4 lanes and the replacement of the 4 lane Pattullo+Bridge will only open with 4 lanes. Of course there is no provision for a rail transit line on it.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Pattullo+Bridge
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=the+BC+inter-urban+railway
The Richmond-Delta Tunnel
It was first called, the Deas Island Tunnel and then the George_Massey_Tunnel. Perhaps the new tunnel will be given a different name. This narrow tunnel has been a serious chokepoint for several decades. Apparently, there wasn't any proper big city planning, despite there being a ferry terminal & the Delta Port facilities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Massey_Tunnel#Replacement
Even the new tunnel will be symbolic or indicative of not having a train between the Delta ferry terminal and YVR. The new tunnel or crossing should have been built in 2 phases.
First, the two 4 lane sections for general traffic & buses. Then, as port & truck traffic increases, a train & truck tunnel or bridge should be built.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Massey+Tunnel+replacement
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Richmond+and+Delta
Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal
Why have a proper high capacity rail line connecting the Horseshoe_Bay_ferry_terminal to YVR, when so much traffic is funneled into the narrow 3 lane Lions+Gate+Bridge and the inadequate 4 lane Oak Street Bridge?
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6578199
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Horseshoe+Bay+ferry+terminal
Tsawwassen ferry terminal
Backwater BC has been under a multigenerational lack of vision planning trap. A primary example of this is the lack of an official plan to have a rail link connecting the Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal and the Horseshoe_Bay_ferry_terminal to YVR.
https://www.bcferries.com/travel-boarding/terminal-directions-parking-food/vancouver-tsawwassen/TSA
https://www.bcferries.com/routes-fares/schedules/daily/TSA-SWB
https://www.bcferries.com/routes-fares/schedules/daily/TSA-DUK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6EaFGz9zXA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal#History
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Tsawwassen+ferry+terminal
NSW OSCAR Trains
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_H_set
| Train length | 81.55 m (267 ft 65⁄8 in) |
|---|---|
| Car length |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_H_set#Design
An 8 car train stopping at a 6 car station.
"Example of selective door operation. The doors in the first 2 carriages are not opened, because the platform is too short for an 8-carriage OSCAR train." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_door_operation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Trains
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Selective+Door+Operation
Selective Door Operation (SDO)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_door_operation#UK_variations
SDO is a great way to add an extra car at both ends of a train. Thus, a 3 car train can become 5 & a 6 car train could become 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_S7_and_S8_Stock#Features
https://www.witpress.com/elibrary/wit-transactions-on-the-built-environment/74/12046
https://www.rssb.co.uk/research-catalogue/CatalogueItem/T686
The Chicago L can run up to an 8 car train, because that's the maximum station platform length. If the L can ever have walkthrough trains, then an 8 car train could become a 10 car train with SDO.
Stubborn Vancouver & BC just can't seem to allow for proper comprehensive transportation planning.
Unfortunately, the multibillion dollar Canada+Line wasn't designed for significant future capacity. No five car trains, just a 2.5 car joke. There was a lack of vision to connect the Horseshoe+Bay ferry+terminal with downtown Vancouver and the airport.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Selective+Door+Operation
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Why Doesn't Honolulu, Hawaii Have A Single Skyscraper?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=EPPl_nfWz_c&t=23
Honolulu is really the only practical place in the state to have semi-tall buildings. Honolulu City and County is the most populated part of the state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Honolulu
https://www.de-simone.com/projects/project/ko_olani-tower 47 stories.
50-60 story towers still haven't been allowed.
https://kakaakoproperties.com/project-build-tallest-building-hawaii-still-limbo
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/690-pohukaina/13269
Saturday, May 10, 2025
After 10 years, East Broadway Safeway redevelopment proposal finally faces Vancouver City Council decision
The KEEP IT SMALL, BECAUSE ITS VANCOUVER mentality has held this back for a decade. Despite being a major regional SkyTrain intersection, various people are determined to have stunted buildings that might be impressive by Kelowna or Victoria standards. Ideally, the most vocal people would like the scale to not even rival that of what's in Kamloops & Prince George. These very expressive people are too afraid to allow Brentwood or even Oakridge size towers.
Friday, May 9, 2025
17 Bids Filed for Hudson’s Bay as Store Liquidation Proceeds
Vancouver Whitecaps expecting biggest MLS crowd of the season this weekend
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/whitecaps-expecting-biggest-mls-crowd-season
https://www.bcplace.com/events/2025/van-vs-lafc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_Place#Canadian_football
https://www.bcplace.com/events/2025/lions-vs-elks
https://www.bcplace.com/events/2025/van-vs-sea
BC_Place Stadium was rebuilt to last well into the foreseeable future.
