Last weekend on their way to celebrate the new physically separated bike lane on 9th ave, the Time's Up! Bicycle Clown Brigade set out to playfully educate car drivers who were illegally parked in bike lanes. Those who refused to move out of the bike lanes, received mock tickets for violating NYC traffic rule Section 4-08(e), which explicitly prohibits stopping, standing, or parking within a bike lane, and carries a fine of up to $115.

Driving in bike lanes is actually a serious issue. Check this out.

<br> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">[music]</font> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><i>Speaker:</i> [00:03] We can help you move it faster if you need. </font></p> <p> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">[music]</font> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><i>Speaker:</i> [00:09] This car is illegally parked in a bike lane. </font></p> <p> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">[music]</font> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><i>Speaker:</i> [00:13] See those big expensive things made of tin driving by that could hurt you if you walk in front of them? They’re dominating the city. There’s got to be something else to urban life besides going to and from work and polluting the environment.</font></p> <p> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">[music]</font> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><i>Speaker:</i> [01:02] There’s a real need for the bike lane liberation of clowns today. Obviously we haven’t been doing enough of this lately because the cars are getting back into their comfort zone of parking in the bike lane. </font></p> <p> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">[music]</font> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><i>Speaker:</i> [01:19] The idea that you can have something else in the city besides just cars is a tough idea for folks so we’re helping educate folks around that, and hopefully people will start to get it, but it doesn’t happen overnight. </font></p> <p> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">[music]</font> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><i>Speaker:</i> [01:34] Another bike lane liberated.</font></p> <p> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">[music]</font> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><i>Speaker:</i> [01:37] I see something that does not look like a bike up ahead. </font></p> <p> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">[music]</font> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><i>Speaker:</i> [01:47] Assuming that we get more with sugar than salt we engage the drivers, we play with power, we chatted with them, we had fun, we used humour.</font></p> <p> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><i>Speaker:</i> [01:55] I’m getting out now. </font></p> <p> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">[music]</font> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><i>Speaker:</i> [02:09] We have a new bike lane on 9<sup>th</sup> Avenue where there’s actually a physical space created for bikes, and yet the implementation issue continues to be a big problem. I mean trucks are loading on the bike lanes. The need for vigilance and public education in a playful way is more of a need than ever. </font></p> <p> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">[music]</font> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><i>Speaker:</i> [02:29] I’m like it’s the first I’ve seen this beautiful bike lane. I want to hug it, I want to ride in it, just like imagine if this was more than five blocks, if it actually stretched all around the city and we had this beautiful protected bike lane where you could just ride and relax and breathe and not feel stressed.</font> <br></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">[music]</font> <br></p> http://transcriptdivas.ca/transcription-canada/