LOCAL
• Downtown Eastside developer fees to go toward social housing [Globe and Mail]
• Cruise ship being readied for stint as home to Kitimat construction crews [Globe and Mail]
• Vancouver police chief contract extended five years [State of Vancouver]
• Vancouver police chief Jim Chu gets contract extension to 2017 [Georgia Straight]
• Vancouver park board’s Sarah Blyth not seeking reelection [Georgia Straight]
• The Taxpayers Federation, TransLink, and Park & Rides [South Fraser Blog]
• Surrey bylaw zeroes in on ugly, cluttered signs [Vancouver Sun]
• Shelley Fralic: Redevelopment won’t solve Downtown Eastside’s problems [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Pedestrian Chronicles: Building Bell Street Park [Seattle Met]
• Portland bike share: Is it a good fit for a city already teeming with bicycles? (poll) [Oregon Live]
• City likely to delay Portland bike share until 2015 [Portland Bike Blog]
• Bike-Share Hits Yet Another Snag in Portland, Oregon [The Atlantic Cities]
• Portland Development Commission’s Patrick Quinton talks Indianapolis, ‘iconic projects,’ urban growth boundary (Q&A) [Oregon Live]
• Big changes for Portland urban renewal districts? Portland City Hall Roundup (maps) [Oregon Live]
INTERNATIONAL
• States Reinvest in Once-Abandoned Freight Lines [Governing]
• Where Do You Want to Go? [Copenhagenize]
• 10 Lessons in More Engaging Citizen Engagement [Planetizen]
• A new coalition for urban place [Better Cities & Towns]