LOCAL
• Ease up on minor Downtown Eastside offences, Vancouver police urged [Globe and Mail]
• Gregor Robertson and VPD decision to continue discriminatory ticketing rejected by Police Complaint Commissioner [The Mainlander]
• East Vancouver residents take on John Hendry Park’s future [Georgia Straight]
• Rail realignment discussion in Surrey/White Rock poses question of which interests will be served [Vancouver Observer]
• Vancouver’s inner city gets creative with economic development [Vancouver Observer]
• Rats on the rise in B.C. cities [Globe and Mail]
• Condo living on the rise among baby boomers, young adults [Vancouver Sun]
• The Mary Chan Public Library [What Floats to the Top of My Desk]
CASCADIA
• Gondola system proposed for central Victoria [Vancouver Sun]
• British Columbians, especially men, back highway speed limit increase: poll [Vancouver Sun]
• Puget Sound and other Washington urbanized areas driving less, using transit and alternatives more [Washington PIRG]
• Visions for the U District: taller, vital and still funky [Seattle Times]
• Short on corporate cash, Puget Sound Bike Share faces uphill ride to Capitol Hill [Capital Hill Seattle]
CANADA
• COST OF GRIDLOCK: Is that condo parking spot becoming an albatross? [Toronto Star]
INTERNATIONAL
• How the Poor Are Squeezed Out of The Most Affordable Housing [The Atlantic Cities]
• Robots and Property Values [New York Times]
• Madrid’s Big Plan to Swear Off Cars [The Atlantic Cities]