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With the rise in the use of dockless bikes and e-scooters, there's a concern that pedestrians are more likely to be injured by the devices being abandoned on pavements when their hire time is up. RNIB Connect Radio's Allan Russell spoke to Erik Matthies, from RNIB, to look at the problem and the possible solutions. Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB' written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio' is written in black in a smaller font.

London is putting the brakes on the mess of e-bikes that litter the streets of the city. Today, the local transportation authority, Transport for London, announced a new enforcement policy that will restrict parking for the tens of thousands of e-bikes rented on-demand from companies like Lime, HumanForest and Dott. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT The UK startup PassageWay operates with the interesting mission of using technology that nudges people to make well-informed and more sustainable decisions about how they get from A to B. That's done by thinking through and developing the presentation layer for Real-Time Passenger Information content that's then run on digital signs, most notably for the bus systems around the city of London. PassageWay's business model is - in simple terms - taking the rich, real-time data available for routes and stops and making it presentable and digestible for transport authorities, like Transport For London, which pays the start-up to do so. The logical notion is that the more that good, real-time information is made available to people, the more the transport services will be used. While London Underground stations are well-equipped with information and the services are pretty predictable, there's not as much available to the millions who use less-predictable surface transport services like the iconic double-decker red buses. I had a good chat about all this recently with PassageWay co-founder Chris Johns. Subscribe from wherever you pick up new podcasts. TRANSCRIPT Chris, thank you for joining me. Can you tell me what PassageWay is all about?  Chris Johns: Thanks so much for inviting us to your podcast today. PassageWay is all about generating demand for public transport by leveraging real-time information. We do this by putting it onto digital signs that are displayed on host-supplied screens and typically these screens only require a modern browser to display the digital sign.  You made a point of saying the host supplied. There's been a history through the years of companies who've done things like put in the infrastructure, the screens, and so on and then run content on them with the idea that content would be Interrupted so to speak by advertising. You're not going down that path.  Chris Johns: No, we're not. Typically those sorts of plays are similar to JC Decaux or Clear Channel who have long had this relationship with transport authorities whereby they will fund the deployment of bus shelters in return for an ad revenue share. We supply transport for London with digital signs that are displayed at bus shelters but also within their other infrastructure like bus stations. But really we're more citywide about putting digital signs into places such as schools, hospitals, workplaces, offices, and such in order to generate demand from the sort of non-traditional locations and encouraging the people within those locations to consider public transport. So this doesn't sound like a traditional business, you said, this is about generating demand to use public transport services and so on versus, more traditionally, this is about making money somehow or other.  Chris Johns: Yeah. I think that's the difference, a lot of those traditional plays actually put the real-time information secondary to their primary objective which is to earn revenue from the display of ads. And to my mind, that means a poor customer experience and the poor customer experience means reduced demand. If you think about traditional bus shelters, they are actually incredibly complex for many people trying to navigate the public transport information. If you're coming to London, for example, trying to find out which is the right bus? Is it going to go to your preferred stop? How long is it going to take? Is there any disruption information? If you don't have it, it will make you want to go and choose a different mode of transport. So, you probably take a taxi or you may end up using your own car, for example. Actually what we're trying to do is to show people that public transport is really easy to use. It's really accessible. It can get you from A to B pretty fast. And if you're aware of the onward travel information from the stop you're trying to get to, then actually, you can make the whole journey much easier and less stressful, for many people. So this almost seems like a community initiative but there is a business model behind this, right?  Chris Johns: Yeah, there is. The business model is pretty straightforward, to be honest. We are paid by the transport authority or their contract partners and our job is to provide these digital signs and the digital signs generate demand. So in a different way of thinking, you might consider the real time information as being the best form of advertising for public transport. Certainly better than a static advert, in my opinion, anyway.  Your company's efforts are to aggregate the data, make sure it's handled accurately and always up to date, and so on. Why would transport for London not do that themselves?  Chris Johns: Yeah, they do. Transport for London is the world's largest integrated transport network and they have the global leading data strategy. And they're famed the world over for their open API strategy. That means we can access their data and we pretty much have unfettered use of that data. And so do many other developers as well and we can Be sure that the data we've got is true and accurate. What we do is that we take that information and we plot it around a particular location and we bring it together with a legible London-style wayfinding map, where we plot the access points onto it and then we bring it all together into a sort of nice looking digital sign that's easy to understand and act upon.  So we're not generating data or we're not modifying data, all we're doing is bringing data together into an easy-to-understand format.  So you're doing the presentation layer that in theory, transport for London could do themselves but you're good at it. it's not what they want to focus on. So they're happy to work with you to do that part of it.  Chris Johns: That's right. Yeah. We are a supplier to TFL and they use lots of other different tech suppliers whether it's to build their award winning TFL go app or to build bus shelters whatever it may be. They have lots of different suppliers bringing their individual skill sets into play and that's basically what we do. But I think that one of the things that we do bring to the party because we're a tech startup is innovation and the ability to pivot quickly and come up with sort of entrepreneurial new ideas that we can bring into play and throw them out to TFL and say, listen, what do you think about this? And so we can move quite quickly.  Did you have to go to them to sell into this or is your company kind of a result of being in discussions with them and starting the company because this opportunity existed? Chris Johns: It's a mix between the two actually. So TFL actually issued a tender some time ago that we want to produce the platform and we've taken it on from there and given it a life of its own and extended the service beyond London as well. So working with other transport authorities and other partners outside of London.  So this is audio, so it makes it a little difficult to visualize things. But can you give me some sense of how this manifests itself within the transport system? And then in public and private buildings.  