https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supply-chain-crisis-60-minutes-2021-11-14/
Sunday, November 14, 2021
Friday, November 12, 2021
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Friday, November 5, 2021
Thursday, November 4, 2021
Monday, November 1, 2021
Saturday, October 30, 2021
Greater Vancouver's SkyTrain Network
Saturday, October 23, 2021
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Sunday, October 17, 2021
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Friday, September 17, 2021
Stadium Stations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumen_Field#Transportation , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadium_station_(Sound_Transit) , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_District/Chinatown_station#Light_rail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Stadium#Transport , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Stadium_railway_station
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Saturday, September 4, 2021
Monday, August 9, 2021
Saturday, August 7, 2021
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Bangkok, Thailand - drone - view skyline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUm5dag_BlE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9LeC-tINyE
The story of Bangkok’s pixelated MahaNakhon tower, Thailand’s tallest building. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajC4Ap0vzyI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6w4MafxUJg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M0B4R5ZjHo r 9
Saturday, July 31, 2021
Monday, July 19, 2021
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Surfside Building Collapse - Miami Florida
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrP-Zl7NHzE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSQq2FimiXY
In this video, your host Jeff Ostroff reconstructs a precise timeline of events in the hours leading up to the Miami Condo collapse and examines the evidence to offer you our root cause and failure analysis to determine how the Champlain Towers South Condo building collapsed on Jun 24, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEPyE2h6P4k
video simulates the sequence of collapse of the Champlain Towers South with a possible explanation for the failure illustrated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hynHiWE818c
Sao Paulo
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Friday, June 25, 2021
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Monday, June 21, 2021
Friday, June 18, 2021
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Saturday, June 5, 2021
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Surrey and Fraser Valley home sales break record for ninth straight month
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Vancouver, BC
https://viewpointvancouver.ca/2012/03/22/project-200-the/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_200
https://evelazarus.com/project-200-and-the-waterfront-freeway/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmv/sets/72157629624481763/
https://viewpointvancouver.ca/2009/03/06/freeway-dreams/
http://evelazarus.com/canada/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/aborted-plans-tunnel.jpg
http://evelazarus.com/aborted-plans-a-third-crossing-for-the-north-shore/
https://viewpointvancouver.ca/2021/01/07/sam-de-groot-on-the-central-waterfront/
https://viewpointvancouver.ca/2015/05/20/the-future-of-the-downtown-waterfront-issues-paper/
Saturday, May 22, 2021
Saturday, May 15, 2021
wide roadways
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(California)#/media/File:405_freeway_from_the_air.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(California)#/media/File:I-405_at_I-105_aerial.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(California)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road#/media/File:Evacuated_Highway_401_Color.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bypass_(road)#/media/File:Outer_Ring_Road_(Nehru_ORR)_at_Narsinghi.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi%E2%80%93Mumbai_Expressway#/media/File:DME_TOI_April_2021.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perimeter_Highway_(Winnipeg)#Future_plans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_road
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_route_E451#/media/File:Bundesautobahn_5-FFM.jpg
Sunday, May 9, 2021
Bike Paths
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bike_path
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bike_lane
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bike_freeway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_cycling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_infrastructure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_infrastructure#Examples_of_cycling_infrastructure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_infrastructure#/media/File:Hwy7BikeLane5.jpg
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Saturday, April 24, 2021
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Saturday, April 10, 2021
Sunday, March 28, 2021
Monday, March 22, 2021
Saturday, March 20, 2021
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Sunday, March 14, 2021
Monday, March 1, 2021
Sunday, February 28, 2021
Monday, February 22, 2021
Saturday, February 20, 2021
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Landmark Trump casino demolished in Atlantic City controlled explosion
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Friday, February 12, 2021
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
The Broadway Subway Project
https://www.broadwaysubway.ca , https://www.broadwaysubway.ca/construction/current-work
https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/ubc-line-rapid-transit-study.aspx
https://www.broadwaysubway.ca/about/future-network/
https://globalnews.ca/news/7614878/bc-government-update-broadway-subway-project/
https://www.translink.ca/plans-and-projects/projects/rapid-transit-projects/broadway-subway-project
https://www.urbanyvr.com/broadway-subway-extension-station-renderings/
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Sunday, January 31, 2021
Downtown LA Subway Regional Connector
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Connector
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Metro_Rail#Lines
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Future_Los_Angeles_County_Metro_Rail.svg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Metro_Rail#Planned_expansion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_Line_(Los_Angeles_Metro)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Line_Extension#Overview
Saturday, January 30, 2021
Friday, January 29, 2021
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Saturday, January 16, 2021
LA, Ca
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Los_Angeles#Tallest_buildings
https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/a-brief-history-of-los-angeles-tallest-buildings
https://www.commercialcafe.com/blog/evolution-downtown-la-visual-timeline/
https://i.redd.it/8uaz8t6m5i051.jpg
https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/they-live-filming-locations-30-years/
Friday, January 15, 2021
Thursday, January 7, 2021
SB towers
https://www.stockaerialphotos.com/?search=scotiabank+building
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Scotia_Plaza.jpghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotia_Plaza , https://scotiaplaza.com/
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Scotia_Plaza_2009.JPG
http://www.urbandb.com/canada/ontario/toronto/bank-of-nova-scotia-building/index.html
Monday, January 4, 2021
Thursday, December 31, 2020
planned-opolis
https://insteading.com/blog/planned-opolis/
In a world of fossil fuels and expensive energy, the only solution is tightly planned and controlled urban transport.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSvb_ZTYS6A
https://www.thefuturescentre.org/fos/
https://www.thefuturescentre.org/signal/global-corporates-call-to-reverse-nature-loss stumps
Friday, December 25, 2020
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Sunday, December 20, 2020
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Perth, WA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Perth_CBD_-_Kings_Park.jpghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Perth1964.jpg
https://images.skyscrapercenter.com/building/worldtradecentreperth_rendering-context_(c)wa__government.jpghttps://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/world-trade-centre-perth-tower-1/28313
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Perth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_metropolitan_region
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transperth#Trains
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Area_Express_(Perth)#Background
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Perth_airport_01_gnangarra.JPG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Western_Australia
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=47&status=15
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=91526126&page=1
the Airport Train
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_rail_link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_rail_link#Main-line_or_commuter_rail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_rail_link#North_America_2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_rail_link#Light_rail_or_metro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_rail_link#Proposed_airport_rail_links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Airport_Train
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_railway_line,_Perth , https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/construction-sites/airport-central-station
trams & trains
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram#Electric
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram#Cable-hauled
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram-train#Existing_systems
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/worst-new-york-snowstorms-gallery-1.2092689-2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Stadtbahn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens-Duewag_Supertram
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_Light_Rail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_Supertram#Current_network
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g7VbIQ0Ol8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVOvXJOybSU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hy1U4NPkZk
Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge Construction Time Lapse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M998mXia-uM
The LG Bridge dilemma
While other cities can build proper bus & HOV bridges or tunnels, Vancouver is reluctant to augment its narrow bridges.
