https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUXSomjE1OU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP4RUBp1Ucw history
All of the stations should have been designed to be at least 80 m with the potential to gradually have 160 m long platforms.
Thursday, May 28, 2026
A look inside the new Oakridge Park
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/oakridge-park-mall-vancouver-completion-opening-photos
There should have been at least 5 car trains stopping at all the stations by now. Unfortunately, because of backwards Vancouver and backwater BC planning standards, the Canada Line stations are only level and long enough to accommodate a 2.5 car joke of a train.
https://thecanadaline.com/station-history/oakridge-41st
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Oakridge+Park+Mall
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Senakw's first completed tower
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/senakw-rental-housing-rents-rates-first-tower-completion-photos
These towers should have been taller, because they aren't supposed to be under Vancouver's very restrictive height limitations.
So far, no residential tower in Vancouver has been permitted to be as tall as the 222.3 m (729 ft) Telus_Sky Tower in Calgary, or the 250.9 m (823 ft) Stantec_Tower in Edmonton. Then especially, the 850-foot (260 m) Rainier_Square_Tower in Seattle. The former Living_Shangri-La (Park Hyatt) is the tallest within Vancouver's city limits at 200.86 m (659 ft).
Vancouver has yet to ever permit an office tower to have a 40th floor.
Monday, May 25, 2026
TransLink to run temporary Downtown Vancouver circular bus route during FIFA World Cup
Makes sense since the city never planned for a downtown train loop like Chicago, Toronto and other proper cities did generations ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Circle Stdney
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Loop#Metro_Tunnel Melbourne
There should be a permanent downtown bus loop or circle. It could run along Robson to Burrard, then along Davie to Denman and then back to Robson. Every 3-5 minutes during the day and every 5-10 minutes at night. Unfortunately, that would go against the backwards planning mentality of provincial Vancouver.
Vancouver Folk Music Festival unveils full schedule for its 49th summer
Amazing, that the NO FUN VANCOUVER Mind Virus hasn't cancelled this.
Canada Day by the Bay returns to White Rock waterfront July 1
https://www.whiterockcity.ca/364/Canada-Day-by-the-Bay
Vancouver was almost not going to have any July fireworks, but now it still might be able to have a 1 night special.
https://604now.com/cancelled-events-vancouver-2026 Fortunatly, backwards Vancouver doesn't have the power to stop White Rock, or any other city in BC from having such celebrations.
At least Vancouver looks like it will have 1 night of summer fireworks, but none on December 31.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-summer-fireworks-2026-planning-english-bay-park-board
New Westminster business community concerned 3 months after stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge opened
BC bottleneck-chokepoint planning is out of control. This new bridge not only should have had 2 wide emergency lanes, 2 wide shoulders and especially 2 bus lanes, since the Skytrain isn't a 24 hour system. Congestive transportation planning is absurd and of no benefit to anyone. However, as a symbolic demonstration of a reluctance towards proper big-city infrastructure, its right on the mark for backwards BC. Of course the bridge wasn't designed for a future lower deck, because properly planning for the future is very difficult in backwater BC.
https://www.pattullobridgereplacement.ca/about/projectoverview/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stal%CC%95%C9%99w%CC%93as%C9%99m_Bridge
Another classic crappy fall day in May for Vancouver
According to AW, it only got to 15C, not 25C. https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vancouver/v6c/may-weather/53286
https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vancouver/v6c/april-weather/53286?year=2026 At least April had 17 days that were 15C or better and only 3 of them were at least 20C.
That's because today is fall weather day in May for Vancouver. There might only be 15 days this May that were at least 20C in Vancouver. Only 3 days that were at least 25C. Then that's it, from the start of June to the end of August are the 3 fastest months in Vancouver. Usually, the crappie rainy weather will try to reduce some of the dry summer days. While the 1st week in September might still look and feel like summer, usually, 10-15 days into the month your lucky just to have spring like weather. Then next thing you know, its October with cold, but not frosty nights. Then from November to March is the real cold, damp and ugly weather. Not much better in Seattle, no wonder Grunge Music got its start there.
Vancouver school set to open already over-capacity
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/05/24/vancouver-school-set-to-open-is-already-over-capacity/
Almost any big & medium size building in Vancouver should be designed with the possibility of adding more floors in the future. But that would be a little like designing bridges to eventually accommodate a couple of bus lanes, or even LRT. Thinking big and applying big-city planning in backwards BC is always difficult.
Sunday, May 24, 2026
Toronto - Canada’s World-Class City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHVS8_Bi7mc
Toronto is approaching a Chicago level of scale. However, Toronto has yet to have its first 100 story office tower. The BMO tower has 72 floors. Provincial Vancouver still won't permit any 40 story office towers. While the GTA is easily at 7 million, the Chicagoland Area is at least up to 10 million.
