Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Saturday, April 6, 2024
NYC earthquake MTA subway-bridges-tunnels-closures-delays
Of course it takes time to assess if there was any significant earthquake damage.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/earthquake-new-york-city-aging-buildings
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-world-s-10-most-earthquake-prone-countries.html
Urban earthquakes can be the most dangerous & disruptive, simply because of the concentration of people & infrastructure.
https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/which-country-has-most-earthquakes
Monday, February 26, 2024
Friday, February 16, 2024
Transperth and WA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transperth Unlike the BC approach, WA allows for longer trains, as well as many lanes. Why just have a 3 coach train when you can have a train consisting of 6 carriages?
| Train length | 72.42 m (237 ft 73⁄16 in)[1] |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transperth_B-series_train Of course a 3 car train might be alright during the slow hours of the day, but a 6 car train makes all the difference. A 475 foot long train is getting close to the length of a 152 m or 500 foot long Montreal Metro train. Unfortunately, the Vancouver & BC approach is all about limited capacity & congestive planning.
Bellevue, WA - Eastside Link light rail set to open in April
https://bellevuewa.gov/city-government/departments/transportation/projects/east-link-light-rail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Line_(Sound_Transit) , https://www.soundtransit.org/blog/platform/get-ready-new-link-service-eastside-next-spring
https://www.soundtransit.org/system-expansion/east-link-extension
https://www.theurbanist.org/2023/08/11/the-east-link-light-rail-starter-line-is-officially-a-go/
https://www.mercerisland.gov/community/page/light-rail-east-link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Line_(Sound_Transit)#Route
Grade Separation for trains is always the best option. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aADuNDv7Wc But sometimes things are done to cut the cost of a rail line down.
Why You Shouldn't Put Light Rail in Tunnels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-9sLvdqcJY
Greater Seattle is able to do so much more, simply because its not under a Vancouver & BC lack of vision perspective.
Evolution of the Vancouver SkyTrain 1985-2035
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3kzHlQQSeg
The Surrey-Langley Skytrain segment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx5GBKjiw2c
Just because it's considered light rail, there still should have been a provision to easily have 152 m stations, like with the Montreal Metro stations. Instead, the first 2 lines only can handle 80 m trains & the C Line has a ridiculous 50 M station maximum. This, not properly building for the future agenda, is utterly foolish & inept. In spite of many cities opting for long trains & wide bridges, the BC approach is to provide half sized infrastructure for a half-assed approach to things. Nevertheless, there is still the potential to upgrade it to eventually becoming like a proper big city metro train system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_Line_(SkyTrain)#Capacity_upgrades
This is one of the best examples of BC bottleneck planning so far. The SkyBridge_for_SkyTrain should have had at least 3 tracks, not just 2 & only a maintenance track. The old inadequate 4 lane Pattullo_Bridge has only 1 narrow sidewalk & no bike or bus lanes. Thus, the Skybridge should have had 2 bike lanes & 2 footpaths. There also should have been 2 bus lanes, because when the train shuts down for maintenance or an emergency, a 24hr busway there is vital. The narrow SkyBridge really should have had a provision for a 2nd level, but that would go against the multigenerational congestive planning agenda of BC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skybridge_(TransLink)
If the very narrow & inept old Patullo-Bridge had much better foundations, it could have become a great foot & bike+bridge, once its replacement opened. Unfortunately, even the new Pattullo_Bridge is already set to be a modern example of BC bottleneck planning. While it will at least have a bike & footpath on both sides, it will open without any proper bus & HOV lanes.
Even if the Expo_Line_(SkyTrain) was somehow open for 24hrs, there would still be the occasional emergency situation requiring the train bridge to close. Yet, even the new 4 lane Pattullo-Bridge will open without any bus, HOV lanes or emergency lanes. Thus, it will become another fine example of BC bottleneck planning.
The new Pattullo-Bridge should open with 6 lanes & a provision to have at least 8 lanes. This would not only allow for 2 general lanes each way, but a bus & HOV lane each way & a truck lane each way. https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-surrey-board-of-trade
Of course there also should have been a provision for a lower or upper deck, which could provide additional bus & train capacity. Unfortunately, it will start out as another 4 lane backward BC bridge.
