LOCAL
• Office vacancy rate starts to climb in Vancouver downtown, Surrey [State of Vancouver]
• On transit, Lower Mainland mayors can’t do it all themselves [Globe and Mail]
• Gentrification a reality in Vancouver, property map suggests [Globe and Mail]
• Using Snow to Plan Traffic Calming [Urban Reality]
• When Bad Things Don’t Happen – 1: Cornwall / Point Grey Road [Price Tags]
• Advocates argue free transit benefits us all [Georgia Straight]
• Burrard Street – north from Nelson Street [Changing Vancouver]
• Vancouver moves forward with Grandview-Woodland citizens’ assembly [Georgia Straight]
• Vancouver’s Green Identity Crisis Is the World’s [The Tyee]
• Daphne Bramham: Why you should care about reforming municipal elections [Vancouver Sun]
• Mid-rise developments eyed for Oakridge Transit Centre [Vancouver Sun]
• Avoiding bridge toll probably not saving you much [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Talk of Gabriola Island bridge gets serious as ferry cuts loom [Victoria Times Colonist]
• TimberWest warns Campbell River: Higher taxes have consequences [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Victoria council urged to delay rollout of stormwater billing [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Portland, model city: Six skeptical questions for author Julie Campoli [Bike Portland]
INTERNATIONAL
• Free public transit in Tallinn is a hit with riders but yields unexpected results [City Scope]
• Buns, Germs and Steel [Roads and Kingdoms]
• The Cities With The Best Public Transportation In The U.S. [Fast Co.Exist]
• St. Louis turns to data to guide development [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]