The GTA and Greater Montreal, combined with Chicagoland still doesn't quite match the Greater NYC Area, AKA: The Tristate Metropolitan Area of over 23 million people.
Saturday, May 23, 2026
The Riverview Bridge or New Pattullo Bridge or stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dwmw0UYT_8
The NW-Surrey Bridge and there should be a couple more.
Construction means stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge closures this weekend and next
Time in backwater BC doesn't matter, the old bridge just had 4 lanes and the new bridge will only have two lanes each way for quite a while. Of course no bus and HOV lanes, no wide emergency lanes and no wide shoulders. That would go against the BC bottleneck-chokepoint planning mentality. Just like an absurd 2 car train for the Canada Line and a 3 lane Lion Bridge with no bus and train tunnels to help it.
Apparently, narrow bridges and short trains are better for backwards BC.
That's the BC Mind Virus (BCMV) at work once again.
Automatic Selective Door Operation (ASDO) for Trains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdH5d1ZthmM
Selective+Door+Operation can be a great short-term option towards solving a long-term station problem.
https://www.eke-electronics.com/automatic-selective-door-operation-asdo
https://petardsrailsolutions.com/rail-solutions/automatic-selective-door-operation
https://www.reddit.com/r/transit/comments/orvvzh/how_to_save_money_on_platform_extensions_use
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_door_operation#International_variations
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Selective+Door+Operation
A weekend washout for the GTA
No matter how much rain in TO, there is always more of it in Vancouver. It shouldn't be fall in May. However, when Toronto finally gets summer, its summer for more than just a few months. Unfortunately, summer in Vancouver always seems so short, just like its short trains and short buildings. Even shorter-swimming-pools. One hopes that from June 1st to September 1st, Vancouver will have constant 25-30C days. Unfortunately, the dam rain sometimes kicks in to reduce the number of sunny summer days. Then by 2nd week of September, summer is fading & you're lucky to have spring like days.
The Gardiner Expressway
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/gardiner-expressway-construction-time-halved-1.7615052
https://www.blogto.com/city/2025/04/gardiner-expressway-construction-time-lapse-toronto/
https://www.gftinc.com/project/gardiner-expressway-section-5-detailed-design/
https://www.grascan.com/projects/new-ramp-construction/
https://undergardinerprp.ca/ https://thebentway.ca/
https://torontolife.com/city/admire-gardiner-expressway-not-tear/
Traffic Bottlenecks and Chokepoints
https://www.tomtom.com/traffic-index/ranking
https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/1jzsjt2/toronto_is_no_longer_one_the_world_most_congested/
https://www.detrack.com/blog/cities-with-the-worst-traffic/
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/cities-with-the-worst-traffic.html
https://landline.media/bottleneck-hell-study-examines-costly-traffic-issue/
https://truckingresearch.org/2026/02/top-100-truck-bottlenecks-2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_congestion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_congestion#Countermeasures
Metro Vancouver expects to move to Stage 3 water restrictions in June
The regional district says this year's snowpack is well below normal, and hasn't been this low since 2015 https://vancouversun.com/news/metro-vancouver-tage-3-water-restrictions-june-2026
Two 3rds or even 75% of the year is overloaded with so much rain. Thus, its not a case of not enough rain in Vancouver, there just seems to be a lack of interest in creating more freshwater reservoirs.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11861063/metro-vancouver-stage-3-water-restrictions-june/
Metro Vancouver’s budgets and financial plans
https://metrovancouver.org/about-us/budgets-and-financial-plans
https://metrovancouver.org/about-us/Documents/financial-plan-2025-2029.pdf
https://metrovancouver.org/services/liquid-waste/north-shore-wastewater-treatment-plant-project
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District#Regional_planning
Significant events in the history of Asian communities in Canada
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/asian-heritage-month/important-events.html
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/chinese-head-tax-in-canada
https://humanrights.ca/story/chinese-head-tax-and-chinese-exclusion-act
https://bcanuntoldhistory.knowledge.ca/1880/the-chinese-head-tax
Komagata Maru Remembrance Day
https://voiceonline.com/premier-eby-on-komagata-maru-remembrance-day/
https://vancouver.ca/people-programs/guru-nanak-jahaz-remembrance-day.aspx
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/komagata-maru
https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2016/08/the-komagata-maru-incident-of-1914.html
Friday, May 22, 2026
550 Madison Avenue, NYC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/550_Madison_Avenue This building has almost become a stump when compared to the much taller towers.
https://buildingsdb.com/NY/new-york/550-madison-avenue/
https://www.archdaily.com/611169/ad-classics-at-and-t-building-philip-johnson-and-john-burgee
https://www.lera.com/sony-building This would be the 2nd tallest building if it was in Vancouver, in overall height.
https://www.archiweb.cz/en/b/at-t-building-sony-plaza
https://paulpiazzaarchitect.com/home/2014/09/20/the-sony-tower/
https://www.reddit.com/r/ReplicaBuildings/comments/17d39eg/550_madison_att_building_1984_nyc/
Cambie Street Bridge seismic upgrade
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/cambie-street-bridge-seismic-upgrade-federal-funding
Unless the west sidewalk is widened, or a parallel bike bridge is constructed, the C bridge will still be missing a lane & remain with 5, instead of 6 when it opened in the 1980s.
