https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Line_(Los_Angeles_Metro)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Beach_Line
https://la.curbed.com/2015/7/30/9935072/red-car-air-line-expo-line-history
L.A.
UTD references, Cities, Urban Legends & Symbolism, etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Metro#Rolling_stock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_M1_(Prague)
Train length | 96.66 m (317 ft 1+1⁄2 in) |
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Car length | 19.52 m (64 ft 1⁄2 in) (M1.1 - first and last car) |
Hudson's_Detroit has taken a long time, but it will be quite a nice complex when completed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson's_Detroit#Design
https://www.hudsons-detroit.com/
https://www.bartonmalow.com/projects/hudsons-detroit-development
https://detroit.urbanize.city/post/gm-announces-move-rencen-new-hudsons-detroit
Unfortunately, since the redevelopment of the old Woodward's site in Vancouver, there have been some difficulties.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodward's_Building#Early_history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodward's_Building#Redevelopment
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/london-drugs-woodwards-vancouver-crime-theft-shoplifting
Of course Detroit doesn't have the same extreme height restriction as Vancouver. Thus, it was able to build significantly taller than Woodward's_43. Detroit's version is a far cry from Vancouver's watered down version.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tram_and_light_rail_transit_systems
https://rail.nridigital.com/future_rail_sep23/10_largest_tram_networks
https://www.railway-technology.com/features/six-of-the-best-tram-systems-around-the-world/?cf-view
https://jf-databits.blogspot.com/search?q=LRT :: https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=LRT:
https://www.bestmswprograms.com/impressive-social-housing-projects/
https://www.iproperty.com.my/guides/best-public-and-social-housing-around-the-world-70972
https://architizer.com/blog/inspiration/collections/affordable-housing/
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-city-market-rental-housing-program-impacts
https://dailyhive.com/calgary/calgary-man-move-alberta-toronto
Toronto is a big city on a lakeshore like Chicago is. Calgary just doesn't have a sprawling suburban situation like those urban areas have. Calgary can get colder than Denver during the winter and almost as hot as Dallas during the summer.
https://dailyhive.com/toronto/toronto-condo-building-issues-dundas-square-gardens
A reasonable effort should always be made to maintain a decent living standard in new and older buildings.
https://www.newsweek.com/millions-california-warned-exercising-outdoors-2005086
Of course any big city or industrial area can still get occasionally smoggy.
The LA City Hall was once the tallest building in California, now it's just like another stump building.
https://www.newsweek.com/millions-california-warned-exercising-outdoors-2005086#slideshow/2550275
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_60 239.7 m (786 ft)
https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/382/
https://sunshinecity.jp/en/observatory/
https://www.gotokyo.org/en/spot/447/index.html
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/sunshine-60-tower/990
https://skyscrapers.fandom.com/wiki/Sunshine_60
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_City,_Tokyo#Sunshine_City_Prince_Hotel
https://www.princehotels.com/sunshine/
https://www.shimz.co.jp/en/works/jp_com_198003_sunshinecity.html 130 m / 427 ft
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/sunshine-city-prince-hotel/47015 37 floors
https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-city-rankings/largest-metro-areas-in-the-world
https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/bigcities.htm
https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/in-pictures-the-largest-cities-in-the-world
https://www.statista.com/statistics/912263/population-of-urban-agglomerations-worldwide/
https://zenodo.org/records/10458207
https://www.euronews.com/2024/07/02/paris-hotels-struggle-with-low-demand-as-olympics-approach
While it's nice to have a lot of extra rooms than not. However, low demand isn't a good sign.
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Great-Fire-of-London-1212 Even some of the bridges burned down in old London.
https://chapel-bridge.ch/background/chapel-bridge-on-fire/
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/burnt-into-memory_remembering-the-chapel-bridge-fire/44330760
https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/photos-historic-trestle-bridge-goes-up-in-flames-9116495
https://globalnews.ca/news/10579703/major-fire-richmond/
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/richmond-fire-river-rock-casino
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridge_failures#2000%E2%80%93present
Unfortunately, bridge_failures occur because no structure is beyond possibility of damage.
https://www.history.com/news/deadly-bridge-collapses
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridge_failures#1950-1999
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironworkers_Memorial_Second_Narrows_Crossing#Collapse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_decay#History
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-urban-decay-drug-decriminalization-bc
Almost every city has serious issues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_K._Inouye_International_Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyline_(Honolulu)#Route
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyline_(Honolulu)#Segment_2:_Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lelepaua_station
https://www.budgetyourtrip.com/compare/perth-vs-honolulu-2063523-5856195
Ideally, such an isolated city & airport should always be well equipped.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Airport#Facilities_and_services
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Airport#Third_runway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_line,_Perth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_line,_Perth#Rolling_stock
"The platform is in excess of 150 metres (490 ft) long, making it long enough for a six-car train, the longest Transperth trains." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayswater_railway_station,_Perth#Description
https://www.avenueperth.com/why-is-perth-isolated/
https://www.budgetyourtrip.com/compare/perth-vs-honolulu-2063523-5856195
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_S._Van_Leesten_Memorial_Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footbridge
https://architizer.com/blog/inspiration/collections/bridging-the-gap/
https://www.wsp.com/en-cn/sectors/bike-and-pedestrian-bridges
https://structurae.net/en/structures/bridges/bicycle-and-pedestrian-bridges
"It came into being with the creation of Nunavut on April 1, 1999." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_corners_(Canada)
https://ctawa.asn.au/event/bridges-and-tunnels-of-perth-2-2
https://www.weekendnotes.com/tunnels-in-perth/
https://www.streetkidindustries.com/tunnels
https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/community-environment/bridges-lighting/
https://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/swan-river-pedestrian-bridge-perth/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windan_Bridge
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/worlds-best-pedestrian-bridges
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_Perth,_Western_Australia#Pedestrian_bridges
https://structurae.net/en/structures/bridges/bicycle-and-pedestrian-bridges
https://www.arch2o.com/10-amazing-bridges-passageways-bikes/
Unlike Vancouver, BC, several cities are able to build transit, bike or pedestrian bridges without having to take away any lanes from the existing narrow bridges.
