Urban Tech Links: UTL

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

Sunday, July 16, 2023

Calgary

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

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

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Saturday, July 15, 2023

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

Thursday, July 13, 2023

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

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

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

Monday, July 10, 2023

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

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

The Race to Save Texas’ Failed Megabridge

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

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

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Saturday, July 1, 2023

Friday, June 30, 2023

Gladesville_Bridge

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

Thursday, June 29, 2023

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

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Friday, June 23, 2023

bc-place

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

Monday, June 19, 2023

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

Friday, June 16, 2023

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/

Thursday, June 15, 2023

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

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Bus Rapid Transit

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

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

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

vancouver-port-workers-strike-action-looming

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

skytrain-noise

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

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

Sunday, June 11, 2023

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/

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

Friday, June 9, 2023

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

Monday, June 5, 2023

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

Saturday, June 3, 2023

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 /

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

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

Monday, May 29, 2023

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

Saturday, May 27, 2023

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/

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

Thursday, May 25, 2023

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

Saturday, May 20, 2023

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/

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

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

Sunday, May 14, 2023

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

Saturday, May 13, 2023

Proposed_British_Isles_fixed_sea_link_connections

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

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

the curv

https://thecurv.ca/

Monday, May 8, 2023

knight-street-bridge

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

Friday, May 5, 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/

Thursday, May 4, 2023

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

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

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

Monday, May 1, 2023

cities_proper_by_population_density

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

Saturday, April 29, 2023

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

Thursday, April 27, 2023

pne-amphitheatre-new-design

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

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

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

Sunday, April 16, 2023

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

Thursday, April 13, 2023

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/

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

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

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

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

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

Friday, April 7, 2023

cities_with_more_than_one_commercial_airport

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

Thursday, April 6, 2023

the-marine-building

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

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

tallest freestanding structures

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

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

Sunday, April 2, 2023

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

Saturday, April 1, 2023

grim-reaper-building-downtown-san-francisco

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

Friday, March 31, 2023

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/

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

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

Monday, March 27, 2023

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

Saturday, March 25, 2023

medium-capacity_rail_systems

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

Friday, March 24, 2023

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

Thursday, March 23, 2023

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/

Sunday, March 19, 2023

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/

Saturday, March 18, 2023

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

Friday, March 17, 2023

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)

Thursday, March 16, 2023

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)

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

census_metropolitan_areas_and_agglomerations_in_Canada

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

Thursday, March 9, 2023

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

Monday, March 6, 2023

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

Saturday, March 4, 2023

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

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

Friday, March 3, 2023

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-C-Line

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

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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

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

Friday, February 24, 2023

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

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

vancouver-traffic-worst-north-america

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

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

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

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

Sunday, February 19, 2023

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

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

Sunday, February 12, 2023

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