Canada Line station platforms being extended for interchange hub with Broadway Subway
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-broadway-city-hall-station-platform-extension-millennium-line-interchange Fortunatly, the planning for the TTC Subway, Montreal Metro & Edmonton LRT, all have much longer stations than what backwards Vancouver settled for.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-canada-line-rebuilding
Once all of the YVR-Canada Line stations have 50-metre-long platforms, it will become quite apparent that the long-range planning for 5 car trains wasn't seriously considered. The 50 m stations will only be long enough for a 2.5 car joke of a train.
However, there is a potential to work around this particular manifestation of the Vancouver Mind Virus. Selective_door_operation can allow for longer trains, despite the ridiculous short Vancouver stations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_door_operation#International_variations
There is such a problem with Vancouver and BC in general of not properly planning for future transportation infrastructure expansion.
https://www.railforthevalley.com/latest-news/zweisystem/the-skytrain-lobby-get-over-it/
Telus Boot Tower or just another office stump in BC?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJqr-6j3yww This would be an impressive building if it was in Victoria, Kelowna, Kamloops or Prince George. Even in Lethbridge and Spokane, but not in Calgary or Seattle. That's because they been allowed to be proper big cities.
Its not even 25 stories, just like the Post office complex, but if it had at least 50 floors it would have been quite an impressive office tower for BC.
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1jav5f9/burnaby_approves_bc_tel_boot_redevelopment_5/ Acording to this rendering, the main part of the Telus boot stump will still be around. Its only a smaller part of its base that will face demolition.
https://www.jarmanrealestate.com/burnaby-telus-boot-redevelopment/
Burnaby or Surrey will likely have the first office tower in BC that's at least 45 stories in the next few years. Vancouver won't permit any office tower to have a 40th floor.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/3696-kingsway-vancouver-telus-rental-housing-tower Across the street, not a 50, only a 25 story residential stump.
Boundary Road should have already had an express bus service and eventually a rapid bus route connecting Burnaby to North Vancouver and Richmond. Unfortunately, Vancouver still doesn't seem interested in having a B.Rd. bridge to NV and Richmond, even if it would improve on regional transportation.
Thursday, May 21, 2026
Vancouver's Mark 1 SkyTrain History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHzj0vDg13U
Unfortunately, the stations were only designed to accommodate 6 short cars on an 80 m platform. Eventually, even with the longer cars, Selective+Door+Operation will be necessary to allow for longer trains.
The new Capstan Station recorded SkyTrain's fourth-lowest ridership after one year
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-capstan-station-ridership-canada-line
Wow, this picture almost makes it look like its a big-city train station and not just a 2 car train joke. The CLine should have opened with 5-6 car trains, or at least 3 car trains. Any station can have the potential of becoming more popular, especially when there are more residential and business structures close to it.
The Can-Line could really benefit from Selective+Door+Operation, which would allow for longer trains.
How Copenhagen built a metro for free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzamwVH3CXU&t=8s At least this could run 3 car trains right from when it started.
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
29-storey tower with Marriott hotel and rental housing approved for Yaletown
Never mind it being under 50 or 40 stories, it won't even have 30 floors.
Allegedly impaired driver arrested after crashing through Nanaimo sushi restaurant
https://nanaimobulletin.com/2026/05/19/car-crashes-into-sushi-restaurant-in-downtown-nanaimo/
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/05/19/vehicle-crashes-into-downtown-nanaimo-restaurant/
https://www.reddit.com/r/nanaimo/comments/1thubmm/car_crashes_into_sushi_restaurant_in_downtown/
While side streets and regional major streets don't unusually have protective side barriers, bridges should, along with having a traffic divider.
George Washington Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge
https://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/en/george-washington-bridge/history.html , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPVRdR4EKSY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge#Planning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge#Decks The upper level opened on October 25, 1931 - Although the lower level was part of the original plans for the bridge, it did not open until August 29, 1962.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge#Road_connections
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge#Non-motorized_access
https://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/en/george-washington-bridge.html
Truck stuck under overpass on George Washington Bridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw5pNZQQ3tU
Monday, May 18, 2026
Long lost traffic lanes of Greater Vancouver
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1tfsdxg/long_lost_days One of the few major streets within Vancouver to be at least 6 lanes wide. However, with curb lane parking it just becomes another 4 lane corridor in BC.
https://www.vancouverarchives.ca/wp-content/uploads/cropped-a9b22bf7-d985-4372-9650-7a51afbe5f94-2010-006.161-2-3.jpg This part of Granville used to have 6 lanes. The 1970s mall reduced it to just 2 lanes, causing an instant bus bottleneck-chokepoint. A 4 lane compromise still would have allowed for wider sidewalks. A 4 lane transit mall could have allowed for a constant passing lane when another bus has stopped. It was as if someone didn't want to have an efficient bus corridor for express buses, as well as local busses. When a local bus stops on a 2 lane street, its impossible for an express bus to pass, especially when there is a stopped bus on the other lane, also preventing any express bus to pass.