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Brisbane and Perth vs. Halifax and Vancouver
Australia: Brisbane and Perth have already surpassed Halifax and Vancouver, in some key ways. (This is still a very roughed out or incomplete post.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane#Infrastructure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River_Rail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges A 12 lane crossing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Brisbane
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Airport_railway_station,_Brisbane
A 146_m Brisbane train is so much better than a 50 to 80 m Vancouver train.
| Train length | 146.17 m (479 ft 7 in)[1] |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Generation_Rollingstock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth#Transport
"Transperth B-series trains, three cars in length, operate on the Airport line every 12 minutes during peak and every 15 minutes outside peak and on weekends. All Airport line branch stations are fully accessible and have 150-metre (490 ft) long platforms, long enough for a six-car train. Train lengths are limited by most Midland and Fremantle line stations, which have platforms only 100 metres (330 ft) long. The installation of communications-based train control by 2027 will allow frequencies to increase and planned platform lengthening will allow train lengths to increase." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_line,_Perth
Fortunately, Perth chose not to Vancoverize their train & road system plans. Thus, the Perth Airport line can eventually have 150m long stations. Of course Vancouver opted to take the congestive planning approach. Indeed, why have 150m long Canada Line stations when 50m short stations are more appropriately symbolic?
"Unlike Bombardier ART trains, the Hyundai Rotem trains will not be operated as longer four- or six-car trains. Through inserting a middle "C" car at the articulated joint between two end cars, available capacity will be similar to a four-car Mark II or a six-car Mark I train. The Canada Line's station platforms are expandable to 50 m (164 ft 1 in) in length to accommodate these future three-car trains; the five busiest stations are already 50 m (164 ft 1 in) in length. The Canada Line has a designed future capacity of 15,000 pphpd when operating three-car trains at two-minute headways." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_(Vancouver)_rolling_stock#Canada_Line_fleet
- Fleet of: 32 two-car train sets
- Train length: 41 m (134 ft 6 in) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Line#Canada_Line_Hyundai_Rotem_specifications
The Catheter Line should have been designed with the capability to eventually have 152m long stations, as is the case with the Montreal Metro & the TTC Subway stations. But that would be planning for the future & be against the congestive Vancouver & BC planning approach. By not allowing the provision for 152m stations, that will ensure some financial drainage in the future.
This view of the Vancouver_Airport_Skytrain_Station almost shows what a 4 car train would look like, but it's actually just two, 2 car trains on a single track. The YVR-Airport_station is so short & narrow, but it fits right in with the small town planning approach for Greater Vancouver.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_(Vancouver)#Future_expansion Unfortunately, the first 2 SkyTrain lines were designed to only have 80m stations. It remains to be seen if someday the stations might be extended to at least 150m. Despite budgetary limitations, the Catheter Line should have been designed to eventually have 150m stations. Unfortunately, it remains as a 50 m joke.
https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Canada+vs.+Australia
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Melbourne trains above and underground
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2DqHcqTK9I
Melbourne's Secret Underground World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TjQkWn9z8o
For such a long time, Melbourne never had an official subway or metro like Toronto or Montreal.
Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project Explained - Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG8k-SPDQEk
The Metro Tunnel is one of Australia's largest public transport infrastructure projects in recent memory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRB6hH_b_Ck
A look at Victoria's regional rail fleet operated by V/line. V/line operates an extensive network centered around Melbourne, using a variety of diesel locomotive hauled trains and DMUs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CB_nqHmFJE
https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Canada+vs.+Australia
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Metro and Subway Trains
The Tram-Train can just be on the surface or become part of a subway line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram-train#Technology
The Muni_Metro in SF is a good example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muni_Metro#Market_Street_subway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muni_Metro#Future
https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Countries_Around_the_World
https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=metro+and+subway
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Monday, December 18, 2023
The Steel Bridge (Portland) and Washington Avenue Transit Bridge (Minneapolis)
The Steel_Bridge and the Washington_Avenue_Bridge, if only such bridges were allowed in Greater_Vancouver...
The Steel-Bridge is old, yet adequately functioning as a multi-model crossing.
