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Tuesday, June 07, 2022
Saturday, May 21, 2022
Vancouver's Chinatown
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-chinatown-gates-defaced
In stead of Vancouver being allowed to become a thriving metropolis on the Pacific Rim, the HOLD THINGS BACK mentality has been successful in having short trains, narrow roads & bridges & short buildings when compared to what most big cities allow.
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2021-vancouver-canada-asian-hate-crimes/
As an international city, Vancouver has been continually thwarted throughout its history. Then the locals that have been conditioned to only accept a small scale city, blame those that are different than them.
When a predominantly white power structure refuses to allow Vancouver to become a proper big business city like Montreal & Toronto, Calgary & Edmonton, Seattle & SF, this is what happens.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/23/vancoucer-anti-asian-hate-crimes-increase
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/jean-swanson-vancouver-jobs This is the epitome of the KEEP THEM OUT mentality. Its all part of the backwater BC agenda. Alberta & Washington State are able to do much more, simply because they aren't under Vancouver & BC type restrictions.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-most-congested-city-canada-2020 Unfortunately, long term residents of Vancouver have been conditioned to accept a congestive planning agenda. Then it becomes easier for some BC residents to blame anyone that doesn't seem to be white. When a person is conditioned to accept short trains, narrow roads & bridges, it becomes that much easier to blame anyone that seems to be more cosmopolitan or "foreign".
While it was a wise decision to reject freeways within the city limits of Vancouver, the city has continually failed to improve or even maintain its street network.
A Vancouver City Councillor suggests pushing jobs out of city
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/jean-swanson-vancouver-jobs
This is so sad, but there has been a strong KEEP+THEM+OUT agenda in Vancouver for several decades. If business & the overall urban infrastructure can continually be held back, that means Vancouver can continue to fall behind what Toronto & Calgary, Seattle & SF allow.
Since most of the world is compose on non white people, any agenda to KEEP PEOPLE OUT, or at least slow down the influx of people, has been very carefully crafted. Vancouver has always had a white power structure to try to keep the city a provincial backwater.
To be fair, over the past several decades, its become a predominantly white power structure that refuses to build proper big city infrastructure.
Fortunately, this mentality hasn't taken over Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Seattle, SF & especially LA, Chicago & NYC. Most major cities want to attract business & people, regardless of their skin color. They allow trains to be longer, roads & bridges to be wider & buildings to be much taller.
If Vancouver & BC continues to maintain the, KEEP THEM OUT agenda, the general public must realize that most of the world's population isn't white. Therefore, any agenda to hold Vancouver & BC back is about trying to reduce the influx of non white people.
Sydney, Australia & San_Francisco, CA are just as scenic as Vancouver & Victoria, but they don't impose the same building & infrastructure restrictions that BC does.
Monday, May 16, 2022
Seattle
Instead of Seattle having short underground train stations like Vancouver, Seattle has station lengths that rival Montreal Metro stations. Seattle has a big wide bridge with a train deep underneath it similar to what SF had done.
https://the-intersection-point.blogspot.com/search?q=Seattle
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
The Samuel De Champlain Bridge in Montreal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champlain_Bridge_(Montreal,_2019-present)
Being from Vancouver its hard to fathom that Montreal has this new cool 8 lane Champlain_Bridge. Then I remember that no one from Vancouver or BC was able to stop it from being built in Montreal. Of course the Vancouver mentality is to prevent any new wide bridge. In fact, to prevent any new bridges that would bring more cars and trucks into its puny city limits.
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https://vancouver.skyrisecities.com/news/2017/05/sibling-bridges-second-narrows
Of course the new Champlain_Bridge would be designed to carry the REM line over the river. https://rem.info/en/work-schedule Simply because Vancouver is classified as a scenic city, its not allowed to have big city infrastructure on the scale of what Sydney, Australia, SF, Seattle & Montreal allow.