Several cities around the world still have wide streets, boulevards and avenues with 8-10 lanes. If Vancouver had allowed some 8 lane wide streets, 2 curb parking lanes would still provide 6 traffic lanes. Then, if 2 lanes were for buses, there would still be 2 lanes each way for general traffic.
The public and then the planning department (after being pressured) were firmly against having freeways within the city limits during the 1960s and 70s. However, there still should have been enough logic to allow for wider streets so that it would be easier and more efficient to have a bus lane each way.
As of 2026, no bridge within the Vancouver city limits has 8 lanes and only two bridges have 6 lanes. One has 5 lanes and then there are four 4 lane bridges and the 3 lane Lion Bridge joke.
All of the Vancouver bridges are so narrow that there was no provision for any future bus lanes. Plus, 2 bridges each had 2 lanes removed that could have been used for buses. Congestive transportation planning is the name of the game for backwards Vancouver. If there ever was a city that needs a series of bus bridges, it would be stubborn Vancouver.
Even the Greater Vancouver region is lacking in having a series of bus bridges, especially since the Skytrain isn't a 24 hour system.
https://www.vancouverarchives.ca/2011/04/18/how-did-harland-bartholomews-ideas-shape-vancouver
https://archive.org/details/vancplanincgen00vanc The Bartholomew Plan published in 1928.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/vancouver-archives/albums/72157626484421302/
https://globalcivic.org/harland-bartholomew/
https://www.urbanstudio.sala.ubc.ca/2010/lectures/Sept21_presentations/2_TheBasics.pdf
https://samsullivan.ca/taking-a-closer-look-at-the-legacy-of-harland-bartholomew-and-his-plan-for-vancouver-2 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIuAk1TIKHo
Sunday, May 17, 2026
The Broadway Subway-Mount Pleasant to Broadway City Hall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z64SisMwIuY
Another illogical lane reduction project. Broadway was for the most part, always 6 lanes, 7, if you count the turning lane at major intersections. The train isn't a 24 hour service, so its important to always have 1 bus lane each way, especially if the train is shut down for an occasional emergency. Then there still should be 2 general lanes each way, because this isn't supposed to be a small town street or avenue.
This, combined with so many 4 lane bridges, ensures that BC bottleneck-chokepoint planning remains firmly entrenched.
A 5 car Vancouver train is expected to do the job of a 9 car Montreal Metro train. That's because a short Vancouver train can run a little more frequently than a 9 car Montreal Metro train, during even the most busy times of the day. Of course many proper cities have long big-city trains, because they aren't under anything like small thinking Vancouver, or a backwater BC mentality.
The standard short trains, narrow bridges & narrow streets and short buildings, are all part of holding the scale of Vancouver back. Apparently, if you can't build a wall around Vancouver, the next best thing is to continually plan and build symbolically for a provincial backwater of a city.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Selective+Door+Operation
Mississauga, Ontario
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30914mndSjw
One would expect that Vancouver imposed height limits to never have anything as tall as in Toronto. However, Vancouver wont permit
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=306 m
Oakridge Park and Mall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Kwx7SctJ4
Somehow the people around Broadway Station weren't able to stop this. Well, the Oakridge Station area is becoming its own town centre in that part of provincial Vancouver. Yet, the Broadway & Commercial area is already a big transportation intersection.
Despite the C-Line still only running 2 car joke trains, there is a potential to have 3 car trains. That's still pretty sad when the 50 m stations should have been built to eventually accommodate 5-6 car trains. Unfortunately, the planners never seriously considered to have a future level station clearance of 100-120 m. In contrast, the Montreal Metro has 152.5 m stations and can accommodate 9 car trains. The Vancouver Mind Virus (VMV) has always prevented the city from thinking on a big scale.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Oakridge+Park+Mall
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Selective+Door+Operation
Friday, May 15, 2026
Vancouver’s NEW Mark V SkyTrain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXNDGm8u364
Many proper big cities have 10 car trains. Its taken slow Vancouver just to start having 5 car trains.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Selective+Door+Operation
Granville Bridge death was preventable, advocates say
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/05/14/granville-bridge-death-was-preventable-say-advocates/
While the Granville+Bridge needs to have a higher fence like the Burrard+Bridge, there is another remaining pending danger.
There is no central safety barrier to prevent head-on collisions. Whether a person becomes disoriented, or actually wants to crash into traffic from the opposite direction, there is no traffic divider.
