LOCAL
• Vancouver condo prices: flat as a board these days [State of Vancouver]
• Mount Pleasant public meetings on transitional housing at Biltmore Jan. 8 and 11 — who will be there? [State of Vancouver]
• East Pender and Columbia Street [Changing Vancouver]
• Designers revisit the Murphy bed as condos get smaller [Globe and Mail]
• The Main Street jumble [Fraseropolis]
• Vancouver weighing fate of aging viaducts [Globe and Mail]
• Fun Facts on the West End [Price Tags]
• French Quarter Parklet: Kickstarting the project [Price Tags]
• “Beefing Up Population Density Won’t Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions” [Stephen Rees’s Blog]
• Maps reveal Metro Vancouver’s commuting habits [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Greater Victoria politicians debate sewage project deadline extension [Victoria Times Colonist]
• B.C., developers reach deal to transform block near legislature [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Portland’s risky bike-share venture: Editorial [The Oregonian]
• Low-income and senior housing projects see a bike parking boom, too [Bike Portland]
• Lessons from San Francisco [Seattle Transit Blog]
• New Mayor in Seattle to Overhaul Police Dept. [New York Times]
INTERNATIONAL
• Inequality and New York’s Subway [New Yorker]
• Disco Ball Traffic Lights And Skyscraper Slides: 50 Brilliant Ideas To Make Cities More Fun [Fast Co.Exist]
• The Challenge of Selling Bike-Share in a Hilly City [The Atlantic Cities]
• Major reverse jobs migration to farms on cards: Crisil [Financial Express]