https://viewpointvancouver.ca/2021/02/12/no-rush-hour-no-transit-the-pandemic-ultimatum/
UTL is about exploring past, present and future urban technologies in science and fiction, etc...
Monday, February 28, 2022
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Stumps and Towers
Stumps+and+Towers is part of a series of posts showing how so many other cities are able to build so much taller & wider that what is permitted in Vancouver, Canada.
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2020/01/06/granville-street-700-block-east-side-4/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2019/06/03/beatty-street-500-block-2/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2018/05/17/west-pender-street-east-from-cambie/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2020/04/16/view-from-harbour-centre-lookout-south-east/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2018/12/20/west-cordova-and-granville-2/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/the-marine-building/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2019/01/31/west-hastings-street-west-from-howe-street/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2020/09/14/guinness-tower-west-hastings-street/
The stump city could have taken a much better approach to saving some historical buildings, while still growing up like a proper big city.
Granville, Georgia and other Vancouver streets
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2021/09/23/west-georgia-street-north-side/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2019/09/16/west-georgia-and-broughton-street/
The 1950s Granville+Street+Bridge was the widest bridge in B.C.
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2021/09/06/false-creek-from-above-westwards-1/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2020/05/18/granville-island-from-above/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2021/08/02/granville-loops-from-above/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2021/05/24/downtown-from-above-3/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2020/12/31/granville-street-looking-north-from-above/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2019/10/14/granville-street-from-the-air/
Downtown Vancouver
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2021/11/11/kitsilano-and-downtown-from-above/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2020/08/03/downtown-from-above-2/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2021/09/30/central-business-district-from-above-4/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2021/07/01/central-business-district-from-above-3/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2019/08/05/central-business-district-2/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2022/01/03/burrard-inlet-waterfront-from-above/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2021/10/11/false-creek-from-above-westwards-2/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2021/05/24/downtown-from-above-3/
https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2021/02/15/downtown-south-and-yaletown-from-above/
BC
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Monday, February 7, 2022
NYC Subway...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLbv6bqiUxo ti sq 1961
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway#Capacity_constraints
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway#Rolling_stock
A typical subway station has waiting platforms ranging from 480 to 600 feet (150 to 180 m) long. Some are longer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway#Platforms
Sunday, February 6, 2022
Saturday, February 5, 2022
Montreal-is-officially-getting-a-new-pink-line-streetcar-between-2-boroughs
Of course Montreal would be able to bring back some streetcars before slow Vancouver, because Quebec doesn't have a backwater BC mentality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcars_in_Montreal
https://transitmap.net/montreal-streetcars-1893
Friday, February 4, 2022
vancouvers-population-declined-for-the-first-time-in-40-years-according-to-stats-can-data
After decades of steady growth, Vancouver’s population took its first downturn since the 1970s.
Data from Statistics Canada shows the city’s population in 2020 at 700,015 but the next year dipping down to 693,235, a difference of 6,780.
Capital Beltway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Beltway
Why America Is Terribly Designed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K8KEoZwMRY
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Monday, January 31, 2022
Los Angeles Metro Rail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Metro_Rail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Line_(Los_Angeles_Metro)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crenshaw_Northern_Extension_Rail_Project
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation/LAX_station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation/96th_Street_station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAX_Automated_People_Mover
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_International_Airport#Metro_Rail
Saturday, January 29, 2022
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Vancouver International Airport (YVR) industrial multi modal transportation hub
A major airport and seaport should be part of a regional truck-lane system. However, its tough enough just to get a regional bus-bridge network built.
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Monday, January 17, 2022
Sunday, January 16, 2022
Thursday, January 13, 2022
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Seattle's Newest Light Rail Extensions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijdnRbwgoGc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TSGotOY-gs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_2_(Sound_Transit)#/media/File:East_Link_map_with_stations.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_2_(Sound_Transit)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_light_rail#Lines
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_2_(Sound_Transit)#Route
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Seattle_Transit_Tunnel
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Melbourne Infrastructure
Saturday, January 8, 2022
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
the San-Francisco-Presidio-Parkway
https://mtc.ca.gov/tags/presidio-parkway
https://www.flatironcorp.com/project/presidio-parkway-phase-ii
https://www.tunneltalk.com/USA-22May2015-San-Francisco-Presidio-Parkway-final-preparations.php
https://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/08/26/quartermaster-reach-restoration/
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Doyle-Drive-to-Golden-Gate-Bridge-temporary-6258271.php
sf
Sunday, January 2, 2022
Saturday, January 1, 2022
Friday, December 31, 2021
Monday, December 27, 2021
Sunday, December 26, 2021
Peace River Bridge twinning up to 4 lanes
https://www.alberta.ca/peace-river-bridge-twinning.aspx
https://www.aecon.com/our-projects/current/peace-river-bridge-twinning
"Enter Flatiron, which is constructing a new bridge structure for westbound traffic to function alongside the existing one, which will now handle eastbound travel. In all the project team is twinning about a mile of roadway to increase vehicle capacity." https://www.flatironcorp.com/project/peace-river-bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_River,_Alberta Only has about 7000 people.
