"Jaywalk This Way"

Jym Dyer <jym-RQ31L/[email protected]> Sat, 25 Jan 2014 10:37:59 -0800 (PST)
Newsgroups gmane.politics.activism.carfree-cities
Organization An All-Powerful Enterprise
Message-ID <[email protected]>
=v= Very good piece about targeting pedestrians rather than
motorists in the wake of pedestrian fatalities.  Based on
recent events in New York City, but more widely applicable:

http://www.city-journal.org/2014/eon0124ng.html

Of note: "Punishing pedestrians without first targeting bad
_drivers_ is the opposite of Broken Windows* -- instead of
deterring bad driver behavior, it enables it."
    <_Jym_>

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* Criminologists find the Broken Windows hypothesis lacking
  in statistically-verified results.  But it is what NYC's
  Police Commissioner says he's doing.