This is now on my Medium
Expo 86 was Vancouver's "coming out" party and its theme was transportation. This of course coincided with the opening of what is now the Expo Line from Waterfront to its then terminus at New Westminster. However, there were a few rapid transit systems built for the exposition including one very useful monorail system.
Also, for geographical reasons, it's, like. Really good reading alongside this post I did? https://cohost.org/kda/post/23481-in-which-i-sky-train
But I'm really glad to see someone doing well-researched, really interesting posts about transit history in Vancouver!