In Fast Company, I argued that it's time for the US and Canada to end right-on-red, a policy that needlessly endangers pedestrians and cyclists.
#safety #walking #biking #cycling
https://www.fastcompany.com/90908929/its-time-for-a-nationwide-ban-of-right-on-red
Right on red — drivers rank their own risk in merging by the pace of oncoming traffic from the left.
Left yield (2way streets) suffers similarly except that the turning vehicle is looking ahead at oncoming instead of over their shoulder for pedestrian crossings. Some high profile deaths in NYC for sure on that kind of turn.
I hope they’ll bring the pedestrian scramble to NYC so that there at least is one interval when you don’t need to scramble to cross safely.
David Zipper
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