LOCAL
• Ups and downs on the road to transit growth [Globe and Mail]
• Moving the Future [Stephen Rees’s Blog]
• TransLink’s AA credit rating: what it means for the transportation system [Buzzer Blog]
• Should the Vancouver Police Department oversee UBC’s Point Grey campus? [Georgia Straight]
• Vancouver trans and gender-variant working group seeks public input on inclusivity [Georgia Straight]
• Green councillor Adriane Carr seeks temporary protection order for Hollywood Theatre [Georgia Straight]
• Building a sanctuary city [The Mainlander]
• As Modo passes its 300th car milestone, I say ban private cars from cities, get everybody car-sharing! [Vancouver Observer]
• Metro Vancouver transit officials busy preparing for the ‘big one’ [Vancouver Sun]
• Coquitlam leverages location to entice enterprise [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• No plan for Capital Regional District to take control of local transit [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Victoria’s new Johnson Street Bridge makes its first foothold [Victoria Times Colonist]
• From trucks to trikes: Portland Mercury now delivered with pedal power [Bike Portland]
CANADA
• David Staples: Will Redford embrace Iveson and Nenshi’s LRT vision? [Edmonton Journal]
• Rob Ford implosion threatens Toronto’s success [Globe and Mail]
INTERNATIONAL
• America’s Homeless Kids Crisis [The Atlantic Cities]
• The Radical Case for Bloomberg’s ‘Nanny’ State [The Atlantic Cities]
• Public-Private Partnerships Are Popular, But Are They Practical? [Governing Magazine]