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CriticalTransit t1_ivgbyee wrote

Reply to comment by ThePremiumOrange in Cambridge City Council to consider citywide ban on ‘turning on red’ by superfakesuperfake

No it doesn’t allow smoother traffic. They just cut off the car going straight and there’s still a big line. Or they can’t go anywhere so they just block the crosswalk. P.s. a lot of bike lanes are dangerous so yes sometimes people can’t use them. Every biker I’ve ever known wishes they could use the bike lanes all the time.

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CriticalTransit t1_ivgboaq wrote

Reply to comment by coweatman in Cambridge City Council to consider citywide ban on ‘turning on red’ by superfakesuperfake

Good luck with that. We don’t do much traffic enforcement here. The city has explicitly focused on street design and regulations in place of enforcement. I think both are important. What we also need to do is move the traffic signals back to the stop line so that cars can’t see it if they go past it and into the crosswalk. That’s standard in Europe.

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Shapen361 t1_ivg8afx wrote

Reply to comment by IntelligentCicada363 in Cambridge City Council to consider citywide ban on ‘turning on red’ by superfakesuperfake

Here's my issue with the argument that too much space is dedicated to cars. What do you want there, homes? Clearly you don't want more people coming in to Cambridge if you you're actively making it harder to get here. Businesses? Maybe, but again, less available customers. I think these people just want to keep everyone out so they can have their giant bike paths and farmers markets all to themselves.

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Shapen361 t1_ivg7s5o wrote

Reply to comment by CostcoBrandDinosaur in Cambridge City Council to consider citywide ban on ‘turning on red’ by superfakesuperfake

I see some drivers break traffic laws. I see most bicyclists break them. A bike running into a pedestrian won't kill them but has the potential to cause a good chunk of damage. A car would do worse, but I haven't seen a car drive the wrong way down a one way street or barrel down a sidewalk, things I can't say the same for bikes.

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Master_Dogs t1_ivfhsnp wrote

Reply to comment by coweatman in Cambridge City Council to consider citywide ban on ‘turning on red’ by superfakesuperfake

One of the studies covers this:

> Although RTOR laws require the motorist both to stop and to yield to any pedestrian or approaching vehicle in the intersection before turning on red, it had been postulated that pedestrians and bicyclists might be at increased risk under Western RTOR because of the inherent attention conflict for the turning driver. In particular, since the driver preparing for a RTOR is typically watching for traffic from his left, he may not see a pedestrian or bicyclist coming from his right.

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akanefive t1_ivf9df5 wrote

Reply to Hey there r/CambridgeMA! by thatguy10095

Very grateful for this post, and I think the posted rules are a great idea!

That aside, I don't know if it's a hidden gem, but Revival Cafe over near Alewife is out of the way, surrounded by construction, but it's very near and dear to my heart. It's right off the Minuteman Bike Path extension. I'd eat there everyday if I could.

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