LOCAL
• Guest post from Frank Ducote: A stunning transformation is planned for Grandview-Woodlands. Is the community really ready for this? [State of Vancouver]
• Another quirky idea of housing in Vancouver: apartments build on top of working fire halls [State of Vancouver]
• West End Memories Project: Nadine – 2 [Price Tags]
• Managing Growth: Integrating Land Use and Transportation Planning [Stephen Rees’s Blog]
• 12th & Cambie: Vancouver’s Social housing shuffle [Vancouver Courier]
• Vancouver puts Adanac bikeway plan on hold to address neighbourhood concerns [Vancouver Sun]
• Metro Vancouver board to hear more from public, port on increasing coal shipments [Vancouver Sun]
• Photos: Want to farm in B.C.? It’ll cost you [Vancouver Sun]
• Urban wildlife: There are humane alternatives to ineffective culls [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Oregon: Driving Downhill [Sightline Daily]
• Portland Streetcar inks deal with GlobeSherpa to offer mobile ticketing app [Oregon Live]
CANADA
• City to hold public meeting to consider full range of options for the crumbling Gardiner Expressway [National Post]
• No new tunnel in city plan to save ‘Richmond Underground’ LRT route to the west [Ottawa Citizen]
INTERNATIONAL
• In Bogotá, Activists Are Fighting Against a Backslide in Pedestrian Safety [The Atlantic Cities]
• Robotic Storage Solution of the Day: Japan’s Underground Bike Valet [The Atlantic Cities]
• Anaheim council rejects ballot measure on district representation [Los Angeles Times]
• More Suburban Poor? Think Again [Rooflines]
• Dutch high-speed train dream runs off the rails [Yahoo News]