Monday, October 6, 2025

Edmonton vs. Vancouver, etc.

Edmonton has one tower thats taller than anything in BC. However, Burnaby and Surrey will eventually rival it. Despite more people wanting to move to Vancouver, perhaps to avoid the -20C to -30C Canadian winters. However, some people are determined to make sure that Vancouver never has any building taller than what's in Edmonton & especially Calgary & Seattle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton#Public_transit Unfortunatly, any underground train station in backwards Vancouver was designed to be shorter than the underground train stations in Edmonton & Seattle. While the trains in Vancouver can be more frequent, short stations keep the trains short and pathetic.

Despite the SkyTrain being a multibillion dollar system, the underground stations are only 80 metres on the first 2 lines. The Canada (embassament) Line only has 50 metre stations. In contrast, the Montreal Metro has 152.5 metre stations. At least the underground stations in Edmonton are in the 125 to 130 metre range and even longer in Seattle.

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

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kurt-b/51118510836

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Edmonton_Skyline_from_Blatchford.jpg 
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/J.W._Marriott_Edmonton_Ice_District_%26_Stantec_Tower This is taller than any current building in BC. The shorter tower would be the second tallest if it was in Vancouver. 

No bridge in Vancouver is allowed to be as wide as the widest in Edmonton.

Even when the Granville+Bridge used to have 8 lanes, there were no emergency lanes and 2 narrow, uneven sidewalks. Where as the newer Quesnell+Bridge still has 8 lanes, plus 2 emergency lanes & a wide sidewalk.