It started snowing Tuesday afternoon and stopped by Wednesday morning,
though it got pretty cold through the night. I biked from North
Cambridge to Back Bay in Boston in a period of pretty high snow fall,
and the cities of Cambridge were keeping up pretty well with Mass. Ave.,
at least. I took my bike on the T back to Forest Hills and froze riding the
last mile home. The streets were clear when I biked to work late Wednesday
morning in 10F, and the paths were all plowed, too.
Arnold Arboretum
1.5 miles of park roads which are mostly closed to automobile traffic
with no intersections
Boston Parks and Harvard University
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Not checked, but I'm sure that it is plowed, though
the surfaces will be icy.
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Blackwell Footpath
A half-mile gravel path connecting the Forest Hills MBTA station and the
South St. Arboretum entrance
Boston Parks and Harvard University
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I didn't check it, but it is certainly not plowed and icy
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Roslindale Bike Lanes
Two miles of bike lanes on both sides of Washington St. from Forest Hills
to Roslindale Square and to West Roxbury on Belgrade Ave.
Boston Public Works Department
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Not checked yet
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Arborway "Bike Lanes"
1 mile of wide paved shoulder which is unmarked but usually clear of
parked cars during rush hour
Department of Conservation and Recreation,
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Not checked yet.
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Franklin Park Roads
Much of the park loop road is closed to motorized traffic
and there are bike lanes on the main road.
Boston Parks and Public Works Departments
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Not checked
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Centre/South Bike Lanes
A mile of bike lanes through the heart of Jamaica Plain from Jackson
Square and the Southwest Corridor to Forest Hills
Boston Public Works Department
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Pretty clear by Wednesday morning. There was little enough snow that
cars parked pretty close to the curb, too.
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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
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Wednesday midday, it was plowed with a thin layer of drifting snow
amd occasional bare pavement and salt from the boathouse to Route 9.
I felt stable with studded snow tires, because the snow packed pretty
hard.
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Perkins St. Bike Lanes
1.5 miles of mostly bike/ped-separated paths paralleling
a busy 4-lane parkway; two intersections with traffic lights
Department of Conservation and Recreation
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Clear after last storm; not checked yet.
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Olmsted Park Paths
3/4-mile of mostly bike/ped-separated paths built over Riverdale Road,
across Leverett Pond from the Jamaicaway.
Brookline Park Department
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Plowed to packed powder by Wednesday night.
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Parkway and Netherlands Rd. Contraflow bike lanes
Two one-block contra-flow lanes plus and contraflow cycle
track
Brookline Park Department and DPW
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Lanes clear, cycle track not plowed.
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Muddy River Path
12-foot-wide 0.6 mile shared bike/ped path with no intersections
Brookline Park Department and DPW
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Plowed to packed powder, but a bit icy.
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Commonwealth Ave. Bike Lanes
Connecting the B.U. Bridge to Boston University
Boston Transportation Department
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Pretty clear Wednesday mid-day
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Brookline Bike Lanes
Town of Brookline
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Essex St. contraflow lane totally clear; others not checked.
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B. U. Bridge Bike Lanes
Boston to Cambridge
Department of Conservation and Recreation,
Plowed By Mass. Highway Department
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Clear almost all of the way across.
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B. U. Bridge west sidewalk
Boston to Cambridge
Department of Conservation and Recreation,
Clear to wet pavement on Monday.
Plowed By Mass. Highway Department or B.U.
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It looked plowed but could be a bit icy.
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Harvard (Mass. Ave.) Bridge bike lanes
Cambridge to Boston
Department of Conservation and Recreation,
Plowed By Mass. Highway Department
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Pretty rideable while snow was falling Tuesday night.
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Longfellow Bridge bike lanes
Cambridge to Boston
Department of Conservation and Recreation,
Plowed By Mass. Highway Department
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Not checked yet, but probably narrowed.
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Charles River Bikepaths
Narrow, shared bike-ped path with few intersections
Department of Conservation and Recreation
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By noon on Wednesday, the Cambridge side was plowed with a thin
layer of drifting snow upstream from Harvard Square. When I rode
downstream to the B.U. Bridge Wednseday evening, the lane was plowed
to packed powder and very rideable.
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J.F.K. Park
Wide, shared bike-ped path from river to Harvard Square
Department of Conservation and Recreation
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Wednesday mid-day, it looked like bare pavement.
