LOCAL
• Robson and Burrard – ne corner (2) [Changing Vancouver]
• Pressure is on to decide between Vancouver’s or Surrey’s transit plans [Globe and Mail]
• Todd Stone won’t make any friends at meeting of mayors [Globe and Mail]
• Ladner Letter – 2: A Buddy’s Thoughts on Point Grey Road [Price Tags]
• Ladner Letter – 1: Is TransLink a success? [Price Tags]
• Travel comparison [Stephen Rees’s Blog]
• Vancouver city council scheduled to vote on sending Oakridge redevelopment to public hearing [Georgia Straight]
• More Vancouver restaurants to be allowed to serve booze on patios until midnight [Vancouver Sun]
• New Surrey City Hall set to open [Vancouver Sun]
• Huge Oakridge redevelopment to head to public hearing [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Pay parking extension plan ‘hijacked’ by cash claims [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Bertha fix will likely require big access shaft [Crosscut]
• What Could $800 Million Do? [Seattle Transit Blog]
• Frequent Transit Map Updated [Seattle Transit Blog]
• Seattle Headed Towards ‘Rideshare’ Regs [Sightline Daily]
INTERNATIONAL
• Smashing Traditional Notions of Rental Housing [Sustainable Cities Collective]
• One Failure of Suburbia [Planetizen]
• Light, Urban Design’s Best Friend [What Floats to the Top of My Desk]
• Sunbathing in the Suburbs: Q&A with Alexander Gronsky [Roads and Kingdoms]
• Do Nice Neighborhoods Manufacture Materialism? [Fast Co.Exist]
• The Highs and Lows of City Life [New York Times]