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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday

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LOCAL
• Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside plans include social-housing development [Globe and Mail]
• Bike-lane ridership stalled on Burrard Bridge [The Province]
• Spinning statistics: How The Province gets the story it wants [Price Tags]
• Everyone Will Enjoy $300 Million Pt Grey Views [Richard Campbell]
• Pt Grey Cornwall Greenway Slam Dunk for Tourism, Businesses [Richard Campbell]
• Vision Vancouver not doing math on Point Grey Road, says NPA [Vancouver Courier]
• ‘If We Can Be Six In the Apartment, Why Not?’ [The Tyee]
• Developing Story: Marpole group seeks six-month extension for community plan [Vancouver Courier]
• Residents weigh in on Rize revisions [Vancouver Courier]
• West End: Nelson Park potty coming this summer [Vancouver Courier]
• West End: One block of Bute to become pedestrian only [Vancouver Courier]
• West End: Rainbow crosswalk to be permanent [Vancouver Courier]
• Vancouver’s public bike share: Here’s how it’ll work [Vancouver Observer]
• Residents face off over Point Grey Road bike lane [Vancouver Sun]
• Pete McMartin: The return of the Interurban rail system (with video) [Vancouver Sun]
• Public invited to watch Evergreen Line construction online [Vancouver Sun]
• Wednesday Night Walks (at last!) [What Floats to the Top of My Desk]

CASCADIA
• Digging It: As Bertha bores, tunnel geeks everywhere will be watching [Crosscut]
• Who Parked in my Spot?! [Sightline Daily]
• Food trucks gather at Centennial Square to dish out gourmet grub [Victoria Times Colonist]

CANADA
• Toronto a never-ending repair and renovation project [Toronto Star]

INTERNATIONAL
• The bike boom (+video) [Christian Science Monitor]
• A Tour de France for Australia’s Bike Commuters [The Atlantic Cities]
• Mesmerizing Animation of the Day: The Rise and Fall of a Paper City [The Atlantic Cities]
• Detroit’s Creditors and Unions Prepare for Bankruptcy Fight [New York Times]