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Caroline Seton is the co-founder of the London bike share firm Forest.

They’re in unambiguous second place to Lime, the great global bicycle behemoth - but, famously, being second makes a firm try harder.

In today’s episode, we talk about the challenges of being a shared mobility firm in a municipal environment, the realities of whether cities actually want sustainable transport and the changes she would make to transport policy.

Above all - more bike parking and less car parking please!

Episode webpage: https://www.freewheeling.info/the-freewheeling-podcast/caroline-seton

Media file: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fac09d64d06190a013023c0/t/69308a741979b036c2695c86/1764788864684/riverside_untitled_the_freewheeling+po.mp3

cross-posted from: https://leminal.space/post/29286202

Not quite transport but I suspect some of us use car hire to fill in the gaps.

Another floundering politician tries a bit of bike-bashing? When will they learn it doesn't work?

A story of Seattle. What can your town learn from this? Any of it not ring true for you? Do you know Seattle? Does it match your view?

Video also on youtube as well as the fediverse.

From December 13, cabins will begin carrying passengers across Limeil-Brévannes in Val-de-Marne, a suburb long served only by buses. The 4.5-kilometre route, with five stations, will take just 18 minutes end to end. Residents say they are eager to try the quiet, comfortable cabins.

There are lots of buses, but they’re just not organized in a very sensible way and don’t run very frequently or reliably. I’ve talked about this before, but I think the big reason cycling has taken off the way it has in Montreal is because the city also has such a weak bus system.

Same in many cycling towns in England, even though level take-up is limited by lack of new infrastructure.

Last day for this. If you have any link with King's Lynn and can spend ten minutes today to help cycling here, that would be great.

I'll answer any questions you have when I can. I'll also probably post more about it later on that site, introducing what's currently happening in a typical English country town.

A 21st Century Underground Rolling Stock Update - London Reconnections - https://www.londonreconnections.com/2025/a-21st-century-underground-rolling-stock-update/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/38263766

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/44846811

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Norway: Chinese-made electric buses have major security flaw, can be remotely stopped and disabled by their manufacturer in China, Oslo operator says

The public transport operator in Norway's capital said Tuesday that some electric buses from China have a serious flaw -- software that could allow the manufacturer, or nefarious actors, to take control of the vehicle.

Oslo's transport operator Ruter said they had tested two electric buses this summer -- one built by China's Yutong and the other by Dutch firm VDL.

The Chinese model featured a SIM card that allowed the manufacturer to remotely install software updates that made it vulnerable, whereas the Dutch model did not.

"We've found that everything that is connected poses a risk -- and that includes buses," Ruter director Bernt Reitan Jenssen told public broadcaster NRK.

"There is a risk that for example suppliers could take control, but also that other players could break into this value chain and influence the buses."

Ruter said it was now developing a digital firewall to guard against the issue.

According to other reports, the Chinese manufacturer has access to each bus’s software updates, diagnostics, and battery control systems. “In theory, the bus could therefore be stopped or rendered unusable by the manufacturer,” the company said.

Ruter has reported its findings to Norway’s Ministry of Transport and Communications.

Arild Tjomsland, a special advisor at the University of South-Eastern Norway who helped conduct the tests, said: “The Chinese bus can be stopped, turned off, or receive updates that can destroy the technology that the bus needs to operate normally.”

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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/36851857

Geoff Marshall gives us a tour. I like his positivity, but I feel that surrounding a new rail station with so much surface car parking instead of transit-orientated development should get a little criticism. I guess at least a surface car park is easier to build on later than a multistorey obstruction.

He also gets a tiny thing wrong: the Alstom Aventras that serve the station don't have level boarding. The Stadler Flirts that also on that line do, but don't usually stop there at present.

What do you think of this? Better than the modular stations opened recently? Still not good enough?

Geoff Marshall gives us a tour. I like his positivity, but I feel that surrounding a new rail station with so much surface car parking instead of transit-orientated development should get a little criticism. I guess at least a surface car park is easier to build on later than a multistorey obstruction.

He also gets a tiny thing wrong: the Alstom Aventras that serve the station don't have level boarding. The Stadler Flirts that also on that line do, but don't usually stop there at present.

What do you think of this? Better than the modular stations opened recently? Still not good enough?