Our first snow of the winter of 1999-2000 fell all day on January 13. I drove to work because I had to get my daughter to and from school, though traffic made me wish that I had left my car at the school and biked the rest of the way to Cambridge. This morning, I biked to work around 10:00 am and the paths I use were all plowed. Please send updates and reports on the conditions of other paths in Massachusetts to Doug Mink dmink@cfa.harvard.edu.

Arnold Arboretum 1.5 miles of park roads which are mostly closed to automobile traffic with no intersections Boston Parks and Harvard University	Plowed to packed powder. There was pretty good traction for my road bike tires except on south-facing hills, where there was some ice.
Jamaicaway Bikepath 1.5 miles of mostly bike/ped-separated paths paralleling a busy 4-lane parkway; two intersections with traffic lights Boston Parks Deparment	This was all plowed, but drifting was pretty bad between the Boathouse and Perkin St. (the parallel footpath was clear enough to ride) and downwind of Daisy Field, north of Willow Pond Ave., where I got off and walked. A second pass with a plow is needed.
Olmsted Park Paths 3/4-mile of mostly bike/ped-separated paths built over River Road, , across Leverett Pond from the Jamaicaway. Brookline Park Department	I didn't see whether this was plowed or not.
Muddy River Path 12-foot-wide 0.6 mile shared bike/ped path with no intersections Brookline Park Department and DPW	Plowed to packed powder, it was smoother than the pavement underneath.
B.U. Bridge	Icy approaches, with bare pavement on the sidewalk over the water. The car paths were wet but clear to the curb.
Charles River Bikepath Narrow, shared bike-ped path with few intersections Metropolitan District Commission	The Cambridge side was plowed from the B.U. Bridge to Hawthorned St. (west of Harvard Square) There was some drifting, but it was rideable, rough packed powder.
Southwest Corridor Bikepath Separated Bike/Ped path with poorly-designed intersections Metropolitan District Commission	All of the Corridor was plowed at least once during the storm, but about 1/3 of the sections are primarily ice. On the other 2/3, you can mostly snake your way on dry pavement, but expect to have to negotiate some ice even on those sections, especially where the path approaches street crossings. Worst sections are (inbound) Forest Hills to McBride, William to Gordon, and Tremont to Prentiss. With studded tires, the path is fine, since there's no deep snow. (-David Wean)