{"id":24921,"date":"2014-05-19T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=24921"},"modified":"2014-05-19T06:06:45","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T13:06:45","slug":"24921","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2014\/05\/19\/24921\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver\u2019s Urbanism Headlines: Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LOCAL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Unit vacancies anger city, advocates as homelessness increases in Vancouver <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/british-columbia\/unit-vacancies-anger-city-advocates-as-homelessness-increases-in-vancouver\/article18741276\/\">[Globe and Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Vancouver loses five a day, but Toronto hugs its trees <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/life\/home-and-garden\/real-estate\/vancouver-loses-five-a-day-but-toronto-hugs-its-trees\/article18727044\/?cmpid=rss1\">[Globe and Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Jordan Bateman\u2019s Position: Satisfaction with the Second Rate <a href=\"http:\/\/pricetags.wordpress.com\/2014\/05\/16\/jason-batemans-position-satisfaction-with-the-second-rate\/\">[Price Tags]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 The New Point Grey Road \u2013 20: Final Pieces <a href=\"http:\/\/pricetags.wordpress.com\/2014\/05\/18\/the-new-point-grey-road-20-final-pieces\/\">[Price Tags]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Main Street-Science World\u2019s new east stationhouse opens today <a href=\"http:\/\/buzzer.translink.ca\/2014\/05\/main-street-science-worlds-new-east-stationhouse-opens-today\/\">[The Buzzer Blog]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 New supportive-housing site set to open on Burrard Street in Vancouver <a href=\"http:\/\/www.straight.com\/news\/646591\/new-supportive-housing-site-set-open-burrard-street-vancouver\">[Georgia Straight]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Bob Rennie speaks about housing affordability, the wealth of seniors, immigration, and David Suzuki <a href=\"http:\/\/www.straight.com\/news\/646311\/bob-rennie-speaks-about-housing-affordability-wealth-seniors-immigration-and-david-suzuki\">[Georgia Straight]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Accessible City Design: Request-to-Cross Buttons <a href=\"http:\/\/sfb.nathanpachal.com\/2014\/05\/accessible-city-design-request-to-cross.html\">[South Fraser Blog]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 What&#8217;s Your Version of Vancouver as &#8216;Greenest City&#8217;? <a href=\"http:\/\/thetyee.ca\/Mediacheck\/2014\/05\/19\/Vancouver-Greenest-City-Versions\/\">[The Tyee]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Bob Rennie at Urban Development Institute addresses future of Vancouver housing market <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouverobserver.com\/news\/bob-rennies-forecast-vancouver-housing-market-boomers-will-keep-it-hot\">[Vancouver Observer]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CASCADIA<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Residents urge Victoria council to halt downtown pub expansion <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timescolonist.com\/news\/local\/residents-urge-victoria-council-to-halt-downtown-pub-expansion-1.1063709\">[Victoria Times Colonist]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Despite being at \u2018peak farm,\u2019 land is getting less protection <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/british-columbia\/despite-being-at-peak-farm-land-is-getting-less-protection\/article18741001\/\">[Globe and Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Lawsuit filed against city for streetcar tracks deemed &#8216;unsafe for bicyclists&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/bikeportland.org\/2014\/05\/14\/lawsuit-filed-against-city-for-streetcar-tracks-deemed-unsafe-for-bicyclists-105974\">[Portland Bike Blog]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Tribune finds support for limiting car use by microapartment dwellers <a href=\"http:\/\/bikeportland.org\/2014\/05\/14\/tribune-finds-support-for-limiting-car-use-by-microapartment-dwellers-105943\">[Bike Portland]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 More Construction = Lower Prices <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletransitblog.com\/2014\/05\/16\/more-construction-lower-prices\/\">[Seattle Transit Blog]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CANADA<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 The Upper, Upper, Upper West Side <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/currency\/2014\/05\/the-upper-upper-upper-west-side.html\">[The New Yorker]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>INTERNATIONAL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 A Safety Plan With Swedish Logic and City Smarts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/05\/14\/nyregion\/a-safety-plan-with-swedish-logic-and-city-smarts.html?_r=1\">[New York Times]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Stop forcing people to wear bike helmets <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2014\/5\/16\/5720762\/stop-forcing-people-to-wear-bike-helmets\">[Vox]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 A Crosswalk Too Far: The Hunt for America\u2019s Least Crossable Street <a href=\"http:\/\/usa.streetsblog.org\/2014\/05\/14\/a-crosswalk-too-far-the-hunt-for-americas-least-crossable-street\/\">[Streetsblog USA]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 New Urbanism\u2019s impact on mid-sized and smaller cities <a href=\"http:\/\/bettercities.net\/news-opinion\/blogs\/robert-steuteville\/21111\/new-urbanism%E2%80%99s-impact-mid-sized-and-smaller-cities\">[Better! 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