Video shows more than 100 bicyclists, scooter riders stopping traffic on I-93 Sunday

Not content with sticking to bike lanes, a pack of more than 100 bicyclists and motor scooter riders took to Interstate 93 Sunday, backing up traffic in the process. 

Video released by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation shows the bikers taking up two lanes on the busy expressway, with cars slowing to a crawl around them. Some of the riders can be seen swerving around moving cars; others pop wheelies as they speed away.

According to a MassDOT spokesperson, the incident happened shortly before 2:30 p.m. on St. Patrick’s Day, near the Albany Street on-ramp to I-93 southbound. 

It’s not the first time Boston bicyclists have boldly gone where they’re expressly barred from going. Last May, several bicyclists — all of whom appeared to be teenagers — took an illegal joy ride through Boston’s O’Neill Tunnel on I-93. 

Back in 2019, a group of roughly 30 kids on bicycles rode through traffic in the same tunnel before Massachusetts State Police troopers forced them out at the South Station exit. 

And a lone bicyclist was spotted on I-93 in 2015, calmly peddling through rush hour traffic in shorts, flip-flops, and headphones (but no helmet). 

Watch MassDOT’s video of bikers on I-93 Sunday: