A "bomb cyclone" hit Boston with 17 inches of snow in an all-day storm on Thursday, followed by a temperature drop to single digits which kept a lot of cyclists off the street for a few days, but not everyone. I covered a lot ground on Friday, but stayed home, except for a two-mile ride to our farmers market and back, on Saturday and shoveled. Sunday, I took off for 3 days in 60F temperatures in Austin, Texas, but I biked all over metro Boston after I got back. As usual, I found out that some paths, tracks, lanes were well-plowed, and that others, even in the same town, were not.

Please send updates and reports on the conditions of other paths in Massachusetts to Jessica Mink.

Arnold Arboretum 1.5 miles of park roads which are mostly closed to automobile traffic with no intersections Boston Parks and Harvard University	Lower road from Forest Hills to Visitor Center clear by the time I used it on Friday, a week after the storm. I expect that all of the roads were clear by then.
Blackwell Footpath A half-mile gravel path connecting the Forest Hills MBTA station and the South St. Arboretum entrance Boston Parks and Harvard University	It didn't look plowed when I biked by on Washington St. and can be pretty icy.
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	They need repainting pretty badly in a lot of places, and cars tended to be parked on them, where parallel parking was allowed next to them. Belgrade Ave. and Cummins Highway bike lanes were clearer than Washington St.'s.
Centre St. and VFW Parkway Bike Lanes DCR, plowed by MassDOT	Not checked but probably partly clear.
Arborway Bike Lanes Bike lanes through Forest Hills Department of Conservation and Recreation	The two-way cycle track which is complete along the Arborway west from South St. remained totally unplowed for a week, but the rain may have melted it.
Arborway sidewalks 1 mile of wide paved shoulder which is unmarked but usually clear of parked cars during rush hour Department of Conservation and Recreation and Boston Parks	They were mostly clear a week after the storm, except where the plow missed the sidewalk west of the Arboretum main entrance and an unplowed stretch in front of a couple of houses on the southbound side between Jamaica Pond and the Arboretum. I bypassed the second by using May St. to Pond St.
Morton St. Buffered Bike Lanes Cemetery Rd. to Harvard St. MassDOT	Not checked
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	Not checked yet.
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	Mostly blocked by parked cars.
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	Immediately after the storm, they were plowed to ice and hard-packed snow, but by the following week, they were totally clear despite continuing sub-freezing temperatures which kept the snow around.
Prince St. A future contraflow lane around high-speed Parkman Drive which feeds into the Perkin St. bike lanes Boston DPW	I used this most mornings. It was plowed edge to edge and sharable with cars.
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	Barely plowed except at intersections, but travel lanes were wide enough to share.
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	Plowed and icy right after the storm, but mostly clear the next week.
Brookline Ave. Path Mixed-use path from Riverway ramp to Riverway intersection Brookline Park Department	Packed snow the day after the storm, but clear a week later.
Parkway and Netherlands Rd. Contraflow bike lanes Two one-block contra-flow lanes plus and contraflow cycle track Brookline Park Department and DPW	The bike lanes were pretty clear, but the cycle track had snow piled on it.
Muddy River Path 12-foot-wide 0.6 mile shared bike/ped path with no intersections Brookline Park Department and DPW	Very icy, but with 40 years of ice biking experience, I biked it without studded tires. The surface was a mixture of packed snow and white and black ice, and mostly clear the next week.
Brookline Ave. Bike Lanes From Longwood Ave. to Park Drive Boston Transportation Department	Not clear the day after the storm.
Boston Bike Lanes Boston Transportation Department	Commonwealth Ave. Bike Lanes Not very clear, at least around the B.U. Bridge. N. Harvard St. bike lanes Not fully plowed except near intersections Harvard Ave. bike lanes Cars parked into bike lane much of the time. Sullivan Square buffered bike lanes were clear to curb through rotary and Alford St. (Rt.99) to Mystic River bridge, which was also clear to curb and quite ridable.
Brookline Bike Lanes Town of Brookline	By a week after the storm, the Harvard St. bike lanes were pretty clear.
B. U. Bridge Bike Lanes Boston to Cambridge Department of Conservation and Recreation, Plowed By MassDoT	Two-thirds clear on the day after the storm
B. U. Bridge west sidewalk Boston to Cambridge Department of Conservation and Recreation, Plowed By Mass. Highway Department or B.U.	Fairly clear the morning after the storm.
