Montreal REM vs. Vancouver SkyTrain comparison

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/montreal-rem-vancouver-skytrain-comparison

If the SkyTrain could ever have longer stations & longer trains, then it might be on the same level as even the Montreal Metro, let alone REM.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=REM+Train

simon-fraser-university-plaza-renewal-and-student-union-building-in burnaby

 https://www.canadianarchitect.com/masterworks-renewed-simon-fraser-university-plaza-renewal-and-student-union-building-burnaby-bc/

132-street-widening-surrey

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/132-street-widening-surrey

concord-metrotown-phase-2

 https://www.urbanyvr.com/concord-metrotown-phase-2/

richmond-city-centre-steveston-highway-bike-lanes

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/richmond-city-centre-steveston-highway-bike-lanes

crane-collapses-into-neighboring-building-after-catching-fire-in-nyc

 https://nypost.com/2023/07/26/crane-collapses-into-neighboring-building-after-catching-fire-in-nyc/

vancouver-broadway-corridor-test-case-new-downtown

 https://storeys.com/vancouver-broadway-corridor-test-case-new-downtown/

city-of-burnaby-royal-oak-urban-village-community-plan-redevelopment-projects

 https://storeys.com/city-of-burnaby-royal-oak-urban-village-community-plan-redevelopment-projects/

developer to-rebuild-heritage-building-thurlow-vancouver

 https://storeys.com/developer-rebuild-heritage-building-thurlow-vancouver/

bridges and tunnels

 https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/may-1-1973--4714774596223914 vancouver

stumps

 https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/761882461979840318/

mountains

 https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/423197696215074280

https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/955326139682456105/

Granville Street

 https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/6262886968078574 bridge

West Georgia Street in Vancouver

 https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/west-georgia-street-rush-hour-vancouver-bc--72550243987409307

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-north-vancouver-west-vancouver-north-shore

The Lions+Gate+Bridge is a classic 3 lane bottleneck, or the quintessential urban chokepoint. The LGB could become an excellent foot, bus & bike bridge, if only a tunnel could be built close to it.

Five-blocks east of the park, Georgia Street is continually seven lanes wide.

https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/west-georgia-complete-street.aspx

While that segment of W. Georgia_Street is 7 lanes wide, an 8 lane tunnel could cross the 1st Narrows. A 7 lane tunnel might be a little cheaper with a middle centre lane section & barrier, two 4 lane compartments would be much better. During the morning, all 4 lanes could be heading into Vancouver with 1 as a HOV lane. Then, during the afternoon, all 4 northbound lanes would be open with the 4th being a HOV lane.

The 4 lane northbound tunnel could emerge just north of the LGB. Then the surface route could connect to Marine Drive and then turn onto Capilano Road. The Cap interchange is already there. Simply moving the yellow line over one lane would allow 3 lanes of northbound traffic on Capilano Road. 

A reconfigured TCH & Taylor Way interchange could allow for 3 southbound lanes right down to the mall, simply by moving the yellow line over 1 lane. Then, a 3 lane Taylor Way southbound tunnel could start just south of the Marine Drive intersection. A southbound HOV lane would have to be routed into it.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/this-week-in-history-the-great-georgia-harris-viaduct-opens-in-1915 Aparently, no one bothered to make sure that the 4 lane structure could properly support streetcars. Thus, the inept city couldn't use it as a major east-west streetcar route.

https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2011/06/16/the-viaducts-past-present-and-future-part-1 Even in the 1970s there was no concept to have an express bus corridor betwen Vancouver, Burnaby & Coquitlam. 

https://viewpointvancouver.ca/2015/01/13/john-mackie-the-georgia-viaduct-and-the-freeway-fight-1972

Then when the first 2 SkyTrain lines were built, the stations were barely half the length of the 152.5 meter Montreal Metro stations. Evidently, this was to save money, but the stations should have still been built to proper big city standards. Then to further reinforce the symbolism of congestive planning agenda, the 3rd line only has enough clearance for 50 meter stations. 

Sydney started to have taller buildings than Vancouver by the early 1960s. https://ca.pinterest.com/pin/west-georgia-street-1960--497647827546801125 It took until the end of the 1960s for Melbourne to start having taller buildings than Vancouver. Then as Melbourne soared into the 1970s, Vancouver started to create a series of overlapping restrictions to thwart the city.

https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/british-columbia-vancouver-skyline-1970s-with-possible-building-site-of-west-coast-transmission-building--716424253196467928 Despite being a Pacific city, Vancouver & Canada don't seem to be interested in having a proper metropolis on the scale of Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane. The tallest buildings in Vancouver must be shorter than even the tallest in Perth, Seattle & Calgary. Most of the roads & bridges are to be half the width & the trains are also to be a half-length joke. Thus, Greater Vancouver has been in a perpetual state of congestion.

