[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Winnipeg, Buffalo, Chicago, Tallinn, Duqm

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• The question of re-opening the storied intersection of Portage and Main, at the heart of Winnipeg, to pedestrian traffic is being hotly debated. The National Post reports.


• CityLab describes how the New York city of Buffalo is enjoying a huge boom in the creation of public art.


• Wired describes Chicago's Wild Mile, a new riverine habitat ingeniously created for the manmade North Branch Canal.


• The World Economic Forum reports that, on the theory that public transit is a public good, Estonia is making public transit free throughout the country, including in the capital of Tallinn.


• Guardian Cities notes the energetic effort of Oman to create, where five years ago there was just desert, the new city of Duqm.