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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday

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LOCAL
• Right-wing thinktank in UK proposes dramatic new restrictions to keep foreign buyers out of housing market [State of Vancouver]
• First Baptist Church – Burrard Street [Changing Vancouver]
• How to harness a changing Chinatown [Globe and Mail]
• Don Cayo: Premier’s new stance on referendum opens door for a better approach [Vancouver Sun]
• Ohrn Image: Point Grey Road – 2 [Price Tags]
• Todd Stone: Why we need a TransLink referendum [Georgia Straight]
• The Popular Struggle for Transit in Vancouver | ML Radio [The Mainlander]
• Metro Van and Fraser Valley Regional District butt heads over incinerator plan [Vancouver Observer]
• Big companies and big money square off over Metro Van’s $480m incineration plan [Vancouver Sun]
• International panel to advise on Broadway corridor transit [Vancouver Sun]
• Pete McMartin — Engaged City: Talk among yourselves [Vancouver Sun]

CASCADIA
• Time is running out for Jumbo Glacier Resort [Globe and Mail]
• What Would “Congestion Relief” Mean for Washington Policy? [Sightline Daily]
• Group proposes a simple fix for homelessness: build homes [Victoria Times Colonist]

CANADA
• Toronto’s mixed-use boom coming to a ‘hood near you [Toronto Star]

INTERNATIONAL
• India’s 1st Monorail Opens in Mumbai to Much Fanfare and Doubt [New York Times]
• How cars have squeezed pedestrians off the streets and made it almost impossible to walk [Treehugger]
• Chicago Transit Bridges Gap Between Contactless Transit Passes and Private Cards [Seattle Transit Blog]
• Can China Wash Away Smog With Giant Showerheads? [Fast Co.Exist]
• Why The World’s Largest Experiment In Free Public Transportation Failed [Fast Co.Design]
• New York Fights to Set Its Own Speed Limits [The Atlantic Cities]