LOCAL
• Q & A with Sarah Ross, Senior Manager, TransLink Strategy and Plan Development [The Buzzer Blog]
• Vancouver named world’s most reputable city [Vancity Buzz]
• Developer may save ‘endangered’ mansion [Globe and Mail]
• UBC ahead of city on affordable housing [Vancouver Courier]
• Vancouver to consider “immediate” actions to boost affordable housing stock [OpenFile]
• Mayor uses Affordability Task Force to deregulate and privatize housing [The Mainlander]
• Vancouver considers immediate development of ‘thin streets’ to boost housing affordability [Vancouver Sun]
• Affordable-housing plan would allow row houses, town homes [Globe and Mail]
CANADA
• Canada’s Rail System May Have Peaked…in 1968 [The Atlantic Cities]
INTERNATIONAL
• The 710: Spine of LA Freeway system and its missing link [Press-Telegram]
• Tale of Two Maps [Metropolis POV Blog]
• Architects call for redesign of L.A. Convention Center hall, part of AEG NFL project [Daily News]
• The Next Big Financial Crisis That Could Cripple Cities [The Atlantic Cities]
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