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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday

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LOCAL
• BC Parkway improvements [Buzzer Blog]
• A pipeline runs through it [Vancouver Observer]
• What’s the fastest way in to work: driving, taking transit or cycling? [Vancouver Sun]
• Richmond school district sells site of former Steveston secondary for $41 million [Vancouver Sun]
• Climate change could bring flooding, transportation disruptions to North Shore [Vancouver Sun]
• Storify: Vancouver bike path sparks fervent debate [Vancouver Courier]
• Kits bike path route not yet finalized [Vancouver Courier]

CASCADIA
• Vaughn Palmer: Seattle, planning for new tunnel, takes critical look at idea that tolls should be a cash cow [Vancouver Sun]
• What Will Ridesharing Be When It Grows Up? [Sightline Daily]
• Affordable housing’s NIMBY problem in Seattle [Seattle Times]
• Yuppie-free & horsedrawn: The original Seattle farmers market [Crosscut]
• TriMet’s ‘talking buses’: Listen to new pedestrian warning (audio) [Oregon Live]
• Ski-resort municipality shut out of judicial review [Globe and Mail]
• Growing the Will to Protect Good Land [The Tyee]

CANADA
• Don Iveson has a plan to raise the profile of Edmonton — ‘the most underestimated city in North America’ [National Post]
• Gardiner Expressway repairs will slow traffic for years [Toronto Star]

INTERNATIONAL
• Bus Rapid Transit Spurs Development Better Than Light Rail Or Streetcars: Study [Forbes]
• People Pay More For Walkable Neighborhoods [Slate]
• Battery In Your EV Too Heavy? Store Energy In The Doors (Or Trunk) [Fast Co.Exist]
• How Crummy, Run-Down Housing Harms the Children Who Live in It [The Atlantic Cities]
• Places in the Making: MIT Report Highlights the ‘Virtuous Cycle of Placemaking’ [Project for Public Spaces]