Article 6RZMT Jaywalking is not as dangerous as we're led to believe

Jaywalking is not as dangerous as we're led to believe

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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.

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