LOCAL
• Vancouver city staff derails NPA’s streetcar campaign promise [Vancouver Sun]
• Archdiocese drops $1.25 million on Downtown Eastside complex [Vancouver Courier]
• Helmet laws throw wrench in bike-sharing plans [OpenFile]
• New B.C. dike design guidelines costly for municipalities [Vancouver Sun]
• BC Place an icon on the city’s ever-changing landscape [Vancouver Sun]
CANADA
• Toronto’s Waterfront Moment [The Atlantic]
INTERNATIONAL
• Road Ecology: Wildlife Crossings and Highway Design [Places: Design Observer]
• New ‘core wall’ may speed skyscraper construction [Physorg]
• Hercules waterfront projects back on track, principals say [The San Jose Mercury News]
• Developers Cater to Two-Wheeled Traffic in Portland, Ore. [The New York Times]
• Architecture and Evolutionary Psychology [Preservation Institute/INTBAU]
• Modeling Open Source Cities [Polis]
• Removing Signals and Signs from Intersections Just Might Make Us Safer [The Atlantic]