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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday

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LOCAL
• Transit demand in B.C. far outstrips province’s ability to pay [Vancouver Sun]
• New campaign urges for light-rail transit system in Surrey [Vancouver Sun]
• Michael Audain unveils Whistler art museum (with video) [Vancouver Sun]
• Much Ado About Nothing: What the Census data say, and don’t say, about foreign & temporary residents and unoccupied dwellings [Urban Futures]
• A New Look at Affordability in One of the World’s Least Affordable Cities [Get Your Head On It]
• Vancouver church buying the Centre for Performing Arts [Vancouver Courier]
• Kinder Morgan sponsoring meeting of civic politicians [Vancouver Courier]
• Urban farming focus of Stone Soup festival [Vancouver Courier]
• VIVO Media Arts Centre needs a new home [Vancouver Observer]

CASCADIA
• One Bus Away: Sound Transit’s new killer app? [Crosscut]
• Infographic: Seattle’s foreclosure pain by ZIP code [Crosscut]
• Courtenay voters have option of casting ballot without getting out of car [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Northwest Birth Rates: A New Low [Sightline Daily]

CANADA
• Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s delay on transportation tax debate ignored, council to talk transit [Toronto Star]

INTERNATIONAL
• Luminous Shots of Grain Elevators Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before [The Atlantic Cities]
• How to Make Your Town Into a Bike-to-School Mecca [The Atlantic Cities]
• In 1897, a Bicycle Superhighway Was the Future of California Transit [Motherboard]
• The World Needs More Slums [Next City]
• Why America’s population density is falling [Reuters]