[zip1234]

Right turn on red really doesn't belong anywhere where people could be on the street. Drivers turning red will often pull forward into the crosswalk and there may be a walk signal.

[Tabular-Iceberg]

How is that any different from a right turn on green where there may be a walk signal?

[zip1234]

In a right turn on green scenario, the driver mainly needs to be looking for pedestrians crossing and they will be crossing a different direction. In a right turn on red, their primary focus is on cars, limiting their attention on pedestrians. It also encourages creeping out into the crosswalk, blocking people from crossing on a signal.

[Tabular-Iceberg]

That makes sense. Being European I’m often annoyed at not being allowed to turn right on red. Allowing it at non-pedestrian intersections would perhaps be a fair compromise.

[chrisseaton]

Blows my mind you’d both tell a pedestrian to cross and also allow a car to drive through at the same time.

[legalcorrection]

So you'd have every intersection come to a complete stop in all directions for pedestrian crossings? New York would come to a complete standstill.

[zip1234]

I mean, only 15% of Manhattan population owns a car.

[jen20]

And thus many of them rely on the cross town busses. Which would be brought to a stop if what you propose was implemented.