LOCAL
• Mapnificent! No, really, MAPnificent [Green Growth Cascadia]
• Urban farmers hope to grow in school district [Vancouver Courier]
• West Side property values soar 20 to 40 per cent [Vancouver Courier]
• Delta mayor envisions mini Florence, with vibrant shops, restaurants [Vancouver Sun]
• Lessons of Attawapiskat on Vancouver Island [The Tyee]
• TransLink’s 2011 Year in Review [The Buzzer Blog]
CANADA
• Looking to the skies for answers: a second look at gondola transit [The Star]
• Winnipeg councillor gives $3K to bus ticket program [CBC News]
INTERNATIONAL
• The Future of Bike Sharing Schemes on the United States [This Big City]
• singing the metro [Human Transit]
• Opening and Construction Starts Planned for 2012 [The Transport Politic]
• Plan could alter housing density outside Loop [Houston Chronicle]
• ‘Pocket Neighborhoods’ For Sustainable Suburbs [The Atlantic]
• The Hills Are Alive [Places: Design Observer]
• What’s Wrong With American Housing? [Brookings Institute]