Too early for skating

The Burrard bridge

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A railway through the mountains is not a new idea

Is this a beaver lodge?

Two weird ships

When did they close this crossing?

Disappearing trees

Probably best to take your kid to a different mall to meet Santa

An evening train

Submerged

People are quite excited about a bird

One crane left

A few more concepts

Morning catch

Water tunnel construction I guess

One of the pastry cafes finally opened a few weeks ago - seems popular

Whitecaps

Balconies

Corner curb extensions are getting put in at a couple intersections on the west side of Broughton leading to the new elementary school The crosswalk at Hastings still seems unnecessarily long - maybe to leave room for the planned bike path between Hastings and the seawall

Looks like it's about to rain

I'm not sure how the 1/4 block loading zone cul-de-sac is supposed to work

Balcony railings are starting

The ambition is less than a mundane small city station like Okayama or a deep suburban transfer station like Kashiwa There's nothing flashy about these stations, just frequent EMUs stopping at normal platforms and flyovers to avoid conflicts with other services They even run locals and rapids

On a sunny morning bike ride

More trick than treat Not a cheap vending machine

On a rainy day bike ride

There's an overview map showing some of this in the archives searcharchives.vancouver.ca/pacific-coas...

Food trucks

Shin Yokohama Station from the train Not exactly the TOD you might expect

A view of the lower platform level Platform 4 branches to Haneda and Kawasaki and trains go both directions Platform 5 is south of platform 6 The other platforms are upstairs

Squamish

The Capilano Timber Company's rail network was a lot more extensive than I had thought, extending to about as far north as Brunswick Mountain and on both sides of the river That's half way to Squamish Map from this 1988 master's thesis open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/c...

It looks like there's room for 6 to 8 additional tracks under Granville Square (in addition to SkyTrain and WCE) The WCE and some other tracks look like they could make it to underneath Cordova and Howe, where some could presumable continue to Thurlow before Waterfront Road blocks the way

If we're improving the BC Rail corridor for passengers, there are a few curves in Paradise Valley and near Daisy Lake that could be straightened The Cheakamus Canyon remains slow and windy, but above and below the canyon can have minimum curve radius of at least a few hundred metres with some work

Kits

N: Helsinki W: Maui E: Sydney S: Melbourne

Trains

Vanishing points

At sunset beach

Coming soon

Robson is a two-way street

A voting line that isn't moving

An orphan

Maximum height regulations are a bit complicated: - within an envelope from the north lot line in Type 1, 2 and 3 height districts - within a height limit generally Type 4 height districts have minimum and maximum heights, but no slope limit Taller buildings are allowed near stations and roads

Around a station, a relatively small area measuring about 250 m x 250 m has zoning that allows for intense commercial and residential uses, extending further along streets but tapering off quickly Along a major road, the semi-industrial zoning allows for almost anything with 300% floor area ratio

A sample of a zoning code applied to an area The names of the regulations are familiar, but that's about it Each zone allows for a range of land uses and each regulation specifies a wildly different set of values than our zoning