637 - Why Are So Many Pedestrians Getting Struck and Killed By Cars, and Why Aren’t We Doing More To Stop It?

<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">In the last decade, a record number of pedestrians were killed by cars. The problem is complex and lacking a singular cause or solution. <strong>Jeff Michael</strong>, now a researcher at the Johns Hopkin Center for Injury Research and Policy, spent 30 years with the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration. He talks with <strong>Stephanie Desmon</strong> about the rise in pedestrian deaths and some of the possible causes, looking to Sweden as a model for rethinking our roads, and why despite hundreds of deaths a day, preventing road fatalities still gets short shrift in the overall conversation of transportation safety.</p>