The sidewalks could have been made a little wider in a way that there still could have been enough space for a traffic divider.
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1td85mt/iio_investigates_womans_death_after_ninehour/
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Granville+Bridge Was 8 lanes, now 6, but with 2 bike lanes and wider sidewalks.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Burrard+Bridge Was 6 lanes, now 4, but with 2 bike lanes & already good sidewalks.
Unfortunately, both bridges have no middle safety barrier to prevent head-on collisions, despite their recent modifications.
The Pattullo+Bridge was too narrow to ever have a traffic divider. Fortunately, its 4 lane replacement does have a central divider.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Knight+Street+Bridge Only 4 lanes in the middle, but has a traffic safety barrier. The KSB really needs a bus and bike bridge next to it.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Oak+Street+Bridge A traffic divider was eventually installed, but the narrow bridge was never designed to have 2 emergency lanes, or 2 wide shoulders. There especially was no consideration to have 2 bus lanes on the OSB. Since there is no 24 hour train service to the airport, there should be a parallel bus and bike bridge.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Arthur+Laing+Bridge While it does have a traffic divider, there are no wide emergency lanes or wide shoulders. There isn't even enough space for 2 bus lanes. Thus, a bus and bike bridge really should be built next to it.
Briiliant Lady cruise ship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brilliant_Lady Length 277 m (908 ft 10 in)
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/brilliant-lady-virgin-voyages-canada-place-cruise-ship-vancouver
https://www.cntraveler.com/ships/virgin-voyages/brilliant-lady
https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/tag/canada-place-terminal/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Voyages#Current_fleet
https://www.reddit.com/r/VirginVoyages/comments/1rk8emf/brilliant_lady_cruise_a_complete_review/
Get ready for more traffic delays on Surrey's King George
The project is part of early works for the future BRT https://www.delta-optimist.com/local-news/get-ready-for-more-traffic-delays-on-surreys-king-george-12219129
North Shore CN Rail bridge
https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/agriculture-shippers-call-for-replacement-of-north-shore-cn-rail-bridge-12291086 This BC bottleneck-chokepoint mentality is ridiculous!
Unfortunately, due to a lack of properly planning for future infrastructure needs, the Thornton_Tunnel and the Second_Narrows_Rail_Bridge weren't designed to be double tracked.
The New_Westminster_Bridge is also another single track, bottleneck-chokepoint.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Westminster_Bridge#Proposed_changes
https://www.nsnews.com/economy-law-politics/vancouver-council-calls-for-reopening-of-container-truck-entrance-to-port-clark-drive-11231559 More trouble and in efficient B$.
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1t9pgs8/lions_gate_bridge_at_night_oc The classic 3 lane BC bottleneck-chokepoint. No need for a bus and commuter train tunnel around there, because that's what a proper city would do.
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1teae3s/another_beautiful_post
The Race To Fix The World's Most Isolated Mega-Port https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81CLKTJnw7I
In Melbourne, its just a matter of finally getting around to getting a huge port upgrade accomplished.
Unfortunately, in Vancouver things are more difficult to do. Key freight rail bridges are still only single tracked.
Senior in critical condition after alleged vehicle ramming in Vancouver's West End
https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouver-west-end-vehicle-ramming-three-hospital
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vehicle-rampage-jeep-vancouver-park
Residential streets are usually narrow and intended for slow moving traffic. This fool didn't seem to care.
Major streets and roads don't necessarily have a central traffic divider, along with some highways. However, any major highway should have a safety traffic divider. Ideally, any bridge with 2 way traffic should have a safety barrier.
Burnaby Lake Overpass for the pedestrian and cyclist
https://www.burnaby.ca/our-city/projects/burnaby-lake-overpass
https://www.fastepp.com/portfolio/burnaby-lake-overpass/
https://www.reddit.com/r/burnaby/comments/1swt6bl/opening_of_the_burnaby_lake_overpass/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/burnaby-pedestrian-cyclist-overpass-9.7180622
Unfortunately, backwards Vancouver has yet to allow something like this.
The AI boom sidelined sustainability and has caused data center safety concerns
https://news.gallup.com/poll/709772/americans-oppose-data-centers-area.aspx
The carbon and water footprints of data centers and what this could mean for artificial intelligence https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389925002788
https://opportunitygreen.org/data-centres/reports/data-centres-threaten-energy-systems-climate-goals
https://www.wri.org/insights/us-data-center-growth-impacts
https://ucalgary.ca/sustainability/mobilizing-alberta/climate-action-blogs/will-ai-data-centres-raise-water-and-power-use-alberta Since Canada is cold for half of the year, its amazing that there aren't more AI data centers.
https://www.siemens.com/en-us/industries/data-centers/cooling-infrastructure-ai-optimization
Concord | Metrotown in Burnaby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbFE98Esk9k
Burnaby isn't under the strict restrictions of Vancouver, so its able to have taller buildings and even a freeway.
