Tuesday, October 01, 2013

The Port of Tacoma

The road & rail infrastructure is much more substantial than whats in Vancouver,BC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commencement_Bayhttp://www.portoftacoma.com

Port of Seattle

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

http://www.portseattle.org/Pages/default.aspx
Unlike Vancouver, Seattle's port is much more concentrated, with wider & better road & rail access.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_Island

Overall, Seattle-Tacoma is the largest urban area in the Pacific_Northwest of North America.

Port of Metro Vancouver, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Metro_Vancouver#Terminals_and_Facilities
Unlike most major port regions, many of the main roadways still only have 4 or 6 lanes.
http://www.portmetrovancouver.com/en/projects/CCIP.aspx,
http://www.portmetrovancouver.com/en/projects/ongoingprojects/dtrrip.aspx,
http://www.portmetrovancouver.com/en/projects.aspx

While several cities have dual track railway bridges, this was not the case for Greater Vancouver.
http://www.nwheritage.org/phototour/riverlife/bridges_fraser.htm
It was tough enough just to get one set of tracks built with a 1 lane road above it.

http://www.newwestcity.ca/residents/residents_services/transportation/master_transportation_plan/articles1602.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts_Bank_Superport,
http://www.robertsbankterminal2.com/about-the-project,
http://www.portmetrovancouver.com/en/projects/OngoingProjects/DTRRIP.aspx,
http://www.tsi.bc.ca/t3/index.php?id=90http://porttalk.ca/rbt2,
http://www.portmetrovancouver.com/en/projects/RobertsBankRailCorridor.aspx,
http://www.portmetrovancouver.com/en/users/interactiveportmap.aspx,

http://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Projects/Roads-Bridges-and-Goods-Movement/Roberts-Bank-Rail-Corridor.aspx

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?centerx=-123.1355&centery=49.027&zoom=14,
http://www.asiapacificgateway.gc.ca,
http://www.bergergroup.com/?p=open_work&type=work&id=69&t=Deltaport,_Vancouver,_Canada

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