LOCAL
• Proposed ferry from Vancouver to Nanaimo could set sail by spring [Globe and Mail]
• The Referendum: A Turning Point for the Region [Price Tags]
• Total number of homeless in Vancouver remains steady at 1,600 [Georgia Straight]
• A brief history of Vancouver gentrification: The drama of urban development [Vancouver Observer]
• City, BC Housing to partner on winter shelters for most vulnerable residents [Vancouver Observer]
• Efforts to house Vancouver’s homeless barely keep up with influx [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Greater Victoria’s contentious sewage project rebrands itself with $15,000 image makeover [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Nanaimo approves 21-storey, $50-million hotel proposed by Chinese tourism firm [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Portland Commissioner Steve Novick addresses Southwest Barbur Boulevard ‘road dieters’: Commuting roundup [Oregon Live]
• How Coal and Oil Trains Will Block Traffic Along the Columbia River [Sightline Daily]
CANADA
• Scarborough subway confirmed by Toronto council [Toronto Star]
• Montreal’s People-Powered Election [The Tyee]
• Think living in suburbia’s cheaper? Think again [Globe and Mail]
• Foot soldier declares war on sanctimonious cyclists: DiManno [Toronto Star]
INTERNATIONAL
• Madrid Rio – 2 [Price Tags]
• Mayor Julián Castro: Big Plans, Big Progress [Sightline Daily]
• Banksy’s Latest New York City Masterpiece Is A Garden Inside A Delivery Truck [Fast Co.Exist]
• A New Documentary Explores the Politics of ‘Bikes vs. Cars’ [The Atlantic Cities]
• Is It the Job of City Government to Decrease Inequality? [The Atlantic Cities]
• Tackling climate change: Copenhagen’s sustainable city design [The Guardian]
• More than 50% of city freight could shift from truck to bike [Tree Hugger]