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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Saturday

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LOCAL
• Vancouver looks to become more age and dementia-friendly [Vancouver Courier]
• Vancouver Rent Bank already ‘swamped’ [Vancouver Courier]
• Graffiti on Kona mural angers Vancouver artist [Vancouver Courier]
• A farewell to The Ridge: a time capsule of Vancouver culture and history [Vancouver Observer]
• Vancouver coal ports in the spotlight [Vancouver Sun]
• Vancouver’s green bin program sees increasing participation [Vancouver Sun]
• Photos: The day street cars came to Vancouver [Vancouver Sun]
• BC has first public fast-charge station for electric cars [News 1130]
• Farms to sprout at Delta schools [Vancouver Sun]

CASCADIA
• Options debated for bus-only lanes on Douglas [Victoria Times Colonist]
• CRD backtracks on building sewage sludge plant in Esquimalt; politicians vote next week [Victoria Times Colonist]

CANADA
• Metrolinx threatens to stop work on Scarborough LRT if city council won’t reaffirm its support [National Post]

INTERNATIONAL
• FHWA: Oklahoma DOT Must Consider Restoring Street Grid in Downtown OKC [DC Streetsblog]
• Why Brazilians are right to demand ‘bread not circuses’: Burman [Toronto Star]
• A Sustainable City With Cars and Low-Density Homes? It’s Possible [The Atlantic Cities]
• The Problem With Cities [The Daily Beast]