Slightly unhappy about the unwillingness of the Vancouver Transportation Ministry to improve left turn access on major arterial like Hastings, but I guess property and budget are a thing. Sad to see the viaducts being torn down, and I agree with many things about why it is necessary. I am just worried that the Boulevard would only increase congestion and continue to contribute to the downtown deadlock.
A damn shame the freeway through the grandview cut and downtown back to Richmond were never built. Not too late to build a viaduct over the rail tracks down burrard inlet though. My favourite part of Vancouver was always false creek and the area around the viaducts downtown. One day Vancouver will pull its head out for air, and we will have our proper road into downtown, whether it be on a viaduct or in a tunnel. Is Vancouver really more livable than Sidney, Miami, Barcelona, San Diego etc. Simply because it doesn’t have a limited access road going downtown?
I really do not thing that's a sustainable way to think... Take a look at our neighbour Seattle. A huge freeway and arterial network through a city centre may objectively look good, but no matter what, EVEN THE PERFECT DESIGNS will fail. Cars will keep coming, and capacity will be reached. Every urban-freeway suffers from this problem, and Highway 1 is no exception. I'm not saying highway 1 is bad, but I'm saying building a viaduct or a tunnel into downtown would be inefficient, costly, and in the end, actually achieve the opposite than what was hopped for. Vancouver isn't livable because it doesn't have a LAR going into downtown, but because it's green and pedestrian friendly. Currently Grandville Bridge is being downgraded to 2-lanes per directions to better accommodate MUPs. Finally, take a look at the model, Germany: In Germany, there are rarely autobahns that cut into urban areas - and the ones that do, suffer heavy congestion. Rather, German Autobahns steer outside of urban areas like ring roads. In the cities, there are a few arterial roads but most streets are designed for bikes, pedestrians to use alike. This is a future that everyone should thrive for. While Vancouver does not have this luxury due to its geographical placement, but I believe the city planers are doing a fair job at preventing an overinflation of introducing new drivers to the roads.
The clearance of the railway overpass and some other overpasses are too low. This can be done by shaving about one meter of highway at these low clearances
I was expecting a quick fix like that, but it seems they will replace all the bridges between 200th and Aldergrove. But the bridges are definitely a relic of its time
@@xlbolt You should check out some Alberta highways. Hwy 1 west of Calgary. QE 2 from High River to Edmonton, Stoney Trail and Anthony Hendey Trail ring roads, Glenmore Trail. There has been major improvements over the years and is a road-geek's paradise.
The suburbs aren’t too bad like Burnaby, Coquitlam, Richmond, Surrey (the city I live in), but Vancouver is just becoming more expensive to the point where it’s concerning everyone. It’s sort of sad to see this happening to a pretty good city, and a major housing correction could happen but, where we are now, it doesn’t seem like it will any time soon.
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