The Digital Labyrinth :: TDL: Search results for Montreal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-Train#Overview Of course the O-Train should eventually be all double tracked. The underbuilt Canada_Line in Richmond-BC still has some single track sections. Unfortunately, The-Canada-Line wasn't designed to eventually have 152m stations, like the Montreal Metro. Thus, the 3rd SkyTrain line is only capable of having 50m stations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitway_(Ottawa)#Routes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitway_(Ottawa)#Stations_and_segments

While Ottawa has some wide bridges, Greater Vancouver has several narrow bridges. Thus, GV will eventually have to build a network of bus bridges. Otherwise, the region's existing bridges will just get even more congested.

https://www.translink.ca/schedules-and-maps/rapidbus

https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/plans-and-projects/bus-projects/rapidbus/rapidbus_network_map.pdf

https://www.translink.ca/schedules-and-maps/nightbus

Thursday, December 21, 2023

Overview of Australian Urban Roads and Tunnels

https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/21282

Mel-Vic

https://www.transurban.com/roads-and-projects/melbourne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnley_Tunnel , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Tunnel

https://www.travelvictoria.com.au/victoria/driving/tunnels/#:~:text=Domain%20and%20Burnley%20Tunnels&text=These%20two%20tunnels%20are%20located,the%20Monash%20Freeway%20(M1).

Montreal might have the closest thing in Canada for what Melbourne has. However, Montreal hasn't allowed to have any 100 story buildings like Melbourne, NYC & Chicago have.

https://www.westconnex.com.au/roads-projects/

https://www.transurban.com/roads-and-projects/sydney

https://www.transurban.com/roads-and-projects/sydney#crosscitytunnel

https://www.transurban.com/roads-and-projects/sydney#lanecovetunnel

https://www.transurban.com/roads-and-projects/brisbane

https://www.transurban.com/roads-and-projects/brisbane#gatewaymotorway The duplication of an already resonably wide bride has made for an impressive 12 lane crossing. One would be hard-pressed to find such a scale of bridge engineering in Canada, especially in BC.

https://www.linkt.com.au/using-toll-roads/about-brisbane-toll-roads/gateway-motorway/brisbane?_ga=2.112088524.997850127.1703188007-951643104.1703188007

Despite Australia having a smaller population than Canada, Australia has allowed for larger infrastructure, in some respects.

Of course if the cost of gas & EVs, along with the overall cost of living remains high, then more people will be forced to live in the 15-30_minute_city. It can be great in some ways, but many people would still prefer to work or shop in another part of town. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15-minute_city#Societal_effects

Humans in this new AI run world might have to acquire permission to drive on some days. Even just to go to the beach or shop...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchip_implant_(human)#Criticisms_and_concerns

If people aren't carful, the world might become quite an inhuman place, but very machine compatible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchip_implant_(human)#Risk_to_human_freedom_and_autonomy

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

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Jacques Cartier Bridge in Montreal reopens after protest

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/protest-calling-for-israel-hamas-ceasefire-blocks-jacques-cartier-bridge-thursday-morning

Unlike the San_Francisco-Oakland_Bay_Bridge, the Jacques_Cartier_Bridge only has one 5 lane deck.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/protest-jacques-cartier-bridge-1.7029971

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/jacques-cartier-bridge-closed-in-both-directions-1.6647453

Saturday, July 01, 2023

Some Wide Bridges and High Volume Crossings in the World

https://bridgemastersinc.com/record-setting-bridges-across-the-globe

https://www.axiomint.com/built-wide-bridge-across-the-great-divide

Cairo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_El_Farag_Axis_Bridge Has 12 lanes. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2019/6/egypts-new-bridge-becomes-the-widest-cable-stayed-bridge-580736

Brisbane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges They provide a 12 lane crossing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge It has 14 lanes. https://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/en/george-washington-bridge/history.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrazzano-Narrows_Bridge It has 13 lanes. https://www.nydailynews.com/2015/10/06/bike-lanes-eyed-in-400m-overhaul-of-verrazano-bridge/

Since the early 1970s, the 10 lane San_Francisco-Oakland_Bay_Bridge is augmented in a way, by the Transbay_Tube. Indeed, 10 car BART trains cross the San_Francisco_Bay. Unfortunately, the BART tube wasn't designed to have a provision for a 3rd or 4th set of train tracks, so capacity is limited.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_span_replacement_of_the_San_Francisco-Oakland_Bay_Bridge Unfortunately, the Bay Bridge doesn't have anything like Sydney_Harbour_Bridge_cycleway as of yet.

