riding bike on community path/minuteman trail in the winter

[somervillesnow.livejournal.com]

Does anyone commute on the community path/minuteman trail into Arlington who would like to comment on its bikability after snowstorms?  Do Cambridge/Arlington sections differ from Somerville?

Comments

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately there are plans to narrow Mass Ave in East Arlington. http://www.arlingtonma.gov/Public_Documents/ArlingtonMA_Planning/MassAve/index

Even though the new configuration will have bike lanes, I think it will be much less useful for biking when there are piles of snow reducing the width of the road.

If the new traffic lights and reduced number of car lanes cause traffic jams, that will also make things unpleasant for biking.

And they seem to have forgotten the winter of 2010-2011, where the snowbanks meant they had to ban parking on every street in East Arlington except Mass Ave, for about a *month*.

[tenshikurai9.livejournal.com]

I wonder what people without off-street parking did for that month.