Not as much snow as expected, but enough to require a new course of plowing.
Because it was expected to be bad, lots of places were closed, so I stayed
home and didn't get any biking in on Monday. I did ride all over on Tuesday
and Wednesday, though.
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
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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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Not checked
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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. and buffered and
wide bike lanes along American Legion Highway
Boston Public Works Department
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I rode most of them on Sunday, and they were pretty clear
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Centre St. and VFW Parkway Bike Lanes
DCR, plowed by MassDOT
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Not checked, but probably fairly clear.
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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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I have switched to the sidewalk for safety, and didn't get to check it out.
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Morton St. Buffered Bike Lanes
Cemetery Rd. to Harvard St.
MassDOT
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Not checked
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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 yet.
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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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Enough snow so cars were parking further out, but the lanes were pretty clear.
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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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Not checked until after the next storm
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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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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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Not checked yet.
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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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Not checked yet.
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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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Not checked yet.
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Commonwealth Ave. Bike Lanes
Connecting the B.U. Bridge to Boston University
Boston Transportation Department
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Not checked yet
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Brookline Bike Lanes
Town of Brookline
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Not checked yet
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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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Pretty clear
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B. U. Bridge west sidewalk
Boston to Cambridge
Department of Conservation and Recreation,
Plowed By Mass. Highway Department or B.U.
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Not checked yet.
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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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Not checked yet.
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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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Pretty passable by Saturday afternoon
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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 the time I biked from Harvard Square to the B.U. Bridge on
Saturday evening, the bike lane was plowed to pavement, the best
of any path I rode on that day, a first for the DCR
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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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Plowed, with some bare pavement and packed snow
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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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Not checked yet.
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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 checked yet, but probably plowed.
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Southwest Corridor Bikepath
Separated Bike/Ped path with poorly-designed intersections
Department of Conservation and Recreation
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From Forest Hills to Ruggles Station, it's plowed to packed snow, with
some bare pavement. The intersections were well-cleared
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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 yet.
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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 bikeable.
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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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It looked clear from the western end,
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Danehy Park Paths
City of Cambridge
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Fairly clear
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Cambridge Bike Lanes
Striped lanes of varying widths on major and connecting streets
City of Cambridge
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Narrowed a bit, but pretty clear
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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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Green St./Franklin St. Bicycle Boulevard
Narrow one-way streets parallel to Mass. Ave. from Central Square to<
Harvard Square/I>
City of Cambridge
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Not checked yet.
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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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Bare pavement, except packed snow on boardwalk and gravel stretches.
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Fitchburg Cutoff Trail
DCR
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Not checked yet.
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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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I rode it from Arlington Heights to Rindge Ave on Saturday evening
and it was all plowed, thow icy in many places, especially west of
Arlington Center. Fro Lake St. through Alewife Station, it was very clear.
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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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Not checked yet
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Newton Bike Lanes
City of Newton
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Not checked
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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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Not checked 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. After this snowfall, the paths
should be pretty bikable, though there will be ice.
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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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