The Sydney_Harbour_Bridge has 8 lanes and 2 tracks of the North_Shore_railway_line. The Harbour Bridge is augmented by the 4 lane Sydney_Harbour_Tunnel. On the other side of the Harbour Bridge is the Sydney_Metro-tunnel , https://www.sydneymetro.info/article/history-under-sydney-harbour , https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/media/documents/2017/tbm-fatcheet.PDF , https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-21/sydney-metro-train-travels-under-harbour/102252872 , https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-news-train-goes-under-harbor-bridge-for-the-first-time-in-test/92d0ef56-3032-4416-a653-5b7c67dba002

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Gate_Bridge Has 10 lanes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Bridge,_Glasgow Has 10 lanes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzac_Bridge Has 8 lanes.

The new Port_Mann_Bridge in Canada was the widest for a little while. However, the bridge should have also had 2 rapidbus lanes and a provision for 2 rail rapid transit tracks. https://www.itsinternational.com/its1/feature/widest-bridge-world-port-mann-open-vancouver

The George_Massey_Tunnel was built to classic backward BC standards with only 4 lanes and no bus lanes and no breakdown lanes. While its replacement will have 8 lanes, there is no provision for rapid_transit. No emergency lanes and no provision for extra HOV & bus lanes. https://biv.com/article/2023/06/bc-starts-bid-process-41b-massey-traffic-tunnel

These 3 fine crossings were possible, simply because they aren't under any Vancouver, BC type restrictions and limitations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrows_Bridge_(Perth) ,WA: Has 10 lanes and 2 train tracks.

Seattle, WA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_90_floating_bridges An 8 lane crossing with 2 train tracks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champlain_Bridge_(Montreal,_2019-present), Quebec: It has 8 lanes and 2 train tracks. Stubborn BC will likely continue to not follow the examples of WA & Q.

At the other end of the spectrum is the inept, 3 lane Lions_Gate_Bridge. It just might be the best example of bottleneck planning on the planet. The Lions-Gate-Bridge is too narrow and flimsy to accomodate 2 bus lanes, especially any trains. Unlike Sydney, SF & Montreal in the 1930s, Vancouver was just a provincial backwater. Thus, the Lions_Gate_Bridge opened with just 2 lanes. A bridge so narrow that some living rooms and swimming pools are wider than it. The 3rd lane was squeezed in during the early 1950s. The Lions_Gate_Bridge would be fantastic as a bus, bike and pedestrian crossing. However, an 8 lane tunnel with a provision for a train line, should be built from the North_Shore to Georgia_Street. The section of Georgia-Street that's closest to Stanley_Park is 7 lanes wide. However, unlike most major cities, Vancouver deliberately keeps falling behind, because congestive or stunted planning is the way to go.

Fortunately, the Vancouverism mentality didn't stop the Narrows_Bridge_in_Perth or Seattle's upgraded Interstate_90_floating_bridges and especially, the Champlain_Bridge_in_Montreal. (WA & Q)

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

Saturday, June 17, 2023

Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing in Vancouver, BC

The Ironworkers_Memorial_Second_Narrows_Crossing or bridge, had a chance to be designed to be bigger and better in 1958. Unfortunately, it's just a 6 lane bridge, like the old Champlain_Bridge_(Montreal).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironworkers_Memorial_Second_Narrows_Crossing#Collapse

Either a new transit bridge with 2 rail rapid transit tracks and 2 bus & 2 HOV lanes should be built beside it, or something like the new Champlain_Bridge_(Montreal).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champlain_Bridge_(Montreal,_2019-present)#Specifications 8 lanes with 2 train tracks, bike & walkways.

The Sydney_Harbour_Bridge has 8 lanes, 2 tracks, bike and foot paths.

