LOCAL
• First court ruling re community centres vs Vancouver park board goes in favour of the park board [State of Vancouver]
• In Vancouver parks dispute, board takes round one [Globe and Mail]
• Why we should listen to the Vancouver mayor’s message about homelessness [Globe and Mail]
• Hidden costs of suburban sprawl in the billions: B.C. economist [Metro]
• Deadline for submitting strata depreciation reports in B.C. comes in six weeks [Georgia Straight]
• Six Vancouver community centres lose first battle in fight against OneCard program [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Low-car, upscale: New buildings dare to expand the Pearl [Bike Portland]
• Watch Link Make its Way to Lynnwood [Seattle Transit Blog]
CANADA
• There has been little follow-through on municipal environmental plans [Montreal Gazette]
INTERNATIONAL
• New York’s Love Affair With Citi Bike, Visualized [Fast Co.Exist]
• The Suburbs Might Be The Source Of Power For Cities Of The Future [Fast Co.Exist]
• Turkey connects Europe and Asia with new railway tunnel under the Bosporus [National Post]
• Minnesota customer says Bixi is in breach of contract [Montreal Gazette]
• How National Income Predicts Traffic Safety [The Atlantic Cities]
• The Most Complicated Tunnel in the World Finally Opens [The Atlantic Cities]
• Where the housing recovery is only a faint hope [Crain’s Chicago Business]
• The Era of “When, Not If,” Compels a New Approach to Waterfront Development [Planetizen]