Jaywalking is not as dangerous as we're led to believe
by editors@theworld.org (Jeremy Siegel) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6RZMT)
New York City just made jaywalking legal after data showed that people of color were overwhelmingly the ones being stopped for the crime. But why was it a crime in the first place? The World's transportation reporter Jeremy Siegel brings us a brief history of jaywalking and takes a look at whether it's safer to cross at the green, or in between.