Friday, December 30, 2022

Northeast’s century-old rail bridges, tunnels land $9 billion overhaul

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/12/22/amtrak-northeast-corridor-route-overhaul

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak , https://www.amtrak.com/home.html

Amtrak doesn't just connect to all the major US cities, but 3 of the main cities in Canada as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak#Routes

https://www.amtrak.com/regions/northeast.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Amtrak_routes#Northeast

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Amtrak_routes#Northeast_Corridor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Amtrak_routes#West

Pacific Northwest

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Amtrak_routes#Cascades_Corridor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak_Cascades#Proposed_changes

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest_Corridor#Seattle%E2%80%93Vancouver

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/amtrak-cascades-vancouver-seattle-portland-new-train-airo

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022PREM0061-001374 Could backwater BC actually start to eventually build better heavy_rail infrastructure? There really should be at least 4 tracks between Vancouver, BC (V-BC) & Seattle, WA. Two for freight & two for passenger trains.

https://wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/search-studies/ultra-high-speed-rail-study

https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2022/06/10/high-speed-rail-150-million-pacific-northwest

https://crosscut.com/environment/2021/11/dream-high-speed-rail-pnw-may-finally-be-horizon

https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/high-performance/b-c-wsdot-invest-in-next-phase-of-vancouver-seattle-portland-high-speed-rail-study/

https://bikeportland.org/2022/12/05/metro-council-will-hear-plan-for-ultra-high-speed-rail-367840

https://www.cascadiarail.org , https://www.amtrak.com/regions/northwest.html

https://www.amtrak.com/routes/cascades-train.html To Vancouver, BC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_(Amtrak_train)

Amtrak & VIA Rail's International Limited https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npL-Fhu2krc

https://www.amtrak.com/routes/maple-leaf-train.html To Toronto

https://www.amtrak.com/routes/adirondack-train.html To Montreal

The No Fun City

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-place-contact-festival-noise After all this time, many people just can't accept or allow Vancouver to become like a proper big city.

As a city and greater urban region grows and densifies and become more diverse, there should be more things to see and do. However, that's not always the case with Vancouver, BC. Even if the stunted city had a lot less rain, it still takes a watered down approach towards various things.

Since the late 1800s and early 1900s, Vancouver was a perpetual provincial backwater. Then during the post WW2 era, Vancouver was kept in a slow growth mode, especially when compared to Toronto, Montreal and Seattle. By the 1960s & 70s, those & several other cities really started to grow outward & upward, but not provincial backwater Vancouver.

By the 1980s and 90s, it was becoming quite apparent as to how firmly entrenched the, HOLD VANCOUVER BACK AGENDA, really was.

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/top-10-seattle-grunge-bands Something really took off in Seattle, which can be just as rainy as Vancouver. However, Seattle never took the water things down approach like Vancouver did. https://dailyhive.com/seattle/grunge-visit

Even by the 2020s, Vancouver still isn't allowed to become a big business and infrastructure center like Calgary and Seattle are. Buildings are kept short, most roads & bridges are kept narrow & the trains are kept short when compared to what Montreal & Toronto, Boston, NYC & Chicago, SF & LA have.

http://www.nofuncity.org , http://www.nofuncity.org/about.php

"What she did see, however, was a place that often lives up to its unofficial title of No Fun City."

“My parents own two bars in Alberta,” Kroll says. “It was really interesting for me to see how much harder it was [to start a bar] here than in Alberta.”

"And a segment on the Downtown Eastside makes a great case for why something in Vancouver needs to give: there’s something seriously wrong when the city will allow open-air crack deals at Hastings and Main but won’t grant a venue like the Rickshaw a permanent liquor licence." https://www.straight.com/article-321074/vancouver/running-venues-challenge-no-fun-city by Mike Usinger on May 5th, 2010

No Fun City (Vancouver Music Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMTkd8JtWdU 2015 https://www.youtube.com/@ifhtfilms/videos

Vancouver is Boring?! | Why it's Nicknamed "No Fun City" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5y3tIauES0

https://www.straight.com/news/what-can-a-wealth-of-recent-reports-tell-us-about-affordable-housing-situation-in-vancouver If developers were allowed to build taller and wider structures, in exchange for providing much more affordable housing for various income levels, things might actually start to improve.