Chris Johns: Okay. I'll give you a couple of examples. For example, in every bus station across London, there are digital totems. And those digital totems are a bit like an airport or a train station where you've got a central totem and it shows all the services where they're going and whereabouts within the bus station they're leaving from and if there's any disruptions. So we look after all of those for London. Another example would be smart bus shelters, whereby you could have a large format digital screen with detailed route maps for each of the services that are running via that bus shelter with real time information on all those routes plotted not on a fixed JPEG of a route but actually plotted live onto a legible London style map. With onward time estimation to reach all the onward stops, onward travel information such as the tube status, any disruption notifications and more so that people can quite easily contextualize their journey and see if it's going to be running smoothly all the way through. Another example, could be at a bus stop itself. So across London, there are about 18,000 bus stops and only about 2000 bus shelters. So only about 2000 of these locations have any real time information. So what we can do for those ones is put in QR codes and customers can scan the QR codes and open up a real time digital sign on their personal device with no registration, no login, no heavy download. It's just a purely web based solution that shows all the upcoming departures for that particular stop with detailed route information, onward stop information et cetera and then links to download the official apps. So it's like an interstitial page where it's easy for everyone to access. Hopefully you're going to convert more people into downloading the official apps. Now the official app is the TFL official app or yours?  Chris Johns: No, we don't do apps. I'm afraid. One of the points about what we're doing is about trying to make everything as open and as accessible as possible. So there is no registration, there's no login, there's no download. All you need Is a modern web browser and you can access the information. We don't ask anything from the customers. We don't track them. We don't do anything really about that.  Yeah. That's one of the problems when you go to an unfamiliar city and you decide I'm going to use their transport system. You go to the app store to find the app for the mass transport system in that city. And there's five or six of them and you don't know which one is official or which one's riddled with ads or not updated or God knows what. Chris Johns: Yeah. In London, I can't really speak for other cities because our primary focus is London, that's our area of expertise. But there are hundreds of thousands of people who are digitally excluded. People who don't have smartphones at all and then there is a whole another segment that are extremely low digital users and I think in London, there's about 2 million of those, according to a Lloyd's report. You've got about 2.5 million people that are not going to be using smartphones or not downloading apps and you've got to provide real time information to those people because those are also a core audience for the transport authority because they tend to be looking at the demographic. They match perfectly the sort of TFL bus user type. But at the moment they're somewhat excluded from the service or the latest developments of promoting those services.  Is the focus more as a result on road transport, buses and so on, as opposed to the London underground? Because the underground has maps. It's got covered areas and everything else. It's easier to convey information.  Chris Johns: That's right. Like train stations and tubes, they're fairly straightforward. You go onto the platform, you take a train going one way or the other way or if you go to a train station, it's all linear. But if you're taking buses or you want to go get a bicycle, they're within the built environment itself. And they could be going pretty much any direction. And you really need to know where the best location is for you to find your particular service and then how long you're going to wait and if there's any problems with that particular service. Also the other thing is that the tube services are linear again. They're always getting the district line, for example and are always going to go to those particular routes, one way or the other. They might stop slightly earlier but generally, they're always going to follow that same path. And if you wait one minute, then the next one's coming along for two or three minutes. So what we do is that we just show on the tube status. We show if there's any problems on any particular line. And then we say all of the lines are running fine, which is the sort of TFL standard approach to displaying the statements  Yeah. This year I've spent a couple of weeks in London, doing interviews and then I was there semi holidaying as well and I was struck by the amount of real time information that you could get on. I was taking the Elizabeth line more than anything else and it was terrific in terms of telling me, I definitely don't want to go on the Circle line right now. Chris Johns: Yes. the Northern line.  The really old ones. Chris Johns: Yeah, some of them are better than others, to be honest. Also you've got to pick the right one. It's freezing in London at the moment and some of them have heating and some of them don't. Like in the summer, some of them have air con and some of them don't as well. We don't flag that as much. I couldn't tell you offhand which ones are which. Toko on here is stifling.  Chris Johns: Yeah. It could be useful information to many people.   What you're doing is a little reminiscent of a US company called TransitScreen.  Chris Johns: Yeah, I know. I've heard of TransitScreen. Yeah. They would sell a service into a building and they would also layer in things like the availability of Rideshare, Dockless bikes. I'm not sure what their status is right now but probably scooters as well. Do you do any of that? Chris Johns: Not at the moment. It is something that we are quite interested in. But we are dependent on the data sources that are available to us. And obviously we are primarily funded by TFL as well. Our modus operandi is to really promote TFL services. When we've looked at it before there are Lime and Forest e-bikes for example, across London. But they don't actually have an open API that we can access. The other thing I think separates us from the transit screen service, I think they've rebranded actually now. But I think they don't tend to have maps or contextual maps on their screens. They tend to be very linear in terms of saying information is available on this particular site type of service at this particular place. And that it's 500 meters where you have to go and work out which direction it is, whereas in London, we've got what's called the legible London wayfinding scheme. So across London, you find all these Totems which are just flat totems, they're not real time information. But they've got localized maps with all the local highlights on it. So, there's a sort of native way of expecting maps and how they should appear to people as they're moving through the built environment that we've tried to replicate. Ultimately, what we'd like to do is to take over those totems and convert them from being static information locations to being real time digital totems with wayfinding public transport information and other information as well.  I suspect the barriers, there are steady advances in e-paper. As that gets better versus using LCD or things like that require a lot of energy to be visible in daylight.  Chris Johns: Yeah. I think you hit the nail on the head there or bleakly by saying, really the issue is cost and technology. There are hundreds of legible London totems around London. Not all of them have power nearby and the cost to convert each and every one of them would be very substantial but if we can bring in as technology advances and things become cheaper, solar power and other sort of lower energy burn options come into play then that's where we're hoping that there's an opportunity. So, I think I saw you guys have your offices or technical location and the Battersea area. If the Battersea power station which is now a kind of a multi use mall and other things, wanted to put your content on a large screen in their main access areas, would they need to do what's involved? Chris Johns: It's really quite straightforward. They just need to install a screen of any particular size, it can be small or super large. We put a 75 inch screen into an office complex, Paternoster Square, just a week or so ago. But you can go for pretty much any size screen. The larger ones tend to be ethernet connected rather than Wi Fi connected. As long as that screen has browser capability then we can deploy a digital sign onto it. And it will be suitable for displaying both small scale and large scale. So you could have it within a stadium. If you've been to the power station, they've got the huge sort of warehouse-y style engine rooms there which are now full of shops but you could put one at the end of one of those engine rooms and it would look fantastic.  