The Urban Intersection

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megacity

More & more people want to move into urban areas around the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopolis#Modern_definitions

While its usually for economic reasons, it can also be for the urban bustle & excitement.

https://www.usnews.com/news/cities/slideshows/the-10-largest-cities-in-the-world

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_megalopolises

https://www.statista.com/statistics/912263/population-of-urban-agglomerations-worldwide/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_City-Windsor_Corridor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia#Demographics

Of course as more people want to live in cities & vast urban areas, that means less of a demand or interest to live in the wilderness. In fact, most of the world can remain undeveloped as long as people keep moving into the cities.

However, some people want to live in rural areas, on farms or in the mountains. For some, the urban pace can be too hectic & draining.

 https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=urban+transit

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=urban+tech

What is (urban) Artificial Intelligence?

 https://parametric-architecture.com/explained-what-is-artificial-intelligence-ai

https://medium.com/urban-ai/urban-artificial-intelligence-from-real-world-observations-to-a-paradigm-shifting-concept-27f4c5aa20f6

Alphaville is one of the best AI totalitarian movies abbot a smart-city totally bent on controlling people.

https://urbanai.fr/our-works/urban-ai-guide

https://www.urban-ai.org/home

https://gouai.cidob.org/atlas

THX_1138 is also one of the best cautionary AI totalitarian movies made. 

AI can be quite a fantastic tool, but humans should never become totally under its control. Unless one wants to become part of an inhumane world. 

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=AI

The Rabbit Portal (TRP)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul#Technology

TRP is partially an Urban Technology Portal and a general digital intersection between science + fiction. Thus, The-Rabbit-Portal is a multipoint referencing blog of news and entertainment, popular culture and mythology. An intersection between urban legends + urban planning issues. A.I. , AR, VR + SimCity linking into various dimensions and portals. TRP is either a branch of, or a counterpart to thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com (TDL). 

The-Digital-Labyrinth is more general in referencing things, thus its a wider scope of a blog. TRP is supposed to occasionally get behind the scenes of various aspects of technology and reality, but that sometimes happens at TDL as well.

Metropolis Now https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/magazine/08wwln-lede-t.html

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_cities , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megacity#List_of_megacities , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_area#Definition

The observation of technology through symbolism and metaphysics, etc. https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Monsters 

Occasionally covering a multitude of ideas and topics in general as well.

It's all about going further down the Rabbit Hole to explore The Nature Of Reality. (TNOR)

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland#The_White_Rabbit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscrapers_in_film , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscrapers_in_film#Fictional_skyscrapers

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Mega_City , 

https://neoencyclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Mega_City_(The_Matrix)

THX_1138 is the quintessential totalitarian subterranean system. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX_1138#Plot

Structurae.net is a great site to explore urban-planning and various structures in general.

The Many-worlds_interpretation is a key aspect of this blog.  

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-manyworlds , https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02602-8

Time+Travel , Metaphysics, the Shore_Leave_Planet and the Simulation_Hypothesis... 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rabbit#In_popular_culture , 

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/White_Rabbit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shore_Leave_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)  A WestWorld or a MATRIX world amusement park planet? https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Shore_Leave_(episode)#Act_One ,

http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=41&page=12 ,

http://www.trekcore.com/tos/hd/thumbnails.php?album=16&page=23

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Potential ,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_pill_and_blue_pill#The_Matrix_(1999)

In the Oracle’s waiting room, the television is showing white rabbits (which, at the beginning of the film, Neo was instructed to follow) from Night of the Lepus (1972).

https://www.matrixfans.net/movies/the-matrix/trivia

The Shore_Leave_Episode is very interesting with astounding implications about reality manipulation. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708446

The Lost_TV_series took people down a rabbit hole of various portals & dimensions that eventually left some people bewildered. https://fusionanomaly.net/lost.html , 
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/04/ff_lost

Any Sci-Fi entertainment production doesn't necessarily have to make sense. As long as it's interesting & thought provoking, that's usually enough. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Planet_(episode)

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Holographic_program

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_series) , Parallel_universes_in_fiction , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_history#Quantum_theory_of_many_worlds

