January 21, 2010 Headlines

LOCAL
Activist Mel Lehan says SkyTrain bad for Broadway corridor [The Georgia Straight]

TransLink taking time to pause and regroup [The Globe and Mail]

Transit prices soar for the Games [The Vancouver Sun]

Harold Steves decries potential loss of farmland with South Fraser Perimeter Road project [The Georgia Straight]

Cambie Street corridor increases density [The Georgia Straight]

City hall cuts services to lend support to Games [The Globe and Mail]

Woodwards 3: Stan Douglas’s “Abbott and Cordova” [Price Tags]

Woodwards 4: Lighting the W [Price Tags]

The Woodward’s project will bring some changes but other steps are needed [The Vancouver Sun]

CANADA
O Canada, it’s not supposed to be a circus act [Globe and Mail]

INTERNATIONAL
Abu Dhabi: new urban showcase in the Middle East? [New Urban News]

The Great American Slowdown [Crosscut]

Prepared for Haiti [Places: Design Observers]

Mall Owners Are Giving Food Courts and Common Areas a Facelift [Retail Traffic News]

Picture-perfect Portland? [The Oregonian]

The Next Big Challenge: Latent Demands for Personal Transport Ready to Explode [The City Fix: Mumbai]

American Suburbia vs. the Planet [The Huffington Post]

America’s 75 Worst Commutes [The Daily Beast]