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A few months ago I attended a conference where they spoke very clearly about how the automobile industry, in the early 1900's, used marketing to make roads their own.

Here is the talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHA4xN1dEkM&t=2m8s

and this part of the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyT8AUn3cuU&t=10m30s

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99pi did a story recently on how the auto industry fabricated the crime of "jaywalking" to get people out of the streets and seize the streets for cars.

correct, in the above talk they mention the origins of "jaywalking". i found it fascinating.

Interesting historical artefacts.

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