Many commuters select the Minuteman Commuter Bikeway for freedom from congested visitors inside the northwest Boston suburbs. The rail-trail more or less traces Paul Revere’s middle of the night ride in April 1775 to warn neighborhood militias about advancing British troops. Today, it connects a fast transit station in Cambridge with Arlington, Lexington, and Bedford. The rail-path makes use of a corridor first laid out inside the 1840s for the Lexington & West Cambridge Railroad, which later have become the Boston & Lowell Railroad. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) sold the road in 1976, shutting down passenger provider in 1977 and freight provider in 1981. Starting at the MBTA Alewife Station in Cambridge (motorcycles are allowed on Red Line trains in off-peak hours), you’ll without delay bypass the Alewife Linear Park path that heads east towards Somerville and the Fitchburg Cutoff Path heading west (both part of the Mass Central Rail Trail).