Second Harbour Crossing, Auckland

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Harbour_Crossing,_Auckland   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Harbour_Crossing,_Auckland#2023_Waitemat%C4%81_Harbour_Connections_proposals  

https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/5312416/Debate-continues-over-second-harbour-crossing

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/majority-of-auckland-wants-additional-harbour-crossing/6IV4J64EVYPT7D46F6PE3E2L54 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/second-auckland-harbour-crossing-next-steps-revealed-technical-work-to-begin-soon/4VSLTUM7XVGPTFNESXOAHBEQIM/

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/aucklands-second-harbour-crossing-could-be-practical-and-a-thing-of-beauty-garth-falconer/WALMPRJ3NZHT3MOQRGUMBSX2HE   

"With the second bridge in place, traffic lanes would be split and shared, with northbound lanes on the new six-lane bridge and south bound traffic on the eight-lane Auckland Harbour Bridge. 

There could be dedicated public transport lanes in both directions, and on the eastern side of the Auckland Harbour Bridge, two of the outside lanes can be freed exclusively for walking and cycling.

This plan would reduce the loading on the existing bridge."  https://reseturban.co.nz/news/fresh-thinking-needed-on-second-auckland-harbour-crossing 

Wow, this would be a duplication on the scale of what Brisbane did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges#Duplication 

https://briscycle.com/moreton-bay/gateway-bridge-cycleway/ 

https://www.brisbane-australia.com/sir-leo-hielscher-bridges.html

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/queensland-mourns-sir-leo-hielscher-who-brought-gateway-bridge-expo-88-20250805-p5mkg2.html

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

The Auckland Waterview Tunnel

https://www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/the-western-ring-route/waterview-tunnel ,
https://www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/the-western-ring-route/waterview-tunnel/drone-footage ,

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/alice-the-giant-boring-machine-completes-auckland-excavation-q16285.html ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterview_Tunnel ,

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/news/a17828/new-zealands-giant-drilling-machine-finishes-its-job ,


https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/projects/waterview-tunnel/waterview-tunnel-lanes-to-use-on-your-journey.pdf

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

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=105&status=15  

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

NZ

http://transportblog.co.nz/

Auckland 
http://transportblog.co.nz/2014/04/07/be-one-of-the-first-to-ride-our-new-electric-trains/ 

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

Auckland NZ introducing the congestion free network

https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2017/04/10/introducing-the-congestion-free-network-2

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

Auckland’s City Rail Link Sets Sustainability Benchmark

 https://www.railway.supply/en/aucklands-city-rail-link-sets-sustainability-benchmark/

https://www.cityraillink.co.nz/

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Rail_Link#Capacity_forecast_forces_platform_enlargements

https://at.govt.nz/projects-initiatives/city-centre-projects-and-initiatives/city-rail-link 

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

Canada Must Offer Alberta More Than Trump Could

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ef8p-kQDRs

It would be quite an irony if Canada went from being a colony of the UK to becoming a US state. It would be much better if Canada could officially become its own republic. 

NZ would rather remain independent of Australia and not have to become an Australia state. Australia might eventually want to become its own republic, thus becoming fully independent of the UK. The same could eventually happen for NZ. Canada should never be too quick to give up and merely transfer from being under the authority of the UK to becoming absorbed by the US. 

Canada, Australia & NZ should each all consider becoming their own republics. Alliances with the UK and the US can easily remain intact.

Waterview officially opened in NZ

https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2017/06/19/waterview-officially-opened/ 

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

The Auckland Harbour Crossings

https://www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/waitemata-harbour-connections 

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

https://infrastructurepipeline.org/project/additional-waitemata-harbour-crossing 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Harbour_Crossing,_Auckland

 https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/02/23/aucklands-next-harbour-crossing-a-costly-failure-that-needs-fixing/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/1quek4i/second_waitemat%C4%81_harbour_crossing_auckland_mayor/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/1smxwo7/i_really_like_this  

