{"id":22100,"date":"2013-07-18T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=22100"},"modified":"2013-07-18T03:16:33","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T10:16:33","slug":"vancouvers-urbanism-headlines-thursday-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2013\/07\/18\/vancouvers-urbanism-headlines-thursday-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver\u2019s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LOCAL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Vancouver prepares to join the bike-share craze <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/british-columbia\/vancouver-prepares-to-join-the-bike-share-craze\/article13295650\/?cmpid=rss1\">[Globe and Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Bike path could close Point Grey Road <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/british-columbia\/bike-path-could-close-point-grey-road\/article13295640\/?cmpid=rss1\">[Globe and Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 13 reasons why TransLink funding referendum would be wrong <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biv.com\/article\/20130716\/BIV0319\/307169916\/13-reasons-why-translink-funding-referendum-would-be-wrong\">[Business in Vancouver]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Metro Vancouver mayors fear there&#8217;s too little time for road pricing referendum <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/news\/Metro+Vancouver+mayors+fear+there+little+time+road+pricing\/8672955\/story.html\">[Vancouver Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Highrise developer says changes will quiet Mount Pleasant opposition <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/news\/metro\/Neighbourhoods+fight+against+Vancouver+densification+plans\/8672778\/story.html\">[Vancouver Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Plans for unstaffed Second Narrows rail bridge worries port, district officials <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/news\/metro\/Plans+unstaffed+rail+bridge+worries+port+district+officials\/8673137\/story.html\">[Vancouver Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Cambie and Broadway sw 2 <a href=\"http:\/\/changingvancouver.wordpress.com\/2013\/07\/17\/cambie-and-broadway-sw-2\/\">[Changing Vancouver]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CASCADIA<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Water Works, 3: The conservation conversation <a href=\"http:\/\/crosscut.com\/2013\/07\/17\/environment\/115488\/water-works-3-conservation\/\">[Crosscut]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Washington and Oregon Cities Try to Evade Political Jam to Build a Bridge <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/07\/17\/us\/Washington-and-Oregon-Cities-Try-to-Sidestep-Political-Gridlock-to-Build-a-Bridge.html?partner=rss&#038;emc=rss&#038;smid=tw-nytimes&#038;_r=1&#038;\">[New York Times]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Opportunities seen in demise of CRC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbian.com\/news\/2013\/jul\/15\/opportunities-seen-in-demise-of-crc\/\">[The Columbian]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 SDOT makes guerrilla-installed protected bike lane permanent<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlebikeblog.com\/2013\/07\/15\/sdot-makes-guerrilla-installed-protected-bike-lane-permanent\/\"> [Seattle Bike Blog]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CANADA<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto council votes in favour of Scarborough subway in major victory for Rob Ford <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2013\/07\/17\/absurd-not-even-remotely-close-councillors-question-feasibility-of-fords-subway-numbers\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NP_Top_Stories+%28National+Post+-+Top+Stories%29\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Non-residential building construction down in second quarter: Statistics Canada <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealgazette.com\/business\/residential+building+construction+down+second+quarter\/8671020\/story.html\">[Montreal Gazette]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>INTERNATIONAL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 In Kenya, Using Tech To Put An &#8216;Invisible&#8217; Slum On The Map <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/parallels\/2013\/07\/17\/202656235\/in-kenya-using-tech-to-put-an-invisible-slum-on-the-map\">[NPR]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Why modernist design may be inherently hard to green <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefifthestate.com.au\/archives\/51775\/\">[The Fifth Estate]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Top Ten: China&#8217;s Ugliest Buildings <a href=\"http:\/\/asiasociety.org\/northern-california\/top-ten-chinas-ugliest-buildings?utm_source=Asia+Society+Northern+California+Events+Mail+List&#038;utm_campaign=3f54f8344b-May_14th_Email_Blast5_13_2013&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_term=0_2448c3e148-3f54f8344b-60199529\">[Asia Society]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 With a New Curfew, Is Downtown Greensboro Telling Young Black People to Stay Away? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticcities.com\/politics\/2013\/07\/new-curfew-downtown-greensboro-telling-young-black-people-stay-away\/6232\/\">[The Atlantic Cities]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOCAL \u2022 Vancouver 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