▲ 304 ▼ "Pedestrian life is non-negotiable": Portland, Oregon, USA, moves to restrict right turns at red lights (youtu.be) submitted 3 weeks ago by destructdisc@lemmy.world to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world 49 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] farmgineer@nord.pub 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) What reason could there be to allow you to legally bypass a red signal? An oil crisis decades ago where they didn't want cars idling at lights burning gas permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lps2@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 weeks ago It also significantly speeds up the flow of traffic and eases congestion. Right on red is one of the best things the US has done in regards to easing congestion - now if only we'd invest in more public transit specifically trains/lightrail so they would be more viable. For example, I was just in Atlanta and the time difference between getting an Uber from the airport to my hotel was maybe 10 minutes. Here in Denver that difference was almost an hour which is unacceptable, I and most others can't just absorb an extra hour or two into their commute permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lps2@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 weeks ago It also significantly speeds up the flow of traffic and eases congestion. Right on red is one of the best things the US has done in regards to easing congestion - now if only we'd invest in more public transit specifically trains/lightrail so they would be more viable. For example, I was just in Atlanta and the time difference between getting an Uber from the airport to my hotel was maybe 10 minutes. Here in Denver that difference was almost an hour which is unacceptable, I and most others can't just absorb an extra hour or two into their commute permalink fedilink source parent