LOCAL
• The challenge of Vancouver’s appeal to foreign investors [Globe and Mail]
• Robertson against keeping whales and dolphins in captivity [Globe and Mail]
• Mayor Gregor Robertson calls for an end to whale and dolphin captivity at the Vancouver Aquarium [Georgia Straight]
• Adriane Carr targets campaign financing in motion set to go before Vancouver council [Georgia Straight]
• Downtown Eastside residents fear dispersal due to Local Area Plan [Georgia Straight]
• Walkable Willowbrook? [South Fraser Blog]
• An Authentic First Step for Affordable Housing? [The Tyee]
• B.C. boosts capacity of team that helps homeless Vancouver youth [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Capital region food scraps will be shipped to Richmond [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Opposition grows to BC government’s plan to weaken farmland protection [Vancouver Sun]
• Can new-fangled mortgages finance Portland’s tiny-home boom? [Bike Portland]
• A new vision for Seattle: The connected city [Crosscut]
• Urban farming at NE Portland’s Madison High goes beyond Portlandia stereotype (photos) [The Oregonian]
• ST Picking New Pictograms [Seattle Transit Blog]
• Editorial: King County Metro Transit still has work to do; vote no on Prop. 1 [Seattle Times]
CANADA
• Rob Ford resurrects talk of abandoning streetcars [Toronto Star]
• Ditch the bus, get light rail transit, says Winnipeg councillor [CBC]
• BRT vs. LRT debate goes off the rails [Winnipeg Sun]
INTERNATIONAL
• Mapping Citi Bike’s Riders, Not Just Rides [I Quant NY]
• This Architect Has Painstakingly Standardized the World’s Subway Maps [The Atlantic Cities]
• 10 Things You Should Know About How the Public Feels About Development [Planners Web]