{"id":24343,"date":"2014-03-05T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T16:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=24343"},"modified":"2014-03-05T05:40:08","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T13:40:08","slug":"vancouvers-urbanism-headlines-wednesday-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2014\/03\/05\/vancouvers-urbanism-headlines-wednesday-37\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver\u2019s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LOCAL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Downtown Eastside developer fees to go toward social housing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/british-columbia\/downtown-eastside-developer-fees-to-go-toward-social-housing\/article17263243\/?cmpid=rss1\">[Globe and Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Cruise ship being readied for stint as home to Kitimat construction crews <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/british-columbia\/cruise-ship-being-readied-for-stint-as-home-to-kitimat-construction-crews\/article17289717\/?cmpid=rss1\">[Globe and Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Vancouver police chief contract extended five years <a href=\"http:\/\/www.francesbula.com\/uncategorized\/vancouver-police-chief-contract-extended-five-years\/\">[State of Vancouver]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Vancouver police chief Jim Chu gets contract extension to 2017 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.straight.com\/news\/599641\/vancouver-police-chief-jim-chu-gets-contract-extension-2017\">[Georgia Straight]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Vancouver park board\u2019s Sarah Blyth not seeking reelection <a href=\"http:\/\/www.straight.com\/news\/599706\/vancouver-park-boards-sarah-blyth-not-seeking-reelection\">[Georgia Straight]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 The Taxpayers Federation, TransLink, and Park &#038; Rides <a href=\"http:\/\/sfb.nathanpachal.com\/2014\/03\/the-taxpayers-federation-translink-and.html\">[South Fraser Blog]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Surrey bylaw zeroes in on ugly, cluttered signs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/news\/metro\/Surrey+bylaw+zeroes+ugly+cluttered+signs\/9579328\/story.html#ixzz2v5sLI2Lp\">[Vancouver Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Shelley Fralic: Redevelopment won\u2019t solve Downtown Eastside\u2019s problems <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/opinion\/columnists\/Shelley+Fralic+Redevelopment+solve+Downtown+Eastside\/9574351\/story.html\">[Vancouver Sun]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CASCADIA<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Pedestrian Chronicles: Building Bell Street Park <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlemet.com\/news-and-profiles\/publicola\/articles\/pedestrian-chronicles-february-2014\">[Seattle Met]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Portland bike share: Is it a good fit for a city already teeming with bicycles? (poll) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/commuting\/index.ssf\/2014\/03\/portland_bike_share_is_it_a_go.html\">[Oregon Live]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 City likely to delay Portland bike share until 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/bikeportland.org\/2014\/03\/04\/as-city-coordinates-schedules-for-bike-share-sponsor-announcement-delay-to-2015-looks-certain-102434\">[Portland Bike Blog]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Bike-Share Hits Yet Another Snag in Portland, Oregon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticcities.com\/commute\/2014\/03\/bike-share-hits-yet-another-snag-portland-oregon\/8554\/\">[The Atlantic Cities]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Portland Development Commission&#8217;s Patrick Quinton talks Indianapolis, &#8216;iconic projects,&#8217; urban growth boundary (Q&#038;A) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/portland\/index.ssf\/2014\/03\/portland_development_commissio_24.html\">[Oregon Live]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Big changes for Portland urban renewal districts? Portland City Hall Roundup (maps) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/portland\/index.ssf\/2014\/03\/big_changes_for_portland_urban.html\">[Oregon Live]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>INTERNATIONAL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 States Reinvest in Once-Abandoned Freight Lines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.governing.com\/topics\/transportation-infrastructure\/gov-states-reinvest-in-rail.html\">[Governing]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Where Do You Want to Go? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.copenhagenize.com\/2014\/03\/where-do-you-want-to-go.html\">[Copenhagenize]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 10 Lessons in More Engaging Citizen Engagement <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetizen.com\/node\/67656\">[Planetizen]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 A new coalition for urban place <a href=\"http:\/\/bettercities.net\/news-opinion\/blogs\/robert-steuteville\/20976\/new-coalition-urban-place\">[Better Cities &#038; Towns]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOCAL \u2022 Downtown Eastside developer fees to go toward social housing [Globe and Mail] \u2022 Cruise ship being readied for stint as home to Kitimat construction crews [Globe and Mail] \u2022 Vancouver police chief contract extended five years [State of Vancouver] \u2022 Vancouver police chief Jim Chu gets contract extension to 2017 [Georgia Straight] \u2022<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2014\/03\/05\/vancouvers-urbanism-headlines-wednesday-37\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Vancouver\u2019s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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