LOCAL
• Projected demand for Vancouver’s Broadway subway sees 250,000 trips on first day [Globe and Mail]
• Surrey crime numbers subject to debate [Globe and Mail]
• Hillcrest centre weirdness: 1. Lawsuit 2. Members meet without board 3. Board members still not talking [Frances Bula]
• “Will a World of Driverless Cars Be Heaven or Hell?” [Price Tags]
• Broadway subway won’t bring big towers, Vancouver mayor says [Georgia Straight]
• Little Mountain resident laments loss of community [Georgia Straight]
• Oil spill would be “devastating” to birds in Burrard Inlet, biologist says [Georgia Straight]
• David Chudnovsky and the origins of Vancouver’s “new” political party [The Mainlander]
• Commercial vs. residential real estate: logic trumps emotion [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Hundreds of letters, thousands of petitions force B.C. agriculture-bill changes [Vancouver Sun]
• City of Portland orders removal of ‘America’s bike capital’ mural from downtown wall [Bike Portland]
• Did the great crime decline cause modern urbanism? [Portland Transport]
• Housing the homeless: Should mental illness trump hard work? [Crosscut]
• Map of King County Prop 1 Results by Precinct [Seattle Transit Blog]
INTERNATIONAL
• Student Rush Hour: What a 35-percent modal split looks like [Price Tags]
• An introduction to subversive transportation [Blooming Rock]
• For Lima, There’s No Simple Path to Re-Regulating Public Transportation [The Atlantic Cities]
• A Billboard That Purifies the Air Around It [The Atlantic Cities]
• Do we need affordable housing or affordable living? [Better! Cities & Towns]