Full Name: Gold Line Corridor Study
Creator: Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
University of California Los Angeles
Study Type: Light rail study
Status of Project: Completed 2007.

Context:
The Gold Line is 13.7 miles and runs through diverse neighborhoods from Pasadena to Los Angeles. The Gold Line opened in 2003 and has the lowest ridership of all the Metro Light Rail/Subway lines.

Goals:
Discover the motivations, tensions, and challenges of developers, architects, and planners of major development projects in the Gold Line station areas one third to a half mile in distance.

Proposal Summary:
• Plan stations near people and activities.
• Change a long-standing urban form dominated by low-density, single family uses.
• Actively recruit pedestrian-oriented, transit-friendly uses.
• Preplan for TODs.
• Make a desirable TOD project “pencil out.”
• Find the right balance between “carrots” and “sticks.”
• Make affordable housing “pencil out.”
• Find a solution to the parking dilemma.
• Achieve better coordination among different public entities.