TRP is also about referencing various forms of tech, data & mass media & personal expressions through mega-information_technology systems. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality_in_fiction , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality_in_fiction#Film , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality_in_fiction#Television

BD, otherwise known as, BIG DATA.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865552597/NSA-spy-center-Unsettling-details-emerge-but-director-denies-allegations.html , 
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865552362/National-Security-Agency-not-vouching-for-details-about-its-Utah-spy-center.html?pg=all

This is also an exploration into numbers & patterns, symbolism & synchronicity. Especially, the Simulation Hypothesis. https://fusionanomaly.net/simulationtheory.html

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Holodeck , https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Matrix_diode

U2 Lemon

https://www.u2.com/media/player/110/1 U2 in their own version of the Holodeck-MATRIX ZOO. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_(U2_song)#Music_video

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Muybridge_Buffalo_galloping.gif , 

https://www.u2.com/music/album/4015 ,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_(U2_song) , https://www.u2.com/music/album/4039 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt5tCjmIa58

https://www.u2.com/media/player/18/4 Bono was doing his own take of Neo in the U2 entertainment ZOO TV, MATRIX in the early 1990s. Even_Better_Than_the_Real_Thing

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Bono_as_The_Fly_Cleveland_1992.jpg

Although the MATRIX  wasn't released until March of 1999, Bono was clearly channeling his inner Neo in the early 1990s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achtung_Baby#Dublin_sessions

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Bono_performing_on_Zoo_TV_Tour_in_Melbourne_Nov_13_1993_5.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry42AY3efqw 1992 https://www.u2.com/tour/id/54

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour#Stage_design_and_show_production

Bono_performing_on_Zoo_TV_Tour_in_Melbourne_Nov_13_1993. Yes indeed, years before there was YouTube, U2 started their own version called, ZOO TV. https://www.youtube.com/c/U2/videos

Watch more ZOO TV in the MATRIX.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O5b0ZxUWNf0/sddefault.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooropa 1993

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV:_Live_from_Sydney 1993 https://www.u2.com/news/title/zoo_tv_on_dvd , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfL-UAHcJME EBTTRT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH8bnSQ8mR0

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c1/The_Matrix_Poster.jpg 1999 

https://fusionanomaly.net/matrix.html , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix , 

https://fusionanomaly.net/williamgibson.html

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/No_Maps_for_These_Territories.png 2000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Maps_for_These_Territories , https://vimeo.com/ondemand/nomaps/464383787?autoplay=1 , https://www.u2.com/news/title/edge_bono_original_music_new_william_gibson_flick_729

https://williamgibson.fandom.com/wiki/Matrix , https://williamgibsonblog.blogspot.com/2003/01/#90244012 

Although Wikipedia is heavily referenced here, it is usually just for a general reference level of information. Obviously, there are more in depth sites around covering specific subjects & topics in greater detail.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunication#Computer_networks_and_the_Internet ,
http://www.fiberise.com/computer-networks-and-the-internet , 

https://fusionanomaly.net/information.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_everything , 

https://www.space.com/theory-of-everything-definition.html

https://www.my-big-toe.com , https://www.my-big-toe.com/media

The Nature Of Reality (TNOR) https://fusionanomaly.net/philipkdick.html

 

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2012/10/is-the-cosmos-a-vast-computer-simulation-new-theory-may-offer-clues.html ,
http://ca.ign.com/articles/2012/12/14/scientists-ask-are-we-all-part-of-the-matrix ,
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2012/03/cosmic-computer-hypothesis.html

Octagonal+gates, holes-time-travel-portals, etc.
http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/digitalphysics.html ,
http://therabbitportal.blogspot.ca/2012/10/cosmic-computer-simulation-hypothesis.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mnemonic_(film) 1995,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QComFWf0DUo&feature=related ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mnemonic_(film)#Japanese_release ,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHFOxciYklI ,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL_8Ugp9zI4&feature=related ,
http://www.mobygames.com/game/johnny-mnemonic/cover-art/gameCoverId,51150,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113481 ,
http://www.mobygames.com/game/johnny-mnemonic/cover-art/gameCoverId,51214 

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Simulation+Hypothesis


Digital Art: http://vimeo.com/2529910 by Sergio Toporek , 
http://shop.toporek.com/pages/about-the-work
Fantastic art & images, indeed.