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

Calgary

 https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=3&status=15

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=2&status=15

3

3

Burnaby City Hall

 https://www.burnabynow.com/opinion/letter-council-please-consider-fourth-option-for-new-city-hall-site-7274929

options-for-new-burnaby city-hall-site

 https://www.burnabynow.com/opinion/letter-council-please-consider-fourth-option-for-new-city-hall-site-7274929

Melbourne

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne#Train

toronto-elevated-transit-eglinton-crosstown

 https://dailyhive.com/toronto/toronto-elevated-transit-eglinton-crosstown

https://www.urbanrail.net/am/toro/toronto.htm

gerrard-station, toronto

 https://www.metrolinx.com/en/projects-and-programs/ontario-line/what-were-building/gerrard-station

https://streetsoftoronto.com/a-look-at-torontos-new-subway-stations-as-ontario-line-breaks-ground/

CenterPoint Energy Tower, Houston

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

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1089

 https://www.facilitiesnet.com/lighting/casestudy/Houston-Landmark-Upgrades-Its-Look-With-Exterior-Lighting--37687

https://tellepsen.com/case-studies/reliant-energy-1100-milam-repositioning-to-houston-industries-headquarters

https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/Building/2164/CenterPoint%20Energy%20Tower.php

https://alchetron.com/CenterPoint-Energy-Plaza#centerpoint-energy-plaza-5e47e64a-a3fe-4ed8-99d4-6fe70b0e90d-resize-750.jpeg

https://www.keatingarchitecture.com/center-point-energy

https://s3.amazonaws.com/transwestern-property/Flyers/530b629f-94a0-ec11-b400-000d3a31326b/centerpointdowntownflyer.pdf

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

758

Regional Connector Redefines Light Rail Transit in Los Angeles

https://www.planetizen.com/news/2023/06/124108-newly-opened-regional-connector-redefines-light-rail-transit-los-angeles 

https://fusionanomaly.net/losangeles.html

LA

vancouver-slips-from-being-most-popular-luxury-cruise-destination

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/hospitality-marketing-tourism/vancouver-slips-from-being-most-popular-luxury-cruise-destination-7243693

cal hs rail

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOiB_cUr0Xo

las-vegas-orb-msg-sphere

 https://gizmodo.com/las-vegas-orb-msg-sphere-what-is-it-1850610409

The Race to Save Texas’ Failed Megabridge

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9ODgfIaxc4

7

Gladesville_Bridge

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

vancouver-office-vacancy-rate

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-office-vacancy-rate-q2-2023

west-coast-express-commuter-rail-new-tracks

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/west-coast-express-commuter-rail-new-tracks

2

bc-place

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/history/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-bc-place-7162379

Copenhagen_Airport,_Kastrup_Station

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_Airport,_Kastrup_Station

Congestive urban planning in backwards BC

Most bridges in Greater Vancouver are so narrow, because there was no provision to have bus and HOV lanes. The+Lion+Bridge+and+The+Iron+Bridge are 2 classic examples of not constructing additional infrastructure to accommodate bus lanes, HOV lanes and especially, rail rapid transit. That's because such improvements would actually go against the congestive urban planning agenda. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacey_V._Murrow_Memorial_Bridge , https://www.historylink.org/file/21298 A narrow 4 lane BC type bridge was upgraded to an 8 lane crossing, plus 2 LRT tracks for WA. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrows_Bridge_(Perth) From a basic bridge to a nice 10 lane crossing with 2 train tracks for WA. https://structurae.net/en/structures/narrows-bridge Its great that the horrible backwards Vancouver mentality never made it to Perth. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-13/perth-narrows-bridge-60-years-since-construction/11697812 Unfortunately, Vancouver & BC have done their damndest to prevent a similar nice, wide crossing, which also includes 6_car_trains. While backwards Vancouver & BC didn't want to build wider infrastructure simply to accomodate more drivers, the funds didn't seem to go towards a regional rapid bus or at least an express bus & HOV network with its own set of bridges. The SkyTrain should have been designed with a provision to eventually have stations at least as long as those on the Montreal Metro, which can accomodate 9 car trains on a 500 ft platform or 152.5 m. https://heritage.engineersaustralia.org.au/wiki/Place:Constructing_Narrows_Bridges  

The old Champlain_Bridge_in Montreal just had 3 lanes each way & no provision for a train. Where as the new Samuel-De_Champlain_Bridge provides 4 lanes each way & has 2 REM train tracks. https://www.samueldechamplainbridge.ca Fortunately, Montreal, like Seattle & Perth was able to have a nice wide bridge with 2 train tracks in the middle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel-De_Champlain_Bridge#Construction_method 

Montreal, Seattle & Perth are allowed to exist on a larger scale than backwards Vancouver, because they don't have the same imposed restrictions. Urban Quebec and urban WA are able to do so much more, because they aren't hindered by anything like the backwards BC mentality. 

Risk assessment model of bottlenecks for urban expressways using survival analysis approach https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235214651730474X 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bunbury+WA+6230,+Australia/@-33.3399232,115.6694676,430a,35y,44.83t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x2a39279b2423314b:0x500f638247a10a0!2sVancouver+Peninsula+WA+6330,+Australia!3b1!8m2!3d-35.0599149!4d117.9307564!16s%2Fg%2F11fmh3xt4l!3m5!1s0x2a2e1d48f5a47b23:0x500f638247a1470!8m2!3d-33.3270366!4d115.6408605!16zL20vMDEycTcx?entry=ttu

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Perth+and+Seattle

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

Perth, WA and Seattle, WA

Perth and Seattle are fine examples of what hasn't been allowed in Vancouver, BC. Perth has good year round weather & better infrastructure than Vancouver. While Seattle can almost have as much cold & crappy damp Vancouver weather, it's not a thwarted city. Perth & especially Seattle permit taller buildings, wider bridges & have longer trains.

