LOCAL
• Downtown Eastside future development plan gets its first airing: a rental-only district; a goal to get low-cost grocers into the hood; lots of “a variety of new housing forms encouraged” [State of Vancouver]
• The new Rize, um, MountPleasant2014 tower: What do you think? [State of Vancouver]
• Vancouver bike-news day: Bike-share contract reached; plan for Point Grey Road laid out [State of Vancouver]
• Vancouver bike share program aims to avoid mistakes of other cities [Globe and Mail]
• Referendum: The Soft Strategy [Price Tags]
• Point Grey Bike Route: Gear Up or Hit the Brakes? [The Tyee]
• Vancouver bike sharing by the numbers: An infographic [Vancouver Observer]
• Vancouver plans to overhaul traffic flow at south end of Burrard Bridge [Vancouver Sun]
• Residents face off over Point Grey Road bike lane [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Building code changes suggested to prevent serious condo barbecue fires [Vancouver Sun]
• Does Portland ‘break even’ issuing parking tickets? PolitiFact Oregon [Oregon Live]
CANADA
• Windsor seeks clarity on what will happen to Detroit section of tunnel linking the two cities [Globe and Mail]
• Toronto keeps Walmart out of Kensington Market for at least one year [Toronto Star]
INTERNATIONAL
• Going, in Uncertainty, Where No Other Big City Has [New York Times]
• Detroit’s demise forecast by dwindling population, rising crime rates [Globe and Mail]
• Detroit bankruptcy filing unconstitutional, judge rules [Toronto Star]
• Detroit’s Creditors Eye Its Art Collection [New York Times]
• Lulu and the Life-Sized City [Copenhagenize]
• Can Aja Brown, Compton’s Hip, Refreshing Reform Mayor, Turn This Woeful City Around? [Los Angeles Weekly]