EPISODE · Jun 17, 2026 · 7 MIN
How jaywalking laws changed America
from Here & Now · host WBUR & NPR
Back in the early 1900s, Kansas City, Mo., became the first city in the U.S. to enforce jaywalking laws against pedestrians.
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