LOCAL
• Second worst road in B.C. is a bike path [Price Tags]
• Attention new minister of transportation: invest in transit, not asphalt, to drive economic growth [Business in Vancouver]
• How the Gezi Park struggle sparked an uprising, and why it could happen in Vancouver [The Mainlander]
• Douglas Todd: Metro Vancouver neighbourhoods come in distinct religious and cultural flavours (with map) [Vancouver Sun]
• Vancouver police asked to explain huge disparity in ticketing between wealthy, impoverished neighbourhoods [Vancouver Sun]
• HandyDart drivers face layoffs as TransLink reorganizes service [Vancouver Sun]
• McDonough Hall – East Hastings and Columbia [Changing Vancouver]
CASCADIA
• B.C. town apologizes after manure used to repel homeless people [Globe and Mail]
• Postcard from Fort Nelson, BC’s Gasland [The Tyee]
• What’s in Your Garage? A case study of absurd and pernicious parking rule [Sightline Daily]
• Bicycle Transportation Alliance releases ‘blueprint’ for new bike projects in Portland area [Oregon Live]
CANADA
• In Newmarket, a suburban dream goes off course as developers buy golf club’s front nine [Toronto Star]
• Dufferin Street bridge to close for 18-month reconstruction after routine inspection reveals structure ‘isn’t safe’ [National Post]
INTERNATIONAL
• ‘It’s unpleasant and people push each other’: Jerusalem’s light rail transit starts a ‘courtesy’ campaign [National Post]
• Netherlands Diary – 4: How the Dutch blew wind power, and other complications [Price Tags]
• Salt Lake City: How a Remote Red-State City Became a Transit Leader [DC Streets Blog]
• The Most Expensive Housing Markets Are Becoming Even Less Affordable [The Atlantic Cities]
• Cool New Maps Illustrate a Day of Bus Travel Across Boston, by Speed [The Atlantic Cities]