A weekly roundup of news stories and articles that may be of interest to the Vancouver city planning community. This list is updated every Thursday afternoon.
April 19, 2018
UBC pushes for Millennium Line extension to campus; opens door to providing funding
Justin McElroy, CBC News | April 19, 2018
Is this the future of Seattle transit? A look at Vancouver, B.C. — a city that figured it out years ago
David Gutman, Seattle Times | April 19, 2018
‘Multigenerational living’ may be the new old solution to sky-high housing prices
Murtaza Haider and Stephen Moranis | Financial Post | April 198, 20-18
Vancouver’s new rules on Airbnb begin Thursday
Janet Brown, CKNW | April 18, 2018
Amazon may rent the old post office in downtown Vancouver
John Mackie, Vancouver Sun | April 17, 2018
Company acquires 15-and-a-half acres for South Vancouver development
Eric Zimmer, Daily Hive | April 17, 2018
We Need Bigger Cities, But We Also Need Unique Cities
Eillie Anzilotti, Fast Company | April 16, 2018
April 12, 2018
Landscape architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander on why it should be easier to be green
Hadani Ditmars, Wallpaper | April 12, 2018
What role do architects have in a driverless future?
Jonathan Hilburg , ArchPaper | April 12, 2018
Vancouver’s short-term rental bylaws take effect April 19
CBC News | April 11, 2018
Provincial task force asked to update B.C. tenancy laws and address rental affordability
Travis Lupick, The Georgia Straight | April 10, 2018
Green side up: planting Vancouver’s canopy, one tree at a time
Chad Pawson · CBC News | April 9, 2018
By the Numbers: Vancouver Neighbourhoods
Vancouver Magazine | April 9, 2018
Metro Vancouver recommends B.C. limit house sizes on agricultural land
Jennifer Saltman, Vancouver Sun | April 6, 2018
The Art of the City
Larry Beasley , Canadian Architect | April 6, 2018
Affordability and Sustainability Drive Parking Requirement Reduction (Seattle)
Josh Cohen, Next City | April 6, 2017
Why Toronto’s former chief planner wants Canadians to rediscover renting
John Michael McGrath, TVO | April 6, 2018
Here’s What You Can Read If You’d Like to Think About Cities In Exactly The Way That I Do
Alex Baca, Medium | April 6, 2018
April 5, 2018
Plaza of Nations redevelopment begins to move forward
Travis Lupick, The Georgia Straight | April 4th, 2018
How the Women Led Cities initiative is amplifying female voices in city planning, design
Katie Pyzyk, SmartCitiesDive | April 3, 2018
Affordable housing competition generates ideas for Vancouver
Construction Canada | April 2, 2018
Seattle City Council passes suite of parking reforms
Sarah Anne Lloyd, Curbed Seattle | April 2, 2018