LOCAL
• Lower Mainland’s anti-development activists a force to be reckoned with [Globe and Mail]
• The other side of Main Street may be Vancouver’s next hot spot [Globe and Mail]
• Pro-transit coalition GetOnBoard B.C. stays upbeat [Georgia Straight]
• Referendum: The Challenge of Optimism [Price Tags]
• Five things Mayor Gregor Robertson and Mayor Michael Bloomberg have in common [Vancouver Observer]
• Metro Vancouver board rejects Langley Township move to develop agricultural land [Vancouver Sun]
• Langley emerges as a hot prospect for business developers [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Old Town ‘Entertainment District’ up for 1 year extension: Portland City Hall [Oregon Live]
• No easy choices for light rail in Lynnwood [Seattle Times]
• Inside the Seattle light rail tunnel [Seattle Times]
CANADA
• Toronto and Hamilton switch prince-and-pauper roles [Toronto Star]
INTERNATIONAL
• High Rise [New York Times]
• In Sickness and in Health, Long After the Bike Is Due Back [New York Times]
• Automobile use dropping as population grows [Better Cities & Towns]
• Visualizing A Global Population Explosion With Bacteria Cities [Fast Co.Exist]
• Real Estate Boom in Phoenix Brings Its Own Problems [New York Times]
• Kabul’s Optimistic New Water Park [The Atlantic Cities]
• Why Residents of Disaster-Prone Areas Don’t Move [The Atlantic Cities]