The concept of “jaywalking,” for example, is integral to the “car technology” of today. The crime of crossing a street without respecting the dominance of cars

The concept of “jaywalking,” for example, is integral to the “car technology” of today. The crime of crossing a street without respecting the dominance of cars was invented by the car industry in the 1920s, who pushed hard to define streets as a place for cars, not people. This story has been repeated in a lot of articles lately, but it doesn't seem to be true. If you read the linked article included as "evidence", it establishes that cities themselves started pushing for "jaywalking" as a concept. I haven't seen any evidence that the "car industry" played any role, even passively, in making "jaywalking" a concept. As for the rest of the article, yes we should be biking more. I don't have a car and I bike for ~98% of my trips. When it rains, I want there to be an option to ride in a covered vehicle. Until by some miracle we build 10x more trains, I will be taking a car. Better it be self-driving and safe + electric than human-driven + gas.