https://www.westernaustralia.com/en/places-to-visit/perth-and-surrounds/travel-to-and-around-perth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth#Infrastructure

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windan_Bridge , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goongoongup_Bridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railways_in_Perth#Routes_and_services

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_line,_Perth#Stations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_line,_Perth#Rolling_stock

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

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/High_Wycombe_train_gn1.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_railway_station#/media/File:Perth_station_platform2.jpg

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

https://www.soundtransit.org/blog/platform/making-i-90-floating-bridge-stronger-longer-lasting-trains This crossing provides 4 Lanes each way with 2 tracks for LRT. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Link_Light_Rail_Line_1_Siemens_S700_Mount_Baker_Station_%2852232826261%29.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Link_LRV_128_approaching_Sea-Tac_Airport_Station.jpg

Essentially, Perth+and+Seattle both have been able to develop on a grander urban scale than restrictive Vancouver. There is just something about the small-scale thinking of backwater BC that hasn't caught on with, or been adopted by WA. 

https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/perths-mining-boom-to-blame-for-lack-of-heritage-20130315-2g4xl.html

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

Albany, Western Australia

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany,_Western_Australia

https://gsdc.wa.gov.au/our-region/city-of-albany

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

https://www.westernaustralia.com/en/places/albany/56b266bb2cbcbe7073ae06bd

https://www.albany.wa.gov.au/documents/701/planning-strategy-albany-local-planning-strategy-2019-part-1

https://www.wa.gov.au/system/files/2021-11/LST-Albany.pdf

https://www.infrastructureaustralia.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-12/Albany_Ring_Road_Evaluation_Summary.pdf

https://profile.id.com.au/albany/population-estimate

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vancouver+Peninsula+WA+6330,+Australia

https://www.google.com/maps/place/West+Cape+Howe+National+Park

https://www.icontainers.com/us/2020/01/20/top-10-ports-australia

https://www.marineinsight.com/know-more/8-major-ports-in-australia

https://www.porttechnology.org/news/top-5-ports-in-australia-2021

https://container-news.com/top-10-the-busiest-container-ports-in-oceania

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

jericho-lands-development-in-west-point-grey

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/jericho-lands-development-concept-west-point-grey-vancouver-june-2023

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-massive-vancouver-land-development-unveiled-for-jericho-area/

can-bc-infrastructure-keep-up-with-population-growth?

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/transportation/can-bc-infrastructure-keep-up-with-population-growth-7149963

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/transportation/transportation-infrastructure-priorities-pushed-in-lead-up-to-bc-budget-6590000

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

Bus Rapid Transit

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

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

vancouver-port-workers-strike-action-looming

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-port-workers-strike-action-looming

bc

skytrain-noise

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-noise-top-of-rail-friction-modifier-tread-stick

bc

columbia-square-plaza-redevelopment-88-10th-street-new-westminster

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/columbia-square-plaza-redevelopment-88-10th-street-new-westminster

fraser-mills-coquitlam-fraser-river-waterfront-beedie-neighbourhood

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/fraser-mills-coquitlam-fraser-river-waterfront-beedie-neighbourhood

the-burrard-bridge

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the-burrard-bridge-7129420

https://vancouverhistory.ca/places/burrard-bridge/?utm_source=vancouver%20is%20awesome&utm_campaign=vancouver%20is%20awesome%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral

https://vancouverhistory.ca/events/collapse-of-the-second-narrows-bridge/

bc

cathay-pacific-vancouver-to-hong-kong-flights

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/cathay-pacific-vancouver-to-hong-kong-flights-yvr-hkg

expensive-cities-to rent in

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-cities-expensive-cities-rent

tower-at-111-wall-street-epitomizes-crisis-of-nycs-commercial-real-estate-market

 https://nypost.com/2023/06/08/tower-at-111-wall-street-epitomizes-crisis-of-nycs-commercial-real-estate-market/

Tsawwassen Mills: shopping, entertainment and dining...

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/tsawwassen-mills-entertainment-dining-hub-expansion

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

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Tsawwassen+Mills

The World’s First Undersea Roundabout

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVD0hG-_5gQ

Why The Golden Gate Bridge Needs a $1.3BN Upgrade

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcV1btTEAVg

the Story of New York’s Strangest Tower

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPUlqYN4Z-k

Singapore

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

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

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

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

canada-sees-the-rise-of-mall-cities

 https://www.burnabynow.com/real-estate/canada-sees-the-rise-of-mall-cities-7089678

new-city-hall-building-metrotown-area

 https://storeys.com/burnaby-new-city-hall-building-metrotown-three-potential-locations/

bc

anthem-properties-burnaby-66-storey-citizen-metro-king-metrotown

 https://storeys.com/anthem-properties-burnaby-66-storey-citizen-metro-king-metrotown/

canada-public-transit-system-comparison

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-public-transit-system-comparison

courtyard-residence-student-housing-sfu-burnaby

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/courtyard-residence-student-housing-sfu-burnaby

1144-burrard-street-vancouver-hotel-amacon

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1144-burrard-street-vancouver-hotel-amacon