Vancouver 200 m
https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1td2oe6/the_view_is_so_good/
Only 1 building within the small city limits of Vancouver has been permitted to reach 200 m , so far.
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Vancouver mayor submits motion to cut back on some climate bylaws for the sake of affordability
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-mayor-city-climate-bylaws
So, after all threes years, no money went towards a city and a regional bus bridge network. The existing bridges are too narrow to accommodate 2 express bus lanes, so there should have been parallel bus bridges built by now.
The Canada Line wasn't designed to have at least 5 car trains, only a 2.5 car joke of a train, someday. Since 2009, only 2 car trains have been running, when there should have been 3. Despite the ridiculously short stations, there should have been modifications to have at least 3 full-size cars by now. Its as if not enough funds still haven't been put towards such a short train , since 2009.
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Is the SkyTrain (YVR) Canada Line under-built and nearing capacity, because of Short platforms and trains?
Its one thing to build a line with stations that are only a 3rd of the length of a Montreal Metro station, but to no not properly allow for enough future level clearance is so inept.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_door_operation#International_variations
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-canada-line-rebuilding
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-skytrain This and the 3 lane Lion Bridge should get an award for the blatant symbolism of not wanting to build proper big-city infrastructure in backwards BC.
Police are asking witnesses and the driver of a Tesla to come forward...
...investigators continue probing a crash that killed one person and sent five others to hospital in Delta earlier this month https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/police-seek-tesla-driver-witnesses-after-delta-crash-left-1-dead-5-hospitalized/
https://surreynowleader.com/2026/05/12/police-seek-witnesses-to-fatal-north-delta-crash/
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Is San Diego is FINALLY getting an Airport Train?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkhJKgNlIGc
https://www.sandag.org/projects-and-programs/featured-projects/airport-transit-connection
The airport station will likely be longer than the incredibly short, single track station at YVR.
Why Canada Can’t Finish Its Own Highway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7kr9ehBy-g
Why Canada Can’t Build High-Speed Rail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4MmGa6KemY
Monday, May 11, 2026
COQUITLAM, BC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7tbzlHKKm0
Coquitlam can build taller than Vancouver, because its not under any Vancouver type restrictions.
Sunday, May 10, 2026
Saturday, May 9, 2026
Sydney's SEVERED Skyline vs. the stumps of Vancouver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpEoJia-4ns Fortunately, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth don't have similar restrictions as Sydney. However, NSW still has less imposed restrictions and impediments as backwater BC.
Backwards+Vancouver B$ logic should never make it to Sydney, or any other properly functioning city. Fortunately overall, NSW never was overtaken by anything like the BC Mind Virus (BCMV). Otherwise, Sydney would also have narrow bridges, short trains and mostly short buildings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25_Martin_Place Over 60 levels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotia_Tower Not even 40 levels.
Vancouver still won't allow any office tower to have 40 floors, let alone 50 or 60.
Cambie and Broadway–City Hall station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway-City_Hall_station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Line#Broadway_extension
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial-Broadway_station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_Line_(SkyTrain)#History
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Selective+Door+Operation
Golf courses and LARGE AI data server facilities
https://www.reddit.com/r/nanaimo/comments/1t6spq5/about_that/
While the BC part of Canada is notoriously heavy on various restrictions and especially reducing the scale of things, golf courses and AI server farms might be in a special category. As land in urban areas continue to rise, several urban golf courses could be repurposed for housing or parks. Thus, golf courses might be better suited to be farther away from urban areas.
An AI_data_center can be problematic if its too close to an urban area. However, if its even out in the wilderness, an AI_data_center can cause environmental damage and other problems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_data_center#Environmental_footprint
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_AI_data_centers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_data_center#AI_data_centers_in_space
Metro Vancouver’s 4-minute meeting nets members more than $500
https://globalnews.ca/news/11841417/metro-vancouver-three-minute-meeting-members-pay-500-dollars/
Apparently, its better to waste money on overpaid managers, rather than putting it towards bus and train bridges and improved highways overall.
10 Lane Narrows Bridge in Perth Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6mVXcX-4h4
District of North Van council sends proposed CapU student housing tower back to drawing board
Of course, make the project smaller so that its less likely to meet current housing demands.
Does B.C. need an intercity transit network to fill the gap left by Greyhound?
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-intercity-transit-network-greyhound
https://transitalliancebc.ca/intercity-transit/
While an intercity bus network would be nice, intercity rail would even be better. Perhaps, someday.
Friday, May 8, 2026
Thursday, May 7, 2026
District of North Vancouver council lobbies to save Sea to Sky rail corridor
It should be automatically understood that any major BC rail corridor be improved to become double tracked for efficient freight and passenger movement. Then, whenever passenger demand increases, there should be a parallel double track passenger line for efficient intercity travel.
