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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday

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LOCAL
• Another public parking garage disappears [Price Tags]
• The In-Between Highrise: Vancouver’s way of density [Price Tags]
• Embattled Insite marks bittersweet 10-year anniversary [Globe and Mail]
• Surrey crosswalks under review in wake of fatal accident [Globe and Mail]
• Barbara Yaffe: Port Metro Vancouver tries to play nice with its neighbours [Vancouver Sun]
• Developing Story: City of Vancouver staff recommend delays for two community plans [Vancouver Courier]
• Vancouver trustees want inner city school review expanded [Vancouver Courier]

CASCADIA
• Greater Victoria transit commission to broach gas-tax increase with transportation minister [Victoria Times Colonist]
• What went wrong with Columbia River bridge planning? [Crosscut]
• Seattle’s housing market rebound: A tale of two zip codes [Crosscut]
• Sidney mayor’s scooter-safety plea rejected at Union of B.C. Municipalities convention [Victoria Times Colonist]

CANADA
• Quebec announces plan to build Montreal subway extension [Globe and Mail]
• Gloom grows along with subway crowding [Toronto Star]
• Metrolinx’s ‘noise walls’ have no place in Toronto: Hume [Toronto Star]

INTERNATIONAL
• High-rise living is the only way to protect the green belt [The Guardian]
• The search for a parking spot [Washington Post]
• Car Commuting on the Decline, Bike Commuting Hits Record (with Update) [Frontier Group]
• Can Urban Forests Save the Planet? [Planetizen]
• At 40, an Unloved Parisian Orphan Gets a Makeover [Wall Street Journal]