99 percent invisible did a great episode about the invention of jaywalking in 2013: http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/episode-76-the-modern-moloch/ http://9

99 percent invisible did a great episode about the invention of jaywalking in 2013: http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/episode-76-the-modern-moloch/ http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/episode-76-the-modern-... It's linked at the bottom of the article as further reading, but it's such a good podcast, I thought I'd mention it (emphatically).