LOCAL
• A renter’s story: No regrets, says Vancouver accountant [Globe and Mail]
• Disposal fees drive Metro Vancouver waste out of region [Globe and Mail]
• Young, diverse slate wins big at Vision park-board nomination [State of Vancouver]
• Transit ridership down in first quarter of 2014 [South Fraser Blog]
• Kirk LaPointe’s biggest obstacle to becoming mayor of Vancouver: Peter Armstrong [Georgia Straight]
• Vancouver Greens vote against cooperating with other parties ahead of November election [Georgia Straight]
• Vancouver city council to vote on referring downtown tower application to a public hearing [Georgia Straight]
• Vision Vancouver nominations advance party storyline for the election [Georgia Straight]
• Vision Vancouver selects park and school board candidates [Vancouver Sun]
• Pete McMartin: Not all doom and gloom for Metro Vancouver housing [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Nanaimo-Vancouver foot ferry a step closer to reality [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Portland: What’s the fastest mode of transportation? [MIT labs]
• Mayor Greg Ballard will bring wisdom from Indianapolis to Portland next month [Bike Portland]
• TriMet Unveils All-Electric Test Bus [Portland Transport]
• A Better Light Rail for Kirkland and Issaquah [Seattle Transit Blog]
INTERNATIONAL
• D.C. developers take rowhouses to new heights [Washington Post]
• This Startup Says It Can Make Any Car Autonomous for $10,000 [Wired]
• Scenographic Urbanism: Paul Rudolph and the Public Realm [Places: Design Observer]
• When Micro-Housing Misses the Point [City Lab]
• How Denver Is Becoming the Most Advanced Transit City in the West [City Lab]