Yeah. I was there three-four months ago. It's a great reworking of that building. Outside they could really use wayfinding but that's somebody else's problem.  Chris Johns: Yeah. Also there's boats there as well. So Uber has taken over the boats in London. So, unfortunately they no longer provide data onto the TFL data feed. And so we're trying to work with them to get data from them. But at the moment, they're not included within the TFL API feed. I'm understanding this correctly, there's a URL per geo-specific site.  Chris Johns: That's right.  And if it was a digital sign in a building that was also showing, if we're using the Battersea Power Station as an example, also showing sales promotions for some of the retail tenants, could your information be scheduled in or does it need to be on there full time? Chris Johns: No, it doesn't need to be full-time. Obviously, we're very aware that digital screens need to pay for themselves and often that's through advertising. Our content can be part of a playlist and run for 15-20 seconds every 40 seconds or whatever the host decides is best. So, we're working on another project at the moment which is actually something very similar to that, whereby the content will rotate with other content about walking routes, heritage and other information that takes to a particular place. Because obviously, public transport information is not the only thing that's of interest to people as they're moving through the built environment. But it's one of the time sensitive things that is important to them.  Because it's web based information, is it responsive? Chris Johns: Yeah, We do smartphone friendly signs as well but usually they're going to be QR code based. So, someone will scan a QR code and then it will open up a smartphone or other personal device friendly version. Some of the other signs that we've designed particularly for larger format digital signage screens. So what I've seen examples of was a portrait mode screen but you could do a landscape screen, no problem.  Chris Johns: Oh yeah. We've got loads of them. It's roughly 50-50 at the moment in terms of deployment between landscape and portrait. I don't really have a preference. I think they look good. I think the one we put in last week into Paternoster Square was a portrait and I think it looks really quite nice in portrait style.  And have you done the design and everything to mirror or parrot the transport for London colors and so on? Chris Johns: We've built it to meet the TFL brand guidelines. So that was very important. Obviously, because we're paid by TFL and the map is styled to look as close as possible to the legible London guidelines but without copying it. We use a service called Mapbox to do that which allows us to play with the layers and the design of the layers on the maps very efficiently. And we actually did a project for Melbourne as well, Transport for Victoria in Australia where we came up with a similar whole range of concepts for Melbourne and again using their sort of legible Melbourne guidelines or Transport for Victoria guidelines with their branding and their mapping as well. So is there a consulting wing to what you do as well?  Chris Johns: Basically we can provide just consulting but really what we're hoping to do is to build long term relationships with transport authorities where we can deploy the platform, make the signs available across their estate and out to their community. And if that option is available to us then we'll do the consulting bundled into a longer term agreement with them.  But it's not fundamental to your offer?  Chris Johns: No. No, not at all.  My next question is, are you working outside of London? So you're in Australia. Are you elsewhere as well? Chris Johns: So, we're one of the winners of a global innovation tender for Transport for Victoria and we developed a whole range of concepts for them. Unfortunately, their data wasn't quite a state as yet to enable the concepts to be deployed. So that one very much watches this space. We've also had discussions with others, both, in Europe and also in North America as well. We're quite keen on working internationally. I think on the international side, we're much better when we work with a bigger technology partner. So, usually with transport authority tenders, they put them out there and there's big organizations which pitch for them. We're typically too small to pitch for them but we can go in with those larger organizations and bring that element of innovation and entrepreneurialism and some design to give them an extra edge in their tender over and above everyone else. So you might be going with an IBM or somebody like that?  Chris Johns: Yeah. The big one in America is VIX Technology and they're a nice bunch of guys. But we've also partnered previously with Trapeze which is in the UK. And also, there's a one in the UK who we work with very well called True Form Engineering as well. We've done stuff with them both in London and outside of London as well.  You mentioned at the start that you're working with the London authority which has a world reputation for its data API and everything else. And you also mentioned that Melbourne isn't quite at the same level. Is that a big challenge when you look at other jurisdictions? Chris Johns: Yeah, totally. Basically, the world is changing and it's changing very rapidly. The data is becoming less of a problem. But one of the problems that remains is the cost of data which means that actually using our service may be prohibitive to smaller towns or organizations outside of London. With the CFL API, we have free Access to that but if it was outside of London, for example, in Bristol, then we would have to partner with a third party data provider. And there are a small number of those that can provide that service. But it's not free and their costs are extensive. And then we have to layer our costs on top of that and it may be that for that transport authority which they look at that and say, we can't do that sort of cost at the moment. Indeed somewhere Bristol actually used to have their own API and then took it offline. Because they said, we can't justify the cost of maintaining this open API strategy which to my mind is insane because surely the biggest way of generating demand for public transport authority is telling people what services there are there. And you can only do that if you've got real time information. So if you suddenly say to all the developers and even your own services, we're not going to have an API anymore. It just means that you're going to have a natural impact on demand.  I don't know if this is a simple answer or way too involved to even get into but I'm curious if I'm a transport authority, let's say in Kansas city, Missouri, Winnipeg, Manitoba, or Munich, Germany. Do you need the shape and structure of data to make this workable?  Chris Johns: It's what we call a JSON API and then documentation around it and we'll take it from there. So, most of the APIs follow a common standard these days and we can work with any of them, really. We've not done any multi-language so digital sign designs as yet. So we do need to consider the elements of user experience for trying to work in something like Japanese, for example, would be challenging for us at the moment because we'd have to consider how they interpret information which is different to how we might interpret information in the UK. But somewhere like Missouri and Munich would be fairly straightforward for us.  Okay. So if people want to know more about your organization, where do they find you?  Chris Johns: So the best thing to do is to look at our website, which is at passage-way.com, or connect with me on LinkedIn. I'm quite chatty on LinkedIn, and I post a fair amount, and also the company is on LinkedIn as well. That's how I found you.  Chris Johns: Yeah, and the more the merrier, really.  All right. Chris, thank you very much for spending some time with me.  Chris Johns: Thank you. Have a great day.  

