Today’s Headlines

Featured Headline: The Reason Foundation is known for its views that passenger rail is a waste of money compared to bus service or road service.  To make their point, they hired a comedian to ride Metro rail from LAX to an interview in Burbank.  While the video is full of stats, there's also a lot of things that don't make sense if you think about it.  Check it out, if you want to be annoyed.

• Metro Chastised for Civil Rights Performance (LA Weekly, KPCC, SacBee)
• Westside Council of Governments Works on Big Bike Plan (Patch)
• OC Officials Worry That High Speed Rail Could Take Funds from OC Road Projects (Register)
• Murals Are Back, Baby! (KPCC)
• NTSB Recommends Ban On All Cell Phone Use by Drivers (CoCo Times)
• Coming Soon, $1 Billion in State Budget Cuts (LAT)
• Cali. DUI's Drop to Record Low (LAT)
• Regional Planning Is the New City Planning (GOOD)