July 8, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Mayors vote to hike gas tax to fund Evergreen Line [Vancouver Sun] • Mayors favour gas tax, but differ on road tolls and vehicle levies [Vancouver...

Free Outdoor Movies Vancouver 2011!

Our apologies for being a tiny bit late on this one everybody…the Spacing Vancouver launch has been monopolizing our time here. Nonetheless, every...

Light Rail from Surrey City Centre to Guildford

July 7, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Architect douses Little Mountain tower rumour [Vancouver Courier] • Mayors propose gas tax to fund transit line [Globe and Mail] • Crosscheck...

World Wide Wednesday: Renegade infrastructure funding, Brazilian street art, ant planning

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...

July 6, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Vancouver mayor, feds announce completion of Stanley Park improvements [Vancouver Sun] • Downtown Eastside shelter will remain open for year...

Fast-Forward Urbanism: Rethinking Architecture’s Engagement with the City

Editors: Dana Cuff and Roger Sherman (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011) In his well-known 1978 book – Collage City – architectural...

July 5, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Quebec City, Montreal ‘most livable’; Vancouver highest cost of living: survey [Vancouver Sun] • Liveable v lovable [Financial Times...

School Troubles in a Booming Metropolis – Part 2: Intergenerational Communities

[Editors Note: this is a revised version of  a four-piece series originally published on Planning Pool.  You can read the first part here.] To serve a...

June 4, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Oxford to build Vancouver tower [Globe and Mail] • B.C. finds success with controversial carbon tax [Globe and Mail] INTERNATIONAL • Bike-sharing...

July 3, 2011 Headlines

CANADA The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Greening Cities [The Atlantic] INTERNATIONAL Car Clash: Europe vs. the U.S. [The New York Times] This is your...

Spacing Saturday: Walk the Region, Moving Day and the World’s Biggest Bike Share

Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Spacing Saturday celebrates...