West Vancouver councillors comments
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-shore-politician-visitors-hordes
A multicultural metropolitan region is supposed to be open to people of all colors and cultures.
Perhaps there are some who would like to see all nonwhite visitors to WV be required to have an access permit.
https://www.northshoredailypost.com/cassidy-responds-resignation-petition-ambleside/
Of course that would be so absurd, because the days of WV being a Whiteman's paradise ended decades ago. The KEEP+THEM+OUT mentality and agenda has taken on various forms since the early days of BC.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=West+Vancouver+councillors+comments
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
West Broadway at Cambie Street
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-city-hall-station-subway-full-road-closure-construction-summer-2026
Under current station platform limitations, the 2nd line can only accommodate 5 car trains, not 10. The 3rd line can only accommodate a 2.5 car train, not 5 and especially not 10 cars. That despite it being an airport line and potential link to a BC Ferry Terminal train station.
Airport Rail Links
While an Airport_bus can be great, an actual train will provide higher capacity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_rail_link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_rail_link#Connection_types
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_rail_link#Current_examples
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_Rail_Link_(Bangkok)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_Express_Line_(Delhi_Metro)
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
The 'unsellable' Olympic Village homes in London
How the cladding crisis and plummeting property values has left Londoners trapped in flats they raced to snap up after 2012 Games https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15762111/Londoners-homes-Olympic-Village-2012-Games-struggling-sell.html
The urban trifecta of backwards Vancouver
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trifecta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifecta#History
Ideally, for some small thinking cities, the plan is to symbolically have mostly short buildings and short trains and mostly narrow bridges.
That seems to have been the goal of Vancouver over the past several decades. In contrast, Brisbane after its Expo 88, was able to really go into big city planning mode, because it doesn't have anything like the excessive Vancouver restrictions holding it back.
1 The+Typical+Vancouver+Size+Stump+Building No office tower has been permitted to have a 40th floor. https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Stumpy+Post+building+in+Vancouver Never-mind 40 or 50 stories, it wasn't even allowed to have 25 floors.
2 YVR-Canada+Line A 2 car joke of a train.
3 Lions+Gate+Bridge A 3 lane joke of a bridge.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=backwards+Vancouver
Monday, May 4, 2026
Metrotown in Burnaby, BC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmz9hH3rI6U
Burnaby or Surrey will likely be the first places in BC where office towers will be over 45 stories. That's because stubborn Vancouver won't even permit any office tower to have a 40th floor.
Sunday, May 3, 2026
The Cambie Bridge used to have 6 lanes when is opened in the 1980s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2m4n1tUYVM This is heading northbound and shows the proper wide sidewalk that's on the east side of the bridge.
For some reason the sidewalk on the west side of the bridge was made too narrow. Had the sidewalk been as wide as the one on the east side of the bridge, the Vancouver planning department wouldn't have likely reduced a lane. Of course if the city would ever build a proper bike bridge beside the Cambie Bridge, then perhaps the 6th lane might be reactivated.
A 6 lane Cambie bridge is better than a 5 lane version, or a former 6 lane Burrard Bridge reduced to 4. If both bridges had bike bridges next to them, then 2 lanes of each original 6 lane bridge could have been for busses. However, that goes against the congestive planning agenda that is backwards Vancouver.
The late 1950s, 6 lane Iron Bridge should have had 2 wide emergency lanes and 2 wide shoulders. Then, the Iron Bridge could have been gradually modified to have 4 lanes each way, plus a bus lane each way. However, having a 10 lane bridge is what a big city would do. Unfortunately, Vancouver city planning has become so engrossed with perpetuating a small city agenda over the decades.
When most of the regional bridges were built, there was no concept or interest in having them wide enough for bus lanes and wide emergency lanes and wide shoulders. Congestive transportation planning or stunted infrastructure, is one of the best ways in demonstrating a local reluctance to properly build big for the future. Who knows where all the money went over the decades, because it doesn't look like enough of it went towards building wider bridges and having longer trains and stations.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/05/02/expo-86-40-years-later-the-memories-live-on
Just mostly more stumps or some real Towers in Vancouver?
https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2026/05/02/opinion-the-yiyby-critique-bilsker
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/the-stack/35667 Only 38 floors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Centre_(Vancouver) Just 37 stories.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Center Seattle's tallest has 76 stories.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_Canal_Bridge 12 lanes consisting of three 4 lane sections.
Mostly short buildings, short trains and narrow bridges are all part of the imposed symbolism to keep Vancouver small and backwards.
While Seattle had its first 50 story office tower in 1969 and Calgary in 1984, stubborn Vancouver still won't permit any office tower to have a 40th floor.
A 30-35 story office tower would be impressive if it was in Victoria, Kelowna, Kamloops and Prince George. However, what's impressive in backwards Vancouver & backwater BC isn't impressive in Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Washington State, Victoria State, NSW, Queensland & WA...
