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Pedestrian safety advocates press council to ban right-turn-on-red after Broadway fatality
Summary
Public commenters urged the council to act on Vision 0 priorities, including prohibiting right-turn-on-red signs and pursuing permanent Broadway closures after a recent pedestrian fatality. Speakers framed the deaths as preventable and urged alignment between policy and action.
During the public comment period, multiple speakers pressed the council to follow the city's Vision 0 commitments and adopt specific safety measures such as removing right-turn-on-red allowances and exploring closure of Broadway to vehicular traffic. Manon Hall opened public comment by linking the council's recent reaffirmation of the Vision 0 action plan to concrete countermeasures and asked the body to pass a no-right-turn-on-red policy.
Local cyclists and pedestrians said traffic policy and land-use decisions interact to increase danger for people walking and biking; Ben Vaught described daily commuting exposure and urged the council to treat the recent Broadway fatality as preventable. "If you voted to reaffirm the vision 0 action plan, vote to pass no right turn on red," Manon Hall said. "Vision 0 gives them a voice in this process," Ben Vaught added, urging follow-through.
