LOCAL
• Barinder Rasode aiming to be first South Asian woman mayor in North America [State of Vancouver]
• NPA board will not endorse Denike and Woo for nomination [State of Vancouver]
• Vancouver mayors are right to want to price the roads [Globe and Mail]
• Surrey mayoral candidate surrounds herself with experience in bid for North American first [Globe and Mail]
• The Uncovered Issue: Danger of a Built-in Bias against Metro Vancouver [Price Tags]
• What is next for the Downtown Bus Service Review? [The Buzzer Blog]
• More than 800 Vision members show up at advance poll for park and school board nominations [Georgia Straight]
• Vancouver cyclists rack up hundreds of tickets for not wearing helmets [Georgia Straight]
• NPA board dumps Ken Charko after he questions process for choosing mayoral candidate [Georgia Straight]
• COPE and the Vancouver Greens eye a shared election slate [Georgia Straight]
• Vancouver’s housing co-ops face crunch [Georgia Straight]
• Rent supplements or social housing: Which do we need? [The Mainlander]
• Vancouver’s “green brand” to be blackened by oil pipelines, says Mayor [Vancouver Observer]
• Two Vancouver councillors accused of conflict of interest over rezoning [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Bertha repair plan surfaces. Questions about cause of damage and cost disputes linger. [Crosscut]
• Where the Growth is Happening [Seattle Transit Blog]
• Bike-to-transit mobile trip planner launches in Portland [Portland Bike Blog]
• East Portland: Slow growth, but don’t stop it, city planners recommend [The Oregonian]
INTERNATIONAL
• What’s Up With That: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse [Wired]
• California High-Speed Rail Finally Finds the Funding It Needs [City Lab]
• Copenhageners Test-Drive The Bicycle Snake [Copenhagenize]
• The Country That Invented The Car Is Now One Of The World’s Biggest Users Of Car Sharing [Fast Co.Exist]