New York Times editorial defending the term jaywalking, 1915
‘Jaywalkers’ – a truly shocking name and highly opprobrious – for people who cross city streets in the middle of blocks instead of at their ends
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9503E3D7133FE233A25751C0A9649D946496D6CF
New Zealand anti-jaywalking ad, 1950s
‘Believe it or not, they LEAP in front of moving cars. Most of them suffer from anxiety overdrive, a mania for achievement, always an urge to get their quicker. Others move as the spirit moves them…The motorist usually wins because he’s got a ton of steel behind him.’
Anti-jaywalking ad from Melbourne’s The Argus, 1950s
Crackdown on jaywalkers during Operation Halo, February 2012
The invention of jaywalking
http://m.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/04/invention-jaywalking/1837/
In defence of jaywalking
Corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets, 1900-1920
Sharing the road on corner of Elizabeth and Swanston St – circa?
Blitz on jaywalkers at corner of Flinders and Swanston Street, 2012
Push-button pedestrian traffic lights at corner Flinders Lane and Spring Street, where jaywalking is the norm
Desire path
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_path
