LOCAL
• It’s not all angst over bike lanes, affordable housing, transit: We have some fun in the city too [State of Vancouver]
• The promise of a new approach is damaged after sneak towers appear in Commercial Drive plan [State of Vancouver]
• Vancouver’s million-dollar real estate divide [Globe and Mail]
• ‘Land-banking’ leaves Lower Mainland’s fertile farms fallow [Globe and Mail]
• Strathcona group opposes Union Street bike lane changes [Vancouver Courier]
• Developing Story: open house for Rize project [Vancouver Courier]
• Rumble on the Drive: Broadway and Commercial towers workshop leaves no one happy [Vancouver Observer]
• Langley Township sued over university district plans [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• The Skinny on Washington’s New Stormwater Bible [Sightline Daily]
• Esquimalt’s Tudor House Pub, lost to fire, had heart and history [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Environment minister won’t get involved in Esquimalt’s sewage dispute with Capital Region District [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Disposable bike helmet made of newspapers could be answer to bike-share dilemma (video) [Oregon Live]
• Ocycler notes: Time coming for better signs on bike trails? And take our survey! [Oregon Live]
CANADA
• GO Transit trains and buses get a makeover [Toronto Star]
INTERNATIONAL
• Food trucks inspire mobile bookstore [Detroit News]
• Turkey’s Slide Into Urban Planning Autocracy [The Atlantic Cities]
• In Europe, Greener Transit on Existing Infrastructure [New York Times]
• What Happens When Everyone Makes Maps? [The Atlantic Cities]
• Is Downtown’s Low-Rise Building Spree Hurting the Community? [Los Angeles Downtown News]