hahaha as if they are ever going to add more lines considering how things are going

Really cool video and I liked the optimistic tone. Sometimes we forget how forward thinking our cities can be when projects are on the scales of years or decades, so it's nice to put all the work into context.

Transit expansion in Vancouver moves at a snails pace, hampered by environmental and feasibility studies, along with public opposition, politics and financial issues. Since leaving Canada in 2015 for Thailand, Bangkok has probably built and commissioned more rapid transit than Vancouver has in total. Investment in urban infrastructure in Vancouver seems to be low priority and reactive, rather than projective.

"Truth is the first casualty of war"

Oh yea lets plan ahead so we can finally build some slow arse trains that runs at 50km/hr 50 years later. Who cares when other countries have 300km/hr high speed trains covering every towns and cities already. This is Canada afterall eh.

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I accidentally deleted my original comment. If they ever get around to replacing the Massey Tunnel either by bridge or new tunnel it will be wide enough to facilitate transit and I was speculating perhaps permitting a rapid transit line but that has been pointed out as being impractical for connection to South Delta. Certainly it will provide dedicated bus lanes for enabling faster transit from South Delta. What might be considered is for future rail link for commuter rail to the south Fraser Valley. It may take 40 to 50 years to complete the rapid transit extensions that are covered in this blog.

As billions and billions are wasted on transit that serves up to 10% of the commuting population at best, those 90% of us who drive to deliver goods and services continue to be stuck in unnecessary congestion because the NDP show a distinct hatred towards drivers and vehicles. They didn't want to build the Grandview Expressway into downtown along the railway cut because they claimed environmental disruption to some birds but yet, they built the Skytrain through there. Hypocrites! They wrongly think some day, we'll all hop on the bus. Transit has never worked anywhere in the world to relieve traffic congestion and as these socialists continue to ram this ideology down our throats, we'll continue to be ranked in the top 5 most congested city in the world. So sad that after all this time, no one sees this. And to add insult to injury, drivers pay for this - not transit users.

The amount of research you've done for this video is insane. Massively impressed!

Translink, the Province, the Feds and the GVRD will do just about anything to put off actualy building a transit project. Any study, half measure or public consultation will happen time and time again as long as they can put off "putting spades in the ground" and committing to a bold course of action. BC Ferries in the 60s, the Fraser Canyon in the 50s and 60s, the Rodgers Pass in the 60s, the North Thompson Yellowhead Corridor, and the Coquihalla have all been bold projects with dynamic leaders that made them happen. WAC and Bill Bennett. Phil Gaglardi are just a few of those dynamic leaders. Who will take the bull by the horns and be the next.

I admit i always assumed the King George tailtrack was a last minute change of plans, since i recall the original planning and build for the EXPO line being rushed and pretty controversial. Still remember my first trip on skytrain, leaving King George and getting off at what is now Science World to view the preview for EXPO 86. It seened SUCH a leap ahead for staid old Vancouver.

All of those projects should be done already. Now is horrible traffic, VCC Clark to UBC is build half way there. Translink is clueless by selecting trains Waterfront to Production Way instead all the way to the end VCC Clark, trains to Braid instead of Lougheed, closing one line between Braid and Lougheed first before any work on the new yard is at least half way finished. Those are only few examples of incompetence.

Skytrain to Tsawwassen Mills and Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal.

Really well done!!

RE: King George Station A large grade separated switch set should be built just east of the station. There is a BC Hydro right of way right there. A set of tracks going NW to 100 or 104 ave to Guilford and a set going south to Surrey Memorial Hospital, King George Blvd. Newtown etc.

Thanks for doing all this. Great presentation!

Sky Trains, costly ancient tech from the 60's, solving nothing.

I think I heard that they are trying to build a sky train to UBC, not sure if that was just a myth.

Good job! But this Future sounds going to the past...RoboTaxi, or maybe Flying Car looks more futuristic😅

Of all the public interest projects that are on the agendas, public transit projects will make the area more accessible and livable. One area that needs immediate attention is another crossing to the North Shore communities. It would be wonderful if a line could be developed to accommodate a rail link all the way to Whistler ( think Norway) which could ease traffic from the sea to sky highway and the two vehicle crossings to the North Shore. That idea shouldn’t be as difficult to do as much of the track is currently in place once the service has reached the North Shore.

