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CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: jaywalking - Recent Posts http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: jaywalking - Recent Posts en Sun, 17 May 2026 18:23:28 +0000 neddie on "Jaywalking - whose idea was it?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12217#post-377114 Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:36:44 +0000 neddie 377114@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ ‘I’m walking here!’: jaywalking legalized in New York City New law, letting people cross street outside of crosswalk, ends racial disparities in enforcement, council member says <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/29/new-york-jaywalking-legal" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/29/new-york-jaywalking-legal</a> PS on "Jaywalking - whose idea was it?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12217#post-142519 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:24:44 +0000 PS 142519@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ There's a good podcast on this over at <a href="http://99percentinvisible.prx.org/2013/04/03/76-the-modern-moloch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=76-the-modern-moloch">99% Invisible</a>. sallyhinch on "Jaywalking - whose idea was it?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12217#post-142508 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 23:52:28 +0000 sallyhinch 142508@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I was once stopped by the police in New Jersey for jaywalking (I was running for a bus and dashed across the road against the light when there was no traffic - he held me long enough to make damn sure I missed it). I was OUTRAGED - I couldn't believe it was actually illegal to cross the road in the land of the Free... SRD on "Jaywalking - whose idea was it?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12217#post-142501 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 22:23:00 +0000 SRD 142501@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ the only thing to remember is (as someone explain here before) that jaywalking only applies to crossing 'between signalized junctions'. so in suburbs or small towns, crossing the road where-ever you want may not be jaywalking, unless there's a signal at the end of your block. Stickman on "Jaywalking - whose idea was it?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12217#post-142500 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 22:15:16 +0000 Stickman 142500@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Nelly - yes, that was exactly it. Approach the kerb to cross anywhere and the cars would stop. SRD - I was surprised too. We'd been in Boston the week before and so were used to the jaywalking laws. The first time our Canadian friends went to cross I actually went to pull them back. This was in Burlington, just outside Toronto, but it was pretty much the same in Toronto itself. Now I think about it, this was about 15 years ago so things may have changed since then. My wife and I still talk about it though whenever we find it difficult to cross a busy road. SRD on "Jaywalking - whose idea was it?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12217#post-142499 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 22:04:35 +0000 SRD 142499@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Exactly. Used to drive my dad mad. I now rAther like it - old fashioned courtesy to pedestrians. Nelly on "Jaywalking - whose idea was it?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12217#post-142497 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:54:34 +0000 Nelly 142497@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Ah, a bit like the strange custom (when I was there 10 yrs ago) in NZ of slowing down and giving way to cars turning right across your path - largely died out in urban centres like Auckland, presumably due to confusion / crashes ! SRD on "Jaywalking - whose idea was it?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12217#post-142496 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:44:55 +0000 SRD 142496@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Happens a lot in rural canada, where there are relatively few pedestrians. Somewhat surprised to hear also in Toronto. Nelly on "Jaywalking - whose idea was it?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12217#post-142495 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:20:36 +0000 Nelly 142495@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @stickman - do you mean cars stopped whenever a pedestrian approached the road, at any point, not just at a crossing. Seems a bit - odd? Stickman on "Jaywalking - whose idea was it?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12217#post-142448 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 13:46:41 +0000 Stickman 142448@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ When I visited Toronto for the first time I was thrown by drivers actually stopping when pedestrians approached the kerb, and this happened everywhere. It was very pleasant. kaputnik on "Jaywalking - whose idea was it?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12217#post-142446 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 13:35:11 +0000 kaputnik 142446@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ This wouldn't be the same auto industry that almost signle-handedly destroyed the municipal public transport systems in most US cities, would it? Greenroofer on "Jaywalking - whose idea was it?" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12217#post-142439 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 13:17:41 +0000 Greenroofer 142439@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Interesting piece on BBC today <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26073797">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26073797</a> ...much in comon with more recent encouragement of cycle helmets, perhaps? wingpig on "The Invention of Jaywalking Was a Massive Shaming Campaign" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11194#post-125825 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 20:39:44 +0000 wingpig 125825@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Sound possible, along with the playparks-were-the-invention-of-the-motor-industry thing. PS on "The Invention of Jaywalking Was a Massive Shaming Campaign" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11194#post-125824 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:54:43 +0000 PS 125824@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Was this not mentioned in Copenhagenize's talk at the Ed Fest of cycling? cb on "The Invention of Jaywalking Was a Massive Shaming Campaign" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11194#post-125769 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:56:14 +0000 cb 125769@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <a href="http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-invention-of-jaywalking-was-a-massive-shaming-campa-858926923">http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-invention-of-jaywalking-was-a-massive-shaming-campa-858926923</a> " "before the city street could be physically reconstructed to accommodate motor vehicles, it had first to be socially reconstructed as a modern thoroughfare." And that social reconstruction meant redefining who belonged on the street, by poking fun at those who were seen as unwanted. This ridicule would show up in newspaper editorials, in verbal confrontations between motorists and pedestrians on the street, in American classrooms, and through public shaming by police officers and other authority figures. "