LOCAL
• Bike-share advocates worry Vancouver’s program won’t launch until 2014 [Vancouver Sun]
• Vancouver looks to restart downtown New Year’s celebration [Vancouver Sun]
• Council waits for staff report before deciding Vancouver Art Gallery’s fate [Vancouver Sun]
• B.C. Liberals nominate Suzanne Anton in Vancouver-Fraserview [Globe and Mail]
• Bringing ‘rural renewal’ to Tsawwassen’s Boundary Bay [Globe and Mail]
• Anniversary: The most important land-use decision in B.C.’s history [Price Tags]
• Climate Change, NDP economics and the Tunnel [Stephen Rees’s Blog]
• Pete McMartin: Global warming’s new frightening deadline [Vancouver Sun]
• City of Vancouver installs two air pumps on bike routes [The Courier]
• Marpole’s parks and open spaces subject of workshop [The Courier]
• New York Block – Granville Street [Changing Vancouver]
• NPA accuses Vision Vancouver of flip flop on consultation [The Courier]
• Nothing ADU-ing [Sightline Daily]
CANADA
• OLG head thinks Toronto casino vote is too close to call [Globe and Mail]
• Plan to drop speed limit to 40 km/h on local B.C. streets met with ‘hate’ [Vancouver Sun]
INTERNATIONAL
• The Streetlight of the Future Will Do So Much More Than Light Your Street [The Atlantic Cities]
• Why It’s Nearly Impossible to Make GPS Work for India [The Atlantic Cities]
• Google Admits Street View Project Violated Privacy [The New York Times]
• Mitchell Schwarzer: The Emergence of Container Urbanism [Places: Design Observer]
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