LOCAL
• Developers building around transit routes [Global News]
• 125 West Pender Street [Changing Vancouver]
• Alta Bicycle Share announces new partnership with former Bixi software provider, as some raise questions about Alta trying to do too much [State of Vancouver]
• Robertson has early edge in Vancouver’s one-candidate mayor’s race [Globe and Mail]
• Stone, Lower Mainland mayors to talk transit [Globe and Mail]
• “For every rule there is an exception” [Price Tags]
• Vancouver city council to vote on revised policy statement for Pearson Dogwood lands [Georgia Straight]
• Famous fake sign to chill permanently at East Vancouver park [Vancouver Sun]
• Chinatown: Neighbourhood at a Glance [Vancouver Courier]
• Chinatown: Neighbourhood by the Numbers [Vancouver Courier]
CASCADIA
• Denis Hayes and the Cascadia Sustainability Movement [Triple Pundit]
• Amtrak train upgrade brings more convenient schedule between Portland, Eugene (photos) [Oregon Live]
• B.C. leads the country in climate change planning [Vancouver Sun]
• Many Portlanders say they like bikeways, but walking is top priority in new poll [Bike Portland]
CANADA
• Bixi’s former partners become key competitors [Montreal Gazette]
INTERNATIONAL
• The Day We Lost Atlanta [Politico]
• This Is What Informal Transit Looks Like When You Actually Map It [The Atlantic Cities]
• Venice’s famed tolerance is being tested by the homeless [Los Angeles Times]
• Thanks to the Super Bowl, New York Has Its Very First Regional Transit Map [The Atlantic Cities]
• Nicer Transit Stations Attract More Riders [The Atlantic Cities]
• These Are The 10 Most Exciting Suburbs In America [Movoto]