In Oblivion they tried to make NPC's seem more alive by giving them daily routines, which was a great idea at the time. However, at the end of the day unless you were stalking one of them you basically just saw a bunch of NPC's walking around randomly. My question is, will you actually see NPC's walking into stores, buying good and supplies, eating at a restraunt... things like that? Has this been talked about? It seemed every shop I went into in Oblivion I was the ONLY customer...

Also, will the roads be safer this time so they can walk from town to town without getting slaughtered? Just about every NPC I ran into on the road I usually had to try and save from something or they were already dead...

You should start here: http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1158506-skyrim-information-compilation/
Jump down to "Improved Radiant AI"