The Lafarge station was never included in the original plans. It was only added when the locals asked for it AND offered to pay for the whole station. I knew someone that was involved with the project. Thought you might want to know. 🙂I really enjoy your videos. Thanks again for them. 🙂

Do you also do bike lanes in the city? Thanks. I enjoy your videos. 🙂

Such a good video. I'd love to see you do a companion video that looks at plans further out, all the way to Abbotsford or Chilliwack.

This can’t happen fast enough

This plan is at least 20 years behind

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Please, please can someone in Translink listen to this solution and fix the south end of the 2nd Narrows Bridge (Ironworkers Memorial) with the following ’very minor’ change and minimal cost to solve a very big problem. Problem: Northbound Hastings St traffic heading for the bridge, currently feeds into the driving lane of the highway approaching the bridge. Drivers in the ‘slow lane’ in anticipation, cut into the passing lane (inside lane) forcing traffic to rapidly slow and jam up in both lanes. Statement: Highways should have as few on-ramps as possible to avoid inefficient congestion. Hastings traffic is ‘local, non-highway’ traffic. Traffic coming from McGill is also ‘local, non-highway traffic. Currently there are 2 lanes merging into one heading onto the bridge IN ITS OWN LANE. Solution: the local, Hastings St traffic should run beside the highway (and not be allowed to merge with the highway), but instead, merge with McGill local traffic which has their own lane on the bridge. There should be no lane changes permitted on the curve at the initial approach to the bridge. Once on the bridge, there is plenty of room to change lanes appropriate to one’s destination. Conclusion: This single change to the approach will massively speed up the flow of traffic onto the Ironworkers Bridge. Cost? I bet less than $50,000. This is the greatest, most affective modification to the bridge area which will deliver the maximum traffic impact, short of building a new bridge.

Got a cool channel here. Keep it up! 👍

Autonomous vehicles will eventually make Skytrain obsolete.

Canada loves real estate eh, spend millions and millions on real estate acquisitions above ground instead of gradually constructing non-invasive underground transit like Europe.

Vancouver's traffic signal grid must add level crossings on the Arbutus Corridor to keep road traffic from getting stuck in tram traffic.

Love this video! I'm fascinated by all the hidden "upgrades" and history present in our local infrastructure. A favourite example of this is the un-used access tunnel and stairs on the northwest corner of Dunsmuir and Beatty for Stadium Station!

Wait...the Arbutus Corridor? But...what about the creme of the creme? Oh wait! The corridor never went through the nicest parts of the West Side in the first place. 😊

They must revive the old BCER line to Chiliwack since most of right of way still exist today and mostly use by SRY rail (BC hydro RR successor)

Super impressed with your content! It's like a hyper-local Practical Engineering channel

Great video!

The connection to north shore will remain unfeasible

Great video as always. The B-roll is especially fantastic.

It might be a better idea to create a new line to go down to Newton instead to reduce stress on the Expo line. 3 Options down the same direction on the line would be pushing it for sure. Could have this new line then go into Delta and then swing through the farmland to terminate at Richmond Brighouse providing easy airport access from Surrey and forming a train loop around much of Metro Vancouver. Could also split it off to serve Tsawwassen and the nearby Ferry Terminal as well as bring the line North-East from King George to serve that part of Surrey.

Future plans in Vancouver context means two generations in the making and 200% over budget.

Excellent video. Priority one needs to be the Millennium Line from Arbutus to UBC. This will turbocharge ridership on the Millennium Line. Priority two (could be done at the same time as UBC) is the Millennium line from Coquitlam Central to Port Coquitlam. Easy, cheap extension. Priority three should be the Purple Line to Park Royal. This will bring rapid transit to the North Shore. The bonus is that it brings BCIT onto the SkyTrain network and provides another connection between the Millennium and Expo Lines.

The city leaders should go visit Shenzhen in china to learn how to grow a city thank You

Or reality...robotaxis make all of this ancient dumb transit a waste of billions of tax dollars...

Hot take: the Arbutus corridor should just get Skytrain instead of a streetcar, and it should be tunneled downtown w/ stations serving the West End.

Do you have a source for the sale of the lot in burnaby at willingdon and hastings? i cannot find an article talking about the sale, only that council was directed to try and buy it.

Nice Video. It looks that there is no possibility of the line from Richmond to Metrotown .

I beleive there is a pipeline underneath the linear park on Willingdon from the terminal on Burrard Inlet to the airport, that is why the houses have been demolished. If this is true it would be difficult to build a Skytrain style system along there

Thanks!

Great video! I love all the drone / in person footage

One thing I'm not sure about is where the platforms at Brentwood would go