https://www.vancourier.com/news/six-fun-facts-about-the-lions-gate-bridge-1.23130030 LGB https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/transportation-infrastructure/projects/lions-gate
Some cities can have a bridge wide enough to accomodate a train component, or at least have a train bridge or tunnel close by. Unfortunately, Vancouver has been locked into a multigenerational chokepoint planning agenda. Most real cities try to do things to improve on their bottlenecks.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
The North Vancouver Bridges
Monday, December 14, 2020
Medium-capacity rail system
A medium-capacity system (MCS), also known as light rapid transit or light metro, is a rail transport system with a capacity greater than light rail, but less than typical heavy-rail rapid transit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-capacity_rail_system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-capacity_rail_system#Advantages_and_disadvantages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_rail_transit#Rapid_transit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_rail_transit#Urban_rail_transit_types
Sunday, December 13, 2020
The Indian Pacific Train: Perth to Sydney
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Pacific , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Pacific#Route
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Indian_Pacific_Perth%2C_Western_Australia.jpg , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transperth_Trains
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Perth , http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=47&status=15
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transperth_Trains#Future_expansion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_railway_stations_in_Perth#Suburban_lines
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Monday, December 7, 2020
Friday, December 4, 2020
Seattle towers
https://www.facebook.com/Q13FOX/photos/a.487220754198/10160954411384199/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/Q13FOX/photos/a.487220754198/10160977114439199/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/Q13FOX/photos/a.487220754198/10160766511004199/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/Q13FOX/photos/a.487220754198/10160703111149199/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/Q13FOX/photos/a.487220754198/10160602274449199/?type=3&theater
:: I-5 https://www.facebook.com/Q13FOX/photos/a.10150842144844199/10160820723334199/?type=3&theater
wheel https://www.facebook.com/Q13FOX/photos/a.487220754198/10160841851974199/?type=3&theater
the view from Newcastle https://www.facebook.com/Q13FOX/photos/a.487220754198/10160612014734199/?type=3&theater
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Monday, November 30, 2020
Saturday, November 28, 2020
Friday, November 27, 2020
centuries-of-weather-impacts-leave-ancient-city-of-shibam-on-the-brink-of-collapse
https://www.archdaily.com/771154/the-manhattan-of-the-desert-shibam-yemens-ancient-skyscraper-city
https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-show-shibam-yemen-as-ancient-city-crumbles-2019-10
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/asia/yemen/shibam-mud-skyscraper-yemen/
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2020/11/10/in-pictures-yemens-ancient-manhattan-of-the-desert/
Friday, November 20, 2020
Thursday, November 19, 2020
UK towers and trains...
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=133&status=15
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Square
...using a simple "cut and cover" method to excavate an enormous pit 24 metres (78 ft) deep and 265 metres (869 ft) long. The first step was the lengthening of the trains from 6 to 7 cars. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Wharf_tube_station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway 2 or 3 vehicles per trainset
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway#Rolling_stock
The trains are formed from sets of 2 or 3 semi-permanently connected cars, the increase to 3-car trains being introduced progressively on the busiest routes in 2010, following substantial platform extension works. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway_rolling_stock
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Monday, November 9, 2020
SF living costs...
https://sf.curbed.com/2019/2/25/18239828/report-middle-class-income-ranges-sf-bay-area-salary
https://sf.curbed.com/2018/5/16/17361746/salary-needed-buy-home-house-san-francisco-2018-california
https://sf.curbed.com/2018/6/26/17505550/low-income-limit-2018-salary-san-francisco-families-hud
https://sf.curbed.com/affordable-housing-san-francisco
https://sf.curbed.com/2017/8/11/16134968/old-photos-sf
https://sf.curbed.com/2020/6/26/21294981/curbed-sf-closed-archives
tower-high-rise-construction-map-los-angeles
Sunday, November 8, 2020
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Monday, November 2, 2020
Sunday, November 1, 2020
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Bridges and tunnels in New York City
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridges_and_tunnels_in_New_York_City nyc
The North River Tunnels connect Manhattan to New Jersey and the West. 820,000 people and 450 trains pass under the Hudson River through these 2.5 miles tunnels every day. But these tunnels were built 120 years ago and they are showing their age. Now, New York has a dangerous tunnel problem on its hands. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48_FHhRQdt0 zz




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