BOSTON — Transportation officials have released surveillance video of two men wanted for throwing traffic cones into the frozen Charles River.
The surveillance video was released over the weekend. The incidents happened at least twice in late January.
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State Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver tweeted about the incidents in January saying vandals tossed cones that were part of the Mass Ave. bridge bike lane pilot program. Gulliver said it created a hazard for all road users and was polluting the Charles.
No arrests have been made.
The MassDOT bicycle safety pilot was announced last November 2021.
“MassDOT is thrilled to implement this bicycle safety pilot to better serve all users of the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge,” Transportation Secretary and CEO Jamey Tesler said at the time. “This pilot is a great example of various agencies, municipalities, and advocacy groups working together to create safer and more sustainable transportation options for all modes.”
The bike lane was installed with cones, arrow boards, and signage.
The pilot is scheduled to run through the winter months “while engineers and advocates evaluate safety and crash data, traffic volumes, bicycle volumes, and travel time of the MBTA’s Harvard Square-Nubian Square bus,” according to MassDOT.
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