Canada's rental crisis: Why we’re losing affordable housing - The Fifth Estate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSKOfmrHfQ4

What Nobody Told You About Canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gnDGBXACFk Although Canada is the 2nd largest country in area, it doesn't even have 1% of the world's population. In fact, Canada has yet to even contain half of one percent of the human population.

Why people are leaving Canada? Pros and cons of immigration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFFEGToJSic

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

Thursday, November 17, 2022

The recent Montreal earthquake was normal for an active seismic zone

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/montreal-earthquake-was-normal-were-in-an-active-seismic-zone

Unlike NYC or Melbourne, Montreal has no 100 story buildings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Montreal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Montreal view from Mount_Royal.

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/small-earthquake-reported-north-of-montreal-1.6153111

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

https://globalnews.ca/news/9279147/montreal-small-earthquake-no-damage

https://www.mtlblog.com/montreal/an-earthquake-shook-the-montreal-area-monday-night

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/earthquake-hits-montreal-area-saint-jerome-1.6651785

https://earthquaketrack.com/ca-10-montreal/recent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1732_Montreal_earthquake

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

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

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

A Minor Earthquake hits the Montreal Area

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/minor-earthquake-hits-montreal-area

Montreal just isn't as prepared as LA & SF, Sydney & Auckland, especially Tokyo. So if a very intense earthquake ever hits, the city could get quite a jolt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal#Geography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal#Neighbourhoods

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Square,_Montreal

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

Only one of_the_tallest_office_buildings_in_Montreal has been permitted to have 51 stories. There are some residential buildings with more floors.

1250, boulevard René-Levesque

1000 de la Gauchetière is the tallest office tower in Montreal, at 51 stories. Montreal might never allow 100 story buildings like NYC & Chicago have. No Melbourne towers with over 100 levels.

https://wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Mount_Royal_Montreal_Lookout

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Saturday, November 12, 2022

Montreal Was Ranked 8th Most Desirable City In The World

https://www.mtlblog.com/montreal/montreal-was-ranked-8th-most-desirable-city-in-the-world-heres-who-we-beat-out

Montreal certainly has it all, especially winter.

https://www.montrealinternational.com/en/invest/why-choose-montreal/#ancre-2

https://www.montrealinternational.com/en

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal#Transportation

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

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

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

Sunday, October 30, 2022

Urban Australia

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

It seems that most people want to live in cities or their surrounding urban outskirts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Australia_by_population#Significant_urban_areas_by_population

Why 95% of Australia is Empty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnB_8Zm9lPk

Australia is a fantastic vast land with only a small percentage of it that has been urbanized.

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia#Economy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia#Demographics

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Australia#Cities_with_the_most_skyscrapers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne#Urban_structure

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Melbourne#Overall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Melbourne#Skyscrapers_at_least_200_metres_in_height In comparison, Vancouver, Canada has only allowed one residential tower to reach 200m. No office-tower in Vancouver has ever been permitted to have a 40th floor.

There was a time when Montreal had taller buildings than Melbourne, but that was a long time ago. That's because Melbourne isn't vertically limited like Montreal is. 1000_de_La_Gauchetiere is the only office tower in Montreal that has been permitted to have more than 50 floors. Given the strict height restrictions, Montreal might not permit any building to rival the Rialto_Towers for a while yet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Montreal#Tallest_under_construction_or_proposed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Quebec#Tallest_under_construction_or_proposed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Australia#Tallest_buildings_under_construction_or_proposed

It seems that Australia isn't waiting for Canada to catch up, by the time that Australia has its 3rd building consisting of at least 100 floors, Canada will still have no 100 story buildings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Canada#Tallest_buildings_in_Canada

The CN_Tower like the Sydney_Tower and the Sky_Tower_(Auckland), aren't office or residential towers.

The Harbour_Centre (stump) in Vancouver is a joke. The office portion of the building wasn't even allowed to have a 30th floor. Even the top of the antenna had to be less than a 3rd of the height of the CN Tower, because of the strict height limitations in Vancouver.

