LOCAL
• Police, fire services must be part of city budget restraint initiatives [Metro 604]
• Strathcona: The neighbourhood at a glance [Vancouver Courier]
• Strathcona: Wall to Wall (VIDEO) [Vancouver Courier]
• City installs mid-block crosswalk on East Hastings [Vancouver Courier]
• Powell Street overpass work starts Monday [Vancouver Courier]
• Developing Story: Wide West End laneways eyed for rental housing [Vancouver Courier]
• Vancouver’s Varsity Ridge bowls its last frame [Vancouver Courier]
• Trump coming to Vancouver, celebrates with insane website [Vancouver Observer]
• Powell Street closure will affect 30,000 vehicles daily [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Esquimalt planning advisers reject McLoughlin sewage plan [Victoria Times Colonist]
• A Mom’s Long Bus Ride [Sightline Daily]
CANADA
• Street food returns to Montreal after 66-year ban [Globe and Mail]
INTERNATIONAL
• Does Paris need new skyscrapers? [BBC]
• Mass Protests in Brazil Win Bus Fare Reductions [Transportation Nation]
• Highway Expansion Encourages More Than Just Driving [New York Times]
• Indonesia Tells Singapore It’s ‘Behaving Like a Child’ About Smog Coming From Indonesia [The Atlantic Cities]
• Have We Passed Peak Car? [The Atlantic Cities]
• Approaching Calcutta [Places: Design Observer]
• Detroit’s Regional Planners Need to Kick the Highway Habit [DC Streets Blog]