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

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

Trains, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Innovia_Metro

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_Line_(TransLink),
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/08/first-columns-built-for-skytrain-evergreen-line

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/03/translinks-evergreen-line-skytrain-set-for-july-29-2016-completion-date

http://skytrainforsurrey.org/tag/bombardier-innovia-metro

https://www.facebook.com/AkTransportblog

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EverLine,
http://transportblog.co.nz/2013/07/11/guest-post-trying-out-south-koreas-new-light-metro-line,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundang_Line

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_capacity_system

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_transit

https://www.google.ca/search?q=embarcadero+bart+station&espv=210&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=WOVfUpHcBabR2QWxqYDwDw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=699&dpr=1

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

Aus-NZ

http://www.urbanrail.net/au/oceania.htm  

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

NZ

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

NZ

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

Auckland, NZ

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/05/bulging-at-the-seams-auckland-a-super-city-struggling-with-its-own-success ,


https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=584&status=15  

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

New Zealand's First Metro Train

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKfTpPA3s5s 9 car trains planned for future capacity. This is possible, because NZ is so far away from the backwards BC mentality.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Rail_Link#Capacity_forecast_forces_platform_enlargements 

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

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

https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/04/15/for-the-avoidance-of-diesel-and-doubt/ 

Some Canadians want to move to the U.S. after federal election results

 https://dailyhive.com/canada/federal-election-results-canadians-move-us

https://www.postalley.org/2025/04/29/thanks-trump-in-epic-comeback-liberals-reelected-in-canada/

If you move to the US, UK, France, Australia or NZ, you get to have the color blue on the national flag. 

https://dailyhive.com/canada/canada-recession-2025-wells-fargo

Eastern Busway, Auckland

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Busway,_Auckland 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Transport_Corridor#Alternative_proposals 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Busway,_Auckland  

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

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

Auckland Region, NZ

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

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

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

A Vintage luxury car lifted into Vancouver's Butterfly building

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vintage-luxury-car-butterfly-building

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/millionaire-turns-heads-hoisting-car-into-39m-melbourne-penthouse/news-story/2a70430b94355b8f263e21bb11387e1d Of course Melbourne is a real city like Toronto & San Fransisco. Those tram or streetcar cities have something very cool about them. They along with, Sydney & Brisbane or Singapore were never thwarted, stunted or especially, Vancouverized. 

https://www.motor1.com/news/667598/mclaren-senna-lifted-57-stories-39m-apartment-cant-be-driven

https://www.9news.com.au/national/crane-hoists-luxury-car-into-adrian-portellis-39-million-penthouse-in-melbourne/7614c6c7-7115-4410-b99a-cda4fedaeff6

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/this-is-how-the-mclaren-lifted-by-crane-to-a-57-floor-penthouse-looks-in-the-living-room-225085.html

https://www.forbes.com.au/life/cars/melbourne-millionaire-cranes-mclaren-into-57th-floor-penthouse/

https://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/132022164/watch-crane-lifts-priceless-mclaren-to-57th-floor-of-aussie-penthouse

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Sapphire+by+the+Gardens+in+Melbourne

Some Ontario civil servants told to get to office in snowstorm or take vacation day

 https://globalnews.ca/news/11615259/ontario-office-mandate-snow-day 

As Australia & NZ get some intense summer weather, Canada is constantly reminded that winter isn't always a fun time. While its sunny and well above freezing in Vancouver & Victoria, Toronto & Montreal are stuck right in the middle of total winter conditions. 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Toronto+snowstorm

Vancouver City Council green lights funding to keep Car Free Days afloat

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-car-free-days-funding-city-council 

The no+fun+city aspect of the Vancouver Mind Virus (VMV) isn't suppose to be real, but it occasionally keeps manifesting. Fortunately, these street festivals still have a chance in Vancouver. Just like some truncated summer fireworks still might be possible. 

What's really fortunate is that the VMV hasn't spread to Montreal & Toronto, Calgary & Edmonton, or Winnipeg, QC & Halifax. Especially to any of the major cities in Australia & NZ.  

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