Mumbai

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navi_Mumbai#Transport

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

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mumbai,+Maharashtra,+India/@19.0720964,73.1043237,74809m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x3be7c6306644edc1:0x5da4ed8f8d648c69!8m2!3d19.0759837!4d72.8776559!16zL20vMDR2bXA?entry=ttu

the-post-vancouver-heritage-revitalization-amazon

 https://storeys.com/quadreal-graeme-scott-the-post-vancouver-heritage-revitalization-amazon/

bc

Cairo masterplan threatens ancient City of the Dead

 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65697835

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cairo,+Cairo+Governorate,+Egypt/@30.0164858,31.2885574,55382m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x14583fa60b21beeb:0x79dfb296e8423bba!8m2!3d30.0444196!4d31.2357116!16zL20vMDF3MnY!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu

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

The Quintessential Rapid Transit System of the London Underground

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX-RPShHWNU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDbZ46fCpvc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3-0OOK7Is8 filth

The Paris RER

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6afb6uv1V1Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppFzg6dIpS4

The Belgian City That Built A Metro Line... And Never Opened It

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXJ9SDK1Kp4 2 lines

The Paris Metro

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGsCejwW6Kk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8XPjmDWdfc history

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppFzg6dIpS4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEqAMiUOHVE future

The Secret Tunnels Beneath New York City

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0TAMXMeeqE nyc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwm_0eywrVc chi

When Chicago built the Tallest Building in the World | The story of Sears Tower

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm0dzhFeArw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLZ-NPW6QdM w tower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLti1BiNCPE oh to the loop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pnea6PrMmI airport 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW7O8zDGC7U oh

Chicago eL

 https://interactive.wttw.com/chicago-by-l/sidetracks/history-l , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NPCFnF4csA

https://www.947wls.com/2022/02/28/this-is-where-the-cta-el-train-is-its-loudest/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-cta-train-noise-0225-20220226-yhn4xqgtsnaljlnqe3viao53nq-story.html

https://interactive.wttw.com/chicago-by-l/sidetracks/how-cta-map-got-its-colors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6xJFpPY_7s&t=2019s CTA 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLti1BiNCPE OH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIUFbPNh-tE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzccefMyWGw not blue

Why America Is Tearing Down some of Its Highways

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXp4rVZFTVs

the amazon-effect-is-crushing-morning-traffic-into-seattle

 https://mynorthwest.com/3890139/amazon-effect-is-crushing-morning-traffic-into-seattle/

https://mynorthwest.com/3890153/prepare-for-nb-i-5-closures-through-seattle-this-weekend/

2096-west-broadway-skytrain-arbutus-station-rental-tower-translink-pci

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/2096-west-broadway-skytrain-arbutus-station-rental-tower-translink-pci

translink-metrotown-bcrtc-skytrain-office

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-metrotown-bcrtc-skytrain-office

Rogers Centre, Toronto

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Centre#Background_and_design

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Centre#Stadium_features

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Building_(Toronto)

high-density-burnaby-metrotown-dev-site-sells-for-45m

 https://renx.ca/high-density-burnaby-metrotown-dev-site-sells-for-45m

grosvenor-plans-huge-vehicle-free-burnaby-brentwood-dev

 https://renx.ca/grosvenor-plans-huge-vehicle-free-burnaby-brentwood-dev

Proposed_British_Isles_fixed_sea_link_connections

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

the curv

 https://thecurv.ca/

knight-street-bridge

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/knight-street-bridge-maintenance-work-2023

How Vancouver's Waterfront Became so Boring

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYf-S5yTEk

The new Highway 99 Tunnel with an eight-lane immersed tube tunnel.

 https://www.highway99tunnel.ca/

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022TRAN0012-000176

https://globalnews.ca/tag/massey-tunnel/

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/steveston-interchange-george-massey-tunnel-vs.-bridge-richmond

https://globalnews.ca/news/9112754/massey-crossing-replacement-delay/

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation-projects

surrey-langley-skytrain

 https://www.surrey.ca/services-payments/parking-streets-transportation/surrey-langley-skytrain

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation-projects/surrey-langley-skytrain

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation-projects

fleetwood, surrey

 https://www.surrey.ca/about-surrey/our-communities/fleetwood

Pinnacle One Yonge

 https://urbantoronto.ca/database/projects/pinnacle-one-yonge.6918

the one

 

https://urbantoronto.ca/database/projects/one.5048

https://urbantoronto.ca/

Pennsylvania Station

 https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Pennsylvania+Station

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

Grand Central Terminal

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

https://www.grandcentralterminal.com/

https://www.grandcentralterminal.com/about

nyc

Rogers Building (Toronto)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Building_(Toronto) 17

