Monday, June 03, 2024

the Near future in fiction

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

https://screenrant.com/future-cities-in-movies-great-bad-places-to-live/

Weird City (TV series)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_City_(TV_series) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raJJbbiKtlY , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMnq5v8yZp4

Half a decade later & there still could have been a better way to get this going.

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/weird-city-review-youtube-jordan-peele-1203138588/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillbarr/2019/02/07/weird-city-review-youtube-originals-red-jose-molina-jordan-peele-dylan-o-brien-michael-cera-laverne-cox-ed-o-neill-sara-gilbert/?sh=75dfff256d72

Perhaps some day it might be revisited.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/15/weird-city-jordan-peele-rosario-dawson-michael-cerasci-fi-curio-is-a-star-studded-disappointment

black-mirror-season-7

 https://collider.com/black-mirror-season-7-episode-format/

https://collider.com/black-mirror-future-seasons-charlie-booker/

black-mirror-uss-callister-sequel

 https://collider.com/black-mirror-uss-callister-sequel-charlie-brooker/

The Sci-Fi intersection

https://screenrant.com/future-cities-in-movies-great-bad-places-to-live/

https://collider.com/the-coolest-sci-fi-cities-in-recent-years/

 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/best-sci-fi-cities-movies-gaming-opusai

https://medium.com/outtake/the-desert-of-the-real-the-city-in-science-fiction-movies-e102de1ff314


https://the-data-intersection.blogspot.com/search?q=TSFi 

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Vancouver north-shore-burrard-inlet-rapid-transit-plans

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-shore-burrard-innlet-rapid-transit-brt-translink

Unfortunately unlike several cities, Vancouver has taken a very slow approach towards building a potential bus-bridge or a bus-tunnel. Especially, opting to take a slow growth approach towards getting a commuter train across the inlet. Aparenty, it's so much better to maintain bottleneck planning with so many chokepoints. Fortunately, most cities refuse to adhere to Vancouverizing urban areas.


https://the-data-intersection.blogspot.com/search?q=BRT

Monday, November 13, 2023

Thursday, October 26, 2023

the-tallest-buildings in montreal

 https://dailyhive.com/montreal/montreal-tallest-buildings

2400-eglinton-avenue-west-toronto

 https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2023/10/2400-eglinton-avenue-west-toronto/

80-bloor-street-west-toronto

 https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2023/10/80-bloor-street-west-toronto/

city-hoping-to-move-forward-with-waterfront-east-lrt-plans-without-union-station-tunnel-design

 https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/10/26/city-hoping-to-move-forward-with-waterfront-east-lrt-plans-without-union-station-tunnel-design/


toronto blue-jays-outfield-holes-rogers-centre

 https://dailyhive.com/toronto/blue-jays-outfield-holes-rogers-centre

senakw-translink-public-transit-in vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/senakw-translink-public-transit-vancouver

cineplex-the-rec-room-granville-street-downtown-vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/cineplex-the-rec-room-granville-street-downtown-vancouver-design

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

rapidbus-richmond-metrotown-brt-bus-only-lanes-translink

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/r7-rapidbus-richmond-metrotown-brt-bus-only-lanes-translink

When streets are kept so narrow its very difficult to have a proper network of bus-lanes. If bridges are stubbornly kept so narrow, then there should be some bus-bridges.

That's the Vancouverism mentality in action.

BRT - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bus_rapid_transit_systems


Unfortunately, nothing like the Tilikum_Bridge has been allowed to be built in Vancouver or anywhere in BC.

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

Fortunately, the Vancouver mentality was never able to prevent Seattle & Portland from reviving some of their streetcar lines.


https://the-data-intersection.blogspot.com/search?q=BRT

amazon in calgary

 https://storeys.com/amazon-yyc6-calgary-amxl-complete/

Friday, September 29, 2023

vancouver-hastings-street-rapid-transit-study

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-hastings-street-rapid-transit-study-proposal

Inside U2's Sphere Residency in Las Vegas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfUGtUER1yw , https://www.youtube.com/@AppleMusic/videos

 https://www.thespherevegas.com/shows/u2

https://www.venetianlasvegas.com/entertainment/u2.html

TSF intersection

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Man's_Sky , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Man's_Sky#Plot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Man's_Sky#Influence


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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_area#Largest_urban_areas_in_the_world

