For safety's sake, DC says no more right turns at red lights:
numbers. That's up from 32,367 in 2011, and much of the increase comes from motor vehicles striking pedestrians and cyclists.
Because of the "hub and spoke" street design Pierre Charles L'Enfant drew up for the District of Columbia in the late 18century, many streets meet intersections at acute angles rather than at 90 degrees, so bicycles and scooters will be allowed to roll through stop signs but must stop for red lights, WABA's Browne says.
Councilwoman Cheh's bill does not guarantee all rights on red in Washington will be gone after 2025, as it gives the District's Transportation department authority to evaluate intersections where it might still be safer to retain right turns on red. "As the fuel savings argument for allowing right on red becomes less and less relevant with more efficient cars, hybrids, and EVs, and while traffic violence continues to rise across the country, I would imagine other jurisdictions will make the same common-sense decision we did in the District," Cheh says. ["More efficient cars" includes the proliferation of mild-hybrid stop/start systems.
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