LOCAL
• Vancouver’s housing market strongly dependent on Chinese economy: Conference Board of Canada [Business in Vancouver]
• The New Point Grey Road – 9: Sunny Sunday [Price Tags]
• The New Point Grey Road – 10: One hour and 245 images on PGR [Price Tags]
• Why is Vancouver drunk on highrises? [Price Tags]
• Bus service improvements coming to West Vancouver on April 5 [Buzzer Blog]
• Township of Langley Council denies cycling funding increase [South Fraser Blog]
• SkyTrain workers vote 95 percent in favour of strike [Georgia Straight]
• The re-industrialization of Howe Sound would devastate BC’s environment and tourism economy [Vancouver Observer]
• Hornby Street – north from Robson [Changing Vancouver]
CASCADIA
• portland: the high-frequency grid is back! [Human Transit]
• How Oregon’s unequal tax laws deter density where it’s needed most [Bike Portland]
• The future of Old Town Chinatown: Sarah Stevenson, Innovative Housing Inc’s executive director, talks future (Q&A) [The Oregonian]
CANADA
• The Cycle Track Network: A Visionary Plan for Calgary [Bike Calgary]
INTERNATIONAL
• Face to the Fjord: A look at Oslo on the release of their new PSPL [Gehl Cities for People]
• Transit Planners Look to the Sky with Cable Cars, Gondolas [Urband Land Institute]
• Venice’s Case for Independence [The Atlantic Cities]
• The Santana Row conundrum: Is San Jose’s future urban density, suburban sprawl or both? [Silicon Valley Business Journal]
• Maps Reveal How Immigration Transformed Boston’s Neighborhoods [Wired]