EPISODE · Jan 29, 2026 · 26 MIN
When jaywalking became a crime
from A People's History of Kansas City · host Mackenzie Martin
Kansas City was not only the birthplace of the term “jaywalking,” it also became the first city in the U.S. to arrest people for such a crime. Fueled by auto industry propaganda, this decision set off a nationwide trend to redesign our roads for the car — at the expense of everyone else. Mackenzie Martin reports in the first of our two-part series.
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