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A new "No turn on red" sign has been placed at this intersection, on Maiden Lane, turning onto Broadway/Plymouth. This sign is one of hundreds, literally, that have been placed around the city in the last few months. I wonder if there was some kind of sale on these signs, maybe a BOGO, or rather a BOGH, buy one, get a hundred, given the large number of new "No turn on red" signs in the city, seemingly every city block.

Some of these intersections are totally confusing with the added sign, for example Maiden Lane and Broadway/Plymouth. There is a specific light for the right turn. So now when that turns green, does that mean a right turn is ok, regardless of whether the traffic light is red? Which do we pay attention to? The light or the sign?

And the intersection of Industrial and Stadium has two "No turn on red signs" right next to each other, literally, on the right side of Industrial, when drivers are on Industrial, waiting and waiting and waiting to turn right onto Stadium, even when there are zero cars on Stadium. This is totally ludicrous.

In my estimation, placing all of these signs around the city at almost every block makes no sense whatsoever in terms of traffic flow. Was a thorough traffic assessment done at each of these intersections prior to placing the signs? I doubt it. Given the number of intersections involved, it would take years to complete.

The signs are frequently not obeyed, drivers turn right as they used to, when there is no traffic, which is how it should be. These signs are not needed, and definitely hundreds of them aren't needed around the city streets, causing traffic backups.

Most of these "No turn on red signs" around the city are not necessary and cause big traffic backups. On Industrial, not allowing cars to turn right onto Stadium on red, creates a huge backup on Stimson, since cars and large buses have nowhere to go when the Stimson light turns green!

Very bad decision to have so many "No turn on red" signs placed on so many city streets.