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=52328

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

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rogers+Communications+Inc./@43.6702348,-79.3807943,411m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x882b34acc9be873f:0x9d971e7af57cd74d!2sBloor+St+East+at+Jarvis+St!8m2!3d43.671463!4d-79.380768!16s%2Fg%2F1vk6zw36!3m5!1s0x89d4cb52da6496ab:0xead4170c190dc914!8m2!3d43.6700271!4d-79.379377!16s%2Fg%2F11b6v1rs5z!5m1!1e2

vancouver-rogers-building

 https://miss604.com/2013/09/vancouver-history-rogers-building.html

https://www.heritagesitefinder.ca/location/470-granville-st-vancouver-bc/

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/history/rogers-building-granville-pender-location-restaurant-history-vancouver-archives-5292816

cities_proper_by_population_density

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

montreal metro

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Metro#Rolling_stock

Frequency of departures

	Peak From 7am to 9am and from 4pm to 6pm	Non-peak Morning, day and evening (non-peak)
Week	Every 3 to 5 minutes	Every 4 to 10 minutes
Week-end	Every 6 to 12 minutes

https://www.stm.info/en/info/networks/metro/orange

https://www.stm.info/en/info/networks/metro

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Metro#Future_projects

pne-amphitheatre-new-design

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pne-amphitheatre-new-design

new pattullo-project-prompts-traffic-changes-for-new-west-and-surrey

 https://www.newwestrecord.ca/local-news/pattullo-project-prompts-traffic-changes-for-new-west-and-surrey-travel-6857925

TTC

 https://www.metrolinx.com/en/projects-and-programs/union-station

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

https://www.metrolinx.com/en/projects-and-programs/ontario-line

https://www.infrastructureontario.ca/en/what-we-do/projectssearch/ontario-line/

https://www.metrolinx.com/en/projects-and-programs/finch-west-lrt

https://www.metrolinx.com/en/projects-and-programs/eglinton-crosstown-west-extension

https://www.metrolinx.com/en/projects-and-programs/eglinton-crosstown-lrt

https://www.metrolinx.com/en/projects-and-programs/scarborough-subway-extension

non-stop-rail-2-future-trains-pick-up-passengers-in-motion

 https://weburbanist.com/2015/01/15/non-stop-rail-2-future-trains-pick-up-passengers-in-motion/

bc-film-sector-bracing-for-hollywood-writers-strike

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/entertainment-media-sports/bc-film-sector-bracing-for-hollywood-writers-strike-6838178

New Westminster eclipses Toronto and Montreal in population density

 https://www.newwestrecord.ca/local-news/new-westminster-eclipses-toronto-montreal-for-population-density-in-2021-census-5044437

cities_with_more_than_one_commercial_airport

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

the-marine-building

 https://forbiddenvancouver.ca/blog/the-marine-building/

tallest freestanding structures

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

https://burj-khalifa.info/en/

Edmonton LRT

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Line#Stations

passenger train Interchange stations

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_station_(Edmonton)#Lines 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlake_station_(Sound_Transit)#Future

metro

Seattle Underground Stations

 Beacon Hill's 400-foot-long (120 m) split island platform is located between the two Beacon Hill Tunnel tubes, with a small cross-tunnel passageway between the two sections of the platform.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon_Hill_station_(Sound_Transit)#Station_layout , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Line_(Sound_Transit)#Stations , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_station#Station_layout , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlake_station_(Sound_Transit)#Station_layout , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Line_(Sound_Transit)#Route

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_light_rail#Rolling_stock

seattle metro 

train stations

grim-reaper-building-downtown-san-francisco

 https://www.sfgate.com/obscuresf/article/grim-reaper-building-downtown-san-francisco-17867052.php

New Pattullo Bridge

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattullo_Bridge  https://www.pattullobridgereplacement.ca/

https://www.pattullobridgereplacement.ca/about/projectoverview/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newburgh%E2%80%93Beacon_Bridge

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

Oak_Street_Bridge

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

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

Mid-Hudson Bridge

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Hudson_Bridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crossings_of_the_Hudson_River#/media/File:Mid-Hudson_Bridge_2010-03-07.JPG

burrard bridge

 https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2021/12/23/burrard-bridge/

https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2022/12/26/downtown-false-creek-from-above/

https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2022/01/03/burrard-inlet-waterfront-from-above/

https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2023/01/02/burrard-inlet-waterfront-from-above-2/

https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/burrard-building/

damaged-vancouver-seawalls

 https://www.francesbula.com/uncategorized/damaged-vancouver-seawalls-will-be-a-massive-repair-job-prompt-re-think-of-how-to-deal-with-shores-as-tides-and-sea-levels-rise/

https://www.francesbula.com

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

bridge paths

 https://mariomcuomobridge.ny.gov/explore-bridge-path

https://mariomcuomobridge.ny.gov/explore-bridge-bridge-design

Rod El Farag Axis Bridge

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_El_Farag_Axis_Bridge has 6 lanes in both directions

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/commercial/2019/6/egypts-new-bridge-becomes-the-widest-cable-stayed-bridge-580736

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/507572-widest-cable-stayed-bridge

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2019-05/15/c_138061010_4.htm

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

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

a-housing-bottleneck-immigration-targets-exacerbate-bcs-housing-crisis

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/real-estate/a-housing-bottleneck-immigration-targets-exacerbate-bcs-housing-crisis-6444681

medium-capacity_rail_systems

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-capacity_rail_system#List_of_medium-capacity_rail_systems

skytrain-capstan-station-opening-delayed-fall-2023

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-capstan-station-opening-delayed-fall-2023

skytrain-mark-v-car-new-renderings

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-mark-v-car-new-rendering-translink

systemwide-slow-zone-state-oversight-agency-sets-25-mph-speed-limit-on-subways

 https://mass.streetsblog.org/2023/03/09/systemwide-slow-zone-state-oversight-agency-sets-25-mph-speed-limit-on-subways/

