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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Weekend

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LOCAL
• McDowell, Atkins & Watson – Cordova and Cambie se [Changing Vancouver]
• Share your thoughts on the draft 2014 Base Plan! [The Buzzer Blog]
• Vaughn Palmer: Strange smells emanating from review of Agricultural Land Reserve [Vancouver Sun]
• TransLink sets aside $299 million for Pattullo Bridge repairs [Vancouver Sun]
• Translink’s Gasoline Problem [Sightline Daily]

CASCADIA
• Victoria sewage fouls wider area than thought [Vancouver Sun]
• BC Highway Speed Limits Review [Stephen Rees’s Blog]
• Provincial government to review B.C. highway speed limits [Vancouver Sun]
• Hales, Novick explore Eastside streetcar line extension [Portland Business Journal]

CANADA
• Ward 11 challenger says Calgary should borrow to build ‘entire LRT system now’ [Metro Calgary]
• P3 deal for southeast LRT to cost city up to $510 million extra, economist claims [Edmonton Journal]
• TTC says the days of subway names are numbered [Toronto Star]
• TTC eyes dedicated bus lanes on Yonge during subway closure [Toronto Star]

INTERNATIONAL
• Cycling in the US from a Dutch perspective [YouTube]
• Future Cities Of Floating Villas And Parks, Made From Ocean Plastic [Fast Co.Exist]
• Houston: The Surprising Contender in America’s Urban Revival [Governing]
• A Delightfully Trippy Map of Every Single Building in The Netherlands [The Atlantic Cities]
• 20 Most Interesting Brutalist Buildings [Future Cities]