Today’s Headlines

• CBS Reporter Bob Simon, Passenger in Town Car, Killed in West Side Highway Crash (NYT, News, Post)
• DOT Improves Lincoln Square Bowtie Plan With Columbus Avenue Bike Lane Extension (DNA)
• Uptown Residents Want More Protected Bike Lanes as Citi Bike Plans Expansion (Spectator)
• MTA Already Has More Debt Than Cuba, Syria, at Least 30 Other Nations (News, Post)
• Yet Funding the Capital Plan Doesn’t Seem High on the Agenda (Advance, 2nd Ave Sagas, Crain’s 1, 2)
• Ratner May Build Tower on Site of Barclays Center Plaza at Atlantic and Flatbush (AY Report via Curbed)
• NJ, S.I., East River Ferry Services Saw Ridership Increase About 7 Percent Last Year (Post)
• Vallone, Koo, Ferreras Want de Blasio to Extend Ferry Plan to Flushing Bay (TL)
• Sunnyside Yards Housing Plan: Community Board Is Wary (TL); Cuomo Is Combative (NYT)
• Holly Leicht Urges Bronxites to Stop Attacking Plan to Extend Hudson River Greenway (Riverdale Press)
• NYPD Replacing Three-Wheeled Motor Scooters With Smart Cars (Post, WCBS)

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