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2023/02/06/this-years-legislative-agenda-includes-rail-electrification-congestion-pricing-and-traffic-enforcement-cameras/

https://mass.streetsblog.org/category/transit/mbta/

under-harvards-influence-massdot-approves-86-million-contract-to-rehab-allston-highway-viaduct

 https://mass.streetsblog.org/2023/03/21/under-harvards-influence-massdot-approves-86-million-contract-to-rehab-allston-highway-viaduct/

a-deep-dive-into-center-running-bike-lanes-a-known-infrastructure-failure

 https://sf.streetsblog.org/2023/03/22/a-deep-dive-into-center-running-bike-lanes-a-known-infrastructure-failure/

The Martian - Soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Yp405H6ps

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film)#Plot

I Wanted to Believe: The X-Files Didn’t Prepare Me for Actual Aliens

 https://thewalrus.ca/i-wanted-to-believe-the-x-files-didnt-prepare-me-for-actual-aliens/

seattle-vs. vancover-tourism-infrastructure-facilities-economy-strengths

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/seattle-vancover-tourism-infrastructure-facilities-economy-strengths

broadway-subway-skytrain-millennium-line-extension

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-subway-skytrain-millennium-line-extension-construction-update-march-2023

https://images.dailyhive.com/20210616123354/broadway-city-hall-station-hub.jpg

vancouver broadway-plan-pace-of-change-policy-rental-housing-issues

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-plan-pace-of-change-policy-rental-housing-issues

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-rent-more-expensive-2023

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-housing-market-starting-to-balance-report

https://dailyhive.com/montreal/rent-report-march-montreal-price

https://dailyhive.com/canada/canada-home-prices-inflation-employment-forecast-2023

https://dailyhive.com/canada/canada-housing-market-downturn-bottom-forecast-2023

Tampa Bay area...

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

https://time.com/collection/worlds-greatest-places-2023/6261491/tampa-florida/

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrorail_(Miami-Dade_County)#Rolling_stock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Tower_(Miami)

vancouvers housing-supply-limiting-bcs-population-growth

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/real-estate-news/housing-supply-limiting-bcs-population-growth-5974087

Vancouver makes TIME Magazine's list of 50 greatest places to visit

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-makes-time-magazine-s-list-of-50-greatest-places-to-visit-1.6316794

https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Worlds-Greatest-Places-Vancouver-British-Columbia.jpg

 https://time.com/6261648/vancouver/

The new bridge after the Pattullo Bridge

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-new-replacement-construction-update-2024

This small city mentality is ridiculous. 

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-new-crossing-widening-six-lanes-surrey-board-of-trade

Unfortunatly, the narrow Pattullo+Bridge+replacement is indicative of the BC reluctance to properly build for the future. That's the nature of the BC Mind Virus (BCMV).

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

Øresund Bridge and Drogden Tunnel

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oresund_Bridge#Drogden_Tunnel

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Tunnel_(Malmo)

census_metropolitan_areas_and_agglomerations_in_Canada

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_census_metropolitan_areas_and_agglomerations_in_Canada#Recent_growth

oakridge-mall-new-renderings

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/oakridge-park-centre-indoor-mall-new-renderings-vancouver

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

152-street-road-widening-surrey-nicomekl-and serpentine

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/152-street-road-widening-surrey-nicomekl-serpentine

new-pattullo-bridge

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-new-replacement-construction-december-2022

surrey-city-development-corporation-scdc-relaunch

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-city-development-corporation-scdc-relaunch

metro-vancouver-hotel-supply-shortage-demand

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-hotel-supply-shortage-demand

10757-university-drive-surrey-gateway-project

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/10744-133-street-10725-10757-university-drive-surrey-gateway-project-scdc

pacific-centre-vancouver-nordstrom-ikea-uniqlo-eataly-simons

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pacific-centre-vancouver-nordstrom-ikea-uniqlo-eataly-simons

Canada Line is so under-built

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-skytrain

50 m short SkyTrain-Canada+Line stations are so symbolic of the reluctance to have Montreal Metro & Toronto Subway length stations that are 152.5 m or 500 feet long. 

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/short-platforms-and-trains-is-the-skytrain-canada-line-under-built-and-nearing-capacity

To allow Montreal & Toronto size stations in Greater Vancouver would be indicative of accepting & planning for big city type growth. Indeed, all the SkyTrain stations were deliberately built to be shorter than any underground stations in Edmonton, Seattle & Portland. Even the new underground stations in Calgary will be longer, that's because Calgary, like so many other proper cities, aren't under the control of a backwards Vancouver and backwater BC type agenda.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-2017-kevin-desmond-canada-line-built-skytrain

However, Vancouver & BC are all about congestive planning. Thus, building small & narrow provides great symbolism against building big. Of course who knows where all the decades of money went, because it didn't all go into the half-size infrastructure? It's quite a strange approach, have short trains & narrow bridges, but pay full price & hope that no one notices. This is terrible for people who would like to have proper size big city infrastructure.

