http://www.railforthevalley.com/tag/ubc-skytrain
http://www.railforthevalley.com/category/skytrain-and-the-canada-line If Montreal & Toronto had such ridiculously short train stations & were forced to have mostly narrow BC roads, their economy would have collapsed.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-skytrain-fraser-highway-surrey-langley-public-consultation-april-2019
The Vancouver & Victoria, predominantly White power-structure couldn't build a wall around BC, so a multi-generational infrastructure thwarting process was imposed.