Hipsters repaint bike lanes in brush off to Hasids - Brooklyn, NY

it's called Sabbath (Shabbat) Mode :

[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabbat_mode[/ame]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbath_elevator

The Hasidics have been there a really long time though, and they're not a people that could be descibed as 'encouraging change'. They do that thing where they turn all the power off cos god forbids them to use any electrical objects on a friday night.*

*someone told me this in brooklyn a looong time ago while i was drunk so some (or all) my be factually incorrect. But the sirens that go off on a friday night to let them know its time to turn everything off are eerie....