LOCAL
• Notes from TransLink’s 2011 AGM at Vancouver Transit Centre [The Buzzer Blog]
• Former Vancouver mayor hopes forum will spark debate about densification [Vancouver Sun]
• Homeless attention in Vancouver should be on prevention, not count [Vancouver Courier]
• Are Canada’s environmental elders backing down from the fight? [Vancouver Observer]
• Metro Vancouver parks under ‘significant stress’ [Vancouver Sun]
• It’s raining, you’re bored: How to kill an afternoon [Price Tags]
• Residents say entertainment, walking experience holding back downtown [Civic Surrey]
• Surrey considers multiple suite zones [Surrey North Delta Leader]
INTERNATIONAL
• Ithaca mayor turns his personal parking space into a mini-park [Grist]
• Can the “Urban Advantage” Bring Better Global Health as City Populations Skyrocket? [Scientific American]
• The Dreaded Density Issue [PlaceShakers]
• The Invisible Underworld of London [The Atlantic Cities]
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