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
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.
@@Kelvin_Ess all transit projects are engineering marvels, which is why there is nothing particularly impressive about this one compared to many other great works across the world. I'm not trying to discredit the hard and impressive work of Canadian engineers, but North American society had not been conducive of public works projects comparable to the rest of the world
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.
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!
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 Stainer
The Broadway subway is a big project for Vancouver - yet hardly a “mega-project” - we’ve got two other big projects (Patullo Bridge & Massey tunnel) simultaneously happening and their construction budgets exceed that of the subway.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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
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.
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
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?
Montreal is currently in the midst of building a 67km automated light metro network and just this past week, began construction on a 7km long extension to its metro network, not to mention all the projects Toronto is also undertaking. So no, this is not Canada's largest transport project, please do better research next time.
Ok this is…puzzling. “With its natural barriers, Vancouver can’t sprawl outwards, forcing people further and further from job centers. Actually WTF is this logic? Think about it. If you CAN’T sprawl outwards and the city is forced to density, you’re CLOSER to more jobs and have a much shorter commute to any job in the city!
What you're not realizing is that there are 5 or 6 major cities all connected to Vancouver, and so there is a place for people to go. And those cities are growing like crazy. This line will help people commute to and from those cities to Vancouver. They shouldn't have said just natural barriers. Although the ocean is one, the other barriers are Burnaby to the east and Richmond to the south.
imagine a city so poorly designed and managed it has strangled itself. No freeways, jammed bridges, horrible 1930s roads and developers so greedy it just keeps building.
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.
Cities often have other towns and cities as part of their metro populations. Metro NYC is made up of many cities as is Toronto. Mississauga is part of metro Toronto. But these metro cities are just statistical and are independent outside of their statistical groupings.
Ancestors had done much bigger projects with just basic hand tools. Nothing special in this subway project when compared to others in the same category.
@@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 . :)
@@tyrellalexander-f1i 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 :)
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.
@@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.
@@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
Impressive, isn't this just what Vancouver needs?
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
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.
LOL
ok bro
If you had a chance to learn more about the process being undertaken, you would realize this is actually an engineering marvel.
@@Kelvin_Ess all transit projects are engineering marvels, which is why there is nothing particularly impressive about this one compared to many other great works across the world. I'm not trying to discredit the hard and impressive work of Canadian engineers, but North American society had not been conducive of public works projects comparable to the rest of the world
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.
100% agree! What is this creation?!
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!
Trains are cool. We like trains.
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 Stainer
I would, but Reece Martin's a tool.
The Broadway subway is a big project for Vancouver - yet hardly a “mega-project” - we’ve got two other big projects (Patullo Bridge & Massey tunnel) simultaneously happening and their construction budgets exceed that of the subway.
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.
The Eglington project is an excellent case study in colossal mismanagement.
6 KM is nothing. The city must expand to At least 50 Km to make a impact to Vancouver population
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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
@@jaygray7102 Vancouver has certainly been more consistent over the years whereas Toronto stops and then builds like crazy every couple decades.
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.
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
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?
I like trains.
They were talking about this 7 years ago.
Only one thing to say, "the big one".
"The bustling heart of Vancouver". Nah. It's a pretty busy area but downtown is the bustling heart. Mount pleasant is like
. The liver or something
This channel steals content from local creators and abuses the copyright system
this wont feel real in the future: “this is the millennium line train to: arbutus”
That is so jarring and unnatural. I can hear her voice perfectly in my head
Omg that’s adorable slayyy (I’m from Seattle)
Montreal is currently in the midst of building a 67km automated light metro network and just this past week, began construction on a 7km long extension to its metro network, not to mention all the projects Toronto is also undertaking. So no, this is not Canada's largest transport project, please do better research next time.
Ok this is…puzzling. “With its natural barriers, Vancouver can’t sprawl outwards, forcing people further and further from job centers. Actually WTF is this logic? Think about it. If you CAN’T sprawl outwards and the city is forced to density, you’re CLOSER to more jobs and have a much shorter commute to any job in the city!
What you're not realizing is that there are 5 or 6 major cities all connected to Vancouver, and so there is a place for people to go. And those cities are growing like crazy. This line will help people commute to and from those cities to Vancouver. They shouldn't have said just natural barriers. Although the ocean is one, the other barriers are Burnaby to the east and Richmond to the south.
So...... uhhhhh........ why did the concrete-plant workers go on strike?
Mumbai, one of the biggest mega cities is building about half a dozen metro lines at the same time.
This is shameful.
And there are seemingly endless and massive constructions all across India for the last 5 years and more.
Mumbai has 32 times the population of Vancouver, none the less though, that is quite impressive I have to admit.
Really impressive, but wouldn't that just be because of low labour costs?
@@mgp1203 "just be because of"?
You need intelligence, education, training and planning on a very high level to achieve that.
Let us know when India has flushing toilets and a public sewer system the entire country has access to
A 22 minute commute today?
How awful! Shameful! 🙄🤦🏼♂️
This is nowhere near Canada's largest transport project lol
imagine a city so poorly designed and managed it has strangled itself. No freeways, jammed bridges, horrible 1930s roads and developers so greedy it just keeps building.
Video is riddled with mistakes and inaccuracies!
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.
Populations of large are usually given as the metro population--Vancouver has a metro population 2.6 million now.
Richmond is on an island in the Fraser River. It is not along the US border. Delta, White Rock, Surrey and Langley are on the border.
Cities often have other towns and cities as part of their metro populations. Metro NYC is made up of many cities as is Toronto. Mississauga is part of metro Toronto. But these metro cities are just statistical and are independent outside of their statistical groupings.
Ancestors had done much bigger projects with just basic hand tools. Nothing special in this subway project when compared to others in the same category.
A post car perfect city,?!! Are u joking? 80% is zoned for sfh.
And btw, Montreal is waaaay better in not needing a car.
BC is ending single family zoning and increasing transit oriented developments
@@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 . :)
@@tyrellalexander-f1i 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 :)
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Nah. Not daily nightmare for Vancouverites. Not symptom of a bigger problem and more. /
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.
PNW refers to the geographic region in North America. Yes, it is. It includes Oregon, Washington, Northern Idaho, BC, Alaska, Yukon etc. Google it.
It is not referred to as the southwest though. Vancouver is often lumped in with the pacific northwest
@ Canadians just call it the “West Coast”. Our health care area is the South Coast. Basically only American’s call it the Pacific North West.
You people JEALOUS? listen to the facts before making negative comments!!!
The Vancouver transit system (and Translink) are a COMPLETE joke.
Full stop.
Why? I thought Skytrain was ahead of it’s time
Skytrain is 100% ahead of its time and it’s a miracle how cheaply they were able to build it. It really was a transformational transit technology.
The transit is fine. It's getting a bit crowded... But you can get around the lower mainland fairly easy
The Subway is going to fix the homeless problem? 😂
more housing sparked by transit would
@@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.
that's dumb, economic agglomeration is efficient and good
Many of them are moving out into the Fraser Valley, as well as to Victoria and the Okanogan.
6 km really?
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
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.
@@officialeboland the GTA has more people than BC has
@@officialeboland how many white people
Are you trying to hide your envy?
@@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