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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday

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LOCAL
• Who will speak for Vancouver’s trees and gardens? [Globe and Mail]
• Burnaby, B.C., has some tough questions for Trans Mountain [Globe and Mail]
• “Rob Ford was right” – An Argument against LRT [Price Tags]
• In the news: Generation transit shifts away from driving [Buzzer Blog]
• Can you guess which parts of Vancouver get the most parking complaints? I don’t think so [Frances Bula]
• Vancouver’s Parking Wars Heat Up [Vancouver Magazine]
• Vancouver plans to reiterate concerns as CP explores options on Arbutus corridor [Georgia Straight]
• Robertson says City will not allow CP to put real estate development in Arbutus Corridor [Georgia Straight]
• Vancouver’s fractured left cracks again [Vancouver Sun]
• Lower Mainland politicians say ambulances changes download costs on cities [Vancouver Sun]
• Port Metro examined the potential to dredge Second Narrows [Vancouver Sun]
• Property values would take a hit if trains return to Arbutus corridor, appraiser says [Vancouver Sun]

CASCADIA
• Victoria to host development workshop [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Victoria council works to solve city hall bike-parking shortage [Victoria Times Colonist]
• The strange thing about Ed Murray’s Second Ave. bike lane [Seattle Times]
• How the Metro Transit vote ran into a deep ditch [Crosscut]
• Nike bike share clogs bike parking at Beaverton Creek station [Bike Portland]
• Nice new online maps show biking rates by neighborhood [Bike Portland]

INTERNATIONAL
• App Promises Drivers $150/Month For Auctioning Off San Francisco’s Street Parking [Uptown Almanac]
• San Francisco, A City Of Inequality, Is Building A New National Model For Public Housing [Fast Co.Exist]
• Houston’s Plan to Get an Amazing New Bus System for No New Money [The Atlantic Cities]
• What New Yorkers Don’t Realize About Their Subway Musicians [Policy Mic]
• Why Paris Is Importing Police Officers From China [The Atlantic Cities]
• China mulls high-speed train to US: report [China Daily]