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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday

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LOCAL
• Power rail problem halts SkyTrain service in New Westminster [Vancouver Sun]
• Museum of Vancouver wants to move downtown [Vancouver Sun]
• Electric bike share to be launched on North Shore [Vancouver Sun]
• Makeshift homeless camps popping up in Nanaimo [Vancouver Sun]
• Templeton Block – West Hastings and Carrall (2) [Changing Vancouver]
• Building Motordom for the future at Port Mann [Price Tags]
• Confusion surrounds the city’s Regional Context Statement [Vancouver Observer]
• Tapas bars and bottles and cans: when your neighbourhood leaves you behind [Vancouver Observer]

CASCADIA
• Needed: New Laws to Protect BC’s Urban Nature [The Tyee]
• Back on track: Seattle’s renovated King Street Station [Crosscut]
• TriMet begins building Portland-Milwaukie light rail bridge deck — and search for a name [Oregon Live]

INTERNATIONAL
• Researchers Can Tell How Healthy Your Neighborhood Is From Your Facebook Page [The Atlantic Cities]
• Goodbye, Micro-Apartments: ‘Low Rise High Density’ Presents An Alternative Housing Solution [Architizer]
• Driverless Cars Are Coming, But They’ll Bring Congestion and More Fuel Consumption [New York Times]
• The Ancient Antagonism Between Street Artists and Governments [This Big City]