Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Northern B.C. businesses demand Ottawa revisit immigration, work permit cuts

 https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/our-town-s-going-to-collapse-northern-b-c-businesses-demand-ottawa-revisit-immigration-work-permit-cuts/ar-AA1HMWuW?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=ef5c270bd1ec42fdb926f7e88ccf4566&ei=5

Prince+Rupert is in a limited growth area. In contrast, Terrace has a lot of relatively flat land around it for growth. Terrace isn't as limited as PR, so its a potential growth area.

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural-resources-and-industry/natural-resource-use/land-water-use/crown-land/land-use-plans-and-objectives/skeena-region/northcoast-lrmp/map_10_visual_management_areas.pdf

https://gocampingbc.com/region/terrace-prince-rupert/

https://britishcolumbia.com/plan-your-trip/regions-and-towns/northern-bc-and-haida-gwaii/terrace/locality/Prince+Rupert/

http://www.fishbc.com/adventure/explore/north/skeena_coast.html

Despite its limited flat areas, Prince_Rupert should be a growing port for NW BC. Kitimat should also continue as a major BC port. Terrace has the biggest potential for growth and should have improved highway and rail connections between PR and Kitimat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Regional_Airport_Terrace-Kitimat

Switzerland can fit into BC about 23 times, yet BC doesn't even have the population of one CH. Canada is nowhere close to having 1% of the worlds population.  

The CN Tower

 https://www.cntower.ca/inspiring-by-day-stellar-by-night

https://www.cntower.ca/live-views

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Bridges

 


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

https://www.dangerousroads.org/north-america/canada/6138-lions-gate-bridge.html

https://www.tranbc.ca/2019/08/29/how-the-lions-gate-bridge-counterflow-works/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/about-here-lions-gate-bridge-cruise-ships-tourism-1.5373466


https://jf-databits.blogspot.com/search?q=LGB

https://jf-databits.blogspot.com/search?q=Vancouver

widest highways around the world

 https://www.webuildvalue.com/en/infrastructure-news/widest-highway-in-the-world.html

https://m.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-10-wildest-highways-in-the-world/20120831.htm

https://www.reddit.com/r/UrbanHell/comments/1jjlf3j/widest_highway_in_the_world_is_in_ontario_canada/

Toronto and Ontario Highway 401

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Highway_401

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/400-series_highways

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/400-series_highways#High-occupancy_vehicle_lanes

Interstate 405 (California)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(California)

https://abc7.com/traffic , https://405expresslanes.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(California)#Los_Angeles_County

https://laist.com/brief/news/transportation/attention-commuters-traffic-on-the-405-freeway-could-be-slower-as-it-undergoes-upgrades

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(California)#History

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/pedestrian-killed-405-freeway-transition-road-marina-del-rey/

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/overnight-405-freeway-lane-closures-begin-through-sepulveda-pass/3733554/

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

https://www.metro.net/projects/i-405-comprehensive-multimodal-corridor-plan/

https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/travel/the-guide-to-los-angeles-freeways

Interstate 405 (Washington)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(Washington)

https://www.king5.com/article/traffic/traffic-news/seattle-traffic-congestion-northbound-i-405-i-5-eastbound-i-90/281-3493a994-06c7-4697-aee5-3441dd556652

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(Washington)#Tukwila_to_Bellevue

https://komonews.com/news/local/northbound-i-405-to-be-closed-in-kirkland-this-weekend-bridge-paving-construction-washington-department-of-transportation

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/405-freeway-closes-weekend-kirkland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(Washington)#21st_century

https://wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/search-projects/i-405renton-bellevue-widening-and-express-toll-lanes-project

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/all-northbound-lanes-i-405-closed-between-renton-bellevue-next-week/NQLMLPYXGVFGFE2BQEGOJE6VGY/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(Washington)#Transit_service

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Line_(Sound_Transit)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stride_(bus_rapid_transit)#History

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Ontario Place parking garage

 https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2025/06/ontario-place-parking-garage-block-toronto-waterfront/

Most of Ontario is wilderness, as is most of Canada. Most people in Canada prefer to live in the urban area, that's also the case in Australia. Of course various LARGE structures will be in urban parts of the world.

Massive U.S.-Canada bridge is just months away from opening

 https://dailyhive.com/canada/us-canada-bridge-detroit-windsor-opening

Monday, March 31, 2025

The very narrow Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver, BC

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

Construction startMarch 31, 1937

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Gate_Bridge#History

OpenedNovember 14, 1938
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Lions_Gate.jpg

https://www.th.gov.bc.ca/ATIS/lgcws/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Gate_Bridge#Gallery

Unfortunately in the 1930s, there just wasn't much vision and motivation to see Vancouver as becoming a bustling and thriving port city. In contrast, Sydney, NSW and SF, California already knew that they were growing major cities by the 1930s.

Then, by the 1960s and 70s, when Montreal and Toronto really started to grow up, Vancouver became immersed into the BC backwater mentality. By the 1960s or 70s, there should have been 3 lane tunnel to provide a proper counterflow to the inadequate 3 lane LGB. 

Georgia_Street is seven lanes wide near the entrance to Stanley_Park and the 5 blocks leading towards the park.

Had Vancouver waited until the 1990s, not only a 7, but 8 lane tunnel should have been built under the park and near the bridge. Such a tunnel not only could have provided 3 lanes each way, but a bus lane each way as well in the 8 lane structure. Unfortunately, that never happened, nor did a rail link happen.

Indeed, several decades ago the SkyTrain should have been extended to West_Vancouver. There never even seemed to be a plan to extend the SkyTrain-Canada_Line segment to North_Vancouver either. 

There has been multigenerational resistance to have a proper comprehensive transportation plan between Downtown_Vancouver and the North_Shore. There also seems to be a lack of vision or interest to link the Horseshoe_Bay_ferry_terminal to YVR and also a link to the Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal

Sunday, February 9, 2025

Calgary man prefers laid-back Alberta life over Toronto

 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.

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

A Toronto building with horrible reputation is facing even more issues

 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.