LOCAL
• Trump brand arrives in B.C. [Globe and Mail]
• Why a regional sales tax is the only real option for transit funding [Metro 604]
• 3 conditions to remove New West parkade [Metro 604]
• Be clear on road pricing, B.C. mayors urged [Globe and Mail]
• New Westminster: Vision and Reality [Price Tags]
• NYT’s Biking Wisdom: Where’s Vancouver? [Price Tags]
• Translink enters the fray [Stephen Rees’s Blog]
• “British Columbians flee rising housing costs” [Stephen Rees’s Blog]
• Vancouver viaduct removal could cost $55 million [Vancouver Courier]
• B.C.’s commercial rent controls debated [Vancouver Courier]
• 12th & Cambie: Will B.C.’s new AG crack down on unpaid helmet fines? [Vancouver Courier]
• Ex-NPAers start their own Vancouver party [Vancouver Courier]
• New LED streetlights spark concerns [Vancouver Courier]
• Coquitlam mayor on one-lane bridge: We’re going to have people die [Vancouver Sun]
• Vancouver food vendors take it to the streets (with video) [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Victoria-area water rates likely to keep rising [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Island could burn Vancouver garbage — and residents might have no say [Victoria Times Colonist]
• William’s Travels: Vancouver to Portland on public transit [Buzzer Blog]
• Ugly by Law [Sightline Daily]
CANADA
• Montreal to get its new, new mayor next Tuesday during special council meeting [National Post]
• TTC boss suggests banning cars from downtown King St. at rush hours [Toronto Star]
INTERNATIONAL
• Paris a bicycle paradise? Hmm, not quite [State of Vancouver]
• Netherlands Diary 13 – Dutch Wonders [Price Tags]
• Beware the Pseudo-Historical Retrofit Craze Sweeping Over Europe [The Atlantic Cities]
• Some People Are Really Upset About the Los Angeles Plastic Bag Ban [The Atlantic Cities]
• Faces of a Madrid Slum Clearance [The Atlantic Cities]
• Chris Brown cites 1st Amendment in fight over murals [Los Angeles Times]
• Baltimore mayor: Improvements will position city to ‘poach’ residents from D.C. [Washington Business Journal]
• Starchitect Trio: The Men Behind Germany’s Building Debacles [Der Spiegel]