Back in the early 1900s, Kansas City, Mo., became the first city in the U.S. to enforce jaywalking laws against pedestrians. It set off a nationwide trend that cities and states are now slowly repealing.
KCUR’s Mackenzie Martin, host of the “A People’s History of Kansas City” podcast, reports.
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