Commentary: Cities' streets need to be returned to pedestrians
Laws that favored cars over walkers began in Los Angeles. But change is happening there, too.
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Laws that favored cars over walkers began in Los Angeles. But change is happening there, too.
Commentary The fall season acts as a California criminal justice bellwether, as the legislature feverishly votes on bills ...
In the 1920s, a Studebaker dealer led the successful national effort to give motorists priority and marginalize walking, blaming pedestrians for their own injuries and deaths. We need a radical revision in our conception of city streets.
Starting next year, people will be able to jaywalk without fear of being cited by law enforcement, and some Kern County residents have safety concerns about it.
A new law doesn’t fully decriminalize jaywalking, but bars law enforcement from issuing citations to pedestrians when crossings aren’t ‘truly dangerous.’