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/transportation-old/canada-line-underbuilt-richmond-translink-ceo-1946514

Greater Vancouver should have had all of its Skytrain stations built to be at least 500 feet or 152.45 m. There should have been bus & HOV bridges built next to all of the narrow bridges, several decades ago. However, that would conflict with the madness of Vancouverization. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Line#Canada_Line_Hyundai_Rotem_specifications

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Line#Stations Wow, design & build a multibillion dollar train line that can only be expanded from an absurd 2 car train upto a 2.5 car train. No need to have a provision for a 6, 8 or 10 car trains. That's what a big city would do, but Vancouver & Richmond are all about taking a congestive planning approach. That's the backwater BC way.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/translink-adds-more-trains-to-its-canada-line-fleet

Just because the YVR-Canada+Line uses a different technology, all of the stations should have been designed to even have longer stations than the 80m stations on the first 2 SkyTrain lines. 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=SkyTrain-Canada+Line

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=YVR-Canada+Line

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=SkyTrain+bridges

How the CN Tower was Built

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K67j5juf-V4

When Chicago built the Tallest Building in the World | The story of Sears Tower

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm0dzhFeArw

Brooklyn double deck highway

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fYvVt3ckfc

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

Detroit highways

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aA_6BTVyCs

Highway Engineering Madness: 10 Waterfront Freeways That Need to Go

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK0_zh7B-H4

PATH Extension Project The PATH Extension project

 https://www.panynj.gov/path/en/modernizing-path/extension-project.html#:~:text=Purpose,air%20travelers%20and%20airport%20employees.

9 car trains 459 ft or 140m. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_(rail_system)#/media/File:Train_Ride_to_Newark_(1997)_(6390625079).jpg 8 x 51 ft = 408 or 124m.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_(rail_system)#Rolling_stock

https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/vehicles/press-release/21281520/the-port-authority-of-new-york-and-new-jersey-path-takes-special-delivery-at-port-newark-of-two-new-rail-cars-the-first-installment-in-planned-expansion-of-fleet

https://liamoconnell.com/2022/07/08/why-the-path-train-never-grew/

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2021/05/16/opinion-the-port-authoritys-wrong-moves-at-newark-airport/

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/transportation/2022/06/20/path-nj-transit-expansion-clarelle-degraffe/9510135002/

https://www.nj.com/news/2023/03/new-rail-station-to-be-built-ahead-of-delayed-path-newark-airport-extension.html

Hong Kong's $11BN Underwater Railway Explained

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03AtIZjziJw

metro-vancouver-metro-2050-regional-plan-approved

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-metro-2050-regional-plan-approved

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-bus-delays-rapid-transit-lanes-congestion

The Secret behind China's Ghost Cities

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ8JBTIVUVw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie6zd3Rwu4c

Samuel-De Champlain Bridge, Montreal

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel-De_Champlain_Bridge

https://www.samueldechamplainbridge.ca/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQTy48KmHbY buildings

the new Samuel-de Champlain Bridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiX8OT1iwZI 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Samuel-De+Champlain+Bridge

The Montreal Metro

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

Montreal's Underground City (officially known as RÉSO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcysNkp0Li0

metro-vancouver-regional-growth-strategy-approved-after-surrey-reversal

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/metro-vancouver-regional-growth-strategy-approved-after-surrey-reversal-6609162

http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/metro-vancouver-2050/about-metro-2050/Pages/default.aspx

Chicago’s L Train

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

https://www.transitchicago.com/blueline , https://www.transitchicago.com/redline/

https://www.transitchicago.com/about/

 https://www.governing.com/assessments/chicagos-l-the-ugly-duckling-that-made-a-city.html

vancouver-traffic-worst-north-america

 https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/02/22/vancouver-traffic-worst-north-america/

documentary-introduced-vancouver-futuristic-skytrains

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/documentary-introduced-vancouver-futuristic-skytrains-6589145

the best high capacity road tunnels

 

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

vancouver/skytrain-station-access-and-safety-project-trains

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-station-access-and-safety-project-trains

vancouver-tourism-attractions-hotels-demand-ideas

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-tourism-attractions-hotels-demand-ideas

the-post-amazon-vancouver-redevelopment-construction-update

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-post-amazon-vancouver-redevelopment-construction-update

396-southeast-marine-drive-vancouver-office-towers-hungerford

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/396-southeast-marine-drive-vancouver-office-towers-hungerford

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-commercial-safeway-redevelopment-revised-skytrain-rental-housing-towers

Sydney: Urban Structure

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney#Urban_structure

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

https://www.archdaily.com/991922/3xns-quay-quarter-tower-in-sydney-wins-the-international-high-rise-award-2022-23

https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16041-3xns-quay-quarter-tower-in-sydney-transforms-and-expands-an-outmoded-1970s-skyscraper

https://www.arup.com/projects/quay-quarter-tower

https://www.bvn.com.au/project/quay-quarter

https://www.buildaustralia.com.au/projects/keys-handed-over-for-new-quay-quarter-tower-in-sydney/

https://www.multiplex.global/ca/projects/quay-quarter-tower/

https://www.bvn.com.au/article/qqt-its-a-wrap

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/quay-quarter-tower/17753

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

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

vancouver/skytrain-station-access-and-safety-project-trains

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-station-access-and-safety-project-trains

TTC Subway

 

Toronto Transit Commission’s Andy Byford gives us a tour of Toronto’s underground subway tunnels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8qwkjW1uIM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvsBg1-h4Xs  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRpRxT9s--I The history and the future expansion plans for the TTC Toronto Subway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF1RH5BzDjw  little-known facts about our Toronto subway system

