LOCAL
• In Vancouver, architectural renderings used as a weapon [Globe and Mail]
• Who cares if students sleep on transit system? [Georgia Straight]
• Vancouver the first city in North America to launch cigarette butt recycling program [Vancouver Sun]
• Vaughn Palmer: Agricultural land commission criticizes back-channel manoeuvring [Vancouver Sun]
• Pat Pimm asks B.C. conflict commissioner for guidance over land reserve role [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Do bikes get a free ride? Advocates’ infographic shows why not [Bike Portland]
• Sharpening Our Game on Bicycle Advocacy [Portland Transport]
• A Peek At the Future in Sound Transit’s 2014 Draft SIP [Seattle Transit Blog]
CANADA
• TTC fares heading north by a nickel [Toronto Star]
• In the North, a power crunch hinders development [Globe and Mail]
INTERNATIONAL
• How Cities Are Using Data To Save Lives [Fast Co.Exist]
• Wal-Mart: An economic cancer on our cities [Salon]
• Mullets, tie-dye and shopping at Tape World: New book sheds light on the American mall in the 1980s – and the off-duty style of shoppers that defined a generation [Daily Mail]
• By a Spire, Manhattan Regains a Title From Chicago [New York Times]