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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday

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LOCAL
• Vancouver park board approves liquor licences for summer festivals [Vancouver Sun]
• A reincarnation of the corner market in Vancouver [Globe and Mail]
• From San Francisco to Surrey, Lessons on Light Rail [Metro 604]
• What we talk about when we talk about politics: Vision Vancouver aims to connect the city to its residents [State of Vancouver]
• 701 Main Street [Changing Vancouver]
• John Pucher returns: “How to Increase Cycling and Walking” [Price Tags]
• Bike to Work Week starts today, May 27 – June 2, 2013 [The Buzzer]
• 12th & Cambie: Cabs in bus lanes likely to be permanent [Vancouver Courier]
• The Georgia Viaduct closed to traffic during a carnival showing military displays and a refreshment stand [What Floats to the Top of My Desk]
• Kinder Morgan files preliminary plans for Trans Mountain pipeline expansion [Globe and Mail]

CASCADIA
• Challenging perception on Victoria [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Staying Alive: Will waterfront businesses survive the seawall? [Crosscut]
• The Monorail Wars: Dick Falkenbury’s new book Rise Above It All [Crosscut]
• ne Link Proves Bridge’s Undoing [Wall Street Journal]
• Where Are My Cars: Another Decline in Washington [Sightline Daily]
• Seattle Municipal Buildings: Energy Performance [City of Seattle]

CANADA
• Choose your political poison to unlock gridlock: Cohn [Toronto Star]
• Councillors shift chairs at city hall [Montreal Gazette]

INTERNATIONAL
• Out for a First Spin: City’s Bike Share Program Begins [New York Times]
• Vertical ‘Pinkhouses:’ The Future Of Urban Farming? [NPR]
• China’s Air Pollution: Is The Government Willing To Act? [NPR]
• If a Photographer Takes a Picture of You Through Your Apartment Window, Is it Art? [The Atlantic Cities]
• How Residential Mobility Patterns Perpetuate Segregation [The Atlantic Cities]
• Returning to the L.A. River; and going with the flow [LA Times]