https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=alberta/hwy2peaceriverbridge/
Saturday, December 25, 2021
Friday, December 24, 2021
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Monday, December 20, 2021
Saturday, December 18, 2021
Sunday, December 12, 2021
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Monday, December 6, 2021
Sunday, November 28, 2021
Saturday, November 27, 2021
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
The BC Quagmire
BC has so many imposed restrictions which continually stunt & thwart the place. Switzerland can approximately fit into BC 23 times. Yet, BC doesn't even have the population of one Switzerland. Canada is the world's 2nd largest country in overall area. Yet, it hasn't been allowed to have 1% of the world's population.
Environmental restrictions while intentionally good, can also really slow down the growth & energy of a region.
https://vancouversun.com/news/david-suzuki-foundation-disavows-suzukis-warning-that-pipelines-will-be-blown-up-if-there-is-no-climate-change-action/wcm/715b0e4c-0ed6-4792-a255-2a51be3adcc2 Pipes can be dangerous, but so are some of the proposals to deal with them.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2021/11/23/david-suzuki-pipeline-alberta-bc-criticism Alberta & Washington State just never became a pipedream like thwarted BC is.
https://davidsuzuki.org/story/it-will-take-more-than-electric-cars-to-drive-down-emissions/
https://davidsuzuki.org/story/residents-spur-climate-ready-cities/
There should be a focus on various reliable power sources, not just from electric power.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_fuel#Biofuel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_fuel#Carbon-neutral_and_negative_fuels
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_fuel#Compressed_natural_gas
There should also be a reasonable amount of time to transition away from oil & gas, instead of such a madrush push.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_fuel#Nuclear_reactors Such power systems might be great for bases on the moon & Mars, etc. However, for the systemically active earth, there is always a risk. But nothing could ever go wrong, except for...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident 1979
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster 1986
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_nuclear_accident 2011
Hopefully, and some actually believe, that there will never be a mega-earthquake in California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_Canyon_Power_Plant#Post-Fukushima_developments
Of course if there ever is a major earthquake in that part of California, the result might be a Chernobyl & Fukushima, all at once. That would be a hell of a way to reduce the population of California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_Canyon_earthquake_vulnerability
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_nuclear_disasters_and_radioactive_incidents
Monday, November 22, 2021
the Eglinton Crosstown or Line 5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_5_Eglinton#Stations_and_stops
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_5_Eglinton#Route
http://thecrosstown.ca/stations_stops
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_5_Eglinton#/media/File:Toronto_Subway_2026.png
http://thecrosstown.ca/the-project/stations-and-stops/kennedy-station
http://thecrosstown.ca/progress/tunnelling-recap
https://www.metrolinx.com/en/greaterregion/projects/kennedy.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Flexity_Freedom#Toronto
Bike and Pedestrian Bridges
https://www.canadianconsultingengineer.com/tag/pedestrian-bridge BB & PB
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montopolis_Bridge Austin, TX
The bridge was decommissioned for vehicular traffic on October 8, 2018,[5] and was subsequently converted to a bicycle and pedestrian bridge as part of the Bergstrom Expressway Project.[6]
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=bike+and+pedestrian+bridges
bike and foot bridges
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mopac+Mobility+Bike+and+Pedestrian+Bridge/@30.2414535,-97.8107348,218a,35y,39.38t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x8ae827dd1ff5e0ed!2sCircuit+of+the+Americas!8m2!3d30.1345808!4d-97.6358511!3m4!1s0x865b4b195cfe9cfd:0xc2243e2695a7f1b2!8m2!3d30.2427204!4d-97.8106504 , https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mopac+Mobility+Bike+and+Pedestrian+Bridge/@30.2427204,-97.8106504,3a,75y/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipNhdcj5qqk2WHQVF2b09t5z2gelVV2u4sgmdc-g!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNhdcj5qqk2WHQVF2b09t5z2gelVV2u4sgmdc-g%3Dw152-h86-k-no!7i3840!8i2160!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x8ae827dd1ff5e0ed!2sCircuit+of+the+Americas!8m2!3d30.1345808!4d-97.6358511!3m4!1s0x865b4b195cfe9cfd:0xc2243e2695a7f1b2!8m2!3d30.2427204!4d-97.8106504
https://vancouverbikeguide.com/top-five-vancouver-cycling-bridges/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9ESzjP_jKE Vancouver-Richmond North_Arm_Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Arm_Bridge#/media/File:NorthArmBridge.jpg
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=bike+and+pedestrian+bridges
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Sunday, November 14, 2021
Hudson's-Detroit-skyscraper-is the 2nd tallest-building-in Michigan
https://www.dezeen.com/2018/11/07/shop-architects-hudsons-detroit-skyscraper-tallest-building-michigan https://www.hudsonssitedetroit.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson%27s_Site_Development_(Detroit)
https://www.bedrockdetroit.com/property/hudsons-site/
https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=113129