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GUEST: Eric Boullier, CEO, CircleABOUT THIS EPISODE"I switched from 400 kilometres per hour to 70 kph" - Eric Boullier, formerly Team Principal of the Renault and Lotus F1 teams, and Racing Director of McLaren F1, is now the founder and CEO of Circle, an all-new free-floating car-sharing start-up company using purpose-built electric vehicles.Free-floating sharing is a term you hear in relation to e-scooters and e-bikes—using an app, the user finds the nearest e-scooter, for example, starts riding it and leaves it at their destination. But just as they found it in a random location, the user doesn't need to find a docking station to secure it when they're done. They scan the QR code, maybe take a picture of the scooter, end the ride on the app, and they're automatically billed for that ride. But free-floating is relatively new to car-sharing.Car-sharing has been tried in several cities in recent years, to varying degrees of success. What's interesting about Circle is that instead of using an existing vehicle, Boullier and his team have decided to develop their own car. They've taken an innovative approach to the vehicle itself, and they've made a very bold decision on their battery strategy.In this episode of Ride: The Urban Mobility Podcast, Eric Boullier outlines why he thinks his new start-up, Circle, has found the right formula.Connect with Eric on LinkedIn

This week we’re joined by Kyle Rowe, Global Head of Government Partnerships at SPIN.  We chat with Kyle about his work with Seattle DOT transitioning from docked to dockless bike share, the impact of ride hailing on micromobility adoption, and the future of his industry.   Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

¿Te has planteado alguna vez cómo se consigue que tus pedidos en Internet lleguen a tu casa en un día, en la misma jornada o incluso en una hora? ¿Cómo puede ayudar la tecnología a mejorar la eficiencia de estos procesos y que la distribución sea cada vez más rápida y ecológica?Hablamos de ello con Sergio Cordero y con dos invitados en este episodio: Ángel Sánchez, director de Revoolt Smart Solutions, y Manuel Zafra, autor de la newsletter "Dockless". Con las voces y preguntas de Francisco Izuzquiza y Alberto Espinosa.Recuerda que Mindfacts desarrolla una buena acción cada mes, y en esta ocasión buscamos llevar comida a decenas de personas en el comedor Paquita Gallego de Leganés, gracias al apoyo de Juguettos Xanadú. ¡Tus escuchas hacen posible que sigamos ayudando!

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Host Gilbert Garcia and a team of San Antonio Express-News political reporters talk with Casey Whittington, the national director of government affairs for Blue Duck, about the future of e-scooters in S.A. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/politics/.

As scooters continue to colonize San Diego's streets — blocking parking garages, walkways and encroaching onto private property — locals are beginning to fight back. While some residents have resorted to vandalism (tossing scooters into dumpsters and lakes), two businessmen in Pacific Beach are offering an alternative way to get rid of errant scooters. They pick them up for free and charge scooter companies — Bird, Lime, Jump and Lyft — to get their property back. Story: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/technology/sd-fi-scoot-scoop-tow-scooters-20190129-story.html

Dockless scooters: like ’em or hate ’em, they’re everywhere these days, and are likely here to stay because tech companies refuse to stop “disrupting” the way we get around. While they can be fun for a quick whirl around town, they also go faster than some expect when they first hop on, which has led...

Dockless scooters: like ’em or hate ’em, they’re everywhere these days, and are likely here to stay because tech companies refuse to stop “disrupting” the way we get around. While they can be fun for a quick whirl around town, they also go faster than some expect when they first hop on, which has led […]

Dockless scooters: like ’em or hate ’em, they’re everywhere these days, and are likely here to stay because tech companies refuse to stop “disrupting” the way we get around. While they can be fun for a quick whirl around town, they also go faster than some expect when they first hop on, which has led...

Il 19 dicembre il Financial Times ha parlato di quello che in Occidente si considera spesso come un esempio del successo dell'imprenditoria cinese nel mondo, ovvero i servizi di bike sharing dockless, ad accesso libero, dicendo che in particolare Ofo, uno dei due giganti del settore presenti in Europa e partecipata da Alibaba, è sull'orlo della bancarotta.Nei mesi scorsi avevamo assistito a un balletto di chiusure e riaperture di servizi simili in diverse parti d'Italia e ci eravamo convinti che il problema fosse l'inciviltà degli utenti italiani. Eppure il problema pare riguardare l'intera Europa. Quindi esiste una debolezza strutturale di questo modello?Ancora più delle biciclette, l'impressione è che potessero essere i dati acquisiti durante l'interazione con l'utente il vero "oro" del business del bike sharing, ma è una domanda che abbiamo girato a Savero Galardi, già Operation Manager in Itali per Ofo.PLAYLIST• p.k.14 想像一座城市 | https://open.spotify.com/track/0YCWDEjM9pd24Z785e6I3L?si=G6g73Q0tT5-dNgz3w8lO1w• Cui Jian - Fake Monk (崔健- 假行僧) | https://open.spotify.com/track/41eYygRTZkpaVUlipYVT2m?si=cII8uxW5Sher_W9LdO9HPg

