LOCAL
• Port Mann Bridge: The case of the disappearing traffic [Fraseropolis]
• Popular Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts will not seek fourth term [Globe and Mail]
• Surrey Mayor’s departure marks the end of an era [Globe and Mail]
• The New Point Grey Road – 15: Connections to PGR [Price Tags]
• What’s Up in the West End: Old buildings, new spaces [Price Tags]
• Plan for deeper dredging in Fraser River has high environmental price [Stephen Rees’s Blog]
• Alden E. Habacon: Why is green so white? [Georgia Straight]
• Dianne Watts won’t seek reelection as mayor of Surrey, but she could remain an influential figure [Georgia Straight]
• Street homeless count doubles despite Vancouver mayor’s promises [Georgia Straight]
• Downtown Eastside co-op rents are on the rise [Georgia Straight]
• Parking at Walnut Grove Community Centre [South Fraser Blog]
• Cities Demand Cross-Exam of Trans Mountain Pipeline Hearing [The Tyee]
• Critics blast Metro Vancouver’s ‘greenwashed’ new business plan for incinerator [Vancouver Observer]
• Vancouver reviews developers’ fees for community amenities [Vancouver Sun]
• Coquitlam wants new business plan for Metro’s trash [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Victoria councillors search souls over selling naming rights [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Victoria to get creative with aging fire hall [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Plans for New Bridge Show It Pays to Live in Premier’s Riding: NDP [The Tyee]
• Maybe this is why you can’t afford to rent in the central city [Bike Portland]
• My opinion: Shared space and ‘cars as guests’ on 28th Ave [Bike Portland]
• Metro vote analysis: King County’s great city-suburban divide [Crosscut]
• Neighborhoods: How Seattle can turn a confusing moment into a better future [Crosscut]
INTERNATIONAL
• In High Gear [New York Times]
• Bolivia’s Shiny, Horrifying Urban Aerial Cable Car System Is The Biggest In The World [Fast Co.Exist]
• A Radical Approach to Adding Density in New York’s Outer Boroughs [The Atlantic Cities]
• Ecocity versus Duplicity [Planetizen]
• Cities need Goldilocks housing density – not too high or low, but just right [The Guardian]