Harvard (Mass. Ave.) Bridge bike lanes Cambridge to Boston Department of Conservation and Recreation, Plowed By Mass. Highway Department	Clear a week after the storm
Longfellow Bridge bike lane Cambridge to Boston Department of Conservation and Recreation, Plowed By Mass. Highway Department	A week after the storm, inbound lanes and outbound sidewalk were clear.
Charles River Bikepaths Narrow, shared bike-ped path with few intersections Department of Conservation and Recreation	The Cambridge side upstream from the BU Bridge looked impassable on Friday morning, but it was clear by the next week
J.F.K. Park Wide, shared bike-ped path from river to Harvard Square Department of Conservation and Recreation	Clear a week after the storm
Western Ave. Cycletrack Cambridge Cambridge DPW	Not checked.
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	Totally clear by the next week
Southwest Corridor Bikepath Separated Bike/Ped path with poorly-designed intersections Department of Conservation and Recreation	Not checked yet
South Bay Harbor Trail Bike/Ped path from the Federal Court House up Fort Point Channel to the Southwest Corridor City of Boston	Not checked yet.
Neponset Trail Mostly paved Bike/Ped path Department of Conservation and Recreation	Plowed to packed snow. Probably to pavement by the next week.
Beacon St. Cycle Track Parking-separated path from Park St. to Oxford St. City of Somerville	No report yet.
Somerville Community Path Wide rail trail from Davis Square to Cedar St. City of Somerville	Not checked yet
Mystic River Paths A variety of paths in East Somerville and Malden Mostly DCR	Not checked yet.
Red Line Linear Park Path Alewife MBTA station to Davis Square over Red Line City of Cambridge City of Somerville	Not checked yet
Danehy Park Paths City of Cambridge	Not checked yet, but probably fairly clear.
Cambridge Bike Lanes Striped lanes of varying widths on major and connecting streets City of Cambridge	Brookline St. bike lane not clear day after storm
Vassar St. Cycle Track Buffered bike lanes from Main St. to Memorial Drive (almost) City of Cambridge	Clear except at intersections a week after storm
Brattle St. Cycle Track Parking-buffered bike lanes between Brattle Square and Mason St. City of Cambridge	Clear on morning after storm except at Mason St. end where there was a big pile of snow which forced cyclists into narrowed main lane.
Mass. Ave. Cycle Track Parking-buffered bike lanes outbound before and after Harvard Square City of Cambridge	Bike lane cleared, but big piles of snow blocked path at every intersection.
Green St./Franklin St. Bicycle Boulevard Narrow one-way streets parallel to Mass. Ave. from Central Square to Harvard Square/I> City of Cambridge	Streets mostly clear and quite ridable
Fresh Pond Bike Path Parallel to Fresh Pond Parkway in Kingsley Park City of Cambridge	Not checked yet.
Alewife Brook Trail DCR	Boardwalk sections aren't plowed. No report on the rest.
Fitchburg Cutoff Trail DCR	Not checked yet.
Concord Ave. Cycle Track Buffered bike lanes from Belmont to Fresh Pond Parkway City of Cambridge	Not checked
Alewife Parkway Bridge Sidewalk Connection from Minuteman Bikepath to Fresh Pond and beyond Department of Conservation and Recreation	Not checked yet.
Minuteman "Commuter Bikeway" Towns of Cambridge, Arlington, Lexington, and Bedford
Watertown Bike Path Town of Watertown	Not checked yet.
Upper Charles Reservation Watertown, Newton, Waltham 4+ miles of paved and unpaved bikepaths Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation	Not checked yet
Newton Bike Lanes City of Newton	Not checked yet.
Medford Bike Lanes Town of Medford	Not checked yet.
Revere Beach Reservation Revere Shared use paths (or very wide sidewalks) Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation	Not checked yet.
Northern Strand Community Trail Everett and Malden Shared use path Everett and Malden DPW	Not checked yet.
Stony Brook Reservation Hyde Park 4+ miles of paved bikepaths Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation	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.
Former Metropolitan State Hospital Belmont, Waltham paved bikepaths Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation	Not checked yet.
Assabet River Rail Trail Hudson and Marlborough, so far Town of Hudson, City of Marlborough (so far)	Not checked yet.
Northampton Bikeway East-west across the City of Northampton City of Northampton	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.
Norwottuck Rail Trail Northampton to Amherst Department of Conservation and Recreation	No report.