Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed.

Ciclavia. Photo by Davey Gonzalez/Flickr

I blocked off Wilshire and Angelenos loved it (Zocolo Public Square)

Aaron Paley, co-founder and executive director of CicLAvia, talks about the birth of L.A.’s day-long bike ride celebration through closed city streets (the next one is April 21) and how its growing popularity speaks to our need to connect and engage. And the news is good: This year for the first time there will be three events, rather than two. Hooray!

Does a Metrolink connection to Ontario Airport make sense? (Daily News)

Want to get from LA/Ontario International Airport to downtown L.A. in 20 minutes on Metrolink? L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl likes the idea. Of course, it’s worth pointing out that it currently takes about an hour to travel the airport-adjacent East Ontario Metrolink Station and downtown L.A. — so there’s some work to do to shave that time in more than half.

Downtown L.A.’s edgy arts district is neighborhood in transition (Los Angeles Times)

The Gold-Line adjacent arts district is drawing comparisons to New York’s meatpacking district, where trendy shops, restaurants and offices have taken over industrial buildings. But the concern is that gentrification will drive out low-paid artists who can no longer afford to live there.

On this day Arthur Winston joined the Los Angeles Railway (Metro Transportation Library Primary Resources blog)

The Metro Library blog points out that on this day in 1924, 18-year-old Arthur Winston began working for the Los Angeles Railway and continued working until the day before his 100th birthday in 2006. He was named “Employee of the Century” because he was never late for work and only took one day off during his entire career. A man of distinction by any measure. But is this old-fashioned work ethic still alive?