How Kansas City invented the "crime" of jaywalking in 1912 | ESNPC Blog
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Kansas City, you see, is the place on the map that put “jaywalking” on the map. . . .
In 1912, Kansas City, Missouri enacted the first ordinance of its kind in the United States, if not the world, criminalizing the behavior of pedestrians on public streets . . .
"But, regardless of the terminology, we are glad to learn that the deadly foot passenger is going to be regulated. It is to be hoped that Kansas City will be progressive enough to prescribe the strictest possible regulations; the pedestrian should be compelled to wear two fenders, one before and one after; he should be forced to carry head and tail lights and also a tag with a number thereon in plain figures, such number to be registered at police headquarters; and he should be provided with a horn which will give a loud, clear not so that express wagons and freight trucks may have plenty of warning and ample time to get out of the way."
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