Metro Board Wrap, 710 Health Study, Gold Line Extension, Business Investment In HSR, L.A. Bicycle History & More

710 Extension: Residents Attend Final Meeting In South Pasadena -- Residents From South Pasadena And Neighboring Communities Continue To Speak Out Against The Possible Expansion Of The 710 Freeway From Alhambra To Pasadena

South Pasadena Patch

A Brief History Of Bicycles In The Los Angeles Area (Rarely seen archival images and documents dating back to the 1890s from Southern California's libraries, museums, and other cultural institutions illustrate this fascinating story)
L.A. As Subject via KCET SoCal Focus

Broken Railroad Line In Yamada (Illustrates the effect of tsunami on railroad tracks)

New York Times

California Adds Nearly 100,000 Jobs In February: California's Unemployment Rate Fell To 12.2% In February From 12.4% In January

Los Angeles Times

The Case For Business Investment In High-Speed And Intercity Passenger Rail (12p. PDF)
APTA

Gold Line Extension Funds Caught Up In The CRA Deathwatch?

Curbed LA

Inside City Hall: Council Wants Nonpolluting Railyard Project

Long Beach Press-Telegram

Mayor Sees Bright Future Along The Miracle Mile
Park LaBrea News Beverly Press

Metro Board Wrap: Votes For Cleaner Buses, Then Less Buses
StreetsBlog LA

Metro Offers Bus Rides From Union Station To Dodger Stadium

Long Beach Press-Telegram

Metro's Freeway Projects Mean Better Transportation For Everyone

Everything Long Beach

MTA Board OKs Deep Cuts To Service: The Bus Service Cuts, Eliminating Nine Lines And Reducing 11, Are Approved 7 to 6 By The Board Of The Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Critic's Say L.A.'s Low-Income Residents Will Be Hurt The Most

Los Angeles Times

The Nation's Crumbling Infrastructure (audio)

The Diane Rehm Show

New Lanes Open On 118 Freeway

Camarillo Acorn

New Study: Car Ownership Not Essential To Everyday Commute

The City Fix

Latitude Transit Study Results: Part Two

Next American City

Tech For Transit: Designing A Future System (9p. PDF)

Latitude

Opinion: Five Myths About Gas Prices

Washington Post

Reading L.A.: Richard G. Lillard On The Growth Machine And Its Discontents (Next installment in the 2011 architecture and urban planning reading series)

Los Angeles Times

Report: Nevada Needs Better Roads To Grow Economy
Las Vegas Sun

Schools Asked To Support I-710 Freeway Health Study

EGP News

The Secrets To Success For Transit-Oriented Development
StreetsBlog DC
Rails To Real Estate: Development Patterns Along Three New Transit Lines (80p. PDF)
Center For Transit Oriented Development

"Sprawling From Grace: The Consequences Of Suburbanization" (April 20 broadcast)

CNBC

Station Planning Workshops (April-May dates, times and locations scheduled for Claremont, Montclair, San Dimas, La Verne, Pomona & Glendora; hosted tours announced)

Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority

A War On Cars? Let There Be Peace!
Planetizen

The Latest Battle In The Nonexistent "War On Cars"

Grist

What To Do About Silverlake's Tunnel Of Trouble (The 1924 pedestrian tunnel under Sunset Boulevard serving Micheltorena Elementary School has fallen on hard times)

Eastsider LA

Why Angelenos Should Start Taking The Bus More Often ("Last December, [Metro] recorded the lowest number of complaints in its history.")
KCET SoCal Focus

Work Zone Operations: Best Practices Guidebook (310p. PDF)
Federal Highway Administration