LOCAL
• Surrey planners looking to increase cycling network [News 1130]
• Referendum: What should the question be? [Price Tags]
• Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside plan deregulates housing by-laws, fails to include new social housing development [The Mainlander]
• Ironworkers Bridge sidewalks to get makeover [Vancouver Courier]
• Developing Story: Directions emerge for Downtown Eastside [Vancouver Courier]
• City of Vancouver to decide on who controls Hastings Park [Vancouver Courier]
• Seniors, people with disabilities say Point Grey bike plan ignores their needs [Vancouver Courier]
• Mayors want B.C. to help pay for Pattullo Bridge upgrades [Vancouver Sun]
• Vancouver council explores extending patio hours this summer [Vancouver Sun]
BIKE SHARE
• Bike-share system – and $6M subsidy – approved by Vancouver council [Globe and Mail]
• Vancouver Bike Lane Debate Cycles On [The Tyee]
• Vancouver first western Canadian city to incorporate bike sharing into transit scheme [Vancouver Observer]
• How will the Vancouver bike share helmet system work? [Vancouver Observer]
• Vancouver city council approves publicly funded bike share plan [Vancouver Sun]
• Bike-share program details introduced to Vancouver city council [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Highrise or Midrise? The New Consensus and its issues – 1 [Price Tags]
• Infographic: Living Space v. Parking Space [Sightline Daily]
• Saanich allows farm markets to sell meat [Victoria Times Colonist]
CANADA
• Walmart proposal near Kensington Market ‘not over’ [Toronto Star]
• Iqaluit to borrow $40M to build waterslide-equipped Aquatic Centre despite pressing infrastructure needs [National Post]
INTERNATIONAL
• This Is What Brooklyn’s Transit System Looked Like a Century Ago [The Atlantic Cities]
• Just How Crazy Is China’s Plan to Build the World’s Tallest Building in 9 Months? [The Atlantic Cities]
• L.A. council OKs Hollywood skyscrapers despite concerns over quake fault line [Los Angeles Times]
• Federal Judge Halts Legal Challenges in Detroit Bankruptcy Case [New York Times]