LOCAL
• Vancouver mayor hopes to channel immigrant, international-investor money out of real estate, into other businesses [State of Vancouver]
• Infighting at Hillcrest centre prompts Vancouver parks board to step in [Globe and Mail]
• Vancouver parks official pushes for public WiFi zones [Globe and Mail]
• The New Point Grey Road – 12: Athletic Highway [Price Tags]
• Friday, April 11: Celebrate our waterfront [Vancouver Sun]
• Repeat a lie often enough … [Stephen Rees’s Blog]
• Broken housing promises at Heather Place: Four out of ten affordable housing units will be lost in redevelopment [The Mainlander]
• Reasonable Doubt: Landowners are not feudal overlords and some tenants are just jerks [Georgia Straight]
• SkyTrain factory lease saving taxpayers money [South Fraser Blog]
• Small-scale mixed-use in Langley [South Fraser Blog]
• Nashville takes a lesson from Vancouver [Vancouver Sun]
• West Pender Street – 100 Block [Changing Vancouver]
CASCADIA
• In Pictures: Kitimat in transition: a boomtown in the making [Globe and Mail]
• Seattle – 4: More evidence of declining traffic [Price Tags]
• Ramps to Nowhere: Now we’re getting Somewhere [Crosscut]
• Victoria OKs review amid Johnson St. bridge cost concern [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Victoria wants to know your thoughts on parking plans [Victoria Times Colonist]
INTERNATIONAL
• The Great Dithering [SPUR]
• How Not To Measure Housing Affordability [Planetizen]
• The Biggest Problem With Forcing Commuter Trains to Use 2 Drivers [The Atlantic Cities]
• No, Bike Lanes Don’t Cause Horrible Congestion [Fast Co.Exist]
• The Politics Of Sprawl [The Dish]