Bike Talk

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Listener email: Desmond on winter Riding and specifically mittens that attach to your handlebars, called pogies (1:41).
The City of Los Angeles is set to give back over $100 million of previously won money for active transportation projects because it can’t build them in time, reports Founder of LA Streets For All Michael Schneider https://bsky.app/profile/streetsforall.org/post/3metn6f54fk2u (3:22).
Can Police Stop You on a Bike for No Reason? Our lawyer says no, but your goal is to get home alive (7:30).
Boston cyclists cleared a bike lane themselves after weeks of neglect from the city. With Tiffany Cogell, ED of the Boston Cyclists’ Union (13:18).
Charlie’s News: a road diet in Newton, MA has decreased car traffic and increased cycling use https://mass.streetsblog.org/2026/02/10/traffic-analysis-shows-newton-bikeway-project-reduced-car-traffic-speeding-and-crashes. PennDot is set to invest $17 million in safety improvement projects https://bicyclecoalition.org/penndot-to-invest-17-million-to-advance-safety-improvement-projects-in-southeast-pennsylvania/. Little Rock, AZ plans to finish a river trail and implement a road diet https://katv.com/news/local/little-rock-public-works-shares-updates-on-bike-and-pedestrian-projects-reporter-autumn-foltz-director-maneesh-krishnan-bicycle-advocacy-of-central-arkansas-baca-river-trail. Atlanta, GA will have another round of eBike rebates https://www.wabe.org/atlantas-e-bike-rebate-program-is-returning-for-a-second-round/. Zohran Mamdani revives projects shut down by the Adams administration in NYC https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/nyregion/mamdani-bus-bike-lanes.html (17:29).
Part 1 of an interview with Peter Norton, author of Fighting traffic, Street rivals, and Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving (18:39).
Luke Hoffman, the executive director of the Iowa Bicycle Coalition,  on House Study Bill 637, also known as the "bicycle ban bill," that proposed restrictive regulations on biking in Iowa https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/Attachments/HSB637_ADA.pdf (48:47).
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