I took my alternate route again to avoid unplowed, unsalted MUPs that in better shape make up most of my commute route. Near the Memorial Bridge even areas of seemingly exposed asphalt on the trails were starting to get really slippery. The mist and drizzle must have started freezing on them on contact. It felt like my tire was made of ice, not rubber. Then I went to stop and put my foot down to come to a stop and realized that the ground was starting to ice overdas the bike nearly slid out from under me, and my foot just slid along the ground. Guess I'll let a little air out of the tires for the ride home and be extra careful this afternoon.

Someone in their infinte wisdom has shut down the sidewalk/trail on the south side of the Memorial Bridge. It's marked as closed and there were steel beams, workers, trucks, etc., blocking it up. I ended up waiting for a break in traffic to hop over onto the travel lanes on the bridge to ride across. Not a big deal, but kind of annoying. As if there weren't enough impediments to my commute right now w/ the woefully inadequate trail maintenance and loss of most bike lanes to plowed snow and ice.