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Did a search, didn't find anything so I hope it's not a repost.
This is 30-minute documentary shot by JEM Productions for B.C. Transit in 1985. It details the construction of the line, the 1984 Main Street demonstration, and the final finished product. You can see the Expo/Millennium Line control room in all its original glory, among many other things.
I thought it was really interesting seeing how the expo line was constructed and to also see what Vancouver was like back in the '80s where I'm sure a lot of us were really young or weren't even born yet.
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Nice find! Sure makes me feel old though, I remember riding those old school buses... crazy how much has changed!
It's amazing how clean and nice the stations and skytrain cars looked. I mean, where is the graffiti? Where are the nammer thugs? Where are the homeless people buggin' the shit out of people?
Or you meet some girl at the club, cum inside of her, find out shes only in grade 12, so you buy a Prada bag for her to make things right, she finds out the bag is a fake and decides to have the kid
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wtf did she get some bolt-on titties or what?
they look sooooooooooo much bigger than they were 2ish years ago.
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I can't stand the sound of Mandarin either. Boo yow nee bey nee shing bo now noong gey shee mayo mayo mayo mayo mayo mayo mayo.
I remember during Expo86, Japan brought over their HSST (their version of the skytrain). It uses magnetic levitation technology for propulsion.; They built a short-track for demo. It was so smooth and quite. We then hopped onto our Skytrain - it was so damn loud and bumpy
it's funny how the video mentions how people in the 70's opted out of the typical north american highway driven city.
well the planners and the people did not foresee a huge jump in immigrants to this city. haha. i think the current highway system in metro vancouver is at over capacity to the max. adding more lanes and building another port mann is not enough. more highways are needed to connect different municipalities directly.
still quieter than the canada line even after 25 years. what a shame.
I cant believe how noisy that canada line is considering its brand spanking new.... it screeches at every turn, wtf
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well the planners and the people did not foresee a huge jump in immigrants to this city. haha. i think the current highway system in metro vancouver is at over capacity to the max. adding more lanes and building another port mann is not enough. more highways are needed to connect different municipalities directly.
the highways are probably overcapacity right now but its a fact that building more road will only lead to more traffic, its a positive reinforcement loop
the answer to transportation in big cities is not highways (look at LA), its mass transit (now look at tokyo)
plus roads are much more expensive to maintain, etc, than rapid transit
I cant believe how noisy that canada line is considering its brand spanking new.... it screeches at every turn, wtf
This is mostly due to the fact that the Canada Line uses traditional electric motors found in any other subway versus LIM on Skytrain, the lack of a bank turn between KingEd and Oakridge doesn't help either. LIM uses the electric motor to stop and accelerate the vehicle.
^ But the engineers probably figured since most of the curvy bits are either underground or away from any major establishments (mostly near the casino, actually, where the noise is really not much of a concern) that the regular trains are cheaper and better way to go at it.
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