Impressive, isn't this just what Vancouver needs?

@davidgilbert9822

2 ай бұрын

No it’s not what Vancouver needs. You make this sound like it’s good thing,try living here,the cost of living is through the roof. The idiot prime minister just raised the carbon tax on farmers. You know the guys who grow our food and are living at the poverty line. Canada is fast becoming a country of taxes. If you have a choice do not move here,it’s no where near as great at people make it out to be. Canada is the first place to visit,but it’s not a Great place to live. It sucks actually

only in North America do ppl call a 6km extension to a medium-capacity metro line a "MEGAproject" lmao, it doesn't even have that many engineering challenges, going about in a straight corridor and have almost complete access to cut-and-cover open air station job sites. The most commendable thing imo is how the stations will incorporate future development on top of entrances which is a very good move

@b30233

2 ай бұрын

Tbh I think the only true mega projects currently underconstruction in Canada are probably the REM and GO Expansion. Individual new lines and extensions are just that (unless they are master planned all together). I mean more transit projects are great and absolutely deserve their fair share of praise and media hype but the only people who actually call these very normal infrastructure expansions "mega projects" are the politicians who actually railed against the project but want to cash in on the publicity after they bogged down the planning for a decade.

@cooldestinations7343

2 ай бұрын

LOL

Trains are cool. We like trains.

Thanks for posting this. Living 2 blocks from the future Mt Pleasant Station it has been amazing to see these deep tunnels and stations proceeding smoothly with such minimal disruption to us. And still on budget!

Here in Toronto where just Waiting for the Eglinton Crosstowne to Be Finally Open. It was suppose to be in Service in 2020 and Now it 2024 possible it will Not Open Indefinitely this Project has has been Taking Way Too Long to be in Service. The 32 Eglinton West & 34 Eglinton East Routes are Struggling to keep with the Demand and the Capacity.

This video reeks of an AI written script, the choice of words to describe certain things of this project is sometimes misleading as well as a basic reading of facts, there's no thought or commentary provided. The visuals look great, but only because I know so much about the project already and can discern what's real and what may be fabricated. Def not a mega-project, big and important for the city, but technically just a basic extension, that's all.

@angusbeaty

2 ай бұрын

100% agree! What is this creation?!

6 KM is nothing. The city must expand to At least 50 Km to make a impact to Vancouver population

@stevejohnson3357

2 ай бұрын

There is also the extension of the main E line from King George Station to Langley City but that will take a while to get started.

@b30233

2 ай бұрын

Is this seriously all Vancouver is building right now? Toronto currently has 78.3km of transit lines and extensions currently under construction plus another 10 in the (very) early stages of study. And even then Toronto should probably be building double what it currently is EDIT- Vancouver IS a lot smaller than Toronto population wise but still 6km is really rather small.

@HowlingWolf518

2 ай бұрын

@@b30233 Because Toronto has a lot more money to work with. In Ontario, $8 billion is a cost overrun (no, really); here in BC, that's Vancouver's entire rapid transit budget for this decade.

@jaygray7102

4 күн бұрын

@@b30233 No, it's seriously not all Vancouver's building right now. Maybe Toronto's going full steam ahead because they've been watching Vancouver's public transit system expanding and improving for decades. Next thing you know, they'll build more bike lanes too - one more thing Vancouver's been building and expanding for decades

@b30233

4 күн бұрын

@@jaygray7102 Vancouver has certainly been more consistent over the years whereas Toronto stops and then builds like crazy every couple decades.

Have you done Toronto massive transit projects? Bloor subway, young subway extensions, Eglington West extension, GO Transit converting from commuter to subway frequencies and electrification?

Not the Largest, The largest is Toronto's Ontario Line, 15.6km of all new fully automated subway with 2 regional rail connections, one needs a rebuild the other is a new build, it will connect with 3 other subway lines in 4 places and is far more complicated, longer and costly

In a way I am happy I was forced out of my high rise in Burnaby near Lougheed Mall. I am now renting a much larger basement suite on an acreage in east Maple Ridge. in a home owned by one of my best friends. The housing co-op I was in faced an uncertain future and after 12 years there I gave up the friends I made there and instead I do have less human interaction. Now wen I drive to downtown Vancouver every few months, I barely recognize the place. I would be there every weekend in the 80s but now I only go someplace every week or two. Mostly to downtown Maple Ridge or even Mission as they seem to have most all what I need.

I like trains.

Mumbai, one of the biggest mega cities is building about half a dozen metro lines at the same time. This is shameful.

@thewhatorwhy

2 ай бұрын

And there are seemingly endless and massive constructions all across India for the last 5 years and more.