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Dockless scooters present pitfalls (and potholes) for police, pedestrians — and insurers. Plus, the U.S. waives FBI fingerprint background checks for teens at a migrant camp in West Texas. And why are Austin’s trees having such a colorful autumn? Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend! Subscribe at http://weekend.kut.org

Dockless scooters present pitfalls (and potholes) for police, pedestrians — and insurers. Plus, the U.S. waives FBI fingerprint background checks for teens at a migrant camp in West Texas. And why are Austin’s trees having such a colorful autumn? Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend! Subscribe at https://weekend.kut.org

Streets littered with bicycles and scooters represent the latest skirmish between Bay Area city administrators and the technology sector. In a region ready to confront carbon emissions and ready to embrace pedestrian-friendly streets, scooters have become the next item in an evergreen local debate on what mode of transport should dominant city streets, who should decide, and how to keep city residents safe. San Francisco’s proximity to the hub of the technology sector makes it a “petri dish” for experimentation, says Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, transportation reporter for the San Francisco Examiner in conversation with UC Berkeley public policy student Reem Rayef about the issues that surround scooters. But -- while Bay Area tech companies seek to be a major player in urban transportation with its disruptive technologies, municipalities often have other goals in mind. Tune into this lively conversation on how cities are responding to scooters, how companies are trying to get around city regulation, when local residents revolt against new technologies -- and whether scooters really are a better way to get around.

User Error is back with a new set of hosts! We answer some #AskError questions and talk about whether the Linux desktop will ever make money. Plus we wonder if dockless bike sharing is a good idea and whether travel really is as great as everyone seems to think. 00:00:13 #AskError: What are the best and worst parts of living the dream? 00:05:38 Dockless bike sharing 00:16:43 Travel is good for the soul 00:26:48 #AskError Do you go to sleep in silence, or listen to stuff? 00:28:56 Will desktop Linux ever make money?

Miss an episode of Bull City Today, catch up on Bull City Wrap: - There’s encouraging news from @DurhamPoliceNC about crime in #Durham. Find out what it is. http://DurhamPolice.com - #Durham’s new Youth GoPass program from @GoTriangle & @GoDurhamTransit lets youth ages 18 years old & younger ride for free. Find out how. http://youthgopass.com- Find out what people think about @movesafedurham’s Dockless Bike Share Program after nearly a year & what changes may be in store for #Durham. http://DurhamNC.gov/3219- #Durham is finally buying the land to make the @DurhamBeltLine Trail a reality. Find out how. http://DurhamBeltLine.com- Doing business with #Durham has just gotten even easier for contractors & developers. Find out how. http://DurhamNC.gov

Miss an episode of Bull City Today, catch up on Bull City Wrap: - There’s encouraging news from @DurhamPoliceNC about crime in #Durham. Find out what it is. http://DurhamPolice.com - #Durham’s new Youth GoPass program from @GoTriangle & @GoDurhamTransit lets youth ages 18 years old & younger ride for free. Find out how. http://youthgopass.com- Find out what people think about @movesafedurham’s Dockless Bike Share Program after nearly a year & what changes may be in store for #Durham. http://DurhamNC.gov/3219- #Durham is finally buying the land to make the @DurhamBeltLine Trail a reality. Find out how. http://DurhamBeltLine.com- Doing business with #Durham has just gotten even easier for contractors & developers. Find out how. http://DurhamNC.gov

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In this episode of the Leaks! Podcast, I talk about some new information that says that the coming Samsung Galaxy Note 9 will have a dockless DeX Desktop Experience mode. That means that you can connect the Note 9 directly to a TV or monitor without using the specific dock for that. And you get the DeX Desktop Experience mode anyway. I also talk about how I already do the exact same thing but without the DeX experience. Listen to this episode for all the details. Visit https://leaks.svartling.net/p/subscribe.html to subscribe to this podcast.Episode links:More info about DeX Desktop ExperienceMore info about Samsung DeX PadMore info about Samsung Galaxy Note 9How to connect Samsung Galaxy S8+ to a TV using Qicent Type C to HDMI Adapter ConverterConnecting my Samsung Galaxy S8+ to a HDTV using a USB C to HDMI cable from ChoetechSourceSubscribe to podcast Feed (works great for all podcast apps and services)Subscribe on iTunes (especially great for Apple users that has iPhones or Macs, but the feed works in most podcast apps)Subscribe on Google Podcasts (great for those who use the new app from Google)Or just search for the podcast in any podcast app. You can search for "Leaks!", or "Svartling" to find all my podcasts.

www.commsolutionsmn.com- In the early 20th century, the United States went through a huge economic boom. it defined the decade... the Roaring 20's. The opportunity to buy an automobile was an important part of that. People bought them in such numbers that they changed the face of our country. Roads were built to accommodate the flood of cars that were being swooped up by middle income families. The car brought a new level of freedom, allowing people to get wherever they wanted to go, whenever they wanted to go there, and get there faster. Cars became central to the American experience. We have car shows to celebrate the cars of the past and the cars of the future. Who doesn't drool over a '67 Shelby GT500? There are multiple groups, however, that want to restrict the use of cars, whether it is by creating a complete street, restricting parking, writing a complex set of laws that favor other modes of transportation, or publicly shaming drivers without any shred of compassion. So what is the answer? According to these people, it is to put more people and more types of transportation into the same corridors. Dockless bike sharing and dockless scooter sharing are becoming the new rage among these trendy cities that want to get listed among "America's 10 Most Yuppie Cities", or something like that. Some other cities actually promote "car-free living" or "open streets". As a driver, like it or not, you are a target of the political environmentalists and the alternative transportation crowds. Also on the Local Lowdown, Minneapolis is looking at implementing City ID cards. The city council states that it will meet certain constituency needs. The state of Minnesota already makes ID cards (with the green stripe at the top) available to those that don't have a driver's license. Are these just a way to get people a way to vote that aren't allowed to? Is it a way to limit people driving into the city? We discuss it all this week. Have you checked out our Spotify playlist? At the beginning of each episode Jason quotes some song lyrics that have to do with the subject matter of the podcast. Andrew never knows what they are, but now he can… and so can you! We’ve launched the Spotify playlist: “Community Solutions Music From the Podcast“! You can listen to Roundabout from Yes after listing to Episode 30 on Roundabouts… or kick back and enjoy a rocking playlist just for the thrill of it. We add a new song every week. Subscribe and enjoy! Don’t forget that you can also subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify, or go out to the PodBabble Podcast Network!

