August 15, 2011 Headlines

INTERNATIONAL • City limits [The Economist] • BART Redesign: Plans For BMW-Designed Fleet Of The Future Revealed [The Huffington Post] • How America Could...

August 14, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Speed of London rioters’ punishments put Vancouver to shame [Vancouver Sun] CANADA • Car, bike sharing programs gearing up as Canadian gas...

August 13, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Surrey Rapid Transit – May/June 2011 summary report and UBC Line Rapid Transit March/April summary report [The Buzzer Blog] • Case against bike...

Re:post -Landlords and Tenants Agree: Market Can’t Fix Itself

[Editor’s note: More than a third of Metro Vancouver’s households are renters. And urban planners say the region needs some 6,000 new rental...

August 12, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Quake could cause Vancouver city hall data quagmire [Vancouver Courier] • Crazy STIR Program Will Not Die [The Mainlander] • Vision Vancouver too...

Re:post – Inside BC’s Secretive Landlord-Tenant Dispute Process

[Editor’s note: Half of Metro Vancouver’s households are renters. Private property owners provide most of the apartments they live in. If...

Vancouver: Fireworks Draw a Crowd

Release: PICNURBIA

PICNURBIA In the summer, the downtown area of Vancouver is crowded with people from a wide variety of backgrounds who move at different paces through the...

My Grandview: A Walking Tour with Michael Kluckner

Join Heritage Vancouver first President Michael Kluckner for a unique look at Vancouver Grandview neighbourhood. You will roam through the blocks between...

August 11, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Locals check out Vancouver’s artificial beach [Globe and Mail] • Tools of a Different Trade [The Dependent] • Case against bike lanes has...

Re:post – Landlords See a High Price to Cheap Rent

[Editor’s Note: As many as half the households in the city of Vancouver, and thousands more across Metro, rent rather than own their...

World Wide Wednesday: Luminaires, Luminato, Graffiti Surge

Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...