https://www.hellotravel.com/stories/most-amazing-pedestrian-bridges-around-the-world
https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/incredible-suspension-bridges-around-the-world
https://the-data-intersection.blogspot.com/search?q=Bicycle+and+Pedestrian+Bridges
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_River_(Western_Australia)#Bridges How could so much infrastructure have been constructed? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_Perth,_Western_Australia
Well, WA is very far away from the restrictive backwater BC mentality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrows_Bridge_(Perth) 5 lanes each way and 2 train tracks.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Narrows_Bridge_from_QV.1.jpg This scale of eneneering simply isn't allwed in Vancouver, BC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canning_Bridge#Current_structure:_1939
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Canning_Bridge_2006_SMC.jpg A nice 6 lane bridge that hasnt been Vancoverized.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windan_Bridge Another fine 6 lane bridge.
There is a plan to only have two 6 lane bridges within the city limits of Vancouver. While the stubborn city refuses to build bus and HOV bridges, even though that would dramatically improve transit.
Unlike the WA approach, the backwater BC way is to funnel everything into a series of chokepoints. Its the epitome of bottelneck absurdity. https://twitter.com/DriveBC/status/1595492088057335808/photo/1 A 3 lane wonder, or a total blunder? Why have a new structure for bus & HOV lanes & especially a harbor train crossing, when you can just have an inept 3 lane bridge?
Whether you are visiting from Perth, WA or Seattle, WA, nothing can prepare you for Vancouverization. Even if you are visiting from LA, you will notice that the mountains are smaller. Its as if they have been watered down, just like Greater Vancouver in general has.
It's always interesting to see what Perth and Seattle are allowed to do, simply because they aren't bound by any BC type restrictions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth#Transport , https://developmentwa.com.au/projects/redevelopment/new-northbridge/overview , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Farmer_Freeway#2013_tunnel_expansion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle#Transportation , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Route_99_tunnel
Of course Vancouver, BC would never allow anything like the Northbridge_Tunnel or the 99_tunnel to run under the downtown and connect to the North_Shore.
https://twitter.com/DriveBC/status/1585381176919076864/photo/1 7L funneled into 3 lanes, a classic bottleneck. Even though an express bus tunnel with a provision for 2 train tracks would immensely improve this transportation corridor, it's not allowed. That's because Vancouver refuses to take a big city approach. Indeed, the Vancouver mentality is to emulate a provincial backwater mentality for as long as possible.
https://twitter.com/DriveBC/status/1595492088057335808/photo/1 LGB 3L
http://d3exkutavo4sli.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/vancouver-1960s-7-compressed-1024x700.jpg
https://jf-databits.blogspot.com/search?q=Vancouver
https://the-data-intersection.blogspot.com/search?q=Vancouver
Whether its a city of 100K or a million people, or even if its just between 1000 and 10,000 inhabitants, a vast urban area can be added. However, not in the old-style of typical urban sprawl. Efficient trains and roads can be built right from the start. High and medium density housing and commercial places can be better coordinated.
Perth is hardly some backwater provincial capital. It's a mighty city on the edge of the sparsely populated western half of the continent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth#Economy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth#Transport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway_rolling_stock#Current_fleet
Train length | 4 car train: 300 feet (91.4 m) 8 car train: 600 feet (183 m) |
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Car length | 74 ft 8.5 in (22.77 m) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R46_(New_York_City_Subway_car)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Technology_Train
Train length | 5-car train: 301.05 feet (91.76 m) 4-car train: 240.84 feet (73.41 m) |
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Car length | 60.21 feet (18.35 m) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R211_(New_York_City_Subway_car)
Train length | 5-car train: 255.2 feet (77.8 m) 6-car train: 306.24 feet (93.34 m) 10-car train: 510.4 feet (155.6 m) |
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Car length | 51.04 feet (15.56 m) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R262_(New_York_City_Subway_car)
Train length | 6-car train: 306.24 feet (93.34 m) 10-car train: 510.4 feet (155.6 m) |
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Car length | 51.04 feet (15.56 m) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_Metro https://railway-news.com/tag/cairo-metro
Cairo Metro Line 3 traffic improvements enable over 30,000 commuters to travel per hour, per direction https://railway-news.com/egypt-alstom-completes-phase-3a-of-cairo-metro-line-3/
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-future-tallest-towers
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/concord-metrotown-metropolis-at-metrotown-construction-redevelopment
https://jf-databits.blogspot.com/search?q=the+future+tallest+towers+of+metro+vancouver
https://data-loaf.blogspot.com/search?q=tallest+towers+of+metro+vancouver