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• Bike lane disputes (City Room)

• 59 ways the city can become more elderly-friendly (City Room)

• Video of Mayor Bloomberg welcoming his 10,000th Twitter follower (Huffington Post)

• A report on the city's alternative-fueled vehicle plans (Government Technology)

• A pop up skatepark in NYC! (PSFK)

• The state of the city's street vendors (Idealist in NYC)

• Green sanitation trucks will start making collection rounds in Queens in two weeks (New York Post)

• Micah Sifry on 'The Politics of Twitter' (techPresident)

• There are 10 sites from New York on Time's 50 Best Web sites of 2009 list (NY Tech Meetup)

• Transportation Alternatives' District 25 Council candidates debate is tonight in Queens (Streetsblog)

• A meetup for people transitioning to a sustainable development career (GreenHome NYC)

• Columbia University health scientist talks about vertical farms (Next American City)

• A report from Transportation Alternatives' 39th District council candidates debate (Streetsblog)

• Urban farming: A profile of BK Farmyards (The Brooklyn Paper)

• Full Gov 2.0 Summit schedule is now online (gov2summit.com)

• Green fitness in Bushwick (gbNYC)

• Sustainable designs at the New York Gift Fair (PSFK)

• Architectural critic James Russell weighs in on how the Mass Transit Tunnel will connect to existing and proposed transit infrastructure (Bloomberg News via PlanNYC)

• Hungry? "There is a solar-powered biodiesel food truck serving all-local black bean veggie burger samples" (@civileater)

• Read about the schools, parks and organizations getting $21 million in stimulus money (Daily News)

• Check out car-free Times Square's new and improved seating arrangements (Gothamist)

• On local food in NYC... (Huffington Post)

• The Jets are Tweeting (Crain's)

• NY State Senate Office of the CIO's blog has a new home (nysenate.gov)

• Techies facing off in softball (nextNY)

via Empire State Future

Yet another conference about the future of New York: Empire State Future and the New York Department of State are hosting a summit on Oct. 7. called "Revitalizing NY: Building a New Economy Through Sustainable Development."

There will be panels on all the usual suspects—transportation, housing, green jobs, climate change, food systems, etc.

From Empire State Future:

There's no doubt that the economic crisis upon us is severe, the worst in many decades. Couple this with the ominous ecological and social challenges of our time, and the future of New York State may look bleak. But if we consider the remarkable human and natural resources, ingenuity, and history of innovation and determination of the people and communities of our state, we can be encouraged.

There is opportunity--and necessity--to apply this innovation and determination to an imperative: development of economies and communities that recognize and embrace the reality of scarcity, but through superior design of places and products, improve quality of life for all while using substantially less natural and financial resources.

Please join Empire State Future and The New York Department of State in Schenectady on October 7 for a Summit on revitalizing New York State through sustainable development. This Summit is designed for all participants to both learn about and contribute innovations and ideas for actualizing sustainable development in New York State, and to strengthen the connections among those working on this common quest.

No word on speakers yet, but you can view the schedule here.

• Some coverage of yesterday's Twitter attacks (Bits, AP, CNET)

• The State Senate has passed e-filing legislation for the New York court system (nysenate.gov)

• Check out a presentation on Governors Island this weekend on the future of solar energy in New York City (Sustainable Cities Blog)

• Lots of New York City restaurants are on board with a new iPhone app that gets you deals at local eateries (am New York)

• The new DIYcity is coming soon (DIYcity)

• The New York Tech Meetup is now live (NYTM)

• The Daily News is looking for a social media czar (Media Post)

• The City is investing in a new shared commercial kitchen in East Harlem (nyc.gov)

• Reflections on Mayor Bloomberg's transportation platform (The Transport Politic)

• Video: M.I.T. panel on advancing urban infrastructure through technology (Sustainable Cities Blog)

• More video: footage of last week's broadband/BTOP meeting (ISOC-NY)

• Take a look at the future of city mobility (PSFK)

• More on Wi-Fi and laptop lending in the New York Public Library's elegant Edna Barnes Salomon Room (City Room)

• The New York Metropolitan Transportation Council is seeking comments on its 2010-2035 regional transportation plan (Mobilizing the Region)

• John Liu is ready to support the bike access bill and will explain his position on Friday (Streetsblog)

• Eating Liberally's Kerry Trueman on curbing New York's carbon "foodprint" (Huffington Post)

• A project to use old subway cars as artificial subterranean reefs off the eastern seaboard has failed (Gothamist)

• Toyota's "Wi-Fi flowers" will be touring New York City (MuniWireless)

• How to establish a "governance ecology" for ".nyc" (Connecting.nyc)

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Yesterday, July 13th, President Obama spoke at a day-long symposium about the future of America’s urban and metropolitan areas, promising a review and overhaul of federal agencies' policies in cities across the states. He said Adolfo Carrion, director of the newly created Office of Urban Affairs, will visit city governments and brainstorm on new, innovative policy ideas. Other departments are getting involved too, like Management and Budget office, the Domestic Policy Council, the National Economic Council, and the Office of Urban Affairs to "conduct the first comprehensive interagency review in 30 years of how the federal government approaches and funds urban and metropolitan areas," Mr. Obama said.