C Train Blue Line

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2AJJ7KYs-c

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Line_(Calgary)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbrook_station_(Calgary)

"Up until the completion of the Red Line's Fish Creek–Lacombe station, all platforms for the CTrain were originally designed to service three-car trains, although there had been enough space allotted to allow four-car trains. Beginning in 2007 construction on station platforms began to expand the entire network to allow four-car trains, with the project being completed in 2017..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Line_(Calgary)#Capacity_upgrade

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Line_(Calgary)#Stations_and_route

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

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Calgary+C+Train

Edmonton Light Rail Transit

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton_Light_Rail_Transit#Rolling_stock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK3W7n5LKq4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf4owBDsPCg

Tram Trains

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sGHqsD0DRM

stanley-park-bike-lane-future-design-options

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/stanley-park-bike-lane-future-design-options

transportation-upgrades-to-begin-on-granville-bridge

 https://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/transportation-upgrades-to-begin-on-granville-bridge.aspx

https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/granville-bridge-connector.aspx

https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/transportation-2040.aspx

More tall towers being proposed, approved and completed in Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey and Coquitlam

https://vancouversun.com/business/real-estate/tall-towers-vancouver-burnaby-surrey-coquitlam

Tall only by backwater BC standards, when compared to several other urban regions around the world.

Major urban bridges

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridges_of_Pittsburgh#Major_bridges

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Pittsburgh#Bridges

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

SF muni-metro-modernization

 https://www.sfmta.com/projects/muni-metro-modernization

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

75 feet
(23 metres)  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens_S200 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muni_Metro#Rolling_stock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens_S200#Couplers

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muni_Metro#/media/File:Muni_Metro_(2020-08).svg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muni_Metro#Recent_expansions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Subway_(San_Francisco)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Subway_(San_Francisco)#Proposed_extension

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown_station_(Muni_Metro)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Square/Market_Street_station

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerba_Buena/Moscone_station

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_and_Brannan_station

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_4th_and_King_Street_station

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

this-montreal-metro-station-is-worst-redditors-voted-1-spot-definitely-stood-out

 https://www.mtlblog.com/montreal/which-montreal-metro-station-is-worst-redditors-voted-1-spot-definitely-stood-out

vancouver-mountain-view-cones-shadowing-review

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-mountain-view-cones-shadowing-review

https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-tall-structures-in-vancouver-5933571

metro vancouver

 http://www.metrovancouver.org/metro2050

http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/metro-vancouver-2040/Pages/default.aspx

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-transport-2050-draft-plan-transit-expansion

Passenger Train Lengths

 https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Passenger+Train+Lengths

Train length	4-car: 82.87 m (271 ft 11 in) 5-car: 102.86 m (337 ft 6 in)
Car length	DM vehs.: 21,446 mm (70 ft 4 in) Others: 19,990 mm (65 ft 7 in)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_710#Operation 68' or 67.5' x 4 or 5 car trains.

Train length	S7: 117.45 m (385 ft 4 in) S8: 133.68 m (438 ft 7 in)
Car length	17.44 m (57 ft 3 in) (DM) 15.43 m (50 ft 7 in) (NDM)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_S7_and_S8_Stock

Selective door operation (SDO) is used at some stations where the platform is shorter than the train, such as at Baker Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_S7_and_S8_Stock#Features

Train length	101.350 m (332 ft 6.2 in)
Car length	DMOS vehs.: 19.995 m (65 ft 7.2 in) Others: 19.660 m (64 ft 6.0 in)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_378#Design_and_features

The first 2 SkyTrain lines only have 80m stations, which can accomodate 5 of the newest cars. However, with SDO a 5 car train can become 7.

The Canada embasement Line was only designed to have 50m stations, not 152m stations like the Montreal Metro. Unfortunatly, the underbuilt Canada Line stations weren't designed to accommodate 5 car trains, only a 2.5 car joke of a train. Getting past the half-car B$, three 20m cars would form a 60m train. SDO can not only make a 3 car train possible, but a 5 car train length of 100m, despite its absurd 50m platform. It just would have been better to have built proper big city stations in the first place.

Of course Vancouver would opt to have shorter underground train stations than Montréal, Toronto, Edmonton, Seattle, SF & LA, because shorter trains help to increase urban transportation congestion. Unfortunatly, increasing congestion is a key component of the Vancouver city planning mentality & BC in general.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Selective+Door+Operation

London Underground

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_1973_Stock#History

London Overground

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

Barking station, London

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

train stations

Salesforce Tower, SF

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

https://www.bart.gov/system-map

Salesforce Tower (Sydney)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesforce_Tower_(Sydney)

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=105981

https://www.sydneyplace.com/

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=50&status=15

Mexico City’s Great Metro & Even Better Transit System

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hMTw1SrOjY

NIMBYs: The Biggest Barrier to Transit Expansion

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqnTqNSxXs0

The Most Famous Elevated Metro System | Chicago "L"

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bxtFX6d0Uo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT8SnicEct0

BART

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-Tbl7OXtvc

https://www.bart.gov/system-map

The World's WEIRDEST Railways

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpjFLavkFS4

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsDkLw_6h_I