@b30233

2 ай бұрын

Mumbai has 32 times the population of Vancouver, none the less though, that is quite impressive I have to admit.

@mgp1203

28 күн бұрын

Really impressive, but wouldn't that just be because of low labour costs?

@thewhatorwhy

28 күн бұрын

@@mgp1203 "just be because of"? You need intelligence, education, training and planning on a very high level to achieve that.

@jaygray7102

4 күн бұрын

Let us know when India has flushing toilets and a public sewer system the entire country has access to

Lots of hyperbole throughout the video. The descriptions are overreaching at times. Better to watch a more nuanced video from Reece Martin or the construction update videos from Steiner

Omg that’s adorable slayyy (I’m from Seattle)

This channel steals content from local creators and abuses the copyright system

A post car perfect city,?!! Are u joking? 80% is zoned for sfh.

@user-jx3zp7zj4y

2 ай бұрын

And btw, Montreal is waaaay better in not needing a car.

@zigzag00

2 ай бұрын

BC is ending single family zoning and increasing transit oriented developments

@user-jx3zp7zj4y

2 ай бұрын

@@zigzag00 It's a great step. But NIMBYism is strong in Vancouver. But hey I will celebrate when the "missing middle" is no longer missing and has the same percentage of residents as Montreal does . :)

@cjm1398

Ай бұрын

@@user-jx3zp7zj4y They past legislation recently automatically removing zoning and allowing for high density (up to 20 stories) within 800m of Skytrain, medium density after that range, and around busses and so on :)

This is nowhere near Canada's largest transport project lol

Last time I looked, Vancouver is in Canada. Therefore, It’s not in the Pacific North West. It’s actually the South Coast or West Coast. Prince Rupert is our Pacific NorthWest city.

@cjm1398

Ай бұрын

PNW refers to the geographic region in North America. Yes, it is. It includes Oregon, Washington, Northern Idaho, BC, Alaska, Yukon etc. Google it.

You people JEALOUS? listen to the facts before making negative comments!!!

The Subway is going to fix the homeless problem? 😂

@mohammedsarker5756

2 ай бұрын

more housing sparked by transit would

@bunkerhill4854

2 ай бұрын

@@mohammedsarker5756 That is very unlikely. More transit will bring more people, including more homeless. It will also gentrify former lower cost areas creating……… an endless loop. The politicians will see the problems and create new solutions to solve those problems. No solution will include spending money on maintenance of existing facilities. Is the subway a waste of money? Well, it creates economic activity for the construction industry.

OR Transplant some of the industries, and the jobs, elsewhere.

@mohammedsarker5756

2 ай бұрын

that's dumb, economic agglomeration is efficient and good

There is so much disinformation in this video. Vancouver does, indeed, have a world class downtown area. However, the population of Vancouver in 2021 was 662,248. It is not along the U.S. border, the city of Richmond is. The city of Vancouver is surrounded by the Pacific ocean, the city of Richmond, and the city of Burnaby. All the cities in the surrounding area are not part of the city of Vancouver, they are municipalities in their own right, with mayors, city councils, fire departments, policing and city works of their own. The city of Vancouver, in 2021, was the 8th largest municipality in Canada by population. It could very well be the ninth now, possibly eclipsed by Brampton, Ontario.Of the top ten municipalities in Canada in 2024, 4 are in Ontario, one is in Manitoba, 2 are in Alberta, and 3 are in BC.

@Mythos131

2 ай бұрын

Populations of large are usually given as the metro population--Vancouver has a metro population 2.6 million now.

The Vancouver transit system (and Translink) are a COMPLETE joke. Full stop.

@guinessbeer

2 ай бұрын

Why? I thought Skytrain was ahead of it’s time

6 km really?

@johnhill8887

2 ай бұрын

Yes 6km of deep tunnel boring without disrupting an existing built up urban fabric. Many cities much larger have only slow street level rail.

Vancouvers population is under seven hundred thousand

@ericbolandmusic

2 ай бұрын

But the Metro area is over 2.8 million people including soon to be largest B.C Surrey which is home to over 650,000 people.

@barrykervin4219

2 ай бұрын

@@ericbolandmusic the GTA has more people than BC has

@barrykervin4219

2 ай бұрын

@@ericbolandmusic how many white people

@johnhill8887

2 ай бұрын

Are you trying to hide your envy?

@barrykervin4219

2 ай бұрын

@@johnhill8887 envy I live in a small town of under 3000 people safe place and I have a friendly Racoon buddy and my rent is only 546 including every thing so do think I'm envious