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Western Ave. Cycletrack
Cambridge
Cambridge DPW
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Not checked yet.
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Western Ave. Cycletrack
Boston
Boston DPW
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Not checked yet
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N. Harvard St. bike lanes
Boston
Boston DPW
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Pretty clear from Cambridge St. to the Charles River.
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Lincoln St. to Cambridge St. MassPike Bridge
Bike/Ped connection from Harvard Square to Allston's Harvard Ave.
district via Franklin St.
Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
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Not accessible northbound, so not checked.
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Southwest Corridor Bikepath
Separated Bike/Ped path with poorly-designed intersections
Department of Conservation and Recreation
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Green St. to Forest Hills was plowed to packed poweder, with some
bare pavement showing through closer to Forest Hills.
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Franklin Park Roads
closed to motorized traffic or bike lanes
Boston Parks Department
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Not checked yet.
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South Bay Harbor Trail
Bike/Ped path from the Federal Court House up Fort Point Channel
to the Southwest Corridor
City of Boston
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Not checked.
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Neponset Trail
Mostly paved Bike/Ped path
Department of Conservation and Recreation
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Not checked yet.
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Somerville Community Path
Wide rail trail from Davis Square to Cedar St.
City of Somerville
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Not checked, but probably plowed.
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Red Line Linear Park Path
Alewife MBTA station to Davis Square over Red Line
City of Cambridge
City of Somerville
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Not checked, but probably plowed
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Danehy Park Paths
City of Cambridge
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Not checked, but probably plowed
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Cambridge Bike Lanes
Striped lanes of varying widths on major and connecting streets
City of Cambridge
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The Mt. Auburn St. and Mass. Ave. lanes were bikeable, though
snow-covered, from Harvard Square to the Charles River on Tuesday
night.
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Vassar St. Cycle Track
Buffered bike lanes from Main St. to Memorial Drive (almost)
City of Cambridge
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Not checked.
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Fresh Pond Bike Path
Parallel to Fresh Pond Parkway in Kingsley Park
City of Cambridge
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Not checked yet
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Alewife Brook Trail
DCR
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Stone dust and boardwalk sections are never plowed.
No report on the rest.
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Fitchburg Cutoff Trail
DCR
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No report on this trail which runs west from Alewife MBTA station.
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Concord Ave. Cycle Track
Buffered bike lanes from Belmont to Fresh Pond Parkway
City of Cambridge
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Not checked yet.
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Alewife Parkway Bridge Sidewalk
Connection from Minuteman Bikepath to Fresh Pond and beyond
Department of Conservation and Recreation
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Not checked yet.
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Minuteman "Commuter Bikeway"
Towns of Cambridge, Arlington, Lexington, and Bedford
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Rod Holland reported Wednesday night: Rode the Minuteman tonight
between Arlington Center and Lexington Center. Both the Arlington and
Lexington stretches had been plowed, with a thicker layer of packed,
dry snow remaining in Lexington and Arlington Heights than elsewhere.
The consistently cold weather since the storm seems to have delayed
the customary freeze-thaw-freeze cycle: no thaw, therefore much less
ice than usual at this remove from a storm.
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Upper Charles Reservation
Watertown, Newton, Waltham
4+ miles of paved and unpaved bikepaths
Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation
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No report yet.
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Revere Beach Reservation
Revere
Shared use paths (or very wide sidewalks)
Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation
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No report yet.
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Northern Strand Community Trail
Everett and Malden
Shared use path
Everett and Malden DPW
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No Report.
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Stony Brook Reservation
Hyde Park
4+ miles of paved bikepaths
Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation
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These paths aren't plowed because they get relatively little transportation
use and because they are used by cross-country skiers like me. There
are marked narrow bike lanes on Enneking Parkway through the
reservation which are probably clear.
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Former Metropolitan State Hospital
Belmont, Waltham
paved bikepaths
Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation
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Not checked yet.
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Assabet River Rail Trail
Hudson and Marlborough, so far
Town of Hudson, City of Marlborough
(so far)
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Not checked, but probably not plowed.
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Northampton Bikeway
East-west across the City of Northampton
City of Northampton
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Craig Della Penna, who lives next to the path, has reported that
it is the intention of the DPW to make it passable ASAP after a storm.
If the storm is significant, then they plow it repeatedly --sometimes
10-12 times during the course of the storm to ensure its usability.
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Norwottuck Rail Trail
Northampton to Amherst
Department of Conservation and Recreation
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No report.
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