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



 https://the-data-intersection.blogspot.com/search?q=TSFi


TT Links

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ztlIAYTCU What Is Reality? 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUyk0KLo7JPLCCh4oRNLzsQ/featured ,

https://www.fusionanomaly.net/realities.html , https://www.fusionanomaly.net/perceptions.html

Delta, B.C. port expansion gets provincial green light

 https://globalnews.ca/news/9993756/major-delta-b-c-port-expansion-gets-provincial-green-light/

https://globalnews.ca/tag/delta-port/

Saturday, August 05, 2023

Telus has plans to cut 6,000 jobs globally.

https://dailyhive.com/canada/telus-lay-off-6000-employees-globally

 https://dailyhive.com/canada/telus-layoffs-cross-country

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/telus-layoffs-1.6927701

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/telus-announces-6-000-person-layoff-1.1955026

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/telus-announces-6-000-person-layoff-1.6506643

https://financialpost.com/news/telus-layoff-6000-workers

https://vancouversun.com/business/local-business/telus-announces-6000-person-layoff-reports-61-drop-in-q2-net-income#:~:text=from%20our%20team.-,Telus%20to%20cut%206%2C000%20jobs%2C%20blames%20regulatory%20changes%20and%20higher,whom%20are%20being%20laid%20off.

In spite of big profits over the years, Telus hasn't built that many big buildings.

With the exception of Calgary, Telus has an emphasis on mid-size buildings. AKA: Vancouver size stumps.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telus_Tower_(Montreal) It stands 135.6 m (445 ft) and only has 34 storeys. https://imtl.org/montreal/building/Tour-Telus.php Perhaps it was a prominent tower in the early 1960s, but today it's more like just another Vancouver size 136m stump in Montreal. Now if it had been at least 55 floors, it still would be a major building on the Montreal skyline. https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1427


The Telus_Harbour (Tower) is like another 136m Vancouver stump in Toronto. https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=42321

Antenna spire136.1 m (447 ft)
Roof121.7 m (399 ft)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telus_Harbour#Location This 32 story stump should have been in the 60-65 floor range.

Edmonton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATB_Place It is 134.4 metres (34 storeys) tall. https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=948

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telus_Sky is a 59-storey, 222.3 m (729 ft) tower. https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3646 Such a magnificent Calgary building that wouldn't be allowed in little Vancouver. https://telussky.com/architecture 65 levels above ground in total. https://telussky.com/workspace Plus, 6 underground levels.

Burnaby http://wikimapia.org/176259/Telus-Building-The-Boot A quinasential BC stump of a building. If it had 50 floors it would certainly be a tower, but wasn't even allowed to be 25 stories.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/telus-boot-central-park-commons-3777-3791-kingsway-burnaby-rental-housing

https://www.urbanyvr.com/telus-boot-redevelopment/

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=186381 Another classic Vancouver stump. https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?compare=90197

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=90197 No 86 or 76 levels like some towers in australia. Its just a 46 story vancouver stump when compared to whats allowed in melbourne, sydnet and brisbane. 

paramount-place-scotiabank-theatre-900-burrard-entertainment-centre-vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/paramount-place-scotiabank-theatre-900-burrard-entertainment-centre-vancouver

woodfibre-lng-squamish-vancouver-pipeline-construction

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/woodfibre-lng-squamish-vancouver-pipeline-construction

bc-port-strike-ends-contract-approved

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-port-strike-ends-contract-approved-2023

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

11

11

10

vancouver-park-board-think-big-action-plan-revenue-strategy

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-park-board-think-big-action-plan-revenue-strategy


https://the-data-intersection.blogspot.com/search?q=Vancouver

stanley-park-water-supply-tunnel-project-construction

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/stanley-park-water-supply-tunnel-project-construction

High-occupancy vehicle lanes

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-occupancy_vehicle_lane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-occupancy_vehicle_lane#Canada


https://the-data-intersection.blogspot.com/search?q=Vancouver

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Vancouver

bus and bike lanes

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

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

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/r2-rapidbus-marine-drive-north-shore-bus-lane-construction (BRT

https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/growing-traffic-congestion-increases-bus-delays-in-metro-vancouver-region-6662394

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-transport-2050-10-year-priorities-plan-projects-brt


https://the-data-intersection.blogspot.com/search?q=Vancouver

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Vancouver

cheap-flights-calgary-boston

https://dailyhive.com/calgary/cheap-flights-calgary-boston

Monday, July 10, 2023

the 587 ft or 179 m butterfly-tower-in vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-butterfly-tower-vancouver-construction-tallest-height

While a 587 foot (179 m) tower is tall by the very restrictive little Vancouver standards, in 2023 it would just be an average tall building in big Chicago.


