LOCAL
• City eyes affordable housing [Vancouver Courier]
• Coming up in 2011: Separated bike lanes debate part II [OpenFile]
• Metro Vancouver won’t join Seattle and Portland in plastic bag bag [Vancouver Sun]
• Former West Vancouver mayor aims to transform bus shelters into canvases for local artists [Vancouver Sun]
• UBC researchers try to improve the green footprints of green roofs [Vancouver Sun]
INTERNATIONAL
• Using a Building’s Name as Bait for Buyers [The New York Times]
• In Madrid’s Heart, Park Blooms Where a Freeway Once Blighted [The New York Times]
• Can gentrification work for everyone? [Salon.com]
• The City IKEA Built [The Atlantic]
• 2011 review: The year in environment [New Scientist]