The John_Hancock_Center in late 1960s Chicago, was the first office and residential tower to have a 100 floors, outside of NYC. Australia just might eventually have a couple of buildings taller than the John_Hancock_Center.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Canada+vs.+Australia

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

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

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Johnny Mnemonic (1995 film)

Of course Johnny_Mnemonic could have been a much better movie, but the overall story still remains interesting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mnemonic_(film)#Production

http://movie-locations.com/movies/j/Johnny-Mnemonic.php

https://montrealtips.com/2022/03/09/top-10-tech-companies-in-montreal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mnemonic_(film)#Johnny_Mnemonic:_In_Black_and_White

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113481/mediaviewer/rm0964864?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_6 Not quite the symbolic start of the ZOO TV MATRIX.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113481/mediaviewer/rm4002859265?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_111

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wick_(film)#Filming

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

Monday, October 10, 2022

Chicago and Toronto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGXDMTCa_kE

Both are big and tall windy cities on the lakeshore.

https://versus.com/en/chicago-vs-toronto

Thus, Toronto is more of a lakeside city like Chicago and Montreal is an island river city like NYC.

Monday, August 08, 2022

The Samuel de Champlain Bridge in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

https://railway-news.com/canada-samuel-de-champlain-bridge-opens-to-rail-traffic

This is such a nice modern 8 lane bridge that has so much more capacity than the old 6 lane Champlain_Bridge. Adding rail rapid transit to the new bridge makes all the difference, as well as modern bike & foot paths.

https://www.pontsamueldechamplain.ca

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champlain_Bridge_(Montreal,_2019-present)

It's not the longest of bridges, but its still an impressive size.

https://bridgemastersinc.com/ten-longest-bridges

https://www.livescience.com/34448-worlds-longest-bridge.html

https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/top-10-worlds-longest-bridges

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/longest-bridge-in-the-world

Montreal isn't another Paris or NYC, but perhaps it's a little bit of both. Albeit like a smaller version of them.

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

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Portland-Vancouver Interstate 5 Bridge and some other things

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-putting-interstate-bridge-misconceptions-to-rest

This is a river crossing that should have been upgraded decades ago. Montreal also had to wait several decades to get their new and improved bridge.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-public-transit-buses-and-vans-superior-to-costly-light-rail-for-i-5-bridge-replacement

https://www.interstatebridge.org , https://www.interstatebridge.org/about

At least this has been a 6 lane crossing for several decades. In Vancouver, BC, or V-BC, everything is still funneled into an inadequate 3 lane Lion Bridge for the past several decades. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jeNjKZExfE , https://www.youtube.com/c/IBRProgram/videos

https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/2022/07/interstate-bridge-replacement-proposal-hits-major-milestone-with-state-local-endorsements.html

https://www.cityofvancouver.us/cmo/page/interstate-bridge-replacement-program It would be total chaos if Portland and Vancouver, WA were forced to just have a 3 lane crossing like V-BC still has. So while the I-5 Bridge that's a few miles north of downtown Portland has 6 lanes, the Lion Bridge north of downtown Vancouver, BC is only 3 lanes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Bridge#First_bridge At least when the first bridge opened, it was set up for trams or streetcars, as well as being a highway bridge. Unfortunately, the rail mode of the bridge only went from 1917 to 1940.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Bridge#Upgrades Then by the 1950s, there was no reason to put in a parallel rail section next to the new bridge.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Bridge#Interstate_Bridge_Replacement_Program_(2019-present) Fortunately, the new Portland & Vancouver, USA bridge, will have a passenger rail component to it. This has already worked out very well on the I-90 Bridge in Seattle & for a new bridge in Montreal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Gate_Bridge It doesn't matter if it was in the 1930s or in the 2030s, there just was no vision to have a commuter rail component on the LG bridge. With only 3 lanes, it's impossible to have a couple of dedicated bus lanes on it. Of course, no one allowed for the provision of a future extra deck for trams or trains. That's just the Vancouver & BC (V-BC) shortsighted way.

For anyone that's from the Ile_Bizard part of Montreal, they will be shocked to see such a narrow bridge in V-BC.

https://www.google.com/maps/@ Ile Bizard has a 3 lane bridge that wasn't designed to have 2 levels, or become twinned. That's OK, because Ile Bizard is a backwater part of Montreal.

