{"id":2951,"date":"2022-02-28T12:21:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T12:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/?p=2951"},"modified":"2022-02-28T12:37:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T12:37:22","slug":"right-turn-on-red-rtor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/dc\/2951","title":{"rendered":"Right Turn on Red (RTOR)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Media Release: Monday, Feb. 28, 2022<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Contact:<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u202fNick\u00a0DelleDonne,\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

delledonne.n@comcast.net<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u202f, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

703 929 6656<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Right Turn on Red (RTOR)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Since the mid 1970's it has been legal throughout the country (in fact most of the world) for a vehicle to make a right turn on a red light after making a full stop, unless it is posted that it is prohibited at that light. (New York City is an exception). This was in response to motor fuel shortages in\u00a01973<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/u>the\u00a0Energy Policy and Conservation Act<\/span><\/s><\/a>\u00a0of 1975 which required in \u00a7362(c)(5) that in order for a state to receive federal assistance in developing mandated conservation programs, they must permit right turns on red lights. It has been clearly shown that permitting right turn on red reduces the use of fossil fuels, which we all want to do.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In 2019 DC announced it was going to post “no turn on red” signs at 100 intersections throughout the District to reduce bicycle\/pedestrian accidents, which is another thing we all want to do. Now Councilmember Mary Cheh proposes a bill to prohibit right turns on red at\u00a0all<\/u>\u00a0stoplights unless a posted sign permits it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We demand to see data from the 100 intersections where this has been tried. Did incidence of pedestrian and bicycle accidents due to right turning cars decrease? Is there evidence that abandoning a proven way of protecting the environment will protect pedestrians and cyclists? Let us see the Council's evidence and reasoning before they proceed with this proposal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Barbara Meeker<\/span><\/p>\n

Dupont East Civic Action Association<\/span><\/p>\n

TheDCCoalition.org<\/span><\/p>\n

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Media Release: Monday, Feb. 28, 2022\u00a0 Contact:\u202fNick\u00a0DelleDonne,\u202f\u202f delledonne.n@comcast.net\u202f, 703 929 6656\u00a0 \u00a0 Right Turn on Red (RTOR) \u00a0 Since the mid 1970's it has been legal throughout the country (in fact most of the world) for a vehicle to make a right turn on a red light after making a full stop, unless it is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}