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Residents tell council no‑right‑on‑red rule and recent bike‑lane rollouts have safety and equity impacts
Summary
Multiple speakers urged reconsideration of the downtown 'no right on red' policy and criticized recent bike-lane installations and missing sidewalks, saying inconsistent compliance and incomplete markings can increase risk for pedestrians and seniors.
Matthew Brown urged the council to reconsider the 2022 downtown "no right on red" policy, saying inconsistent compliance and limited enforcement can make pedestrians less safe and that congestion from the rule increases idling and pollution. He quoted the city's traffic engineer, Jed Nifonger, as saying the accident rate has fallen but noted other concurrent measures — reduced speed limits and signal retiming — likely…
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