After Sunday night's snow, we were left with 4-6 inches of very wet snow, not really
enough for the snow day I got. It was a pain to shovel on Monday, but I did it and then
went grocery shopping. Tuesday and Wednesday, I got to ride a lot of paths around the
city.
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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The road from the Forest Hills gate to the main gate was packed powder and easy with deep
treads. There was occasional ice, so watch out. The rest of the Arboretum is probably the same.
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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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It didn't look plowed when I biked by on Washington St.
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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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Washington St. and Belgrade Ave. pretty much gone, but Cummins and Walk Hill are usable.
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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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Pretty clear with a bit of snow on the curb edge.
Arborway sidewalks are pretty clear except just east of the Forest Hills gate.
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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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Mostly under parked cars.
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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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Plowed to packed powder and mostly bikable.
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Prince St.
A future contraflow lane around high-speed Parkman Drive which feeds into the Perkin St.
bike lanes
Boston DPW
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One-and-a-half lanes plowed, so plenty of room to pretend it's already contraflow and avoid
the winds along Jamaica Pond
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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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Pretty clear northbound and southbound, but narrowed from Chestnut to the Jamaicaway
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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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Packed powder with bare pavement on the new stretch north and south of the new Route 9
crossing.
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Brookline Ave. Path
Mixed-use path from Riverway ramp to Riverway intersection
Brookline Park Department
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Mostly bare pavement from Route 9 to the Riverway. The bad gaps were somewhat patched late in the
fall, so the ride is not as bumpy as it used to be.
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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, but the cycle track is probably under a pile of snow
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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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Packed snow with occasional ice and a few bare spots.
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Brookline Ave. Bike Lanes
From Longwood Ave. to Park Drive
Boston Transportation Department
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Under snow, though there are no parked cars so they could have been plowed.
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Commonwealth Ave. Bike Lanes
Connecting the B.U. Bridge to Boston University
Boston Transportation Department
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Under snow, at least around the B.U. Bridge. These could have been cleared, too.
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Brookline Bike Lanes
Town of Brookline
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Harvard St. lanes were pretty clear by Wednesday night.
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B. U. Bridge Bike Lanes
Boston to Cambridge
Department of Conservation and Recreation,
Plowed By MassDoT
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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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Clear
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Cambridge to Boston Bridge bike lanes
Cambridge to Boston
Department of Conservation and Recreation,
Plowed By Mass. Highway Department
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Longfellow: Not checked yet.
Mass. Ave.: Not checked yet.
N. Harvard St.: clear.
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Charles River Bikepaths
Narrow, shared bike-ped path with few intersections
Department of Conservation and Recreation
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The Cambridge side is still packed snow west of the B.U. Bridge, so I took Brookline St. instead.
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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 to packed powder with some bare spots.
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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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Clear except around intersections where there were piles of snow on the lane.
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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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Plowed to bare pavement.
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Southwest Corridor Bikepath
Separated Bike/Ped path with poorly-designed intersections
Department of Conservation and Recreation
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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 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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Beacon St. Cycle Track
Parking-separated path from Park St. to Oxford St.
City of Somerville
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Not checked, but really clear before the snow and should have been plowed.
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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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Not checked, but probably fairly clear.
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Danehy Park Paths
City of Cambridge
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Not checked yet, but probably 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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Mass. Ave. lanes near Harvard Square were mosly under snow.
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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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Pretty clear, though lane narrowed due to parked cars.
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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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Boardwalk sections aren't plowed.
No report on the rest.
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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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Not checked yet.
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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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Walnut St. lanes fairly clear from Newton Highlands to Newtonville.
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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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