Upper: 2 outer lanes for general traffic, 2 inner lanes solely for MAX Light Rail, and sidewalks on both sides
Lower: Union Pacific Railroad (incl. Amtrak toward Eugene) and walkway.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Amtrak_talgo_train_crossing_steel_bridge.jpg
"The bridge has two decks, with the lower deck designated for motor vehicle traffic and light rail trains and the upper deck used for pedestrians and bicycles (lanes specifically for bikes are on the north side)." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Avenue_Bridge_(Minneapolis)
Unfortunately, the Skybridge between NW & Surrey, has no bus & bike lanes. Thus, its another fine example of backward BC planning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skybridge_(TransLink)
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Even though the SkyTrain wasn't intended to run 24hrs, no adequate future capacity provisions were included into the design of the SkyBridge. Ideally, the bridge should have had at least 3 tracks on 1 deck. Plus, 2 bus & bike lanes on another deck, with 2 lanes for emergency vehicles that would all be open 24-7.
Apparently, it was better to funnel everything into the inept Pattullo_Bridge. A narrow 4 lane joke of a crossing with only 1 narrow sidewalk. Its so nice that the Sydney-Harbour-Bridge has 2 pathways. Surrey is set to become the largest city in BC. Thus, Surrey & NW should have had several bridges like Portland_OR by now.
In the 1930s, NSW already had a sense of Sydney being a substantial state capital on the Pacific for quite a while. In contrast, NW, BC emphasized its status of a former backwater provincial capital & perpetuated its small-minded city mentality.
Thus, the Sydney_Harbour_Bridge was originally built with six lanes, 4 sets of tracks & two sidewalks. Where as the Pattullo_Bridge was a fine example of backwater BC thinking & planning. Unlike the impressive Sydney_Harbour_Bridge, there is no comparable high level bridge in BC which is capable of carrying double deck passenger trains. Of course it should be noted that NSW has seen itself as a mighty state on the Pacific for quite a long time. Thus, the 1930s Sydney_Harbour_Bridge remains so far ahead of anything in backwater provincial BC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Harbour_Bridge_cycleway Unlike the BC aproach, NSW didn't have to remove any traffic lanes. Ultimately, Vancouver will have traffic lanes removed from 3 of its bridges, because the city refuses to build anything like the magnificent Tilikum_Crossing in Portland, OR. Vancouver was one of the first cities to get rid of its streetcars & will likely be one of the last to ever bring them back. Well fortunately, there was nothing like the BC mentality to stop the Portland_Streetcar_or_the_Tilikum_Bridge.
The tram-train MAX_and_bus_on_Tilikum_the_Crossing. If only backward Vancouver, BC would allow such a fine transit bridge, then there would be less congestion on the existing narrow bridges. Indeed, Greater Vancouver refuses to build a series of bus-bridges, even though that would relieve some of the regional congestion.
Unlike in the largest urban area in BC, Portland,_OR was able to build many more bridges.
https://www.pattullobridgereplacement.ca Of course the bridge wasn't built with the provision for a lower deck similar to what's on the Tilikum Bridge. https://www.pattullobridgereplacement.ca/about/projectoverview It wasn't allowed to have 8 lanes like the Anzac_Bridge_in_Sydney. So no bus & HOV lanes, just have everything crammed into a 4 lane bottleneck. No emergency lanes, it will open with only 2 lanes each way, but with the potential to become a 6 lane bridge, some day. So, just like the Skybridge, it won't have 2 dedicated bus lanes.
Unlike the Skybridge in NW, at least the North-Arm-Bridge to Richmond has 1 bike lane, but there should have been 2 as well as 2 bus lanes & even 2 emergency vehicle lanes on the North_Arm_Bridge. Since the North_Arm_Bridge doesn't have 24hr train service & no bus lanes, late-night buses only have the 4 lane bottlenecks that are the Oak_Street_Bridge, Knight_Street_Bridge & the Queensborough_Bridge. Of course there are no emergency vehicle lanes, because even they should be subjected to the overall congestion of the region.
The Sydney_Harbour_Bridge, the Anzac_Bridge & the Tilikum_Crossing were all possible, simply because they aren't subjected to anything like the restrictions impose in Greater_Vancouver or BC in general. The BC part of Canada is trapped in some kind of a stagnation loop or a series of restrictions to stiefel or thwart infrastructure upgrades & progress. However, so many other cities around the world just aren't subjected to anything like the BC approach to things.
https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Portland
https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Tilikum+Crossing
https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=transit+bridges
Monday, November 27, 2023
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.