https://www.bcplace.com/the-stadium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_Place#Renovation_and_roof_replacement
However, its unfortunate that it wasn't redesigned to ultimately accommodate 65K to 75 thousand people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_Place#Post-renovation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_Place#Baseball
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Arenas+and+Stadiums
Arenas and Stadiums
https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/difference-between-arena-and-stadium
https://udcsports.com/stadiums-vs-arenas-whats-the-difference/
CFL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cQxORqbcd8
US Stadiums for World Cup 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZlMy9Kv-tA
Mega Stadiums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OvQvY-QZbM
https://itsthevibe.com/abandoned-stadiums/?xsmr=1
U$ELE$$? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhIkIm-JU3U
6 more U$ELE$$ stadiums. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK34jgdWGKM
6 Most Embarrassing Stadiums in America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGY-SaIdA8U
7 Most Useless Arenas in America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e3O9tANOvU
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Arenas+and+Stadiums
Thursday, May 8, 2025
A proposal for a tower up to 1,033 feet or 315 meters in Downtown Vancouver
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/hudsons-bay-parkade-vancouver-redevelopment-holborn-group
Vancouver & even the Lower_Mainland is a small portion of backwater BC.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11170798/new-development-pitched-downtown-vancouver-bc-tallest-tower
Most of BC is mountainous wilderness, there are only a handful of areas in backward BC in which there can be major urban areas.
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=1&status=15 Vancouver
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=1&status=15 Backwater BC was supposed to always have the smallest buildings, when compared to what Ontario, Quebec & Alberta allows.
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=7&status=15 Ontario
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=12&status=15 Quebec
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=2&status=15 Alberta
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1&status=15 BC
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=24&status=15 Washington State
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=47&status=15 Western Australia
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=14&status=15 California
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1 As of May 2025, there are a few residential towers in the low to mid 60s range. No office tower in BC has a 40th floor.
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=2&status=15 While Vancouver won't permit office towers to have a 40th floor, it can't stop Surrey from potentially have a 47 story office tower. https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=2&status=15
Western Canada's tallest building with a public observation deck proposed for Vancouver
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-tallest-public-observation-deck-vancouver-tower-new
https://vancouversun.com/news/massive-development-proposed-for-downtown-vancouver
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=1&status=15 For the longest time, Vancouver was to not only have its tallest buildings shorter than Toronto & Seattle, but shorter than Montreal, Calgary & Edmonton.
Vancouver's Celebration of Light fireworks
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/05/08/vancouver-honda-celebration-of-lights-canadian-lineup/
https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouver-fireworks-honda-celebration-of-light-2025-dates-tickets-info
https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/celebration-of-light.aspx
The Anaheim Ducks are hardly raising ticket prices but spending a billion dollars on their arena. The Canucks are also spending big, but handing fans the bill.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Arena
https://www.coliseum-online.com/honda-center-in-line-for-1-bn-makeover/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Center
https://www.anaheim.net/5157/Honda-Center-OC-Vibe
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Arenas+and+Stadiums
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
There will likely be a UBC Station before the next millennium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_(Vancouver)#Millennium_Line
Despite BC having quite a history of being slow to get various things done, there is hope that a UBC extension will be completed well before the next millennium.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Line#University_of_British_Columbia_extension
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 Toronto 1963
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=UBC-Broadway+Corridor
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
B.C. government to expedite and consolidate new school, hospital, and infrastructure projects
BC has almost always been slow to get things done & when it's finally is done, its half-assed or simply inadequate.
Dallas Cityplace Tower landlord seeks to add nearly 1,000 apartments
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/cityplace-ii/34077
https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2025/05/05/cityplace-redevelopment-nexpoint.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/Dallas/comments/1ctfwc2/did_you_know_these_dallas_buildings_were
Monday, May 5, 2025
Australian Railroads
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Passenger_rail_services_in_Australia_en.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Australian_Railway Eventually, there could be a standard gauge continuous line from Sydney to Perth. Two freight & 2 passenger parallel tracks. Other gauges could still remain intact.
http://www.railpage.org.au/railmaps
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney%E2%80%93Brisbane_rail_corridor
A line from Brisbane to Alice Springs would be quite beneficial, as would a line from Cairns to Darwin.
https://digital.atlas.gov.au/datasets/digitalatlas::railway-lines/about
The Australian truck-trains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_T9aSOYGo
https://auto.howstuffworks.com/road-trains.htm
4 days on an Australian road train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEovHKMu72c
The Longest (Truck) Road Trains in Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iFkKRh5kcM
Biggest Heavy Equipment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZrPIjJ8ozU
Sunday, May 4, 2025
How Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Day tragedy unfolded
A person might be troubled about various things, confused or enraged. Therefore, it's imperative not to make it easy for any person to crash & smash into a crowd of people.
Crowd control is important, but crowd protection is just as important.
Saturday, May 3, 2025
The Clay Wade Bailey Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Wade_Bailey_Bridge
3 lanes with a double track railway bridge next to it.
https://bridgestunnels.com/location/clay-wade-bailey-bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_and_O_Railroad_Bridge
So far, the 3 lane LGB never had a double track, LRT bridge or tunnel built next to it.
The Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge, Kentucky
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Kenton_Memorial_Bridge
This 2 lane wonder with 1 sidewalk could have been a backwater BC bridge.
https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=kentucky/maysville/
Unfortunatly, the LGB only has 3 lanes & 2 sidewalks. Both are little, narrow backcountry type bridges, but the inadequate LGB is forced to do the job of a big city crossing.
Friday, May 2, 2025
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