Stumpy buildings, short trains and narrow bridges makes for the Vancouver trifecta of B$ city planning.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fort+McMurray,+AB 10 lanes. Only the TCH bridge between Surrey and Coquitlam in BC has been allowed to have as many lanes as this. Some people still wish that everything could have remained funneled into just 2 or 3 lanes each way.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Quesnell+Bridge 8 lanes in Edmonton.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hwy.+2A+Red+Deer+City+Centre+Bridge 6 lanes.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Calgary,+AB 10 lanes.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Calgary,+AB 8 lanes.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lethbridge,+AB It has 6 lanes. Being from backwards Vancouver, its amazing that this 6 lane bridge wasn't funneled into just 2 lanes each way. That's what happened with the Knight_Street_Bridge.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hwy.+2A+Red+Deer+City+Centre+Bridge As a 5 lane TCH crossing, it only has 1 less lane than the 6 lane Iron Bridge in congested, backwards Vancouver. Since Alberta isn't under anything like the imposed BC restrictions, this crossing will likely be eventually upgraded to have 6 lanes, plus 2 wide emergency lanes & 2 wide shoulders that could provide 4 lanes each way, some day.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Winnipeg,+MB A TCH bridge with 9 lanes, because no one from narrow-minded Vancouver was able to get them to narrow this crossing. The TCH Iron Bridge in Vancouver just has 6 lanes. No bus and LRT bridge has ever been built next to it, so far.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Winnipeg,+MB A 6 lane crossing.
As of 2026, congested Vancouver only allows 2 bridges to have 6 lanes. A total of 5 lanes were removed from 3 Vancouver bridges. Had Vancouver built a series of proper bus and bike bridges, no lanes would have been removed.
Despite NW trying to be one of the smallest cities in BC, Surrey is set to become the biggest city in BC. Fortunately, small NW & backwards Vancouver can't stop that from happening. However, narrowminded NW was able to force a narrower new bridge to Surrey.
This bridge-replacement is one of the best examples of BC bottleneck-chokepoint planning today.
McBride_Blvd. and Royal_Ave_in_New_Westminster are mostly 4 lane corridors.
King_George_Boulevard and Scott_Road both are at least 4 lanes wide. One might think that the new bridge should have had 10 lanes, or at least 8 lanes, because two 4 lane boulevards, a 4 lane avenue and a 4 lane road, are all funneled into a bridge that opened with only 2 lanes each way. The old bridge that it replaced was also a 4 lane crossing. A congestive approach to transportation planning is the name of the game in backwards B.C.
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At the very least, this new 4 lane bridge should have had enough room for 2 wide emergency lanes, 2 wide shoulders and especially, 2 bus lanes. There should have been a provision for a lower deck for LRT, bus and truck lanes, given that this is supposed to be a seaport region.
The narrowmindedness planning by Greater Vancouver to still have mostly narrow crossings, has made it very difficult to implement a proper regional express bus network, let alone BRT.
The first 2 Skytrain lines only have station lengths that can barely accommodate the new 5 car trains. The YVR Line or the C Line, has stations than can only accommodate a 2.5 car train, some day. Given that the Skytrain network is a multibillion dollar transit system, all of the stations should have been designed to gradually accommodate 8-10 car trains, but that's what a proper big city would do.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/05/02/expo-86-40-years-later-the-memories-live-on
Four decades later and Greater Vancouver remains so far behind with the scale of its infrastructure.
What is Happening with Lansdowne Mall in Richmond?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9_GQWyo8h0
Boston and Las_Vegas allow much taller buildings than what's permitted in Richmond. Those cities don't use their airport as an excuse to have stumps. Even San_Diego has taller towers than Richmond.
Despite New_Orleans being on a delta, it has much taller buildings than Richmond as well.
Boston & LV have longer trains, while N.O. never totally got rid of their streetcars like Richmond had.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lansdowne_station_(SkyTrain) A little 2 car joke of a train that's expected to do the job of what a big size or at least medium size city can do.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rseau_express_metropolitain#Rolling_stock 4 cars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyline_(Honolulu) 4 cars.
Fortunately, Montreal & Honolulu opted to not have something like a 2 car YVR-C Line joke of a train.
When stations can't easily be extended, Selective_door_operation can turn a 4 car rain into a 6 car train.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_door_operation#International_variations
Unfortunately, the YVR-Canada_Line wasn't designed to have 4 or 5 car trains. The stations were only designed to just accommodate a 2.5 car train. However, with Selective_door_operation, a 2.5 car train could become a 4.5 car train. Perhaps, even a 5 car train with 3 full-length cars accessing the station platform. To still be running a 2 car train to Richmond and a Richmond-Delta tunnel that's still only 2 lanes each way, is a very sad joke.
So much more should have been done between 1986 and 2010. Especially, since 2010 and 2026.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/05/02/expo-86-40-years-later-the-memories-live-on
Everything is so much more difficult & costly to do in backwards BC.
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