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The Ironworkers_Memorial_Second_Narrows_Crossing should have been built with 4 or at least 2 wide shoulders so that by now, the bridge could have had 8 to 10 lanes. Plus a provision for 2 rapid train tracks & 2 express bus lanes on a lower level. Instead, its a congested mess of 6 lanes with no shoulders or provision for rapid transit. Unlike most cities, Vancouver really excels at congestive planing. That's why the first 2 Skytrain lines have stations only about half the length of any Montreal Metro station. The Canada line only has a maximum allowance for 50m stations, while the Montreal Metro has 152.5m stations.
https://globalnews.ca/news/8330542/pothole-ironworkers-memorial-bridge
Saturday, March 05, 2022
Wednesday, December 08, 2021
San Diego Trolley Extension Launch a 'Rousing Success'
https://www.planetizen.com/news/2021/12/115487-san-diego-trolley-extension-launch-rousing-success
Unfortunately, Vancouver, BC was one of the first cities to get rid of its streetcars or trams. Then, never followed up with a comprehensive road network. That doesn't mean to put freeways everywhere, but a good set of major streets & highways, with a provision for the return of trams.
Obviously, SD was able to do what Vancouver didn't. SD just wasn't a dense enough region to have something like BART or an LA Subway. Instead, SD allowed for the rebirth of its streetcars, in the form of a modern tram train or as its officially called, the SD trolley.
In contrast, stubborn Vancouver seems to be set to be one of the last cities to allow for the return of trams. Fortunately, Melbourne, Toronto, Boston & SF..., never totally got rid of theirs like Vancouver did.
Tuesday, December 07, 2021
Vancouver ranks 58th of top 100 destination cities around the world
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-city-ranking-58-out-of-100
That's the problem with the backwater BC mentality. Why have Skytrain stations longer than the underground Edmonton LRT stations or even at the same length as the Toronto subway stations? Vancouver really should have allowed a provision to have 500 foot or 152.5m stations like the Montreal Metro has. Vancouver opted to have narrow bridges so that it's almost impossible to have proper bus & HOV lanes.
Fortunately, Vancouver, BC wasn't able to stop Seattle & Portland, Calgary & Edmonton from having a zoo within their city limits. Of course Vancouver made sure that it never had a proper big city zoo within its city limits like equally small Boston & San_Francisco did. Boston, SF & Vancouver are all less than 50 sq.mi. or 130 sq.km in area. Yet, those cities were allowed to do so much more than Vancouver.
The lack of proper big city museums & art galleries fits right in with the small city mentality of Vancouver.
Its as if there has been a multi-generational mentality to keep Vancouver small & backward since its early years.
"The first viaduct was completed in 1915, extending what was then called Harris St over the CPR Beatty St yards to connect to Georgia St. At that time, Harris St was renamed East Georgia, and the viaduct called the Hart McHarg bridge, but it was more commonly called the Georgia Harris Viaduct. It was poorly built and plagued by difficulties from the beginning; It was not uncommon to see sagging sections, timber propping it up, and concrete falling to the ground below. In anticipation of the viaduct and the planned streetcar providing easy access to the city centre, apartments began popping up in the area in the preceding years, including the heritage building called the Jackson Apartments at 660 Jackson St/501 E Georgia. Although a track was laid for the Georgia Streetcar to offer service across the viaduct, there were immediate concerns about its ability to hold the weight, and the plan was abandoned." https://www.placesthatmatter.ca/location/georgia-st-viaduct (A fine example of inept Vancouver planning & development. So many other cities were actually able to build a bridge for streetcars or trams, as well as cars & trucks.
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/this-week-in-history-the-great-georgia-harris-viaduct-opens-in-1915 (Why properly build infrastructure for long-range durability & future capacity?)
https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/before-demolition-of-old-georgia-viaduct-30-9-70-4 If done properly, the original viaduct should have been built to be strong enough to have 6 lanes with 2 streetcar tracks & bike lanes. Then a lower deck provision for another rapid transit line with bike lanes. Fortunately, Vancouver wasn't able to stop other cities from getting rid of their streetcars or prevent the rebirth of tram trains.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Viaduct#Demolition Some people believed that with proper strengthening & maintenance, they could have remained for several more decades. Perhaps even past 2070.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2018/06/27/Vancouver-Inner-City-Slum-Clearance-Repair (While the cancellation of a freeway through East Vancouver was a good idea in the 1960s, since the 1970s viaducts were built, they should remain for several more decades.)
To allow Vancouver to have the infrastructure of Montreal or Seattle would mean to fully accept becoming a major metropolitan area.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champlain_Bridge_(Montreal,_2019-present) An 8 lane bride with a provision for a rapid transit train. https://dailyhive.com/montreal/montreal-light-rail-train-rem-video
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_90_floating_bridges Seattle has this as an 8 lane crossing with an LRT line as well. Unfortunately, such big city infrastructure just isn't allowed by the small city mentality of Vancouver.
