Ugh, there is so much to be angry about when it comes to Boston area parkways. First and foremost, they are maintained by the MA Dept of Conservation and Recrea

Ugh, there is so much to be angry about when it comes to Boston area parkways. First and foremost, they are maintained by the MA Dept of Conservation and Recreation under the guise that their purpose is to provide access to the river parks (rather than their real puprose, providing drivers access to downtown Boston/Cambridge). And among MA agencies, DCR is paradoxically backwards when it comes to providing bike- and ped-friendly improvements. The DOTs of MA, Boston and Cambridge are somehow way more progressive when it comes to these things. Just compare the Somerville/Cambridge community paths and new Boston core cycletracks with the stupid little "bike paths" on either side of the Charles. My favorite un-fun fact was that James Storrow was an ardent advocate for the public parkland along the river, and opposed building a highway on the land. After his death, MA thanked him for his service by... building a highway through the park and naming it Storrow Drive.