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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday

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LOCAL
• Wheels haven’t fallen off Vancouver’s bike-share ambitions [Globe and Mail]
• Cultural bummers ‘really disappointing,’ but part of life, Gregor Robertson says [Globe and Mail]
• The Politics of Point Grey Road: “An arterial for all Vancouverites” [Price Tags]
• Referendum: The CKNW Roundtable [Price Tags]
• Passenger queuing study at Commercial–Broadway Station [Buzzer Blog]
• Introducing the new Chair of the TransLink Board for 2014 – Marcella Szel [Buzzer Blog]
• Vancouver delays decision on Pearson Dogwood policy after redevelopment plan draws concerns [Georgia Straight]
• Just Say Hello: Making Vancouver a friendlier city, one cup of coffee at a time [Vancouver Observer]
• Surrey seeks community court [Vancouver Sun]
• Historic Binning House in West Vancouver worth saving, says advocate [Vancouver Sun]
• Construction begins on two new Tsawwassen malls [Vancouver Sun]
• Metro mayors consider survey on referendum question for transportation funding [Vancouver Sun]
• Under the Street [What Floats to the Top of My Desk]

CASCADIA
• Proposal to build apartments sparks opposition in Oak Bay [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Smaller, lighter bus takes test run on Victoria roads [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Homeless In Seattle – and beyond [Crosscut]
• How to Make Waiting for the Bus Feel Much, Much Shorter [The Atlantic Cities]
• Waiting for the Bus [Seattle Transit Blog]
• Seattle 2035 [Seattle Transit Blog]

INTERNATIONAL
• Boston public food market set for construction [Boston Globe]
• How Istanbul Will Define This Decade [The Atlantic Cities]
• The Streets Of Ann Arbor Will Soon Be Filled With Driverless Cars [Fast Co.Exist]
• How A Former Oil Silo Turned Into One Of Helsinki’s Landmarks [Fast Co.Exist]
• Forefront Excerpt: Why Streetcars Aren’t About Transit [Next City]
• Downtown Detroit apartment rents spiking higher, even pricing out middle class [Detroit Free Press]