From cave paintings to virtual reality...

http://www.bewareofimages.com

For more comprehensive observations & interpretations of various things, please see these amazing websites,
the TL @ copycateffect.blogspot.com , cyberpunkreview.com , the secretsun.blogspot.com , theuniversesolved.com 

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Simulation+Theory 

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=The+MATRIX

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Keanu+Reeves

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=TSH

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=TSTP 

jfvrca@gmail.com 

Dark City and other Urban Fantasy Cityscapes

https://gizmodo.com/dark-city-cool-art-awesome-neo-noir-and-urban-fantasy-5803812

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/dark-city-cool-art-awesome-neonoir-and-urban-fantasy-cityscapes--451837775098168088/

Metropolis, Alphaville, Blade_Runner and Dark_City are all fantastic Sci-Fi movies.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Metropolis-film-1927

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-metropolis-1927

Of course the totalitarian story or theme goes back into ancient times.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast#616 & 666 & the #911.

Various Numbers, words & other things, form peculiar data-patterns of coincidence & synchronicity.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-machine-that-would-predict
Supercomputers can look for patterns not only in science & metaphysical concepts but through art & literature, etc.

Since ancient times, some people have been aware of the Akashic_records. http://www.crystalinks.com/akashicrecords.html
Something like a cosmic running program (OS) where everything is part of an interactive recording & projection of space & time for consciousness to interact with.

http://www.edgarcayce.org/are/spiritualGrowth.aspx?id=2078
This YT account happened to be started on 9-11 in 2007.
https://www.youtube.com/user/edgarcaycetv

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing#Windows_Live_Search 2006-9-11
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2006/sep06/09-11WLFinalVersionsPR.aspx,
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/windows-live-search-replacing-msn-search/3788,
http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2067901/Microsoft-Upgrades-Live-Search-Offerings

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Q-Tel#History

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorded_Future,
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/07/exclusive-google-cia

"Sanborn's ambitious work includes the 9-foot 11-inch-high main sculpture—an S-shaped wave of copper with cut-out letters, anchored by an 11-foot column ofpetrified wood"
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-05/ff_kryptos

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Bueno_de_Mesquita,
http://www.history.co.uk/shows/nostradamus/next-nostradamus.html,
http://www.hogueprophecy.com/2008/11/the-next-nostradamus-history-channel-2

TT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e99vsYHIbsQ

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/dark-city-cool-art-awesome-neonoir-and-urban-fantasy-cityscapes--451837775098168088/

The creepiest urban legend from every state

 https://www.insider.com/urban-legends-us-2018-1

Usually, they are easily dismissed, but sometimes things remain unresolved.

https://www.rd.com/list/scary-urban-legends/

What are Urban Legends? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk9gQ7Wj18g , https://www.youtube.com/@MythologyUnleashed/videos

The Impact of Population Growth on Urban Planning and Design

 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/architectural-community/a12262-the-impact-of-population-growth-on-urban-planning-and-design/

If housing continues to become even more unaffordable, will that mean even more people will end up living & dying on the streets?

https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/architectural-community/a12256-us-housing-crisis-impact-of-the-housing-crisis-on-vulnerable-populations/

Effective economic & efficient Urban+Planning must take all income levels into consideration.

urban legends

 https://www.insider.com/urban-legends-us-2018-1

https://www.spirithalloween.com/blog/scary-urban-legends/

Futuristic skylines and totalitarian control areas

 https://blog.richardvanhooijdonk.com/en/futuristic-skylines-exploring-the-worlds-most-innovative-urban-projects

A city can allow for the freedom of movement, or it can be a contact-tracing totalitarian nightmare.

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2014/jan/29/future-cities-in-film

https://gizmodo.com/dark-city-cool-art-awesome-neo-noir-and-urban-fantasy-5803812

https://www.intjournal.com/thinkpieces/alphaville-is-50-after-modernism-lost-it-meaning-it-still-had-its-looks An enduring example of a totalitarin smartcity from a 1960s perspective.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphaville_(film)

https://medium.com/hope-lies-at-24-frames-per-second/on-jean-luc-godards-alphaville-a-film-about-the-theft-of-talent-9bef162d4070

https://ivypanda.com/essays/representations-of-the-distopian-city

http://www.visionsofthecity.com/alphaville.htm

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Metropolis-film-1927

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2016/feature-articles/alienation-alphaville-playtime/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/dark-city-cool-art-awesome-neonoir-and-urban-fantasy-cityscapes--451837775098168088/

Kennedy Expressway construction in Chicago

 https://abc7chicago.com/kennedy-expressway-construction-traffic-chicago-near-me-highway/14515489/

The urban parts of the USA is so synonymous with multilane corridors.

