LOCAL
• Nine per cent of pedestrian crashes happen in DTES, but majority of tickets handed out there [Vancouver Sun]
• Doing the math on fair tolling [Metro 604]
• Three Questions for the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure [Price Tags]
• How did TransLink’s buses perform in 2012? Our new report has all the details! [Buzzer Blog]
• Northeast Sector Area Transit Plan survey now live [Buzzer Blog]
• East Hastings Street – 100 block (south) [Changing Vancouver]
CASCADIA
• Will pay-as-you-drive insurance get a chance in Washington? [Crosscut]
• Why does Seattle fear urban planning? [Crosscut]
• Portland concedes more delays for three undelivered streetcars, but expects first vehicle to enter service [Oregon Live]
CANADA
• Calm down, Kensington – Wal-Mart won’t destroy you [Globe and Mail]
INTERNATIONAL
• Compulsory bike helmets? – 2: Research from New Zealand [Price Tags]
• In 1961, Harvard Told Married Women They Probably Shouldn’t Bother Studying Urban Planning [The Atlantic Cities]
• ‘Transit’ Might Not Be Essential to Transit-Oriented Development [The Atlantic Cities]
• High Line Offers a Walk on the Wild Side [New York Times]
• Roads to Rails: The Streetcar of the Future [Places: Design Observer]