Apologies:
Headlines are LATE today. While working on them this morning at a Starbucks near the Vancouver Police Headquarters and Olympic Village this Editor had his bag stolen from beside him and all of his notes and belongings inside taken. Luckily the sneaky individual who quietly eulifted the bag from beside me and in view of no less than five Vancouver police officers neglected to see that I was working on my computer at the time. A search through the lanes and dumpsters of Mount Pleasant has proven fruitless. Better late than never though.
LOCAL
• Elizabeth Murphy’s editorial repeatedly denouncing the Transportation 2040 Plan as a flawed imposition of a “Hong Kong model” gives me one less reason to enjoy today. [VancouverSun]
• Unarmed ‘peace officers’ step closer in Vancouver [CBC-BC]
• Homeless man challenges Vancouver bylaws that prohibit sleeping outside [VancouverSun]
• Vancouver Fraser Port Authority poised to become North America’s largest coal exporter [Straight]
• George Massey Tunnel replacement will be the next big project [VanCityBuzz]
CANADA
• Federal government rejects calls for dedicated transit fund [Globe&Mail]
• Rework for tax burden on small BC breweries in the works, but is it politically motivated? [VancouverSun]
• Edmonton Transit rapped for removing parking spaces [CBC-Edmonton]
• Will separated bike lanes on Harbord divide a Toronto neighbourhood? [Torontoist]
• London, ON mayor Fontana charged with fraud pressured to resign [CBC-ON]
• Peterborough driveway basketball complaint rejected by Ministry of Environment [TorontoStar]
INTERNATIONAL
• Meanwhile in China… [TorontoStar]
• The urbanist case for keeping D.C.’s height restrictions [AtlanticCities]
• La petite ceinture — the little belt — is a forgotten High Line in Paris [Places:DesignObserver]
• A vision of a Carbon-Zero urban future: An interview with Alex Steffen [AtlanticCities]