Here’s this week’s collection of articles for urbanists:

• Are Championship runs good for a city’s urbanism? It’s not often that an entire city is focused on one thing. In Vancouver it happened during the 2010 Winter Olympics. A year and a half later here, it’s happening again. (Planetizen)

• An Infusion of Commons Thinking Can Transform the Future of Our Communities: David Motzenbecker of the Minneapolis Planning Commission explores participatory planning. (On the Commons)

• Peak car use: urban planning needs to change: Peak car use suggests that we are witnessing the end of building cities around cars – at least in the developed world. (The Fifth Estate)

• Can Social Enterprise Create Better Cities? A look at the potential of social enterprise and community leadership to enhance the design, delivery and management of better places.

• What makes a city lovable? Just because a city has phenomenal restaurants, leafy streets, or great trout fishing within an hour’s drive doesn’t make it livable, or even lovable. (MinnPost)