Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday

LOCAL
• Stone agrees to add tolls, fees to transit ballot [Globe and Mail]
• Fare gate in action at Sapperton Station [Buzzer Blog]
• “No pipelines” graffiti irks Commercial Drive resident [Georgia Straight]
• B.C. municipal politicians set to get four-year terms [Georgia Straight]
• City of Langley Council rejects all advisory committee recommendation? [South Fraser Blog]
• TransLink, improv comedy, and the upcoming referendum [South Fraser Blog]
• Metro Vancouver’s new commercial real estate boom tied to transportation [Vancouver Sun]
• B.C.’s municipal politicians to get longer term in office [Vancouver Sun]
• Metro Vancouver mayors push Victoria to consider all sources of funding [Vancouver Sun]
• Surrey shortlists three to build biofuel processing facility [Vancouver Sun]

CASCADIA
• Land swap gives Victoria ownership of Crystal Garden [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Leave our taxing powers for LNG projects alone, B.C. municipalities demand [Globe and Mail]
• Lovely Roundabout [Stephen Rees’s Blog]
• More than child’s play: A new spot for kids at Seattle Center [Crosscut]

CANADA
• LRT east portal tunnelling still on hold because of collapse [Ottawa Citizen]
• Peter Kuitenbrouwer: Big private landowners have shocking proposal for the Gardiner Expressway — tear it down [National Post]

INTERNATIONAL
• Gentrification: We’re both the problem and the solution [Place Makers]
• Cargo Bike Parking Design – The Copenhagenize Bar by Cyclehoop [Copenhagenize]
• Peak Travel and Outdated Projections [Copenhagenize]
• These Crazy South African Dorms Are Made From Shipping Containers And Old Silos [Fast Co.Exist]
• Why More U.S. Cities Need to Embrace Bus-Rapid Transit [The Atlantic Cities]
• Musician Wants to Make Taking the A Train Easier on the Ears [Wall Street Journal]