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kennedy-expressway-construction-express-lanes-closed/

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/kennedy-expressway-construction-to-monday-express-lanes-will-be-shut-down-for-8-months/3378737/

https://idot.illinois.gov/transportation-system/transportation-management/featured-projects/cook-county---interstate-90-kennedy-bridge-study.html

https://news.wttw.com/2024/03/08/expect-delays-next-phase-kennedy-expressway-construction-begin-monday-reversible-express

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/2/6/23949386/kennedy-eisenhower-dan-ryan-expressway-highway-construction-traffic-segregation-urban-renewal-race

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1209.html

https://chicagostudies.uchicago.edu/grid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roads_and_expressways_in_Chicago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnham_Plan_of_Chicago#A_regional_highway_system

https://www.city-data.com/forum/chicago/1135708-widest-roads-chicago.html

Urban Technology intersection

 https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjut20/current

 Future Cities Currently Being Built https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2IqG9WOk3w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZZ2N2DcLi4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnyRZotnPSU

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Urban+Technology  

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=The+15+Minute+City

Urban Tech Portal

UTP still isn't just about urban technology. One can be in a typical cabin or van in the woods and have  powerful laptops with plenty of solar power for all the gadgets.

https://www.ign.com/articles/gaming-laptop-vs-gaming-pc

https://www.anoffgridlife.com/internet-off-the-grid

Statue of Liberty heavy shaking during NYC earthquake

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITwm3PVq620

Of course NYC, Boston & Chicago aren't as earthquake prepared as LA, SF & Seattle.

https://www.ksbw.com/article/monterey-county-sheriffs-statue-liberty-earthquake-shakes-new-york-california-4-8/60412551

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/earthquake-videos-new-york-city-area/60411727

Urban Seismology: on the origin of earth vibrations within a city https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-15499-y

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl3564

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/26276/new-challenges-for-seismic-risk-mitigation-in-urban-areas/magazine

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-world-s-10-most-earthquake-prone-countries.html

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/24/13165

https://www.worldatlas.com/natural-disasters/the-12-most-earthquake-vulnerable-cities-in-the-world.html

Of course the ability to predict earthquakes would be so beneficial.

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/which-country-has-most-earthquakes

Urban Legends

There are urban legends on just about anything.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_urban_legends

https://mashable.com/article/best-wikipedia-rabbit-holes

https://www.unusualhorror.com/post/10-rabbit-holes-that-are-definitely-scaryinteresting

https://downtherabbitholeblog.com/tag/paranormal

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-paranormal-podcast/id78459818

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-rabbit-hole-murders-a-paranormal-cozy-witch-mystery-jeannie-wycherley/17164737

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/falling-down-the-rabbits-hole-based-on-true-paranormal-events_chris-mcdaniel/10969033/#edition=10391720&idiq=52388795

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=TTP

I-35 expansion pushes Austin residents out of over 100 homes

 The project is adding two lanes on either side of I-35. https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/i35-eminent-domain-18428832.php

Without a network of bus & HOV lanes in general, wide highways & roads will always reach a point of congestion.

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/austin-i35-expansion-project-18308420.php

Evolving urban & regional rail is a key component.

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/san-antonio-austin-mega-metro-transportation-18269914.php Austin-SA or SA & A?

Texas has more people than Australia & Texas is mostly still rural. Urban density can help to keep it that way.

