‘I’m walking here!’: jaywalking legalized in New York City
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New law, letting people cross street outside of crosswalk, ends racial disparities in enforcement, council member says

The new law permits pedestrians to cross a roadway at any point, including outside of a crosswalk. It also allows for crossing against traffic signals and specifically states that doing so is no longer a violation of the city’s administrative code. But the new law also warns that pedestrians crossing outside of a crosswalk do not have the right of way and that they should yield to other traffic that has the right of way.

  • Takumidesh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    2 months ago

    I live in a rail hub in the us. The city is nicknamed after it and train tracks literally run through the city center.

    It would take me 6 hours to walk there.

    • AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.eeEnglish
      102·
      2 months ago

      If it takes 6 hours to walk across your city it’s not rural. Your city needs comprehensive public transportation.

      • Sludgehammer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        I think he means it would take six hours of walking to reach his city. I mean I live four miles outside of town (which incidentally I’d need to travel to to reach a railroad) and even though it’s smaller than 3000 people it still calls its self a “city”. Also I’d like to note it’s four miles of hilly terrain, which depending on season may feature hundred degree plus temperatures or foot deep snow.

        • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          I live about ten miles outside the nearby city.

          However my town has a train station. From my neighborhood of single family homes, I can walk about 20 minutes, or a bus drives by regularly to get me to the town center which includes the train station

          I’m certainly not rural, but there’s no reason my scenario can’t apply to 80% of the population if more cities/towns were designed for it.

          And this is in the US

    • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      Please tell me you’re exaggerating. I live in a small city and it only takes me maybe an hour to walk across town. If it’s taking you 6 hours, it’s not rural.