Rain turned to freezing rain and slush yesterday afternoon, and though we only got a bit over an inch in the city, it made travel difficult. When I left work at 5:00 pm last night, even major streets in Cambridge, which uses less salt than Boston and Brookline, were icy. I was glad to get onto the paths. Friday morning, it was raining, but the temperature wasn't much around 40, and the snow wasn't melting fast. Every path I used was plowed.

Please send updates and reports on the conditions of other paths in Massachusetts to Doug Mink dmink@massbike.org.

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 wet pavement Friday morning.
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	Plowed and sanded. The snow was soft enough to get through the bollards at Pinebank, which still create an extra hazard.
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	I didn't check them out, but I'm sure they're ridable unless it freezes.
Muddy River Path 12-foot-wide 0.6 mile shared bike/ped path with no intersections Brookline Park Department and DPW	This path was plowed to wet pavement.
B.U. Bridge	Thursday night, there was snow on the bridge, actually less icy than the approaches. Friday morning it was plowed clear to wet pavement.
Charles River Bikepath Narrow, shared bike-ped path with few intersections Metropolitan District Commission	Plowed to wet pavement from the BU Bridge past Harvard Square. I'm riding upstream tonight, and will see whether they plow into Brighton.
Southwest Corridor Bikepath Separated Bike/Ped path with poorly-designed intersections Metropolitan District Commission	I rode the streets Thursday night, but the paths are probably wet pavement on Friday.
Melnea Cass Bikepath Separated Bike/Ped path Boston Parks or Transportation Deparment	Not checked yet.
Neponset Trail Mostly paved Bike/Ped path Metropolitan District Commission	This path is not plowed.
Cambridge Bike Lanes Striped lanes of varying widths on major and connecting streets City of Cambridge	Slushy Friday morning.
Fresh Pond Bike Path Parallel to Fresh Pond Parkway in Kingsley Park City of Cambridge	Slushy Friday morning, but ridable.