LOCAL
• In Vancouver, the dream of owning a roomy home is drifting out of reach [Globe and Mail]
• The Need for Improved HandyDART Service [Stephen Rees’s Blog]
• Northeast Sector Area Transit Plan Phase 2 interactive survey is now live [Buzzer Blog]
• Vancouver approves West End community plan [Georgia Straight]
• City of Vancouver Public Housing Corporation comes under attack [Georgia Straight]
• Heritage advocates rise up to try to save Vancouver’s Hollywood Theatre [Georgia Straight]
• Highway 10 overpass repairs won’t be done until new year [Vancouver Sun]
• West End could see major changes with new 30-year plan [Vancouver Sun]
• Huge rise in HandyDart denials of service slammed [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Ride the Double Tall Wave in 2015 [Seattle Transit Blog]
• Community garden sprouting up in Saanich’s Gorge Park [Victoria Times Colonist]
CANADA
• Toronto Transit Commission announces fair hikes to help balance $1.6-billion budget [National Post]
• Canada’s parks and historic sites now on Google Street View [CBC]
• Toronto, tornado, it’s wreckage either way [Globe and Mail]
• TTC fare hike puts riders at their limit [Toronto Star]
INTERNATIONAL
• Can These Entrepreneurs Solve The Intractable Problems Of City Government? [Fast Co.Exist]
• Five Cities That Won’t Fall Over In The Next Superstorm [Fast Co.Exist]
• A Los Angeles Primer: Old Pasadena [KCET]
• 10 Ways Cities Are Turning Back Time [Future Cities]