However, one might think that Vancouver isn't suppose to be some provincial backwater. Yet, a multi-generational power structure or mindset & its thwarting agenda, prevents Vancouver, BC from having proper big city infrastructure. Something that is commonplace in the scenic cities of Sydney, Australia, San_Francisco & Seattle. Even scenic Auckland, NZ hasn't been Vancouverized.

While the 8 lane Auckland_Harbour_Bridge is legal for that city, any 8 lane wide harbor bridge or inlet crossing in V-BC is illegal. The inept planning in Greater Vancouver hasn't even allowed for a proper network of bus & bike bridges.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland_Harbour_Bridge#Traffic_management

Unfortunately, the AHB didn't get to be as grand as the SHB. There at least should have been a provision in the design to potentially become as wide or even wider that the SHB.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland_Harbour_Bridge#Original_proposal

Fortunately, Auckland & Sydney didn't get stuck with something like the barebones, 3 lane LGB.

https://www.google.com/maps/@ LG Bridge deck with only 3 lanes. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vancouver,+BC/@ Some people actually have living rooms & swimming pools wider than that little bridge.

Eventually, Portland will get a nice new highway bridge with a provision for rail transit, similar to what Montreal has. https://www.samueldechamplainbridge.ca/pedestrians-and-cyclists

Montreal's New Champlain Bridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiX8OT1iwZI 8 lanes & 2 train tracks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2TtjRLKyAo Montreal had to finally replace its old 6 lane bridge with a nice new crossing. https://www.youtube.com/c/NouveauChamplain/videos

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Montreal,+QC/@

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champlain_Bridge_(Montreal,_2019-present) This was possible for Montreal, because that city doesn't have a multi-generational thwarting power structure or Gordian_Knot like laws to prevent it. Where as VBC does have such thwarting laws that goes right back to the early decades of the city.

https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/2019/09/oregon-and-washington-well-start-building-a-new-interstate-bridge-by-2025.html Inspite of it being a very slow-going process, Portland & Vancouver, WA will get their version of what Montreal already has. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River_Crossing#Interstate_Bridge_Replacement_Program

Meanwhile, Vancouver, BC will still be stuck with a 3 lane Lion bridge that has no provision for bus lanes & especially no rail transit. If it could have had at least 4 lanes like the St._Johns_Bridge in Portland, then it would have been easier to have a bus & HOV lane each way. https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=oregon/stjohnsbridge Any major crossing in an urban area should have at least 4, if not 6 or 8 lanes. Of course some cities even have larger capacity crossings.

https://forbiddenvancouver.ca/blog/lions-gate-bridge-lions-guard There was a time in BC that if you could have 2 waggon roads next to each other, that was a big deal. https://www.insidevancouver.ca/2012/06/12/inside-vancouvers-hidden-past-the-secret-history-of-the-lions-gate-bridge So instead of the Lion Bridge having 6 lanes or at least 4, it was to only have 2 (wagon) lanes. Fortunately, there was just enough extra space to eventually fit in a 3rd lane. However, with no provision for an extra deck, any bus & HOV lanes or rail transit there, just isn't possible. https://placesthatmatter.ca/location/lions-gate-bridge

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/lions-gate-bridge-close-overnight By now, most real cities would have twinned that crossing, or bypassed it with a 6 to 8 lane tunnel. But this is backwater BC, where you are lucky to even have just a few wagon roads at key crossing points.

https://structurae.net/en/structures/lions-gate-bridge Of course even when the bridge was rebuilt, no additional deck for trains or buses was put in. Most likely, the towers & cables would have had to be substantially reinforced to support an extra deck, so for the sake of aesthetics, the bridge retained its overall slim appearance as a 3 lane choke point or bottle neck.

Any future Inlet rail transit lines will likely be situated much closer towards the Iron Bridge.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-shore-rapid-transit-bus-rapid-transit-park-royal-metrotown-brt

It's as if a monstrous force has been growing since BC colonial times. This force is like a multigenerational thwarting mindset, generated by all the various interest groups for well over a century. Fortunately, this thwarting collective force hasn't been able to thwart Oregon, Washington State and Alberta to the same extent. All one has to do is look at how much larger the infrastructure is allowed in many other places.