UFO Portal: LA., etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Greater_Los_Angeles
LA has been a point of convergence for well over a century now. Entertainment & mysticism, corporate wealth & some people that just want to enjoy living in a vast urban region that hardly ever freezes over.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Los_Angeles
Something bizarre happened over LA in 1942.
http://wanderling.tripod.com/la_ufo.html

http://ufos.about.com/od/bestufocasefiles/p/losangeles1942.htm

http://jf999.blogspot.ca/2012/08/particle-beams.html


http://www.auforn.com, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Australia,
http://www.mysteriousaustralia.com/rexufo/australian-ufos-mainpage.html

Sydney during its winter like Los_Angeles, can have some winter days that rival the spring or even summer temperatures found in several other cities.

Ghosts in the urban machinery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_machine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_train

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/runaway-train-in-london-underground-1.901098

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/nyregion/1991-subway-crash-nyc.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_(1984_American_film)

The Pattullo Bridge saga in BC

The old Pattullo_Bridge was built with a narrow sidewalk on only one side & a road deck that can barely hold 4 narrow lanes. It's all part of the narrow mindedness of the BC mentality.

 https://www.pattullobridgereplacement.ca/about/projectoverview/

https://604now.com/new-pattullo-bridge-completion-updated-photos-renderings/

"The new Pattullo Bridge is on track for completion in 2024, but business leaders in Surrey are calling for six lanes to be open to vehicle traffic on day one, instead of four as currently planned." https://globalnews.ca/news/9489375/pattullo-replacement-six-lanes-debate

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-surrey-board-of-trade

https://604now.com/like-cross-pattullo-bridge-1937 Why build a wide bride that also has 2 wide sidewalks when the bare minimum can be done instead? Then try to build an inadequate replacement bridge with only 4 lanes, no bus & HOV lanes & no emergency lanes. That's the BC way in the 1930s & the 2020s. At least it will have a couple of bike lanes.

https://www.delta-optimist.com/local-news/delta-says-new-pattullo-wont-ease-traffic-woes-3088329 Of course just like the old bridge, there won't be any provision for a lower rail & express bus deck.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/45379817@N08/9660269876 Just the idea that there could be 1 waggon road each way was amazing for BC back then. Somehow, the narrow bridge had just enough width to eventually have 4 waggon roads. 

https://oppositethecity.wordpress.com/2016/08/27/were-walkin-ridin-drivin-here-traffic-safety-an-issue-in-1937

http://archives.newwestcity.ca/Results.aspx?AC=SEE_ALSO&QF0=NameAccess&QI0==%22Pattullo%20Bridge%22&XC=/Results.aspx&BU=http%3A%2F%2Farchives.newwestcity.ca%2Fsearch.aspx&GI=&TN=internet&SN=AUTO73&SE=1636&RN=7&MR=100&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&XP=&RF=WebRelevance&EF=&DF=WebFull&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=255&ID=&MF=GENERICENGWPMSG.INI&DT=&ST=0&IR=4333&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&SS=0&BG=&FG=&QS=

Wide+bridges, twinning or duplication can allow for express bus lanes and more HOV_lanes in general.  

http://archives.newwestcity.ca/Results.aspx?AC=NEXT_RECORD&XC=/Results.aspx&BU=http%3A%2F%2Farchives.newwestcity.ca%2Fsearch.aspx&GI=&TN=internet&SN=AUTO26198&SE=1232&RN=51&MR=100&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&XP=&RF=WebRelevance&EF=&DF=WebFull&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=255&ID=&MF=GENERICENGWPMSG.INI&DT=&ST=0&IR=4333&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&SS=0&BG=&FG=&QS= Of course there was no provision to have a lower deck for trucks & trains. 

http://archives.newwestcity.ca/Results.aspx?AC=NEXT_RECORD&XC=/Results.aspx&BU=http%3A%2F%2Farchives.newwestcity.ca%2Fsearch.aspx&GI=&TN=internet&SN=AUTO26198&SE=1232&RN=49&MR=100&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&XP=&RF=WebRelevance&EF=&DF=WebFull&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=255&ID=&MF=GENERICENGWPMSG.INI&DT=&ST=0&IR=4333&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&SS=0&BG=&FG=&QS= While a narrow bridge can easily become inadequate, the provision for a lower deck can make all the difference.

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/driving-and-transportation/reports-and-reference/reports-and-studies/frontier_to_freeway.pdf It was quite a thing for BC to have waggon roads & then eventually some were doubel width. Unfortunately, even today, there is a mentality to just have 1 or 2 lanes each way. Yet, such thoroughfares will be marked as a major route when it's not much wider than a country road.  