If Vancouver, BC was allowed to become a major global city like Sydney, Australia or SF, California, the local power-structure would have to give up on its stunting agenda.
A national power-structure has made sure that Canada has yet to even contain 0.005% of the worlds population. It just so happens that most of the world is non-white, but as long as Canada doesn't officially have a, KEEP THEM OUT agenda, the worlds 2nd largest nation won't even have 40 million people, when the world reaches 8 billion.
Thursday, November 25, 2021
Climate activists to block Lions Gate Bridge Friday morning
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/climate-activists-to-block-lions-gate-bridge-friday-morning-4800782 Due to the cities multi-decade long refusal to build up big city infrastructure, people are left with a 3 lane bottleneck. AKA, the Lions_Gate_Bridge. Its difficult to have rapid bus & HOV lanes when there are only 3 lanes to work with. Fortunately, most cities aren't thwarted by something like the Vancouver power-structure & backward BC mindset.
Other scenic cities such as, Seattle, SF, Sydney, Auckland & Rio just don't have Vancouver type restrictions to prevent building a big wide bridge across their harbors.
This is what happens when BC can't build a wall or electric fence around it. The, KEEP THEM OUT mentality is very strong in Vancouver & Victoria & BC in general.
Why build up proper size infrastructure when you can just cause more disruptions & congestion?
A lot of people don't have much of a choice but to use the inept 3 lane Lions_Gate_Bridge.
Vancouver & the North_Shore should have worked together decades ago to build their own version of something like the Downtown_Seattle_Transit_Tunnel. First for rapid buses & then LRT with a provision to become very high capacity. Fortunately, Vancouver wasn't able to stop Seattle, but Vancouver certainly continues to prevent itself from having big city infrastructure.
Another 3 lane wonder can be found in Victoria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Street_Bridge
BC has such expertise in bottleneck planning, but for some reason, it can't seem to get most of the world to do the same.
Two Gilmore Place, Burnaby, BC
Two_Gilmore_Place is the first time that any building in BC has been permitted to rise above 700 feet. (215.85 metres (708 ft) tall.)
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/gilmore-place-construction-skytrain-station-engineering
http://gilmoreplace.com , https://www.onni.com/gilmoreplace
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/two-gilmore-place/34824
Edmonton already has the Stantec_Tower, which is 66-storeys at a height of 251 metres (823 ft), is the tallest building in Western_Canada in late 2021.
Seattle might eventually have a 93 story tower. https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=27&status=15
So far, Vancouver wont permit any building to rival Burnaby, Edmonton, Calgary, Seattle & especially Toronto & SF. Burnaby might have a few more tallest buildings in BC. https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=31&status=15
Surrey is trying to have the first office tower in BC that's over 700 feet. https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=2&status=15
Vancouver still wont permit any office building to have 40 floors, let alone 50 or 60.
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Two more stumps under 30 floors
When the city wont even permit an office tower to have 40 stories, these two are cut before even reaching 30 floors.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/443-seymour-street-619-685-west-hastings-street-vancouver
They would be impressive in Victoria, Kelowna, Kamloops or Prince George. Not in Calgary or Seattle, Toronto or Montreal. That's how it goes for little scenic Vancouver. Fortunately, scenic cities like Auckland, Sydney & SF allow taller office towers than Vancouver & they are still just as scenic as ever.
Another lost potential of the cities first 50 story office tower. It wont even be permitted to have a 40th floor.
The more red tape & B$ that Vancouver can impose or mandate, the better the chance of holding the city back.
Sunday, November 21, 2021
Streetcars and Trams
Streetcars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RftqoygXXHk
Vancouver was one of the first cities to get rid of its streetcars. Its trying its damnedest to be one of the last major cities to bring them back. Fortunately, Vancouver wasn't able to get Toronto, SF & Melbourne to get rid of all their streetcars or trams.
Trams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOS2KUmLcNc
SF and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HDnn1t9_p8 SF MUNI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aOrjmvVz3s BART
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_in_the_San_Francisco_Bay_Area#Metro/Heavy_Rail
Melbourne’s First New Freeway In Almost 10 Years!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYOz3NgC-bc
Being from Vancouver one is used to seeing lanes removed, not added. Fortunately, there never was something like a Vancouver power-structure to remove the trams of Melbourne either. Thus, Melbourne is able to have some wide streets with trams still in the middle of them.
