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By Damien Newton

7:57 AM PDT on May 23, 2012

State Senate: Cars That Drive Themself? What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (LAT)
Metro Staff Says "No Thanks" to Beverly Hills Proposed Routes (Curbed, The Source)
NRDC: Farmers Field Enviro Docs Ignore Health Impacts of More Traffic (LAT)
Vigil Held for Slain Metro Bus Driver (The Source)
Bicycling Magazine's Profile of Los Angeles
It's Time to Raise the Gas Tax (Frying Pan)
CA Bike Coalition’s Dave Snyder: Senate Transpo Bill Would Preserve Vital Bike/Ped Funding (Sac Bee)
After Seeing Un-Marked Pit Bull on Bus, Writer Wonders What Constitutes "Service Animal? (Opposing Views)
Top 5 Places to Eat Off the Expo Line (LA Weekly)
Draft Plan for "Orange Line," Union Station to Santa Ana, Surfaces (Curbed)
Man Driving with Zebra, Parrot, Charged with DUI (Daily News)

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