100 Years ago, if you were a pedestrian, crossing the street was simple:
you walked across it. Today, if there's traffic in the area and you
want to follow the law, you need to find a crosswalk. And if there's a
traffic light, you need to wait for it to change to green.
Fail to do so, and you're committing a crime:
jaywalking.
To most people, this seems part of the basic nature of roads. But it's
actually the result of an aggressive, forgotten 1920s campaign led by
auto groups and manufacturers that redefined who owned the city street.
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