Winter went out with one last major snowfall, as around 10 inches fell around my house in Roslindale, starting around 10:00 pm Monday, when I was on my way home from a movie, and turning to sleet, then drizzle on Tuesday morning. There was more rain and snow through the day on Tuesday, causing us to postpone the monthly Boston Bikes Advisory Group meeting at City Hall. That all froze overnight, and I headed out at 7:00 on mostly wet streets with ice around the edges. Icy windows limited driver visibilty, and I would tend to blame that, plus morning rush hour impatience, for the driver that tried to pass me on my left as I was turning left, with my hand out, on Walter St. in Roslindale. I felt a lot safer later when I could ride the bike paths

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	Not checked; I'm sure that it was plowed, but the surfaces especially along Hemlock Hill are likely to be pretty icy.
Blackwell Footpath A half-mile gravel path connecting the Forest Hills MBTA station and the South St. Arboretum entrance Boston Parks and Harvard University	I didn't check it, but it is certainly not plowed.
Washington St. Bike Lanes A mile of bike lanes on both sides of Washington St. from Forest Hills to Roslindale Square and beyond on Belgrade Ave. Boston Public Works Department	They were pretty clear on Wednesday morning, but along parked cars they can be pretty narrow.
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,	Fairly clear by Tuesday night
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
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 clear by Tuesday morning, but there are snow piles in the way near crosswalks and intersections.
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	Boston Parks and Recreation did a great job! The path was plowed clear by late morning on Tuesday. I suspect that it might have been a bit icy on Wednesday morning, though it's been salted and shouldn't be too bad.
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	Pretty clear on Tuesday night; better westbound that eastbound.
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	Not checked on Tuesday morning, but very clear by Tuesday night.
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 plowed clear just about to the curb on Tuesday morning, but the the contraflow cycle track was totally unplowed and impassable.
Muddy River Path 12-foot-wide 0.6 mile shared bike/ped path with no intersections Brookline Park Department and DPW	Plowed and pretty rideable, though icy in patches.
Commonwealth Ave. Bike Lanes Connecting the B.U. Bridge to Boston University Boston Transportation Department	Mostly clear on Tuesday morning
Brookline Bike Lanes Town of Brookline	Not checked, but probably narrowed by parked cars.
B. U. Bridge Bike Lanes Boston to Cambridge Department of Conservation and Recreation, Plowed By Mass. Highway Department	Pretty clear on Tuesday morning.
B. U. Bridge west sidewalk Boston to Cambridge Department of Conservation and Recreation, Plowed By Mass. Highway Department or B.U.	Plowed Tuesday morning
Harvard (Mass. Ave.) Bridge bike lanes Cambridge to Boston Department of Conservation and Recreation, Plowed By Mass. Highway Department	No report, but probably clear
Longfellow Bridge bike lanes Cambridge to Boston Department of Conservation and Recreation, Plowed By Mass. Highway Department	No report, but maybe clear
Charles River Bikepaths Narrow, shared bike-ped path with few intersections Department of Conservation and Recreation	The Cambridge-side path didn't look plowed from the BU Bridge on Tuesday morning, so I rode through Cambridge. By Tuesday night, it was plowed at least from Harvard Square to the BU Bridge, though it got worse the closer you got to the bridge. I got on the Memorial drive exit ramp at the Cottage Farm driveway. On Wednesday morning, the path or parallel sidewal was plowed on the Newton/Boston side from Watertown Square at least to the Eliot Bridge. There were very icy places, unbikable snow at intersections, and a few huge puddles under ice which only sometimes broke through. Studded tires only! Though if the ice melts off and stays that way, there will just be occasional flodding to deal with.
J.F.K. Park Wide, shared bike-ped path from river to Harvard Square Department of Conservation and Recreation	Plowed by Tuesday evening
N. Harvard St. bike lanes Boston Boston DPW	Didn't check them.
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	Not checked.
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	Not checked, but I hope that it is clear for the bike ride Saturday.
Somerville Community Path Wide rail trail from Davis Square to Cedar St. City of Somerville	Not checked, but probably plowed.
Red Line Linear Park Path Alewife MBTA station to Davis Square over Red Line City of Cambridge City of Somerville	Not checked.
Danehy Park Paths City of Cambridge	Not checked.
Cambridge Bike Lanes Striped lanes of varying widths on major and connecting streets City of Cambridge	Not too bad on Tuesday morning: clear, but snow-covered around intersections.
Vassar St. Cycle Track Buffered bike lanes from Main St. to Memorial Drive (almost) City of Cambridge	Not checked.
Fresh Pond Bike Path Parallel to Fresh Pond Parkway in Kingsley Park City of Cambridge	Not checked yet
Concord Ave. Cycle Track Buffered bike lanes from Belmont to Fresh Pond Parkway City of Cambridge	Not checked yet.
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	Peter Davis reports on Wednesday, March 20: I rode the bikepath at about 8:00 this morning from Bow St. in the Heights to Alewife. Most of the path is covered with frozen slush, with a fine layer of powder snow on top of that. There are bike ruts and footprints frozen into the surface, so some of it is quite bumpy, especially on the bridges over Brattle and Grove streets. The stretch between Thorndike and Magnolia fields has been salted and is pretty clear (and salty.) However, the branch that goes over the wooden footbridge near Alewife has not been well cleared or salted, and is still very frozen and bumpy. Use caution and, if possible, studded snow tires.
Upper Charles Reservation Watertown, Newton, Waltham 4+ miles of paved and unpaved bikepaths Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation	Not checked.
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.
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, but probably not plowed.
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.