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   Message 682 of 3,261   
   Adam H. Kerman to stephen@sprunk.org   
   Re: Transportation trust fund broke, adv   
   22 Jun 14 18:02:46   
   
   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Stephen Sprunk   wrote:   
   >On 21-Jun-14 23:25, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >> Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >>> On 21-Jun-14 23:15, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>>> hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   >>>>> By the way, transit companies lead the way in the 1920s for better   
   >>>>> pedestrian safety, such as crossing in crosswalks and not jay   
   >>>>> walking.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Sigh. Crossing other than at a crosswalk is not jaywalking. It's   
   >>>> perfectly legal and safe to cross between intersections upon   
   >>>> yielding to traffic; that's not jaywalking.   
   >>>   
   >>> Perhaps it's legal in your state. . . .   
   >>   
   >> It's legal everywhere but Texas. Yes, I should have qualified as Texas   
   >> is always special.   
   >   
   >It's illegal in New York (or at least New York City), and someone else   
   >posted an example from in California.  So, perhaps it's Illinois that is   
   >special--or perhaps you just don't know the law as well as you think.   
      
   Do tell us the New York anti-pedestrian ordinance, Stephen.   
      
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