LOCAL
• B.C. hits snag with plans to redraft farmland-protection rules [Globe and Mail]
• Proposed changes to Agricultural Land Commission alarm local pols, who promise to fight any giveaways [State of Vancouver]
• Southlands backers hope Delta will vote to allow project [Globe and Mail]
• The End of the Region as we know it [Price Tags]
• Walk Score Scores Again [Sightline Daily]
• Columbia House – Powell Street [Changing Vancouver]
• Conflicted Space? Robson Square, Viva Vancouver and the #5 Robson Bus [Stephen Rees’s Blog]
• Kitsilano Beach bike path put on hold pending court ruling [Georgia Straight]
• Southeast False Creek waterfront wins Urban Land Institute award [Georgia Straight]
CASCADIA
• As Lawmakers Fail to Fund Transit, Seattle May Lose 74 Bus Routes [DC Streets Blog]
• Three-tower project at Cook and Pandora part of rental revival [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Tourist train for Nanaimo cruise ship terminal floated for Island’s E&N rail line [Victoria Times Colonist]
• County installs speed bumps to slow down riders on Hawthorne Bridge viaduct [Bike Portland]
CANADA
• 4 Hard Truths About Transit [The Atlantic Cities]
INTERNATIONAL
• Moscow Introduces a Rather Unusual Way to Pay for the Subway: Squats [The Atlantic Cities]
• A Giant Inflatable Plug To Keep Our Subways Dry During Storms [Fast Co.Exist]
• In Chicago, a sophisticated new rail fare system that doesn’t work [Marketplace]
• A Bike With A Trunk, Hidden Inside Its Wheel [Fast Co.Exist]
• London expands protected cycle lane scheme [The Guardian]