Thursday, November 11, 2021
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Monday, November 8, 2021
Thursday, November 4, 2021
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
NYC Subway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgTKTs33NLY
https://www.theb1m.com/video/fixing-the-tunnel-thats-failing-new-york-city
We take you on a journey deep under the island of Manhattan to explore what lies below the biggest city in America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX1xmaKPb9o
BART
VTA's Eastridge to BART Regional Connector Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DtkPiGVtkc
An overview of the Phase 2 extension of the Bay Area Rapid Transit to Silicon Valley. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfoCEYLigKo
Monday, November 1, 2021
Friday, October 29, 2021
Thursday, October 21, 2021
LA: The Alameda Corridor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alameda_Corridor
https://www.railwayage.com/intermodal/is-the-alameda-corridor-in-trouble/
https://www.balfourbeattyus.com/our-work/project-portfolio/alameda-corridor-maintenance
https://transportgeography.org/contents/chapter5/rail-transportation-pipelines/alameda-corridor/
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Largest container ships
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_ship#Size_categories
https://www.asianausa.com/how-much-bigger-can-container-ships-get/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_container_ships
https://www.universalcargo.com/how-much-cargo-can-the-largest-shipping-container-ship-really-hold/
https://www.sjonescontainers.co.uk/containerpedia/how-many-shipping-containers-fit-on-a-cargo-ship/
https://www.costamare.com/industry_containerisation
https://www.ttnews.com/articles/ships-carrying-50000-containers-are-horizon-report-says
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Monday, October 11, 2021
Saturday, October 9, 2021
Friday, October 8, 2021
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Saturday, October 2, 2021
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
impressive stadiums
the most impressive NFL stadiums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIZfkEOfRFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5IgN7iFKOg every NFL stadium for the 2021 season
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle#Professional_sports
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9EbxBkWzN4 k dome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Coliseum , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us-Op6_ld5A , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqPtumPTaaM , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Coliseum#Eventual_replacements
Sunday, September 19, 2021
minoru-yamasaki-designed-world-trade-center-as-beacon-of-democracy
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Monday, September 6, 2021
Friday, September 3, 2021
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Monday, August 30, 2021
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Canadian National Exhibition
https://theex.com/2021-cne-message
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_National_Exhibition https://theex.com/
https://theex.com/main/getting-here/public-transit/
https://theex.com/main/guest-info/cne-map
https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/07/why-cne-isnt-happening-allowed-step-2-rules/
https://www.blogto.com/search/?offset=0&ordering=relevancy&q=cne
PNE and Hastings Park over the-next-decade-and-the next-century
Monday, August 23, 2021
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Friday, August 20, 2021
Metrotown station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrotown_station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDqkaEvapEg
the Greater Vancouver SkyTrain system https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXF44HciCe8
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Lafontaine Tunnel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Hippolyte_Lafontaine_Bridge%E2%80%93Tunnel
https://globalnews.ca/tag/lafontaine-tunnel
https://globalnews.ca/news/3561402/lafontaine-tunnel-to-undergo-1b-in-renovations-starting-in-2019
http://www.montrealroads.com/crossings/lafontaine/
https://www.renewcanada.net/quebec-awards-1-1-billion-contract-for-lafontaine-tunnel-project/
new 8 lane george-massey-tunnel...
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Monday, August 16, 2021
Urban Data
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W664J13u1J0
Harvard Professor Ed Glaeser explores the skyscraper boom of the bustling 19th century and asks what made these radically new buildings possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOdnHYvIZ74
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Game Worlds BIGGER Than Planet Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o4SBhbercM
Monday, July 26, 2021
Saturday, July 24, 2021
Austin has-more-skyscrapers-planned
https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2021/01/28/austin-more-skyscrapers-planned.html
https://aquilacommercial.com/learning-center/austin-cbd-2024/
https://austin.towers.net/cielo-plans-two-towers-on-a-full-downtown-block-at-fourth-and-brazos
https://austin.towers.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/4th_brazos_east_south.jpg
Monday, July 19, 2021
Sunday, July 18, 2021
Burrard SkyTrain Station to close for 2 years to complete 'major upgrade'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrard_station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_(Vancouver)#Expo_Line
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_rolling_stock#Future_expansion_and_replacement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_rolling_stock#Summary