Plans and discussions rolled around our town for years. How could we make Bike-Sharing services feasible here in The Lou?            In April, 2018 - just in time for Earth Day! - the cycle-access techno-breakthrough that is Limebike sped past barriers, onto our streets. Today, that first neon fleet of 1,500 Limebikes has multiplied. These Global Cooling Devices and humans of all kinds are moving each other around STL, safely and sustainably, at public attractions and in our city neighborhoods. David Woronets, Lime Operations Manager, details how Lime is peddling Smart Mobility with great success, and how St. Louis is leading the pack of U.S. Lime markets. Down the road? Lime electric scooters - and more! Music: Deep Gap, performed live at KDHX by Marisa Anderson THANKS to Anna Holland, Earthworms engineer More Earthworms Conversational Cruises: Trekking Green: Big Adventure, Tiny Footprint (August 2015) STL Metro Market: Grocery Story in a Bus (June 2015) Trailnet's New Vision (March 2016) American Solar Challenge: Local Roadracing Teams (June 2016) Great Rivers Greenway St Louis Bike Routes (April 2015) RideFinders: Carpooling Made E-Z (May 2018)  

As Silicon Valley creates driverless cars and attempts to commercialize space travel, several companies are aiming to disrupt a much more modest mode of transportation: Short trips taken by motorized, battery-powered scooters. Dockless, app-powered scooters have popped up in cities all along the West Coast in recent months, and tech investors are taking notice. One scooter company, Bird Rides, is reportedly raking in millions from venture capitalists and is aiming for a $2 billion valuation; its main competitor Lime may not be far behind. But as the idea gets bigger, so have scooter-related headaches. Officials in California report vehicles are regularly left all over sidewalks and roadways, that riders often don’t wear helmets and that bad behavior by scooter drivers is endangering pedestrians. So where are electric scooters headed, and what does it mean for the future of transportation, particularly in big cities? This week on Money Talking, Ilya Marritz talks to two journalists covering the scooter craze: Aarian Marshall, transportation reporter at Wired, and Tim Bradshaw, who covers technology for the Financial Times.

In this episode, we have invited Florian Bohnert, head of global partnerships for Mobike. As an entrepreneur, Florian developed an interest for Asian culture and the East very early on and has been leading Mobike's global expansion journey, especially in China. He stresses the importance of being in the country where you want to expand your business and letting passion drive you. He also touches upon the positive impact mobike has on people's health other than the obvious convenience it has brought to people's lives. Show Notes: 1:35 Florian intro 3:09 what is mobike 6:20 how mobike expands globally 8:09 Florian's entrepreneurial journey 12:00 Asian pop culture and East 15:19 French tech movement 17:00 challenges and Chinese colleagues 20:40 Let passion drive you 22:00 be in the country you want to expand your business in 23:40 Learning chinese is important 24:57 How mobike has built success globally 30:25 Mobike's model 35:20 positive impact mobike health 43:52 opportunity in China 47:22 lightning round of questions 51:30 how to connect with Florian Feel free to leave a comment and start a conversation with us! If you have an ideal guest whom you would like to listen to, please let us know and we'll do our best to realize it! Many thanks to our host Ryan Shuken, guest Florian Bohnert, editor David and Geep, organizer Chinaccelerator and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website at chinaccelerator.com!

This week we discuss the recent release of Resident Evil 7 cloud version in Japan as well as the "Second Unit" dockless Nintendo Switch. We also discuss new game news including Overwatch on Switch, Killer 7, Mario Tennis Aces Online, and the new Mii Online Editor. As always, we break down all the new games releasing this week including Street Fighter 30th Anniversary, Ikaruga, Knights of Pen and Paper, Harvest Moon: Light of Hope, Yokus Island Express, Die for Valhalla, Legend of Kay Anniversary, Fallen Legion: Rise to Glory, Shift Quantum, NeoGeo Ninja Combat, Defoliation, Dragon Lapis, Icey, Johnny Turbo's Arcade Joe and Mac Caveman Ninja, Just Shapes & Beats, Lost Sea, Masked Forces, Milanoir, Pirate Pop Plus, Quad Fighter, Smoke and Sacrifice, and West of Loathing! Lastly, we discuss what we've been playing this week including, Little Nightmares a bit more, Battle Chasers, Sushi Struggles, and Atomine! Follow Us Michael: Twitter, Instagram, Blog James: Twitter, Blog, YouTube Nintendo Dispatch: Twitter & Website Proudly recorded on Zencastr ⭐⭐ Review Us (http://www.nintendodispatch.com/review) ⭐⭐

