What Next TBD: America’s Killer Car Problem | 2023 In Review

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🗓️ 29 December 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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While the What Next: TBD team spends some time with their families during the holidays, we revisit some of 2023’s biggest, strangest, and best stories. Regularly scheduled programming resumes in January. Pedestrian deaths in America have been rising for the last decade, while dropping in Europe and Japan. What makes the U.S. so dangerous for pedestrians? Guest: Jessie Singer, author of There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and Disaster―Who Profits and Who Pays the Price. Originally aired July 16th, 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There are days when you're hungry for McDonald's.
0:03.0	Then there are days when you're Big Arch hungry for McDonald's.
0:08.0	You'll get to know the difference.
0:10.0	New Big Arch for Big McDonald's hunger.
0:15.0	Until 9th of September, from 11 a.m.,
0:18.0	participating restaurants only, subject to availability.
0:29.2	Hey, everyone. Emily Peck here with What Next TBD, closing out 2023.
0:32.9	It's been a wild year, folks, especially for tech.
0:35.7	We saw AI finally break through to the mainstream.
0:41.2	Crypto Star, or former star, Sam Bankman-Fried was put on trial and convicted.
0:44.6	And I mean, so much Elon Musk drama.
0:49.7	But now it's the holidays, and TBD is taking a break from the news to look back at the year.
0:52.2	We'll return with new episodes in January. And in the meantime, here's one of our favorite episodes from 2023.
0:56.1	We hope you enjoy.
0:59.5	Last year marked a grim milestone in the U.S.
1:02.5	A report in June from the Governor's Highway Safety Association found that 2022 was the deadliest year for pedestrians in more than four decades.
1:11.6	The U.S. is a global outlier here.
1:14.6	Incomparable developed nations, the number of pedestrians killed by vehicles has fallen in recent years.
1:20.6	What's happening here has a lot to do with Americans' love for big, big SUVs and trucks.
1:26.6	But there's more to the story. Our roads, the design of our
1:30.3	cities, and the powerful auto industry all play a role. In July, journalist Jesse Singer told us why
1:37.5	when it comes to pedestrian deaths, there are no accidents.
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