If you are from Melbourne & visit Vancouver, you might expect to see a big city on the scale of Sydney or SF, Montreal or Seattle. Yet, all you will find is something more like the equivalent of a false-front movie set.
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Wednesday, October 06, 2021
Final pieces of Eglinton Crosstown LRT track are being put down
https://dailyhive.com/toronto/final-eglinton-crosstown-lrt-track-pieces-down
Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, NO, SF & Melbourne are just some of the cities that never got rid of their streetcars or trams like Vancouver did. Vancouver will likely be one of the last major cities to bring them back.
Friday, October 01, 2021
More people moved to BC than anywhere else in Canada over the past year
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-interprovincial-migration-statistics-october-2021
Unfortunately, the Vancouver and BC power-structure still refuses to build up proper size infrastructure that is commonplace in Montreal, Toronto Seattle, Sydney Australia & SF. At least Vancouver isn't able to water-down those cities.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/racism-vancouver-island-1.5901314
TIoT
TIoT is an Urban Tech Intersection of various links.
Vancouver and even Victoria should have already been high tech hubs for several decades. Seattle, SF and Toronto are so far ahead of whats in backwater BC.
It seems that things like the COVID-19_pandemic will slow down immigration into Canada considerably. Vancouver, one of the most mild parts of Canada, won't be rivaling Montreal's population any time soon and Victoria remains much smaller than Quebec_City. When the world attains 8 billion people, Canada wont even have 80 million. It will be doubtful if Canada will even have a population of 40 million people when the world reaches 8 billion.
Even if the cities and their surrounding urban areas grew by tens of millions, most of Canada would still remain unpopulated and natural for wildlife. Combine that with more renewable energy measures and recycling and the worlds 2nd largest nation could easily contain millions of more people. However, there seems to be a mostly covert, KEEP THEM OUT Agenda, that's been firmly entrenched since colonial times.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_census_metropolitan_areas_and_agglomerations_in_Canada
Canada as a nation, has the 2nd largest land_area and has yet to even contain even 1% of the worlds people.
Some would like to see a dramatic global reduction of population in most countries.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/looking-forward-to-the-end-of-humanity-11592625661
Perhaps releasing an army of Terminator robots upon most of humanity will speed things up.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/doomsday-math-says-humanity-may-have-just-760-years-left-11561655839 (Doom & gloom ecological horror stories or outright fascist extermination policies to reduce the human population is too dam extreme. Education & better urban planning can help to gradually reduce the human population.)
Most of this blog is still roughed out from its link list phase & is under construction & will include sarcasm.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersection_(road)#Types
"Long term plans for the route call for grade separated interchanges along its entire length to convert it to a freeway."
Times Square, Piccadilly_Circus and Shibuya_Crossing have all become extensive high tech intersections on the Internet Superhighway for decades.
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Monday, September 20, 2021
Surrey-Langley-Skytrain-opening-delayed-until 2028
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-langley-skytrain-opening-delayed-2028
BC always has a way of slowing things down.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-langley-skytrain-fraser-highway-widening Wow, that's a big jump to go from 1 wagon road each way to 2 lanes each way. Of course for many cities, a 6 or 8 lane roadway would have been built. The train wouldn't just have 80m stations, but something closer the Montreal Metro's 152m stations.
If BC really planned & allowed for growth, that would mean accepting more of Canada's immigration. Since most of the world is nonwhite, its as if the multi-generational BC power-structure had to create a way to slow the immigration down. Thus Vancouver & Victoria have such strict slow growth measures, no one really sees through it. The slow growth initiatives are so strong that Vancouver is nowhere close to becoming Montreal size. Victoria is far from even catching up to Q.City.
This is all by design, because the BC power-structure doesn't want Montreal, Seattle or even Calgary size cities. It just so happens that most of the immigrants of the wold are non white. That's because most of the world is non white & its been that way since the beginning.
Its not necessarily all part of a racist agenda. However, by using all sorts of environmental controls & restrictions just happens to be a potential covert way to keep Canada & especially BC small in population.
There are those that don't want too many people moving into the mild part of Canada, officially its for environmental reasons. Thus, a slow growth agenda is maintained. Sydney Australia, SF, Seattle & Auckland are just as scenic as Vancouver & Victoria, but they have wider roads, taller buildings & longer trains than what is allowed in BC.
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