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
Monday, November 20, 2023
Sound Transit Moving Forward on Purchase of 10 More Link Cars
https://www.theurbanist.org/2023/11/20/sound-transit-moving-forward-on-purchase-of-10-more-link-cars
Any rapid rail system has to have enough vehicles and frequency headways to meet demand.
"Fundamentally, Sound Transit is failing riders by not delivering on promised headways and consistent four-car trains." https://www.theurbanist.org/2023/11/07/op-ed-sound-transit-must-deliver-the-link-frequencies-it-promised
Seattle
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
The very narrow The Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Gate_Bridge
"The 1933 bylaw authorizing construction included a provision mandating that "no Asiatic person shall be employed in or upon any part of the undertaking or other works". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Gate_Bridge#History
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/221026/dq221026b-eng.htm While Canada has allowed for more diversity over the decades, Canada has nowhere near even 1% of the world's' population. It's been a struggle just for Canada to accommodate half of 1% of the human population.
Unfortunately for most of the 20th century, Vancouver was to remain as just a provincial backwater for as long as possible. For had the city been allowed to flourish onto the scale of the likes of Sydney, San_Francisco or even Seattle, that would mean there would be a lot more people. Which means more non-white people and that was just too uncomfortable a notion for the White colonial mindset.
Of course the colonial mindset could be seen all over the world, but so many other cities weren't thwarted like Vancouver and Victoria. You will never find any official BC mandate revealing that it was to remain as a provincial backwater for as long as possible.
Thus, the local power structure continually tried to hold things back for most of the cities history. A multigenerational stunted growth policy is a clever way to slow a city and province down. Calgary and Seattle became big business cities, because they aren't under any BC type restrictions.
One only look at what Alberta and Washington_(state) have been able to do, because they aren't in BC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta#Transportation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_(state)#Transportation
The 12 lane Ship_Canal_Bridge in Seattle is the closest big & wide bridge to V-BC. Although the Port_Mann_Bridge is much closer, it only has 10 lanes. Unfortunately, both bridges don't have any existing rail component.
Fortunately, Vancouver, WA wasn't forced to indefinitely endure a 3 lane bottleneck like V-BC has.
The planners of the Sydney_Harbour_Bridge didn't have a backwater BC mindset. However, after several decades, the SHB was augmented by the Sydney_Harbour_Tunnel. Unfortunately, there was no provision for a 3rd lane each way to allow for express buses.
https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/projects/current-projects/western-harbour-tunnel-and-warringah-freeway-upgrade How is this possible? Of course NSW isn't under any backwater BC type restrictions.
https://caportal.com.au/rms/wht
The Western_Harbour_Tunnel should have had an extra section for future express busses or even another train line.
While something like the Sydney_Metro should have already gone under the harbour decades ago, at least it's not as late to the party like Vancouver is.
"Stage 1 (Metro North West) operates with 6-car trains running on 4-minute headways. After the addition of the Stage 2 extension to Bankstown, the stations’ platforms will be configured to allow for future use of 8-car trains and the signalling system designed to allow for 2-minute headways, both of which are planned to be introduced once sufficient patronage demands it. Eight-car trains have a design capacity of 1,539 customers and increasing the running frequency to ultimately 30 trains per hour (2-minute headway) would provide a maximum capacity of 46,170 passengers per hour per direction." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Metro#Capacity
"In the event that extensions to 8 cars happens if sufficient demand warrants the contract, two infill carriages will be added between cars 05 and 06." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Metro_Metropolis_Stock#Service_formation This allowace for such expansion just isn't part of the BC mentality, but for NSW, it's not a problem.
With the Lions_Gate_Bridge being so narrow, it's impossible to have proper HOV & express bus lanes. Yet for decades, the city refuses to build a bus & HOV tunnel.
Although Portland is a stunted city when compared to Seattle, Portland still has a much better set of bridges than Vancouver, BC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_metropolitan_area,_Oregon
https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=bridges
Thursday, September 14, 2023
Cities with the best tram systems in the world
https://www.consultancy.eu/news/4634/the-countries-cities-with-the-best-tram-systems-in-the-world
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/115498506/worlds-10-best-city-tram-and-street-car-rides
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcars_in_North_America#Renaissance
Vancouver, BC was one of the first cities & regions to get rid of them.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/langley-township-interurban-rail-public-transit
Now, its one of the last cities & regions to bring them back. LA & SF have a combination of heavy rail & LRT or trams. Trains, trams & buses can all work well together, when properly coordinated.
https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/vancouver-transpo-grid-or-tube/
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
The Rabbit Hole MATRIX
At any given time there can be various forces and energies influencing a persons actions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmology#Religious_or_mythological_cosmology
Once again the observations at copycateffect.blogspot.com (TL) are astounding.
https://copycateffect.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Rabbit+Hole
The First scene of the Donnie Darko movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76IkuYLoJkE
Of course Echo_and_the_Bunnymen would have a fantastic song about a rabbit portal movie.