The 587' Marina_City was impressive when it opened in 1963 and is still impressive in 2023. It's just become one of the cities smaller buildings by Chicago standards.

"The complex consists of two 587-foot (179 m), 65-story apartment towers, opened in 1963, which include physical plant penthouses. It also includes a 10-story office building (now a hotel) opened in 1964, and a saddle-shaped auditorium building originally used as a cinema." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_City

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Chicago-00.jpg/640px-Chicago-00.jpg 





swangard-stadium-revitalization-upgrade-burnaby

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/swangard-stadium-revitalization-upgrade-burnaby

vancouver-cyclist-concerns-crosswalk-sign

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-cyclist-concerns-crosswalk-sign

1395-west-broadway-vancouver-office-tower-south-granville-station-revised

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1395-west-broadway-vancouver-office-tower-south-granville-station-revised

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

bc-builds-public-housing-vienna-singapore-government

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-builds-public-housing-vienna-singapore-government

Urban Data Intersection

https://the-data-intersection.blogspot.com/2017/02/av-intersection-avi.html

https://transportgeography.org/contents/applications/transportation-mega-urban-region/world-urban-regions/

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

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

 https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-urbanized-countries

https://www.statista.com/statistics/270860/urbanization-by-continent/

google-offloading-office-space-in-bay-area

 https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/google-offloading-office-space-in-bay-area-18126629.php

Collisions on Toronto's new LRT line are already happening before it's even open

 https://dailyhive.com/toronto/collisions-torontos-new-lrt-line-before-its-open

https://www.metrolinx.com/en/projects-and-programs/eglinton-crosstown-lrt

http://www.thecrosstown.ca

https://dailyhive.com/toronto/toronto-subway-maps-2023-2031

More single-family houses for new Langley Township area plan

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/brookswood-fernridge-neighbourhood-plan-langley-township

Office development in Metrotown cancelled, set to include some residential uses

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/capital-point-strata-office-burnaby-cancelled-4330-kingsway

383 new student residence beds open at SFU Burnaby campus

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/courtyard-residence-student-housing-sfu-burnaby

How Greater Vancouver's TransLink compares to other major Canadian public transit agencies

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-public-transit-system-comparison

A Proposal to turn former Stanley Park polar bear enclosure into a spa destination

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/stanley-park-zoo-polar-bear-enclosure-spa-sauna-destination

vancouver-rezoning-application-prioritization

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-rezoning-application-prioritization-temporary

canadian-city-street-names-in california

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canadian-city-street-names-california

canada-place-way-komagata-maru-place-second-name-approved

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-place-way-komagata-maru-place-second-name-approved

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Govia_Thameslink_Railway

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govia_Thameslink_Railway#Rolling_stock

Thameslink

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

The_first_underground_railways

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_London_Underground#The_first_underground_railways_(1863%E2%80%931905)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_London_Underground#Electric_underground_railways_(1900%E2%80%931908)

London Underground Map

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground#Map

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tube_map#/media/File:London_Underground_Overground_DLR_Crossrail_map.svg

history of the london underground

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

 https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/stories/transport/very-short-history-underground

Metro Vancouver's TransLink ranked North America's 4th-best public transit system

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-translink-north-america-best-public-transit

Monday, January 09, 2023

London_Underground in_popular_culture

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground#In_popular_culture

TSFi

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Man's_Sky#Influence



 https://the-data-intersection.blogspot.com/2017/02/tsfi.html

https://the-data-intersection.blogspot.com/2017/02/comic-book-characters.html

https://the-data-intersection.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-philosophy-of-westworld.html

https://the-data-intersection.blogspot.com/2017/03/what-is-reality.html

New_York_City_Subway

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway#Rolling_stock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway_rolling_stock#Current_fleet

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

Gotham Knights (TV series)

The Gotham_Knights_(TV_series) just might be the quintessential urban drama for 2023.

https://batman.fandom.com/wiki/Gotham_Knights_(TV_series)

https://screenrant.com/gotham-knights-show-featurette-batman-murder-video/

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/gotham-knights-director-praises-shows-style-offers-bts-looks/

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/GothamKnights2023

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16418896

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/a-guide-fictional-cities-dc-861874