LOCAL
• Surrey asks feds for $1.8 billion for light rail [Vancouver Sun]
• Imminent opening of Biltmore transitional housing in Mount Pleasant prompts community debate, promises to choose tenants ‘carefully’ [State of Vancouver]
• Council endorses liquor licence for Fox (former porn theatre) cabaret on Main [State of Vancouver]
• Badly-needed B.C. legislature dome refit could cost millions [Globe and Mail]
• Referendum: The Monster They’re Making [Price Tags]
• Referendum Potholes: The Bait-and-Switch [Price Tags]
• Translink Update: The Base Plan … and its consequences [Price Tags]
• A vision for reducing BC’s Transportation Emissions [Stephen Rees’s Blog]
• Two-percent property tax increase proposed in Vancouver budget [Georgia Straight]
• Surrey picks Vincent Lalonde to succeed Murray Dinwoodie as city manager [Georgia Straight]
• Vancouver political parties spar over property-tax records [Georgia Straight]
• Metro Vancouver to review pipeline expansion [Georgia Straight]
• What Vancouver City Hall Is Doing for Renters [The Tyee]
• Is Vancouver getting enough bang for its buck? [Vancouver Observer]
• Former Surrey city planner faces jail time for soliciting money from developer [Vancouver Sun]
• Vancouver plans action to save historic buildings [Vancouver Sun]
• Compass card rollout delayed for West Coast Express [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Victoria councillors suggest slowing traffic on busy roads [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Proposal for height rezoning near Mount Baker station raises controversy [Crosscut]
• TriMet testing grassy ‘eco-track’ on Portland-Milwaukie MAX line (video) [Oregon Live]
• Seattle Subway’s Thoughts on Sound Transit’s Long Range Plan [Seattle Transit Blog]
CANADA
• Staples: Short history of LRT expansion: Expect disappointment [Edmonton Journal]
• TTC, Metrolinx estimate time for transfers on Crosstown [Toronto Star]
INTERNATIONAL
• Seventeen Suburbs in Search of a (Cycling) City [HUSH]
• When Neighbors Tore Down Their Fences, Incredible Things Happened [Fast Co.Exist]
• What Driverless Vehicles “See” [Portland Transport]
• The Suburbs Are the New Swing States [The Atlantic Cities]