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It’s time to ban ‘right-on-red’
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Right on red does work, that's why UPS and other delivery companies prioritize it. They save 10's of thousands of cars worth of gas a year. Not only that, but any meaningful study would include congestion statistics of additional right-turning cars.
Don't know about other cities, but the bike issue wouldn't apply since they wouldn't cross paths. Well... I guess now they do actually post-construction. Guess that adds to the cognitive load the author talked about.
All in all, I'm not a journalist, and I can only point out results of these measures as I've witnessed. What I have experienced is much more congestion due to cars unable to leave the main flow of traffic. I can not enphesize it enough; It's significant
Just make eye contact peeps. Seriously. Problem solved.
"Saving the gas is worth hitting a few of those pesky cyclists or pedestrians anyway. Just a cost of effeciency in the system" -your selfish car brained argument in a nutshell.