When done correctly, bridges and tunnels can be efficient high volume conduits. Especially by providing various modes of transportation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_Portland,_Oregon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_L._Jackson_Memorial_Bridge 8 lanes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremont_Bridge_(Portland,_Oregon) 8 lanes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquam_Bridge 8 lanes

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

Seattle has had a 12 lane bridge since late 1962. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_Canal_Bridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest#Transportation

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

https://embracesomeplace.com/living-seattle-portland

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

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

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

Sunday, August 29, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccine Passports, Security, Control and Tracking, etc.

https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/consumer/mobile-and-iot-security/covid-19-vaccine-passports-5-security-tips-for-you-and-your-family/

The Vacc-Pass can certainly be a handy tool for many. However, vaccine+passports can also get people to become tracked more & also more manageable like livestock. IE, the Human Herd Management System.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90659763/vaccine-passports-hacking-privacy

Of course there are all sorts of privacy issues to consider.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/how-to-show-proof-of-vaccination-new-york-city-5196619

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/hackers-claim-they-cracked-quebec-s-vaccination-qr-codes-government-says-they-re-completely-secure-1.5525677

https://www.technologynetworks.com/biopharma/articles/the-ethics-and-safety-of-covid-19-vaccine-passports-349233

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/the-case-for-and-against-vaccine-passports-1.6047115

https://www.advisory.com/en/daily-briefing/2021/03/23/vaccine-passports

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-24/covid-19-vaccine-passports-face-security-concerns-technical-glitches

https://www.fastcompany.com/90614712/the-pros-and-cons-of-vaccine-passports

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/14/what-pros-and-cons-covid-vaccine-passports-immunity-certificates-travel

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/17/tech/elon-musk-neuralink-brain-implant/index.html , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njtlC4PF-8w

Before a smartphone or a computer can be miniaturized and connected to ones brain, something else is happening first. https://www.aeris.com/news/post/bluetooth-for-iot

The Bt Headset has become like the human version of the animal Ear_tag.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth#List_of_applications

https://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-bluetooth-headsets

Convincing people to be tracked like Sheep or Cattle has been an easy gradual leverege process. https://www.postscapes.com/cattle-tracking-systems

Sheep by PF. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_(Pink_Floyd_album)#Concept , https://www.youtube.com/c/pinkfloyd/videos

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

https://research.csiro.au/dss/livestock-provenance-management-ceres-tag

https://www.digitalmatter.com/applications/livestock-tracking

Think of an A.I. managed world where humans are tracked just like livestock in the IoT.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/05/15/66860/cyborg-cows-are-coming-to-a-farm-near-you

Welcome to the world of Animal Farm.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm#Plot_summary

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Vaccine+Passports

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

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

COVID-19: The Great Reset https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHRkkeecg7c

“You will OWN NOTHING, and you will be HAPPY” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60MzTlrOCXQ

Saturday, January 15, 2011

FB, Big Data, Tracking and Entertainment...

When you have a lot of money to invest sometimes you just have to invest in metadata.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/129398/bonos-share-facebook-now-worth.html

The Facebook_effect continues to grow in popularity and so much more data continues to be tracked and stored. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accidental_Billionaires ,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network ,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg#The_Social_Network

You start out in a rock band in your teens & a few decades later the big money just keeps piling up. That's what has happened to a few of the world's most popular and successful bands like U2.

http://billionaires.forbes.com/topic/Bono of the band U2.

Elevation_Partners#Founding

http://www.it-director.com/technology/data_mgmt/content.php?cid=3517,

http://www.u2.com/tour/news/tours_u2360_tour/76 ,

http://u2.evenko.ca/en/news# ,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQQ5wfYAZDY ,

http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog/what-to-do/u2-at-the-montreal-hippodrome-july-8-9 ,

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98495.U2_by_U2 ,

http://www.amazon.com/U2/dp/0060776757 ,

http://www.amazon.com/U2-End-World-Bill-Flanagan/dp/0385311575/ref=pd_sim_b_4

Since the early 1990s, U2 has always been big on technology, as well as good showmanship.

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2009/10/u2-360-tour.html