From Jeffery Marks
Your column is convincing me that right turn on red should be greatly restricted. Your argument that allowing right on red leads to a continuous flow of traffic that makes it dangerous for pedestrians, cars, and bicyclists to cross is excellent. I can relate to that on Pk Heights. I find it much easier and safer to cross Pk Heights at Clarinth (whether on bike, foot, or car) during the school day when Fallstaff has no right turn on red than after 4pm when rights on red are permitted. I agreee with you. One needs gaps in traffic to cross Park Heights. Traffic engineers tend to only think about whether allowing right on red causes crashes at the intersection and neglect the dangers to traffic trying to cross the main street a block or two away.
Reference: "Dangerous" NYC intersections for peds are tame by Maryland standards https://www.baltimorespokes.org/article.php?story=20110322171239729
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