February 28, 2009 Headlines

LOCAL
Province to foot entire cost of new Port Mann Bridge [CBC]

Can Nothing Kill Highway Expansion? [Stephen Rees's blog]

Canada Line should be operating by ‘early fall’ [The Vancouver Sun]

January building permits down 54% in Vancouver from 2008 [The Vancouver Sun]

City may get new $45-million museum [Richmond News]

Architecture of Hope Revisited [The Tyee]

BC’s Coleman presses Ottawa to loosen strings on housing funding [The Hook]

Carole James Caves to Blacktop Politics [The Livable Blog]

CANADA
Council considers $100M plan for bike lanes and trails [CBC]

INTERNATIONAL
Miles and Miles [WorldChanging]

Bloomberg Puts Forward a Bold, Transformative New Vision for Broadway [StreetsBlog]

The Beauty in Brutalism, Restored and Updated [The Wall Street Journal]