LOCAL
• Park board abandons plans for Kits Point bike path [State of Vancouver]
• Latest round in confusing TransLink-province tussle: Decision has to be made re Surrey/Vancouver priorities [State of Vancouver]
• Can a giant bureaucracy and a bunch of idealistic missionaries really save the Downtown Eastside? [State of Vancouver]
• Lawsuit alleges Robertson conflict over HootSuite deal as election campaign ramps up early [State of Vancouver]
• West Pender and Howe Street – sw corner (2) [Changing Vancouver]
• Lawsuit against Robertson will need to clear high bar to succeed [Globe and Mail]
• Manufacturing controversy on Point Grey Road [Vancity Buzz]
• Vancouver park board drops plan for bike path through Hadden Park [Georgia Straight]
• Downtown Eastside housing survey shows rising SRO rents [Georgia Straight]
• Conflict allegation against Gregor Robertson isn’t in same league as issues involving previous mayors [Georgia Straight]
• Vancouver park board abandons Kitsilano Beach bike route plans [Vancouver Sun]
• Twisty new downtown Vancouver tower designed to inspire [Vancouver Sun]
• Lawsuit against Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson ‘small potatoes,’ professor says [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• More Duplexes [Seattle Transit Blog]
• How Would ODOT Pay for the CRC? [Portland Transport]
• East Portland: Despite efforts, plans and money, lasting success slow to arrive in Lents [Oregon Live]
INTERNATIONAL
• Unaffordable cities: this criminal lack of housing is a global scandal [The Guardian]
• Cities in motion: transport is as key to urban character as buildings or accents [Stephen Rees’s Blog]
• One Key Thing That Sets the U.S. Apart From Other Cycling Cultures [The Atlantic Cities]
• Why Gentrification Is So Hard to Stop [The Atlantic Cities]
• Small Towns in Southwest Fear Loss of Cherished Train Line [New York Times]
• Drive Till You Disqualify: Will Businesses Continue Hiring Super-Commuters? [Planetizen]
• The More Space SF Uses to Store Cars, the Less We’ll Have to House People [Streetsblog San Francisco]