This week we discuss the recent release of Resident Evil 7 cloud version in Japan as well as the "Second Unit" dockless Nintendo Switch. We also discuss new game news including Overwatch on Switch, Killer 7, Mario Tennis Aces Online, and the new Mii Online Editor. As always, we break down all the new games releasing this week including Street Fighter 30th Anniversary, Ikaruga, Knights of Pen and Paper, Harvest Moon: Light of Hope, Yokus Island Express, Die for Valhalla, Legend of Kay Anniversary, Fallen Legion: Rise to Glory, Shift Quantum, NeoGeo Ninja Combat, Defoliation, Dragon Lapis, Icey, Johnny Turbo's Arcade Joe and Mac Caveman Ninja, Just Shapes & Beats, Lost Sea, Masked Forces, Milanoir, Pirate Pop Plus, Quad Fighter, Smoke and Sacrifice, and West of Loathing! Lastly, we discuss what we've been playing this week including, Little Nightmares a bit more, Battle Chasers, Sushi Struggles, and Atomine! Follow Us Michael: Twitter, Instagram, Blog James: Twitter, Blog, YouTube Nintendo Dispatch: Twitter & Website Proudly recorded on Zencastr ⭐⭐ Review Us (http://www.nintendodispatch.com/review) ⭐⭐

Dockless bike share (and scooters) are popping up all over the world. What is it all about? How successful and sustainable is this model and where will it be in 12 months? Tune into the latest episode with Andy Boenau to learn more. Make sure to add your opinions by sending us a message hello at shiftuppodcast.com.   Show notes can be found at shiftuppodcast.com 

Hey all, I'm Bill, I love to talk about video games. I've been playing games since my mother used to take me to visit my grandmother at the bar she worked at (I know) and there was a Donkey Kong game there. From minute one I was hooked. I talk about all types of games, from retro classics to brand new hotness. I'm happy you decided to come by,Each week I take a deep dive into my favorite stories about Nintendo, from the latest indie release to rumors about Smash. If you're looking for Nintendo news look no farther. I try to wrap up the news three times a week in a show that I try to keep under 30 minutes.Sponsored By:Amazon Prime: I've been a member of Amazon Prime for a really long time, things we used to go to the store for, we use Amazon, they have a fantastic return policy and in my opinion its one of the best subscriptions you can have. You can get 30 days of Amazon Prime for free! That's free shipping, Prime music and video, and it comes with Twitch prime. Best of all, if you sign up for Amazon Prime using my link, you're supporting the show! So if you want to help the show, and check out Amazon Prime head over to https://www.runjumpstomp.com/amazonprime Support Nintendo Switch CraftLinks:Recorded Live, Thank you Patrons — Switch Craft is brought to you Live 3 times a week on Tuesday and Thursday at 3pm US Eastern and on Saturday at whatever time I can get to it. Tune in live at https://www.twitch.tv/runjumpstomp - This episode of SwitchCraft is brought to you by Kevin Clark — Support SwitchCraft and my other content for as little as a dollar at https://www.patreon.com/runjumpstompNintendo selling dockless Switch consoles — No Dock and no AC adapterNintendo Life on Twitter: "Japanese Version Of Resident Evil 7 On Switch Has An English Language Option https://t.co/linUfwVnSx #Repost #NintendoSwitch… https://t.co/8mj2puTZy7" — Japanese Version Of Resident Evil 7 On Switch Has An English Language Option South Park: The Fractured But Whole Switch update out now - Nintendo Everything — We’re committed to continued improvements to the game to give you the best experience possible and will soon release a patch for the Nintendo Switch. The patch has been submitted to Nintendo and the process for deployment usually takes two weeks. In the meantime, we ask that players continue to only use the first three save positions (not including the auto-save). You can find more details on safely moving to your first three save slots here. Included in the upcoming Switch patch: Resolved an infinite loading screen that might occur when entering the D-Mobile building. Fixed an issue that caused some players’ save files to be reset. Fixed a possible freeze if the player starts the Danger Deck DLC. Fixed a freeze that may occur when skipping a cinematic at the New Kid’s parents’ door. Resolved various minor bugs. We thank you for your patience and apologize for any inconveni --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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Rachel's guest this week is Strong Towns member and occasional writer, Alex Baca. Alex just published an article on Strong Towns called "Homeownership for whom?" about the flawed model of homeownership as a platform for building household wealth — and who is excluded by that model. Alex and Rachel discuss the position of homeownership in American culture and the economy. They also chat about Alex's thoughts on bikeshare and recent updates in the bikeshare world like dockless bikes and scooters. Mentioned in this podcast: Homeownership for whom? by Alex Baca Gerontopoly: Homeownership, Wealth and Age by Joe Cortright Strong Towns events in Peoria, IL What Cities Need to Understand About Bikeshare Now by Alex Baca (on CityLab) Here's What You Can Read If You'd Like to Think About Cities In Exactly The Way That I Do — an extended book list by Alex Baca Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation Follow Alex on Twitter @alexbaca.  

Dockless bike sharing is being introduced to Chicago. It’s a system in which customers can locate a bike through a smart-phone app, unlock it and ride it, then lock it in an approved location anywhere in the service area, all without the traditional Divvy “docks” Chicagoans are familiar with. Ken Davis discusses the new program with Deloris Lucas of the south side’s We’ll Keep You Rollin’ and John Greenfield of StreetsBlog Chicago and the Reader. They also talk about a parallel program to bring car sharing to large parts of Chicago that would work in a similar way, using smartphones to rent and return cars. Numerous aldermen have objected to the program, however, and have not allowed it in their wards. This program was produced by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV).