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Multimodal+Bridges+and+Tunnels

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Urban+Bus+and+Bike+Lanes+and+Bridges

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=bridges

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=BC

The I-95 Highway Collapse Highlights a Need for the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway

 https://railway-news.com/philadelphia-i-95-highway-collapse-highlights-need-for-roosevelt-boulevard-subway/

Good roads and highways aren't enough, an extensive urban rail network is just as important.

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=I-95

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Roosevelt+Boulevard+Subway

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=highways

Proposed SFU gondola popular, but not among some who’d live under it

 https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/12/04/sfu-burnaby-gondola-pushback-neighbourhood

This tech is all over the world, but having it in Burnaby, BC is getting some persistent resistance. 

https://www.translink.ca/gondola?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=gondola

The BC mentality wasn't able to stop the Portland_Aerial_Tram from being built.

However, there are still plenty of people that don't like it going over their Portland houses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Aerial_Tram#Community_response

So while it could be a great transportation link, not everyone is happy about such urban gondola-trams.

https://www.burnaby.ca/our-city/projects/burnaby-mountain-gondola It really could be a good transportation link, but local residents might want some reasonable compensation. Not just some new blinds or curtains.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandia_Peak_Tramway

https://www.grousemountain.com/skyride

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/grouse-mountain-new-gondola-construction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugarloaf_Mountain#Cable_car

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_Tram

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_Mountain#Cableway

The Data Tower

Here are a few examples of data towers or telecommunications buildings.

375_Pearl_Street is quite an example of fitting a lot of data support systems in one concentrated location since 1975.
http://www.informationweek.com/government/information-management/new-yorks-32-story-data-fortress-inside/240151545
Of course in effect, any such building becomes a node within the Internet.
http://www.greenbuildingsnyc.com/2013/04/18/375-pearl-street-continues-transformation-into-intergate-manhattan-data-center,
http://observer.com/2012/10/enter-the-matrix-high-tech-high-rise-data-farm-puts-down-roots-in-lower-manhattan/375-pearl-street,
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/06/07/sabey-acquires-huge-verizon-building-in-nyc

33 Thomas is even more of a modern fortress high rise, albeit from 1974.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_Thomas_Street#History

The 1927 Verizon_Building is a strong old bulky telecommunications complex.
Although its a tough old building, it has sustained a couple of strong impacts.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204707104578091171538491386.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/140_New_Montgomery, SF
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=59752123&page=2

In the 1920s & 1930s it was amazing enough just to have a big telephone building in the city.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunication#Computer_networks_and_the_Internet, http://www.fiberise.com/computer-networks-and-the-internet,
Several decades later, telecommunications & marketing networks & other systems have become immense.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/12/microsoft-twitter-rivals-nsa-requests

At this point, big data is only limited by the level of technology being used.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_hotel#Benefits, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoreSite

One Wilshire L.A.
http://www.coresite.com/one-wilshire-data-center.php,
http://www.emporis.com/building/one-wilshire-los-angeles-ca-usa,
http://www.carrierhotels.com/properties/onewilshire, http://ix2.net/infrastructure/west-coast-leadership,
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/08/06/las-one-wilshire-sold-for-287-million

AT&T Center_(Los_Angeles)
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=2525
The 611_Place was an AT&T tower for a while & the Whitacre_Tower in Dallas still is.

The Westin_Building, Seattle. http://www.seattleix.net,
http://www.westinbuilding.com/telecom, http://www.carrierhotels.com/properties/westin

Amazon has big plans to locate near the Westin Building.
http://www.djc.com/news/re/12048070.html,
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2012/03/amazon-denny-triangle-office-project.html,
http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2019996116_amazonrealestate27.html,
http://www.planetizen.com/node/59965, http://www.geekwire.com/2013/city-records-amazon-expansion,
http://www.geekwire.com/2013/amazons-bezos-urban-campus-inherently-environmentally-friendly-biospheres

Data-marketing & commerce in general, have become so intertwined over the years. Indeed, corporations & governments like to acquire as much data as possible.
http://www.geekwire.com/2013/monicas-nsa-column-links-pic-put-tonight