Turning right at a red light will soon be banned at seven Nashville intersections. The Nashville Department of Transportation will also make changes to signals at several more intersections to improve pedestrian safety.
The changes are much narrower than a proposed blanket ban on right turns at red lights, which Metro Councilmember Sandra Sepulveda filed this summer. She later dialed back the proposed ban to a few dozen stop lights. Then Tuesday, after weeks of debate, Sepulveda withdrew the legislation after assurances that NDOT would implement the ban at a handful of intersections and study the issue at others.
The push for improved pedestrian safety comes as the city has seen a high number of pedestrian deaths this year…