I realize yelling at a traffic engineer is pointless (and I kept my voice even and calm!), but damn was that a frustrating phone call. I had to explicitly state that "I care more about a pedestrian or cyclist getting hit than someone in a car having to wait at the light a little longer" when he was like "we try to keep cars moving on University". Apparently there are two protected lefts in that cycle currently and only one also gets a pedestrian signal during school hours maybe?
I did also bring up how the people making rights on red don't stop at all because they don't realize there is an exit form the MUP and the T intersection makes them think there won't be anyone crossing. And he mentioned "we might have to to do a study". I heroically refrained form pointing out that there are a significant number of studies showing right on red is dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists already and that another one was unnecessary.
@SRLevine me or my colleagues keep having near-misses with cars at a crossroad next to our uni because there’s one of these stupid “cars don’t have to wait for green light to turn right” rule. The cars pay attention to other cars but absolutely don’t care about pedestrians. It’s really annoying, stressful and dangerous.
In France at least red means red and everything is clear!
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