The Killing_Moon (Official Music Video) from the album 'Ocean Rain' (1984) · Echo And The Bunnymen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWz0JC7afNQ
https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland#White_Rabbit
Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland#The_White_Rabbit
GIANT rabbits on MATRIX TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeevA9Mw8-k
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(club)#Emergence_of_Jefferson_Airplane , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0 , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rabbit_(song)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shore_Leave_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Trivia/StarTrekS1E15ShoreLeave
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Shore_Leave_(episode)
https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Shore_Leave
https://www.jammersreviews.com/st-tos/s1/shoreleave.php
https://www.businessinsider.com/bank-of-america-wonders-about-the-matrix-2016-9
The Quantum_Leap Connection. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Leap#Premise
http://www.mtv.com/news/1661141/source-code-jake-gyllenhaal
QUANTUM LEAP CONNECTION
"Did the voice of Colter’s father sound familiar? If so, it’s because that was Scott Bakula, of Quantum Leap and Star Trek: Enterprise fame. The plot of Quantum Leap is actually similar to Source Code, and what’s more, Bakula starts off the phone conversation in the movie by saying, “Oh boy!” This was one of his character, Sam Beckett’s, most famous quotes." https://www.fandom.com/articles/5-things-may-missed-source-code
Its amazing that the song, Comin Back wasn't used in the Source_Code movie.
The Crystal Method performing Comin' Back. (1997) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As6EMBmKFrk
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-trains-idUSTRE7447VS20110506 From May 5, 2011.
How peculiar that a decade earlier, Jake_Gyllenhaal was in a movie about part of a airplane going through a portal and crashing on him.
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At the right side of this picture is the same SF skyline with the prominent B of A tower. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234215/mediaviewer/rm2349173760
SimCity was released in 1989, a full decade before the first Matrix movie and The_Thirteenth_Floor. Then SimCity_3000 was released in early 1999. The technology isn't suppose to exist yet, where a person can be linked to a sim character and live in a simulated city. However, more & more people are starting to ponder that this world might be part of a cosmic recording. https://fusionanomaly.net/matrix.html
The concept of the Akashic_records has been around since ancient times.
https://www.edgarcayce.org/the-readings/akashic-records
https://www.gaia.com/article/akashic-records-101-can-we-access-our-akashic-records
https://www.businessinsider.com/bank-of-america-thinks-theres-a-50-chance-we-live-in-a-matrix-2016-9
The Nature of Reality (TNOR)
https://fusionanomaly.net/williamgibson.html
https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Keanu+Reeves
Monday, September 9, 2013
Trains: Dubai, UAE, etc.
"The first section of the Red Line, covering 10 stations, was ceremonially inaugurated at 9:09:09 PM on 9 September 2009..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Metro
9-9-9
http://www.dubaicityguide.com/site/dubai-metro/dubai-metro-stations.asp
http://sandierpastures.com/dubai/the-dubai-metro-9-9-9-frenzy-a-success.html
2011-9-9
http://dubaimetro.eu/tag/992011
http://www.dubai-metro.me/blog
BART 2011-9-11
http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2009/news20090911.aspx
"Passenger service began on September 11, 1972, initially just between MacArthur and Fremont."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit#History,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwdemery/sets/72157622546324647
9-11 to 11.9
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Atlanta_Rapid_Transit_Authority
"The initiative, kicked off in December 2011, envisages an 11.9-mile extension of rapid transit service..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Atlanta_Rapid_Transit_Authority#Connect_400
9-11-1982
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peachtree_Center_(MARTA_station)#Construction,
http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number#Emergency_numbers_and_mobile_telephones
UK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/999_(emergency_telephone_number)#United_Kingdom
US http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number
999 & 911
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number#Direct-dial_numbers