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Modified ‘Jaywalking’ Repeal Passes NYC Council

Walk this way, the Council says. But will the mayor sign it?

September 26, 2024

New York City Wants To Keep ‘Jaywalking’ Illegal For Pedestrians’s Own Good

In the City that Always Jaywalks, officials want to keep ticketing people for it.

June 26, 2024

Why Jaywalking Reform Is an Unhoused Rights Issue

A stunning 41 percent of jaywalking stops in Washington state involve an unhoused person. And no one knows how bad the problem is in the rest of America.

February 7, 2024

Opinion: Why We Should Stop Using the Word ‘Micromobility’

"SUVs, pick-up trucks, and passenger cars should not be the benchmark by which we judge the size of other forms of transit, and the term ‘micromobility’ encourages us to believe that they are."

June 12, 2023

How (And Why!) to Repeal ‘Jaywalking’ Laws

A movement is growing to strike down racially biased and ineffective “jaywalking” laws across America — and the advocates behind these efforts say the path to doing it everywhere may be smoother than it has been in the past.

May 5, 2021