Road safety for pedestrians and cyclists

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🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

No matter whether you're walking, biking or driving, there are things you can do to stay safe on the road. NPR health correspondent Pien Huang shares her reporting on tips to keep each other safe while sharing our busy streets.

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0:00.0	This is Eric Glass.
0:01.5	On This American Life, we like stories that surprise you.
0:04.2	For instance, imagine finding a new hobby and realizing...
0:07.2	To do this hobby right, according to the ways of the masters,
0:11.7	there's a pretty good chance that you're going to have to bend the law to get the materials that you need.
0:16.6	If not, break it.
0:17.5	Yeah.
0:18.2	To break international laws.
0:20.8	Your life stories, really good ones.
0:23.0	This American Life.
0:24.0	You're listening to Life Kit.
0:26.3	From NPR.
0:29.4	Hey, it's Mariel.
0:31.3	Our office in New York overlooks a busy city park and several side streets.
0:35.6	And when I look down on it from our big glass windows,
0:38.8	I see cars going by, room, room, trucks parked, delivery bikes weaving in and out of traffic,
0:44.8	people crossing at the crosswalk, people crossing not at the crosswalk, taxis turning into the
0:49.9	crosswalk, buses plowing through the bus lane. Oh, and a guy on a scooter, zipping by.
0:57.3	It reminds me of the opening credits from the 90s TV show,
1:00.5	The Busy World of Richard Scarry,
1:02.4	where this cute little worm wearing a fedora descends into Busy Town
1:06.5	in his apple-shaped helicopter slash car.
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