Two for one! It's a Wheel Suckers + Bike Show podcast. ~ Guest ~ Jack Thurston is a cyclist, writer, snapper and The Bike Show podcaster now based in South East Wales. Follow Jack https://twitter.com/jackthurston Listen to the Bike Show https://thebikeshow.net Buy Jack's books, Lost Lanes: https://thebikeshow.net/lost-lanes-shop/ ~ Topics ~ Jenni wrote a book too: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-to-build-a-bike/jenni-gwiazdowski/9780711238985 Do you want to test ride and keep this piece of shit bike ?? https://www.myoffers.co.uk/product-testing/test-and-keep-a-kingston-hampton-traditional-ladies-bike-12074-0/featured-4?src=247543&cid=1610&opr=1&r=1 Pedalme https://pedalme.co.uk Bicycle Life Drawing at Look mum no hands! https://www.lookmumnohands.com/events/bicycle-life-drawing-workshop-1 Bikenation http://road.cc/content/review/221241-bike-nation-%E2%80%94-how-cycling-can-save-world-peter-walker Dockless bikes! Urbo www.urbosolutions.com Ofo https://www.ofo.com/ Mobike https://mobike.com/uk Nice pubs! The Turf Hotel in Devon https://www.turfpub.net/ The Compasses Inn in Salisbury www.thecompassesinn.com Disc Brakes! The Lmnh Kitchen https://www.lookmumnohands.com/locations/lmnh-kitchen Leicester will have a cycling cafe SOON 48percent socks https://velotastic.co.uk/product/road-cycling-clothing/cycling-socks/velotastic-48percent-6-cycling-socks/ Lmnh Europa Cap! https://shop.lookmumnohands.com/products/europa-cycling-cap Porn Pedallers https://twitter.com/pornpedallers?lang=en Listen to our interviews with Rebecca More https://soundcloud.com/wheelsuckerspodcast/nsfw-porn-pedalling-with-rebecca-more Ayesha McGown https://soundcloud.com/wheelsuckerspodcast/a-quick-brown-fox Casquette Magazine https://soundcloud.com/wheelsuckerspodcast/cycling-you-shall ~ Track ~ Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis: Bike Horn Cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUamHEvVQy0Sounds ~ Work handles ~ Look mum no hands! www.lookmumnohands.com/ London Bike Kitchen www.lbk.org.uk/ ~ Our personal handles ~ Alex Davis twitter.com/Singyamatokun Jenni Gwiazdowski twitter.com/money_melon ~ Follow us ~ Twitter twitter.com/WheelSuckersPod Instagram www.instagram.com/wheelsuckerspod/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dockless Bikes & Scooters in the Neighborhood - While some adults may adopt bike-ridesharing culture others may find them a nuisance. Not to mention a potential trip or fall hazard. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/judibonilla/support

Duas empresas de bicicletas compartilhadas sem estações, uma brasileira e outra chinesa, anunciaram a entrada no mercado brasileiro. Mas, sistemas de compartilhamento sem estações têm sido mal sucedidos em outras localidades do mundo.

Dockless bikes have been the bane of Sky's existence for a few weeks and, they are about to get bigger as Uber just announced that their are joining the dockless bike game.

Dockless bikes have been the bane of Sky's existence for a few weeks and, they are about to get bigger as Uber just announced that their are joining the dockless bike game.

Dockless electric scooters pop up on Austin streets without city authorization. Plus, why one historian says the radical legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. has been glossed over. And if the MoPac toll lanes are going too slow, do you get a refund? Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend! Subscribe at...

Dockless electric scooters pop up on Austin streets without city authorization. Plus, why one historian says the radical legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. has been glossed over. And if the MoPac toll lanes are going too slow, do you get a refund? Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend! Subscribe at […]

Dockless electric scooters pop up on Austin streets without city authorization. Plus, why one historian says the radical legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. has been glossed over. And if the MoPac toll lanes are going too slow, do you get a refund? Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend! Subscribe at...

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Dockless bikes have been the bane of Sky's existence for a while and Thor is over it.

Dockless bikes have been the bane of Sky's existence for a while and Thor is over it.

Coronado declares dockless bikes a public nuisance and Sky has strong feelings about it.

Coronado declares dockless bikes a public nuisance and Sky has strong feelings about it.

IMLA's 5 things to know for February 7, 2018. Listen to this podcast to learn about the below! • EU GPDR regulations • Kirkwood shooting 10 years ago today • Religious accommodation involving insurance • Dockless bikeshare • ABA Sexual Harassment policy

The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast Episode 177 Tuesday 9th January 2018 HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Antonia Roberts, BikePlus; Tom McGovern, Urbo; Joseph Seal-Driver, Ofo; and Steve Pyer, Mobike. TOPIC: The growth and growth of dockless bike share around the world.

Max Zhou 周喆吾 is an Uber alum who until November of 2017 was the head of Mobile at Mobike. He is currently working as the co-founder of Meta App. Max talks about his story coming to the US for an advanced degree, his experience at Uber, why Travis Kalanick is really a Chinese entrepreneur at heart, and his take on China's 'Uber Mafia.' He then turns to Mobike and Ofo, speaking to the potential monetization pathways for the firms, their global expansion plans, their strategic investors' competing goals and merger prospects. He even shares his own crackpot theory of how the initial investors in Ofo and Mobike may be the ones leaking negative stories about Ofo spending deposit money and senior leadership living lavish lifestyles. We close by talking about his new project, MetaApp, which aims to allow users access to an app's full feature-set without having to download it. Max also recently appeared on 非诚勿扰, China's leading dating show. His segment starts about twenty minutes in. Chinese words used: 道德=ethics, morality 线下流量=offline visits 阴谋=conspiracy

Max Zhou 周喆吾 is an Uber alum who until November of 2017 was the head of Mobile at Mobike. He is currently working as the co-founder of Meta App. Max talks about his story coming to the US for an advanced degree, his experience at Uber, why Travis Kalanick is really a Chinese entrepreneur at heart, and his take on China's 'Uber Mafia.' He then turns to Mobike and Ofo, speaking to the potential monetization pathways for the firms, their global expansion plans, their strategic investors' competing goals and merger prospects. He even shares his own crackpot theory of how the initial investors in Ofo and Mobike may be the ones leaking negative stories about Ofo spending deposit money and senior leadership living lavish lifestyles. We close by talking about his new project, MetaApp, which aims to allow users access to an app's full feature-set without having to download it. Max also recently appeared on 非诚勿扰, China's leading dating show. His segment starts about twenty minutes in. Chinese words used: 道德=ethics, morality 线下流量=offline visits 阴谋=conspiracy Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.